The Nursing Education Consortium began its planning process to enhance the quality of nursing education in May 2004. The process was initially funded with an $110,750 matching grant campaign based on a challenge grant from the Willard and Pat Walker Family Charitable Foundation.
The programs of the NEC have continued to grow and attract a wide range of support from area foundations. The NEC is currently coordinating five initiatives outlined below on the website under the title of NEC INITIATIVES. Currently, nine foundations fund these programs…
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Foundation
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Initiative
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Funding
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| Care Foundation | Bilingual Nursing Scholars Initiative (BNSI) | $645,000 five-year grant |
| Care Foundation | Enrichment Program | $70,000 annual grants to help Springdale, Har-Ber and Siloam Springs high schools students enhance their academic preparation for nursing school. |
| Walton Family | BNSI Project Coordinator | $250,000 three year grant |
| Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation | Siloam Springs BNSI cohort | $77,000 three year grant |
| Tyson | NEC Administration | $69,800 five year grant |
| Windgate | Scholarship Administration | $53,000 five year grant |
| Willard and Pat Walker | Development of NEC website and clinical database | $50,000 |
| Northwest Auxiliary | Development of NEC website and clinical database | $20,000 |
| Bernice and Harvey Jones | Supported challenge grant | $10,000 |
| Washington Regional | Diversity Training model and Nurse Educator recruitment pilot | $9,900 |
| Schmieding | Supported challenge grant | $250 |
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