Avery Community Foundation

The Avery Community Foundation awarded $8,700 in grants from its community grantmaking fund and other board advised funds to the following local nonprofits:

• $500 to Avery Association for Exceptional Citizens (doing business as Yellow Mountain Enterprises) for Classroom Without Walls
• $500 to High Country Caregiver Foundation for Kinship Navigation – counseling for Avery County
• $500 to High Country Community Health for Giving Closet
• $500 to Mountain Alliance for Avery Teen Leadership Development and After-school Support Program
• $500 to Oasis, Inc. for domestic violence services and emergency shelter
• $500 to Pisgah Legal Services for legal services for survivors of domestic violence and child abuse in Avery County
• $500 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for Avery County vision screening program
• $550 to W.A.M.Y. Community Action for Avery County Community Garden
• $1,550 to Cub Scout Pack 807 Kiwanis Club of Banner Elk
• $1,550 to Scouts BSA Troop 4807 Kiwanis Club of Banner Elk
• $1,550 to Scouts BSA Troop 807 Kiwanis Club of Banner Elk

2023 grants awarded

The Avery Community Foundation has awarded nearly $11,000 through its community grantmaking fund and other board advised funds to local nonprofit organizations, including:

• $945 to Avery County Schools Career & Technical Education (CTE) for SkillsUSA State Leadership Workshop at Camp Dixie 
• $1,000 to Daughters of the Revolution – Crossnore for America 250 books 
• $1,500 to Cub Scout Pack 807 Kiwanis Club of Banner Elk for membership and uniform assistance 
• $2,170 to Mountain Alliance for Avery Teen Leadership Development and After-school Support Program 
• $500 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for Star Pupils Avery County 
• $1,200 to Scouts BSA Troop 4807 Kiwanis Club of Banner Elk for tent and backpacks 
• $1,500 to Scouts BSA Troop 807 Kiwans Club of Banner Elk for tent and backpacks 
• $500 to Special Olympics North Carolina for Avery County Special Olympics 
• $500 to the Salvation Army of Hickory for Crisis Help Services 
• $1,015 to W.A.M.Y. Community Action for Food and Nutrition Program

2022 grants awarded

The Avery Community Foundation has awarded more than $10,000 through its community grantmaking fund and other board advised funds to local nonprofit organizations, including:

• $1,500 to Carolina Cross Connection for its home repair program 
• $1,512.50 to Crossnore Volunteer Fire Department for general operating support for Boy Scout Troop 814
• $1,496 to Kiwanis Club of Banner Elk Foundation for general operating support for Cub Scout Pack 807
• $2,248 to Kiwanis Club of Banner Elk Foundation for general operating support for Boy Scouts of America Troop 4807
• $1,496 to Linville Falls Community Church for general operating support for Girl Scout Troop 2739
• $1,200 to Mountain Alliance for its Avery Teen Leadership Development and Afterschool Support program 
• $500 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for its Star Pupils of Avery County program 
• $600 to W.A.M.Y. Community Action for its community garden 

2021 grants awarded

The Avery Community Foundation has awarded more than $3,600 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations, including:

• $1,620 to First Things Foundation for Capacity Building: A New Opportunity to Create Momentum for Low-Income Women in Western North Carolina
• $1,000 to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Western North Carolina for the Igniting Youth Potential, Avery County program
• $1,000 to Mountain Alliance for the Avery Teen Leadership Development and After-school Support program.

2020 grants awarded

The Avery Community Foundation has awarded more than $3,800 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations, including:

• $1,240 to the Blue Ridge Partnership for Children for the Play & Learn program
• $840 to the North Carolina Symphony for digital music education programs for Avery County students
• $640 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for the Star Pupils Avery County program
• $860 to WAMY Community Action, Inc. for the Avery County Community Garden

2019 grants awarded

The Avery Community Foundation has awarded more than $3,400 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations, including:

• Blue Ridge Partnership for Children
• Children’s Hope Alliance
• Mountain Alliance
• Spirit Ride Inc.
• YMCA of Avery County 

2018 grants awarded

The Avery Community Foundation has awarded more than $3,200 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations, including:

• $500 to the Mountain Alliance
• $880 to Special Olympics Avery County
• $880 to Spirit Ride Inc.
• $500 to WAMY Community Action, Inc.
• $500 to the Western Youth Network

2017 grants awarded

The Avery Community Foundation has awarded more than $3,000 through its community grants program to local nonprofit organizations. Recipients were:

• Blue Ridge Partnership for Children
• Mediation & Restorative Justice Center
• Spirit Ride Inc.
• Williams YMCA of Avery County

2014 grants awarded

• Avery County Historical Museum
• Avery County Schools Education Foundation
• Avery County Smart Start/Partnership for Children
• Mayland Community College

2013 grants awarded

• Avery County Schools Education Foundation