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Nonprofits & Community Organizations

Nonprofits and community organizations across Arkansas

Nonprofits for getting help, getting involved and giving back. Community centers, youth programs, health services, Pride, the arts, disability services and career support, each with its programs and the way in.

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Health & HIV · Advocacy & legal

Arkansas Black Gay Men's Forum

Little Rock, AR

A Little Rock center with free food, HIV and hepatitis C testing, support groups and HIV policy work for Black and brown LGBTQ+ Arkansans.

Serves: Black and brown LGBTQ+ people and neighbors in Central Arkansas, with statewide HIV policy advocacy

Transgender support · Economic empowerment

BeYoUUU

Little Rock, AR

Little Rock nonprofit offering peer support groups, mentoring, a mobile gender affirming closet and emergency aid for trans and nonbinary people.

Serves: Transgender and nonbinary people in the Little Rock area, with a focus on BIPOC transmasculine and gender nonconforming individuals

Transgender support · Community center

Intransitive

Little Rock, AR · statewide

Arkansas's first transgender community center, offering mutual aid, anti-violence support, immigration advocacy and organizing for trans people.

Serves: Transgender and nonbinary Arkansans, including trans immigrants, survivors of violence and trans youth

Economic empowerment · Career & workforce

Urban League of the State of Arkansas

Little Rock, AR · statewide

Statewide Urban League affiliate offering youth leadership, financial literacy, homebuying and civic engagement programs across Arkansas.

Serves: Black Arkansans and communities statewide seeking opportunity in education, jobs, housing and health

Elsewhere in Arkansas

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Career & workforce · Economic empowerment

Dress for Success Northwest Arkansas

Rogers, AR

Professional attire, career coaching and job-readiness support for women building careers in Northwest Arkansas.

Serves: Women seeking employment, job retention and career growth across Northwest Arkansas

Crowd of Pride marchers carrying the transgender flag down a Fayetteville street

Community center · Pride & events

Northwest Arkansas Equality (Arthur Beeghly LGBTQ Resource Center)

Fayetteville, AR

Fayetteville's LGBTQ+ resource center offers peer support groups, free HIV and syphilis testing, and hosts NWA Pride, Arkansas's largest Pride event.

Serves: LGBTQ+ adults and youth in Northwest Arkansas, including transgender and nonbinary people, through peer support, HIV and syphilis testing, and community events