Windgate Foundation Pledges $200K for Art, Graphic Design Scholarships

The Windgate Foundation has pledged a multi-year grant of $200,000 to University of the Ozarks to support scholarships for students majoring in art and graphic design, University officials announced this week.

The four-year grant will run from 2025-2028 and will include annual gifts of $50,000.

The funds will support incoming freshmen who plan to pursue a major in either art or graphic design, a new major the University recently added beginning in the Fall 2025 Semester.

"We are immensely grateful for the continued partnership with the Windgate Foundation and the many ways they support University of the Ozarks students," said Amy Lloyd, vice president for enrollment marketing. "This latest gift is another example of their continued commitment to student success in the arts."

The scholarship gift is the fifth major grant the Windgate Foundation has given to Ozarks since 2018.

In February of 2024, Windgate made a $2.2 million gift to the art department to endow a professorship position and to assist the University to establish a new graphic design curriculum and support scholarships. In May of 2022, Windgate provided a $310,700 grant to enhance the University's visiting faculty program and student enrichment activities. In 2019, Windgate gave $150,000 for art department enhancements, and in 2018 it provided a $109,000 gift to improve art facilities and assist students in exhibiting their artwork.

Based in Little Rock, Ark., Windgate Foundation, established in 1993, is a private foundation that provides funding for the support and development of the arts in K-12 and higher education institutions.

Topics: Art, Giving, Scholarship