Arkansas Full Table Fund
Arkansas Full Table Fund supports organizations improving nutrition assistance, charitable food systems, and community-driven food access to reduce food insecurity and build resilience in Arkansas.
Funder: Arkansas Community Foundation
Due Dates: November 23, 2026 (Optional NOI) | December 7, 2026 (Application, 11:59 p.m. Central Time)
Funding Amounts: Advocate and Strengthen: up to $200,000 each; Innovate: up to $100,000, for up to 24 months
Summary: Supports sustainable policy and systems changes that expand nutrition assistance access, strengthen charitable food systems, and test community-driven food-security solutions in Arkansas.
Key Information: Lead organizations must have a documented physical presence in Arkansas, and projects must operate exclusively within Arkansas.
Description
The Arkansas Full Table Fund is a $10 million initiative administered by Arkansas Community Foundation, with support from Walmart Foundation, Tyson Foods, Cargill, and other funders. It supports sustainable solutions to food insecurity, aiming to build an accessible network of government and charitable food programs that helps households meet immediate needs and move toward resilience.
Funding is organized into Advocate, Strengthen, and Innovate streams. Projects may improve nutrition assistance enrollment, strengthen food-system infrastructure and coordination, or test community-informed approaches to healthy food access. The emphasis is on implementation and lasting policy or systems change—not stand-alone research or short-term food provision. Initial awards support a pilot phase in which grantees implement, evaluate, and refine their projects before potentially seeking follow-on funding.
