D&F Charity Trust Launches New Website

Exciting News! D&F Charity Trust has a fresh, new website!

Explore our new site with enhanced navigation and functionality. Learn all about our mission, upcoming events like the May Golf Classic in Arkansas and the September Golf Classic in Alabama, and how your involvement impacts the lives of others.

Donating on the website is now easier than ever with our user-friendly donation button. Donations can be made on the website year-round and are tax deductible!

Visit dfcharitytrust.com today and join us in creating positive change in our AR and AL communities!

D&F Charity Trust: Who We Are and Where We're Headed

More than thirty-seven years ago, Larry Fortenberry founded D&F Equipment Sales, Inc., which had humble beginnings supplying the poultry industry with small equipment and millwright services. As the company expanded and began to grow into the full-service equipment manufacturer and engineering supplier for the poultry, meat, and prepared food industries that it is today, D&F wanted to share their success and give back to the communities in which they operate, which prompted the formation of D&F Charity Trust nearly twenty-seven years ago.

D&F Charity Trust began its mission with hopes to provide scholarships to students pursuing ag-related degrees at Auburn University, hosting fundraisers to help industry up-and-comers fund their futures. Twenty-five years ago, D&F Charity Trust really kicked off their non-profit work by hosting an annual Golf Classic in Alabama each fall. The money collected from this annual event not only goes towards Auburn University School of Agriculture students, but also is donated to Children’s Rehabilitation Services as a way of helping deserving individuals with medical needs or other supports that allow for a more productive life.?

Following the leaps and bounds made by the work done in Alabama, ten years ago D&F Charity Trust in Arkansas began hosting its annual Golf Classic in the spring. The earnings from Arkansas’ event go towards funding the education of students at the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas. Also aiding children with special needs, funds from the Golf Classic in Arkansas go to the Arkansas Children’s Hospital each year. One testimony of the Golf Classic’s impact comes from Annie Webb, who wrote in a letter to D&F Charity Trust, “I am sincerely honored to have been selected as the recipient of the D&F Equipment Sales, Inc. Endowed Award. Thanks to your generous support, I will be able to continue my education at the University of Arkansas.”

Arkansas’s ninth annual tournament, in 2023, was a success – it is D&F’s hope that this year will be even better for the golfers and for the charity. Sponsorships and gift donations to the D&F Charity Trust are tax deductible. This year’s 10th Anniversary Charity Golf Classic is at Shadow Valley Country Club in Rogers, Arkansas, and will take place on May 23, 2024. The Golf Classic will undoubtedly be an exciting event, celebrating a decade of giving back to the local community!