Our Contributors
MEI has received generous support for our educational programming from individual and corporate donors, and state and federal agencies
Major Donors:
Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of Interior
in support of a series of educational videos for Marshallese residents and various projects within our Marshallese Empowerment Through Education initiative (2017-2020) and for the Marshallese Resource and Educational Center (2018-2019, 2019-2021), which employs two full-time and multiple part-time staff to serve the needs of Marshallese communities, and lead educational and cultural programming
Department of Finance and Administration, US Dept. of Justice - STOP VAWA Grant (2018-2019, 2019-2021)
to provide outreach to Marshallese community members and culturally appropriate training to agencies that provide support services for female survivors of violence
NWA Council Regional Arts Service Organization / Walton Family Foundation - for Bridge Grant, 2020
UAMS, Center for Community Health and Research / Walton Foundation - NWA Equitable Food Relief and Response Grant for Marshallese Covid-19 Response Project, 2020
Arkansas Community Foundation - for Marshallese Covid-19 Response Project, 2020
Arkansas Community Foundation - for Arkansas Counts, Census 2020
Arkansas Arts Center - for Bwebwenato Project, 2018-2019
Tyson Foods, Inc. - for Marshallese Empowerment Through Education project, 2016-2017
Cox Communications
First Security Bank
Harps
Cargill
Community Clinic
J.B. Byrider
Beaver Water District
Hope Cancer Resources
Northwest Technical Institute
John Brown University
Springdale Chamber of Commerce
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
NorthWest Arkansas Economic Development District
Cyracom International
Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan /
Republic of the Marshall Islands, United Nations Permanent Mission
Local governments of:
Bikini (KBE)
Rongelap
Utrok
Enewetak