The Macon County Community Foundation awarded more than $15,000 to the following local nonprofit organizations from its community grantmaking fund:
$500 to 828 VETS for basecamp improvement
$500 to Autism Society of North Carolina for autism resource specialists in Macon County
$500 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cashiers and Highlands Advisory Council for general operating support
$500 to Boys and Girls Club of the Plateau for academic programming and out-of-school care in Highlands
$1,250 to Casting for Hope for women and families battling gynecological cancer in Macon County
$500 to Child Medical Collaborative, Inc. for child victim medical evaluation services
$500 to Children’s Cancer Partners of the Carolina for Macon County Childhood Cancer Safety Net
$1,270 to Community Care Clinic of Highlands-Cashiers, Inc. for blood-pressure monitors
$1,000 to Community Care Clinic of Highlands-Cashiers, Inc. for manual exam table
$500 to Hawthorn Heights WNC, Inc. for nutrition security
$500 to HIGHTS for Healthy Foods for Inside Out Program
$2,000 to International Friendship Center for Highlands Food Pantry
$1,500 to Macon County Care Network for Macon County hunger relief program
$500 to Macon Program for Progress for community car seats
$500 to Pisgah Legal Services for Plateau Poverty Law Initiative
$500 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for Star Pupils Macon County
$500 to Southwestern Community College Foundation for New Century Scholars Program
$1,000 to The Gordon Center for Children for after-school program enrichment activities
$1,000 to Vecinos, Inc. Farmworker Health Program for medical-dental partnership
Grants awarded
2022 grants awarded
The Macon County Community Foundation awarded more than $14,000 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations, including:
$500 to Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy for recreational development in downtown Franklin through the Bartram Trail rerouting
$500 to HIGHTS for its C.O.R.E. (Community Outreach, Restitution and Engagement) program
$1,500 to International Friendship Center for its Highlands Food Pantry
$1,500 to Macon County Care Network for its hunger relief project
$500 to Macon County Humane Society/Appalachian Animal Rescue Center for building renovations at its intake facility
$1,600 to Macon Program for Progress for community car seats
$500 to Macon Program for Progress for its Parents as Teachers program
$1,500 to Macon Program for Progress for Project Love
$1,000 to Meridian Behavioral Health Services for consumer support
$1,000 to Pisgah Legal Services for its Plateau Poverty Law Initiative
$500 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for its Star Pupils program in Macon County
$1,500 to REACH of Macon County for its victim advocacy crisis textline and outreach initiative
$2,500 to Southwestern Community College Foundation for its New Century Scholars program
2021 grants awarded
The Macon County Community Foundation awarded more than $13,900 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations, including:
$2,500 to Macon Program for Progress for Project Love of WNC
$2,010 to Vecinos, Inc. Farmworker Health Program for the Uninsured Patient Diagnostic Labs
$1,500 to Macon Program for Progress, Inc. for Community Car Seats
$1,500 to Macon County Humane Society,Inc/DBA Appalachian Animal Rescue Center for shelter renovation
$1,000 to Macon County Care Network for general operations
$1,000 to Literacy Council of Highlands, Inc. for the Literacy Council's Community Education Programs
$1,000 to Pisgah Legal Services for the Plateau Poverty Law Initiative
$750 to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Cashiers and Highlands Advisory Council for the Big Little Match Growth Initiative
$600 to Veteran Smiles Foundation for VET SMILES program
$600 to Highlands Community Theatre Inc. dba Highlands Playhouse for Live Theatre Production Equipment Upgrades
$500 to HIGHTS for Healthy Foods for Inside Out Program
$500 to Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust for Kinds in Nature 2022
$500 to Meridian Behavioral Health Services for Macon County Consumer Support
2020 grants awarded
The Macon County Community Foundation awarded more than $14,000 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations, including:
$2,500 to the Fontana Regional Library for books for childcare centers
$500 to the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust for the Kids in Nature program
$1,000 to the Macon County Care Network for general operating support
$1,500 to the Macon Program for Progress for community car seats
$1,000 to the Meridian Behavioral Health Services for interpretation services
$520 to Mountain Projects for advertising the Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment Period in 2021
$2,500 to Pisgah Legal Services for the Plateau Poverty Law Initiative
$1,500 to REACH of Macon County for the Scholastic Advancement Initiative
$500 to the Thirtieth Judicial District Domestic Violence-Sexual Assault Alliance, Inc. for the WNC Elder, Veteran and Victims with Disabilities Program
$2,500 to the Vecinos, Inc. Farmworker Health Program for insurance coverage support
2019 grants awarded
The Macon County Community Foundation awarded $16,480 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations, including:
Highlands Community Child Development Center, Inc.
Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust
Appalachian Animal Rescue Center
Macon TRACS, Inc.
North Carolina Bartram Trail Society
Pisgah Legal Services
Prevent Blindness North Carolina
REACH of Macon County
The Bascom
Vecinos, Inc. Farmworker Health Program
2018 grants awarded
The Macon County Community Foundation has awarded more than $13,900 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations, including:
$500 to the Blue Ridge Mountains Health Project, Inc., doing business as the Blue Ridge Free Dental Clinic
$2,000 to the Counseling and Psychotherapy Center of Highlands
$1,869 to the International Friendship Center
$500 to the Macon County Humane Society, Inc, doing business as the Appalachian Animal Rescue Center
$750 to the Macon Program
$500 to Macon TRACS, Inc.
$1,000 to NAMI Appalachian South, NC
$800 to Resources, Education, Assistance, Counseling, and Housing of Macon County, Inc.
$1,551 to the Mountain Retreat & Learning Center
$1,500 to Thirtieth Judicial District Domestic Violence‐Sexual Assault Alliance, Inc.
$2,500 to Union Academy
$500 to the Western North Carolina AIDS Project
2017 grants awarded
The Macon County Community Foundation has awarded more than $13,900 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations. Recipients were:
Blue Ridge Mountains Health Project, Inc. aka Blue Ridge Free Dental Clinic
Chattooga Conservancy
Children's Hope Alliance
Fontana Regional Library
Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust
Hospice House Foundation of WNC
Prevent Blindness North Carolina
South Macon Elementary School
2016 grants awarded
The Macon County Community Foundation has awarded more than $13,900 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations. Recipients were:
Blue Ridge Mountains Health Project, Inc.
Children's Hope Alliance
Fontana Regional Library
Highlands Biological Foundation, Inc.
Hospice House Foundation of WNC
KIDS Place (Kids InterDisciplinary Services, Inc.)
Literacy Council of Highlands, Inc.
Macon TRACS, Inc.
Mountain Mediation Services
Prevent Blindness North Carolina
Resources, Education, Assistance, Counseling, and Housing of Macon County, Inc.
Smoky Mountain Pregnancy Care Center
The Bascom
The Counseling and Psychotherapy Center of Highlands
2015 grants awarded
The Macon County Community Foundation has awarded more than $13,200 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations. Recipients were:
Blue Ridge Mountains Health Project
Community Care Clinic of Franklin, Inc.
Fontana Regional library
Kids InterDisciplinary Services, Inc. (KIDS Place)
Literacy Council of Highlands
Macon County Art Association
Macon TRACS
Prevent Blindness North Carolina
REACH of Macon County
The Bascom
The Counseling and Psychotherapy Center of Highlands
The Gordon Center for Children
2014 grants awarded
Blue Ridge Mountain Health Project
Fontana Regional Library
Kids InterDisciplinary Services, Inc. (KIDS Place)
Literacy Council of Highlands
Macon County Art Association
Macon County Care Network
Peggy Crosby Community Service Center
Prevent Blindness North Carolina
REACH of Macon County
2013 grants awarded
Angel Medical Center
Blue Ridge Mountain Health Project
Center for Life Enrichment
Community Care Clinic of Franklin, Inc.
Friends of the Greenway
Girls on the Run of Western North Carolina, Inc.
Highlands Community Child Development Center, Inc.
Kids InterDisciplinary Services, Inc. (KIDS Place)
Literacy Council of Highlands
Macon County Art Association
Macon County Care Network
Martin Lipscomb Performing Arts Center
Mountain Projects, Inc.
NAMI Appalachian South
One Dozen Who Care
Prevent Blindness North Carolina
Reach of Macon County
Smoky Mountain Pregnancy Care Center
Smoky Mountain Quilters Guild
Vecinos, Inc.
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data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$1,600 to Macon Program for Progress for community car seats<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}\"> <\/span><\/li>\r\n<li data-leveltext=\"\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$500 to Macon Program for Progress for its Parents as Teachers program <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}\"> <\/span><\/li>\r\n<li data-leveltext=\"\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}\" 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data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$1,000 to Pisgah Legal Services for its Plateau Poverty Law Initiative <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}\"> <\/span><\/li>\r\n<li data-leveltext=\"\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$500 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for its Star Pupils program in Macon County<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}\"> <\/span><\/li>\r\n<li data-leveltext=\"\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$1,500 to REACH of Macon County for its victim advocacy crisis textline and outreach initiative <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}\"> <\/span><\/li>\r\n<li data-leveltext=\"\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$2,500 to Southwestern Community College Foundation for its New Century Scholars program<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}\"> <\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>2021 grants awarded<\/h2>\r\n<p>The Macon County Community Foundation awarded more than $13,900 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations, including:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$2,500 to Macon Program for Progress for Project Love of WNC<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,010 to Vecinos, Inc. Farmworker Health Program for the Uninsured Patient Diagnostic Labs<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Macon Program for Progress, Inc. for Community Car Seats<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Macon County Humane Society,Inc\/DBA Appalachian Animal Rescue Center for shelter renovation<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Macon County Care Network for general operations<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Literacy Council of Highlands, Inc. for the Literacy Council's Community Education Programs<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Pisgah Legal Services for the Plateau Poverty Law Initiative<\/li>\r\n<li>$750 to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Cashiers and Highlands Advisory Council for the Big Little Match Growth Initiative<\/li>\r\n<li>$600 to Veteran Smiles Foundation for VET SMILES program<\/li>\r\n<li>$600 to Highlands Community Theatre Inc. dba Highlands Playhouse for Live Theatre Production Equipment Upgrades<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to HIGHTS for Healthy Foods for Inside Out Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust for Kinds in Nature 2022<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Meridian Behavioral Health Services for Macon County Consumer Support<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>2020 grants awarded<\/h2>\r\n<p>The Macon County Community Foundation awarded more than $14,000 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations, including: <\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$2,500 to the Fontana Regional Library for books for childcare centers<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust for the Kids in Nature program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Macon County Care Network for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to the Macon Program for Progress for community car seats<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Meridian Behavioral Health Services for interpretation services<\/li>\r\n<li>$520 to Mountain Projects for advertising the Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment Period in 2021<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to Pisgah Legal Services for the Plateau Poverty Law Initiative<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to REACH of Macon County for the Scholastic Advancement Initiative<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to the Thirtieth Judicial District Domestic Violence-Sexual Assault Alliance, Inc. for the WNC Elder, Veteran and Victims with Disabilities Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to the Vecinos, Inc. Farmworker Health Program for insurance coverage support<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>2019 grants awarded<\/h2>\r\n<p>The Macon County Community Foundation awarded $16,480 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations, including:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Highlands Community Child Development Center, Inc.<\/li>\r\n<li>Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust<\/li>\r\n<li>Appalachian Animal Rescue Center<\/li>\r\n<li>Macon TRACS, Inc.<\/li>\r\n<li>North Carolina Bartram Trail Society<\/li>\r\n<li>Pisgah Legal Services<\/li>\r\n<li>Prevent Blindness North Carolina<\/li>\r\n<li>REACH of Macon County<\/li>\r\n<li>The Bascom<\/li>\r\n<li>Vecinos, Inc. Farmworker Health Program<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>2018 grants awarded<\/h2>\r\n<p>The Macon County Community Foundation has awarded more than $13,900 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations, including:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$500 to the Blue Ridge Mountains Health Project, Inc., doing business as the Blue Ridge Free Dental Clinic<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to the Counseling and Psychotherapy Center of Highlands<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,869 to the International Friendship Center<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to the Macon County Humane Society, Inc, doing business as the Appalachian Animal Rescue Center<\/li>\r\n<li>$750 to the Macon Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Macon TRACS, Inc.<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to NAMI Appalachian South, NC<\/li>\r\n<li>$800 to Resources, Education, Assistance, Counseling, and Housing of Macon County, Inc.<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,551 to the Mountain Retreat & Learning Center<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Thirtieth Judicial District Domestic Violence‐Sexual Assault Alliance, Inc.<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to Union Academy<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to the Western North Carolina AIDS Project <\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>2017 grants awarded<\/h2>\r\n<p>The Macon County Community Foundation has awarded more than $13,900 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations. Recipients were:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Blue Ridge Mountains Health Project, Inc. aka Blue Ridge Free Dental Clinic<\/li>\r\n<li>Chattooga Conservancy<\/li>\r\n<li>Children's Hope Alliance<\/li>\r\n<li>Fontana Regional Library<\/li>\r\n<li>Friends of the Greenway, Inc.<\/li>\r\n<li>Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust<\/li>\r\n<li>Hospice House Foundation of WNC<\/li>\r\n<li>Prevent Blindness North Carolina<\/li>\r\n<li>South Macon Elementary School<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>2016 grants awarded<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>The Macon County Community Foundation has awarded more than $13,900 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations. Recipients were:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Blue Ridge Mountains Health Project, Inc.<\/li>\r\n<li>Children's Hope Alliance<\/li>\r\n<li>Fontana Regional Library<\/li>\r\n<li>Highlands Biological Foundation, Inc.<\/li>\r\n<li>Hospice House Foundation of WNC<\/li>\r\n<li>KIDS Place (Kids InterDisciplinary Services, Inc.)<\/li>\r\n<li>Literacy Council of Highlands, Inc.<\/li>\r\n<li>Macon TRACS, Inc.<\/li>\r\n<li>Mountain Mediation Services<\/li>\r\n<li>Prevent Blindness North Carolina<\/li>\r\n<li>Resources, Education, Assistance, Counseling, and Housing of Macon County, Inc.<\/li>\r\n<li>Smoky Mountain Pregnancy Care Center<\/li>\r\n<li>The Bascom<\/li>\r\n<li>The Counseling and Psychotherapy Center of Highlands <\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>2015 grants awarded<\/h2>\r\n<p>The Macon County Community Foundation has awarded more than $13,200 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations. Recipients were:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Blue Ridge Mountains Health Project<\/li>\r\n<li>Community Care Clinic of Franklin, Inc.<\/li>\r\n<li>Fontana Regional library<\/li>\r\n<li>Kids InterDisciplinary Services, Inc. (KIDS Place)<\/li>\r\n<li>Literacy Council of Highlands<\/li>\r\n<li>Macon County Art Association<\/li>\r\n<li>Macon TRACS<\/li>\r\n<li>Prevent Blindness North Carolina<\/li>\r\n<li>REACH of Macon County<\/li>\r\n<li>The Bascom<\/li>\r\n<li>The Counseling and Psychotherapy Center of Highlands<\/li>\r\n<li>The Gordon Center for Children<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>2014 grants awarded<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Blue Ridge Mountain Health Project<\/li>\r\n<li>Fontana Regional Library<\/li>\r\n<li>Kids InterDisciplinary Services, Inc. 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