Daily Featured Foundation - 2/17/26

2/17/2026

Here is today’s featured foundation.

Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas

Website: https://blueandyoufoundationarkansas.org/

Mission & Purpose: To promote better health in Arkansas. Funded by Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the foundation invests in projects that positively affect health outcomes, particularly focusing on vulnerable and underserved populations.

Broad Funding Guidelines: Grantmaking is strictly limited to Arkansas-based organizations or projects that specifically benefit Arkansans. They provide health grants to 501(c)(3) nonprofits, schools, and government agencies. Their larger grants ($25,000–$250,000) focus on Social Determinants of Health, Maternal/Pediatric Health, and Behavioral Health.

Featured Opportunity: The "Mini Grants" program ($1,000–$5,000) is one of the most accessible funding opportunities in the state. It has rolling quarterly deadlines and is highly specific, funding tangible health needs like AEDs, child passenger safety seats, food pantry supplies, or Stop the Bleed kits.

Recommendation: A rural Arkansas public school, volunteer fire department, or church-run food pantry that needs a quick, small community grant to purchase emergency medical equipment or fresh produce.