New Hanover County Community Foundation

The New Hanover County Community Foundation awarded $49,700 in grants to the following local organizations from its community grantmaking fund and other board advised funds:

• $5,000 to 2SHARE Inc., to deliver essential furnishings to New Hanover County residents in need
• $5,000 to Bread for Life Senior Pantry for cold food storage upgrade
• $2,500 to Brooklyn Arts Music Academy for “Music is Life!” program for New Hanover County children
• $5,000 to The Carousel Center for Healing, Safety, and Justice for New Hanover County Children
• $3,000 to Diaper Bank of NC for Lower Cape Fear Hygiene Access and Equity Initiative
• $1,700 to Domestic Violence Shelter & Services for general operating support
• $5,000 to House of Mercy (Food Pantry) for general operating support
• $2,500 to the Harrelson Center for Help Hub Transportation Assistance
• $2,500 to NAMI Wilmington to expand mental health support and education in New Hanover County
• $5,000 to Open House Youth Shelter of Coastal Horizons Center, Inc., to support critical program services for youth experiencing homelessness through consistent, qualified staff
• $500 to Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte, Inc. to improve access to pediatric healthcare for New Hanover County families
• $2,000 to A Safe Place (The Centre of Redemption) to increase awareness of sex trafficking
• $2,500 to Trinity United Methodist Church of Wilmington for Backpack Block Party
• $2,500 to Welcome Home Angel for The ABLE Pathway: A Continuum of Care Across the Lifespan
• $5,000 to Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry, Inc. for Early Intervention Home Repair Initiative

2025 grants awarded

The New Hanover County Community Foundation awarded $50,310 to the following local nonprofit organizations from its community grantmaking fund and other board-advised funds:

• $5,000 to 2SHARE, Inc. for beds for New Hanover County residents in need 

• $5,000 to Brooklyn Arts Music Academy for Music Is Life! 

• $5,170 to Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity for New Hanover County critical home repairs 

• $2,000 to Cape Fear Museum for historical film – 1898 – a pivotal moment in Wilmington’s history 

• $3,000 to Children’s Cancer Partners of the Carolinas for New Hanover Childhood Cancer Safety Net 

• $1,000 to The Children’s Museum of Wilmington, Inc. for community binders project 

• $5,000 to Community Enrichment Initiatives, Inc. for Willowdale Farms 

• $2,180 to Diaper Bank of NC for Lower Cape Fear hygiene access and equity initiative 

• $5,000 to Domestic Violence Shelter and Services for general operating support 

• $5,000 to House of Mercy for food pantry 

• $5,000 to Open House Youth Shelter of Coastal Horizons Center, Inc. for general operating support  

• $580 to Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte, Inc. for improving access to pediatric healthcare for New Hanover County families 

• $1,380 to Step Up Wilmington for building sustainable incomes and futures through employment 

• $2,500 to The Thalian Association of Wilmington for Bridge the Learning Gap with Creatives Arts Camp 

• $2,500 to Trinity United Methodist Church for Book Bag Block Party 

2024 grants awarded

The New Hanover County Community Foundation awarded $51,830 to the following local nonprofit organizations from its community grantmaking fund and other board-advised funds:

• $2,660 to 2Share, Inc. for beds to support families in New Hanover County
• $2,660 to Assistance League of Greater Wilmington for Little Learners library grant
• $600 to Bread for Life Senior Pantry for general operating support
• $2,500 to Brooklyn Arts Music Academy for Music Is Life!
• $5,000 to Cape Fear Guardian Ad Litem Association for Help a Kid Be a Kid
• $2,140 to Cape Fear Museum for Cape Fear Museum and Bellamy Mansion – 1898 field trip collaboration
• $2,500 to Church World Service Wilmington for employment services and workforce development for immigrants and refugees in New Hanover County
• $5,000 to Domestic Violence Shelter & Services for general operating support
• $4,000 to Family Promise of the Lower Cape Fear for Homeless to Housed Initiative: empowering families
• $4,000 First Fruit Ministries for street outreach to unsheltered homeless
• $2,660 to Hill & High Water, Inc. dba Foster Pantry for fostering safety: safe rides
• $5,000 to Open House Youth Shelter of Coastal Horizons Center, Inc. for general operating support
• $5,610 to Step Up Wilmington for enhancing job prospects and skill development in the Cape Fear region
• $5,000 to The Carousel Center for preventing child sexual abuse
• $2,500 to The Thalian Association of Wilmington for Set the Stage for Success with Thalian Youth Theatre

2023 grants awarded

The New Hanover County Community Foundation awarded more than $51,000 to the following local nonprofit organizations from its community grantmaking fund and other board-advised funds:

• $2,500 to 2SHARE, Inc. for targeted operating budget
• $3,560 to Assistance League of Greater Wilmington for Operation School Bell SNEAKERS project
• $2,500 to Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern North Carolina for Project Learn
• $2,200 to Bread for Life Senior Pantry for general operating support
• $2,500 to Brooklyn Arts Music Academy for Music Is Life!
• $2,500 to Cape Fear Guardian Ad Litem Association for Help a Kid Be a Kid
• $2,110 to Cape Fear Museum for Wilmington 1898
• $5,000 to Diaper Bank of NC for Distributing Dignity: Meeting Diaper Need in New Hanover County
• $5,000 to Domestic Violence Shelter & Services for general operating support
• $2,500 to First Fruit Ministries for street outreach to unhoused people
• $5,000 to Open House Youth Shelter of Coastal Horizons Center, Inc.
• $4,000 to Step Up Wilmington for expanding opportunity through employment support and upskilling in the Cape Fear area
• $5,000 to The Carousel Center for helping child survivors heal from abuse
• $2,500 to The Thalian Association of Wilmington for Thalian Youth Theatre Bridges the Gap
• $5,020 to Tides, Inc., for general operating support

2022 grants awarded

The New Hanover County Community Foundation awarded more than $51,000 to the following local nonprofit organizations from its community grantmaking fund and other board advised funds, including: 

• $2,000 to 1898 Memorial Fund for “Moving Forward Together” project
• $2,500 to A Safe Place (The Centre of Redemption) for a minor prevention program, EmpoweredMe!
• $3,000 to the Assistance League of Greater Wilmington for Project Operation School Bell
• $4,690 to Bread for Life Senior Pantry for general operating support
• $2,500 to Brooklyn Arts Music Academy for the Music Is Life! program
• $3,500 to Cape Fear Guardian Ad Litem Association for the Help a Kid Be a Kid program
• $2,500 to Diaper Bank of North Carolina for Distributing Dignity: Meeting Diaper Need in New Hanover County
• $5,000 to Domestic Violence Shelter & Services for general operating support
• $5,150 to Family Promise of the Lower Cape Fear for the Prevention Matters program
• $1,160 to Historic Wilmington Foundation for roof and windows at Giblem Lodge
• $3,000 to NSEA Swim for the 2022-23 NSEA Swimclusion program
• $2,500 to Open House Youth Shelter of Coastal Horizons Center for program support
• $2,500 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for Star Pupils New Hanover County
• $4,000 to The Carousel Center for helping children heal from abuse
• $5,000 to Tides Inc. for general operating support and development
• $2,500 to YMCA of Southeastern North Carolina for YMCA afterschool scholarships

2021 grants awarded

Through its community grants program, the New Hanover County Community Foundation awarded more than $50,000 to local nonprofit organizations, including:

• $1770 to Bread for Life Senior Pantry for general operating support
• $2500 to A Safe Place (The Centre of Redemption) for the Minor Prevention Program
• $7000 to Cape Fear Guardian ad Litem Association for the “Help A Kid Be a Kid” Initiative
• $1000 to Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh for the Mobile Food Pantry Program
• $2500 to Coastal Horizons Center for general operating support of the Rape Crisis Center for New Hanover County
• $5000 to Coastal Therapeutic Riding for the Minority Children Community Outreach Program
• $5000 to Domestic Violence Shelter & Services for general operating support
• $4150 to Family Promise of the Lower Cape Fear for the Homeward Bound Project
• $4100 to Five 14 Revolution for the Operation Hotel Outreach Project
• $2210 to NSEA Swim for the NSEA Swiminclusion Project
• $5000 to One Love Tennis for general operating support
• $1770 to St. Jude’s Metropolitan Community Church to support the Food Programs
• $5560 to Switchin Gears to support the Kids Bike Mechanic Mentoring program
• $2500 to Young Men’s Christian Association of Southeastern NC to support the Y Afterschool program for New Hanover County children

2020 grants awarded

Through its community grants program, the New Hanover County Community Foundation awarded more than $52,000 to local nonprofit organizations, including: 

• $2,500 to the Brigade Boys & Girls Club of Wilmington for general operating support
• $7,000 to the Cape Fear Guardian Ad Litem Association for the Help A Kid Be A Kid program
• $10,000 to The Carousel Center for helping children heal from abuse
• $5,000 to the City of Wilmington Parks for new signage for the 1898 Memorial Park
• $4,420 to the Domestic Violence Shelter & Services for core mission support
• $3,060 to Family Promise of the Lower Cape Fear for the Moving Families Forward program
• $2,500 to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, Inc. for responding to COVID-19-related food insecurity in New Hanover, Pender, Brunswick and Columbus counties
• $6,120 to the Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington, Inc. for feeding the hungry and housing the homeless
• $2,050 to Meals on Wheels – Wilmington for COVID-19 response
• $5,000 to One Love Tennis for the 1898 Memorial Fund grant application
• $4,420 to Step Up Wilmington for employment and life skills support for families impacted by COVID-19

2019 grants awarded

The board of advisors of the New Hanover Community Foundation was recently awarded $7,000 in recovery grants from the North Carolina Community Foundation Disaster Relief Fund to support the long-term recovery of the local community from Hurricane Florence:

• $1,400 to Brigade Boys & Girls Club of Wilmington
• $1,400 to Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity
• $1,400 to Family Promise of the Lower Cape Fear
• $1,400 to First Fruit Ministries
• $1,400 to Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry, Inc.

Through its community grants program, the New Hanover County Community Foundation awarded more than $50,000 to local nonprofit organizations, including:

• $6,000 to The Carousel Center for general operating support
• $2,500 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for Star Pupils New Hanover County
• $2,500 to Wilmington Family YMCA for Hurricane Relief- Childcare and Youth Development Programs
• $3,000 to Family Promise of the Lower Cape Fear for Families Forward Transitional Housing
• $2,500 to DREAMS of Wilmington, Inc. for Career-Readiness through Digital Music Production
• $7,000 to Cape Fear Guardian Ad Litem Association for “Help A Kid Be A Kid”
• $4,180 to “Bread for Life…” for enhanced nutrition program
• $4,000 to Community Enrichment Initiatives, Inc. for MLK Community Kitchen
• $6,680 to Assistance League of Greater Wilmington for Operation School Bell
• $4,500 for Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington, Inc. for Food Services
• $3,000 to Domestic Violence Shelter and Services, Inc. for general operating support
• $5,000 to Cape Fear Museum for 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Education

2018 grants awarded

The New Hanover County Community Foundation awarded $47,000 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations, including:

• $3,000 to “Bread for Life”
• $5,000 to the Assistance League of Greater Wilmington
• $2,500 to the Cape Fear Literary Council
• $3,480 to DREAMS of Wilmington
• $3,000 to the Family Promise of the Lower Cape Fear
• $2,500 to First Fruit Ministries
• $3,200 to Lump to Laughter for the Angel Fund Home Preservation
• $5,000 to NourishNC Inc.
• $2,000 to Oasis NC
• $2,500 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina
• $3,400 to the Anchor United Methodist Church
• $5,000 to the Wilmington Children’s Museum Inc.
• $2,500 to the Wilmington Youth Initiative Inc.
• $3,920 to Young Women Leading Inc.

2017 grants awarded

The New Hanover County Community Foundation awarded more than $55,000 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations. Recipients were:

• Assistance League of Greater Wilmington
• “Bread for Life…”
• Canines for Service
• Children’s Home Society of North Carolina
• Communities in Schools of Cape Fear
• Family Promise of the Lower Cape Fear
• Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina
• Kids Making It, Inc.
• Lump to Laughter
• Phoenix Hometown Hires
• Prevent Blindness North Carolina
• Reach Out and Read for Reach Out and Reach – New Hanover County
• The Hope Center at The Anchor United Methodist Church
• TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.)
• Welcome Home Angel
• Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry, Inc.
• Wilmington Family YMCA
• Young Women Leading, Inc.

2016 grants awarded

The New Hanover Community Foundation awarded more than $50,000 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations. Recipients were:

• “Bread for Life…”
• Brigade Boys & Girls Clubs
• Communities In Schools of Cape Fear
• Cucalorus Film Foundation
• DREAMS of Wilmington
• Family Promise of the Lower Cape Fear
• Girls Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines
• Kids Making It, Inc.
• Lower Cape Fear Hospice
• NourishNC Inc.
• Phoenix Hometown Hires
• Prevent Blindness North Carolina
• Reach Out and Read
• Wilmington Family YMCA 

2015 grants awarded

The New Hanover Community Foundation awarded more than $52,400 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations. Recipients were:

• 100 Black Men of Coastal Carolina
• Appalachian State University
• Brigade Boys & Girls Club of Wilmington
• Campbell University
• Cape Fear Chorale, Inc.
• Cape Fear Community College
• Cape Fear Literacy Council
• Cape Fear Museum
• Cape Fear Regional Community Development Corporation
• Communities in Schools of Cape Fear, Inc.
• Community Boys & Girls Club
• Cucalorus Film Foundation
• DREAMS of Wilmington, Inc.
• East Carolina University
• Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, Inc.
• Girls Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines
• Kids Making It
• Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern NC
• Meals on Wheels – Wilmington
• Muscular Dystrophy Association
• National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education
• NourishNC
• Pretty in Pink Foundation
• Prevent Blindness North Carolina
• Reach Out and Read
• ROCAME
• St. Mark Catholic Church
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• Western Carolina University

2014 grants awarded

• Bellamy Mansion Museum
• Campbell University
• Cape Fear Community College
• Cape Fear Literacy Council
• Cape Fear Shakespeare, LTD
• Cape Fear Tutoring, Inc.
• Community Boys & Girls Club
• Cucalorus Film Foundation
• Friends of Public Radio
• Friends of the Battleship North Carolina
• The Full Belly Project
• UNC Wilmington/QENO
• University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• Western Carolina University
• Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry
• Wilmington Symphony Orchestra