Entergy’s Open Grants Program focuses on improving communities as a whole. We look for giving opportunities in the areas of arts and culture, education and workforce development, poverty solutions and social services, healthy families, and community improvement.

Established in 1975, this $25,000 award recognizes the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States in the previous calendar year. The prize includes a ten-day residency at Glen Hollow in Naples, New York, and distribution of the winning book to hundreds of Academy of American Poets members.

The Creation & Development Fund supports the creation, development and mobility of new artistic work that advances racial and cultural justice and results in live experiential exchange between artists and community.

The Hopper Prize is a grant-making institution and digital archiving platform offering a series of individual artist grants on a bi-annual basis totaling $22,000.00 USD.

The Delta Cultural Center

The Helena Mural Map features 24 unique murals spread across Helena-West Helena.

The Arkansas Delta Arts Partnership is a non-profit, tax exempt organization created for the promotion and development of the delta arts.

Warfield Concerts

Thrive, Inc. is a dynamic non-profit organization based in Helena, Arkansas, since 2009, Thrive Inc. guides rural communities to new economic opportunities through rebranding, placemaking, and youth engagement. Local high school students are integral to Thrive’s work through paid internships and after-school civically engaged workshops that introduce creative career paths and skills related to art/design, entrepreneurship, and leadership.