Cox Charities | CIG Arkansas

northwest arkansas

Cox Charities Community Investment grants of up to $5,000 are available to nonprofit organizations within

Cox Communications Arkansas service areas (click here to see if you are in a Cox service area).

2024 Community Investment Grant Applications are closed!

Applications for 2025 will be open April 1 - May 1.

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To Qualify, Organizations must

Qualify for tax-exempt status under IRS code 501(c)(3)

Be physically located and provide services within the Cox residential service area (review our service areas here)

Meet a need in the community without unnecessary duplication of services

Promote sound fiscal and governance practices demonstrating overall financial health and sustainability

Regularly measure and evaluate program outcomes

Submit only one application per market; Organizations submitting multiple requests in one market will be disqualified

SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS WILL

Leverage other funding; funding will not be awarded to an organization if the

Cox Charities grant is the only source of financial support

Seek funding only for activities and programs; requests to support one-time or special events will not be considered

Focus on a single, specific program within the organization

To optimize our impact, we do not support

Athletic clubs or organizations

Capital campaigns and expenditures

Endowments

Foundations or organizations that would utilize funding for pass-through grant making purposes

Administrative salaries or wages not directly associated with the provision of programs and services

Fundraising or marketing expenses

Individuals

Programs supporting a political campaign or specific religious beliefs

Special or one-time events

2024 Community Investment Grant Recipients