Unifour Foundation Awards $240,000 in Grants
The Unifour Foundation Endowment Fund awarded a total of $240,000 to thirty Unifour region non-profit organizations on May 30, 2008. Representatives of the Unifour Foundation, Catawba Valley Community Foundation and NCCF attended the grants reception to award the grants and celebrate the projects and programs of the recipient organizations. All of the non-profit organizations were invited to address the audience about their funded projects and programs to encourage a learning opportunity for the groups.
The Unifour Foundation Fund annual grant making is a competitive grant process and since 1999 has awarded more than $1.8 million to the local Unifour communities in Catawba, Caldwell, Burke and Alexander counties. The fund supports organizations that provide programs for human services needs, emergency crisis needs; and that supports environmental, health, educational, cultural, and historical programs and resources.
2007 Grants Awarded
The Catawba Valley Community Foundation awarded $15,000.00 in grants to local non-profit organizations in 2007. The recipients of grants from the Catawba Valley Unrestricted Endowment were:
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2007 Grants Awarded :
AIDS Leadership Foothills-Area Alliance
Catawba County Hispanic Ministry
Catawba Science Center
Children's Protection Council
Communities In Schools of Caldwell County
Council On Adolescents of Catawba County
Domestic Violence Resource Ctr
Girls on the Run of Catawba Valley
Helping Hands Clinic of Caldwell County, Inc.
Hickory Landmarks Society
North Carolina 4-H Development Fund
Patrick Beaver Learning Resource Center
Rape Crisis Center of Catawba County, Inc.
Salvation Army Boys & Girls Cl
Shelter Home of Caldwell Co. Inc.
Sipe's Orchard Home
South Caldwell Christian Ministries
Western Piedmont Symphony, Inc.
Women's Resource Center, Inc.
In addition to these grants, the Foundation distributed $387,303.00 from donor-advised, designated, and scholarship funds to benefit other programs in the Catawba Valley area.
2006 Grants Awarded
The Catawba Valley Community Foundation awarded $13,910.00 in grants to local non-profit organizations in 2005. The recipients of grants from the Catawba Valley Unrestricted Endowment were:
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2006 Grants Awarded :
Caldwell County Department of Social Services
Catawba County Hispanic Ministry
Catawba County Library
Catawba Science Center
Communities In Schools of Caldwell County
Domestic Violence Resource Ctr
Exodus Homes
Girl Scout Council of the Catawba Valley Area, Inc.
Hickory Community Theatre
Hickory Museum of Art
Hickory Soup Kitchen
Kids In Need Fund
Patrick Beaver Learning Resource Center
Rotary Club Granite Falls
Western Piedmont Symphony, Inc.
In addition to these grants, the Foundation distributed $359,443.00 from donor-advised, designated, and scholarship funds to benefit other programs in the Catawba Valley region.
2005 Grants Awarded
The Catawba Valley Community Foundation awarded $234,751 grants to local non-profit organizations in 2005. The recipients of grants from Catawba Valley Unrestricted Endowment and the Unifour Foundation were:
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2005 Grants Awarded :
Adult Life Programs, Inc.
AIDS Leadership Foothills Alliance
ALFA, Inc.
American Red Cross Catawba Valley Chapter
Burke Charitable Properties
Caldwell Community College
Caldwell Council on Adolescent Health
Catawba County Chamber Of Commerce
Catawba County Library
Catawba County Parenting Network
Catawba Science Center
Centro Latino
Children's Advocacy Center
Communities In Schools of Caldwell County
Council On Adolescents of Catawba County
CVCC Foundation, Inc.
Domestic Violence Resource Ctr
Family Care Center of Catawba Valley, Inc.
Friends of Sherrills Ford Library
Good Samaritan Clinic
Greater Hickory Cooperative Christian Ministries
Habitat for Humanity of Catawba Valley
Helping Hands Clinic of Caldwell County, Inc.
Hickory Community Theatre
Hickory Museum of Art
Hickory Public Library
Hickory Public Schools
Lenoir-Rhyne College
Lenoir-Rhyne College Visiting Writers Series
Rape Crisis Center
Rape Crisis Center of Catawba County, Inc
Repay, Inc.
Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club
Shelter Home Of Caldwell Co. Inc.
Sipe's Orchard Home
The Outreach Center
Western Piedmont Council of Government
Western Piedmont Symphony, Inc.
In addition to these grants, the Foundation distributed $349,384.45 from donor-advised, designated, and scholarship funds to benefit other programs in the Catawba Valley region and across North Carolina.
2004 Grants Awarded
The Catawba Valley Community Foundation awarded $42,300 in grants to local nonprofit organizations in 2004. The recipients of grants from the Catawba Valley Unrestricted Endowment & the Granite Savings Bank Unrestricted Endowment Fund were:
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2004 Grants Awarded :
Hickory Museum of Art
YMCA of Catawba Valley
Rape Crisis Center of Catawba County, Inc.
Catawba County Historical Assoc., Inc.
Hickory Landmarks Society
Junior Achievement, Catawba County
Catawba Science Center
Children's Advocacy Center
Hiddenite Center
Caldwell Council on Adolescent Health, Inc.
Helping Hands Clinic of Caldwell County, Inc.
Catawba County Health Department
Granite Falls Rotary Club
Caldwell Co. Historical Society
Caldwell County Lions Activities Association, Inc.
Hudson Community Development Association
Caldwell County Pathways
Baton Ruritan Club
Hibriten High School
Fort Defiance, Inc.
South Caldwell Christian Ministries
Granite Falls Lions Club
Boy Scout Pack 260
William Lenoir Middle School
Helping Hands Clinic of Caldwell County, Inc.
Hudson Lions Club
Shelter Home of Caldwell Co. Inc.
Caldwell Friends, Inc.
In addition to these grants, the Foundation distributed $380,335 from donor-advised, designated, and scholarship funds to benefit other programs in the Catawba Valley region.
