Carteret Community Foundation

The Carteret Community Foundation is a growing family of philanthropic funds, source of grants for local causes and partner for donors. CCF was founded in 2005 and is led by a local volunteer advisory board that helps build community assets through the creation of permanent endowments, makes grants and leverages leadership – all for the benefit of Carteret County.

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Officers

Michelle Gregory

President

Bart Farrell

Vice President

Beth Henry

Secretary

Chuck Jordan

Treasurer

Board Members

Sammy Brooks

Jane Gordon

Jane Hill

Corey Lewis

Richard McIntyre

Powell Osteen

Ginger Parker

Grady Prevette

Terry Robertson

Wayne Schriever

Susan Sullivan

Jan Sutton

Denise Warren

Brittany Wheatly

Apply for grants

The Carteret Community Foundation will accept grant applications from July 19, 2024, to NOON on Aug. 20, 2024. Applications received after this deadline will not be accepted, including late submissions due to technology issues. Funds are available for qualified charitable organizations serving the local community.

Grants typically range from $500 to $5,000. In 2023, CCF awarded $130,016 in grants through this competitive process. Learn more about past grant recipients.

Grants will be awarded from the community grantmaking fund and the:

J. O. and Ruth Barbour Memorial Fund for Elementary Education in Carteret County, supporting the reinforcement of Carteret County elementary school instruction in the basics, including reading, writing, arithmetic and penmanship; the acquisition of classroom equipment; compensation of elementary school teachers; and capital improvements to elementary school facilities. Eligible applicants are Carteret County Schools.
J. O. and Ruth Barbour Memorial Fund for Wildlife Habitat Conservation supporting conservation projects in Carteret County that contribute to the preservation, maintenance, or reestablishment of woodland and other natural areas that provide suitable and desirable habitats for wildlife, with particular emphasis on birdlife.
Pearl’s Pantry Fund, supporting humanitarian needs of residents of Carteret County. Proposals for food, prescription medicines, clothing, housing, families in crisis or disaster relief will be reviewed in that order.

How to apply

CCF is an affiliate of the North Carolina Community Foundation. Organizations must apply for grants using NCCF’s online application system.

Read the guidelines before you apply. Failure to adhere to the guidelines will result in your application being declined.
If this is your first time applying, follow the instructions in Training Module I to create a profile. If your organization already has an account, use your information to log in.
Follow the instructions in Training Module II to add a grant application. Once registered, you can access more information about the application process.

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The Carteret Community Foundation awarded more than $130,000 through its community grants program and other local funds to the following local nonprofit organizations, including:

$5,000 to BackPack Friends for general operating support
$4,600 to Beaufort Elementary Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) for Greenhouse Station for Big Rock Learning Center
$5,060 to the Beaufort Historical Association for educational programming
$2,000 to Boy Scouts of America – East Carolina Council for membership and retention
$5,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain for Formula for Impact
$5,000 to Broad Street Clinic Foundation, Inc., for Dental Bus
$5,000 to Broad Street Clinic Foundation, Inc., for Medication Assistance
$5,000 to Carteret Community Theatre for First Act Youth Theatre Educational Outreach Project
$2,000 to Carteret County Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Association for Native Plant Demonstration Garden
$2,000 to Carteret County Partnership for Children for Community Diaper Closet
$5,000 to Carteret Literacy Council for new curriculum
$1,866 to Children’s Cancer Partners of the Carolinas for Carteret County Childhood Cancer Safety Net
$5,000 to Coastal Pregnancy Care Center for window treatments for client services
$5,000 to Crystal Coast Autism Center for therapeutic programs for children and young adults with autism
$2,500 to First Tee Coastal Carolinas for Being a Game Changer
$5,000 to Family Promise for general operating support
$2,000 to Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines for Girl Scout Leadership Experience in Carteret County
$2,090 to Hand 2 Hand Down East for Monday Lunch Down East
$5,000 to Hope Mission of Carteret County, Inc, for enclosed trailer
$5,000 to Hope Mission of Carteret County, Inc, for emergency financial assistance
$5,000 to Hope Recovery Homes for air conditioner
$2,000 to Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc., for reaching low-income Carteret residents with civil legal needs that impact housing, safety and other basic needs
$5,000 to Loaves and Fishes for general operating support
$3,500 to Made4Me, Inc., for the Making Abilities Possible Project for Carteret County residents
$5,000 to Military Appreciation Day, Inc, for MAD Morehead City 2024
$2,500 to Miracles in Motion Performing Arts Centre for new costume room buildout
$5,000 to Misplaced Mutts for second chance mutts
$3,000 to North Carolina Symphony for Music Education Concert for Carteret County Students,
$7,900 to Possumwood Acres Wildlife Sanctuary for wildlife survival
$1,000 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for Star Pupils Carteret County
$5,000 to Project Christmas Cheer for general operating support
$1,000 to Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle for Carteret County Care Fund
$1,000 to Ronald McDonald House of Eastern NC for Carteret County families
$3,000 to Special Olympics North Carolina for Carteret County Special Olympics
$1,000 to TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.) for residential substance use disorder recovery services for individuals from Carteret County

2022 grants awarded

The Carteret Community Foundation awards more than $80,000 through its community grants program to the following local nonprofit organizations, including:

$5,740 to BackPack Friends for general operating support
$6,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain for Formula for Impact for Carteret County residents
$4,500 to Broad Street Clinic Foundation, Inc. for nebulizers and medication assistance
$3,500 to Carteret County Partnership for Children for their community diaper bank
$5,000 to Carteret County Public School Foundation for Building Resiliency Through ACEs Response
$4,923 to Carteret County Schools for Ready, Set, Learn for elementary grades
$5,000 to Crystal Coast Autism Center for helping children with autism engage in the community
$3,500 to Friends of Mountains-to-Sea Trail for the Mountains-to-Sea Trail in Carteret County
$2,000 to Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines for Girl Scout leadership experience in Carteret County
$4,500 to Hope Mission of Carteret County, Inc. for tables and chairs for soup kitchen and medicines for individuals in need
$4,975 to Hope Recovery Homes for beds for recovery
$3,500 to Made4Me, Inc. for Making Abilities Possible Project for Carteret County students
$4,000 to Misplaced Mutts, Inc. for Healthy Mutts 2022
$3,000 to North Carolina Symphony for music education concert for Carteret County students
$2,500 to Peer Recovery Center for books for recovery classes
$5,000 to Possumwood Acres Wildlife Sanctuary for Wildlife Survival Is for the Birds
$1,000 to Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill for Carteret County Cares Program
$2,500 to Ronald McDonald House of Eastern NC for general operating support for funding families of Carteret County
$3,000 to Special Olympics North Carolina for Special Olympics North Carolina – Carteret County
$2,000 to the Town of Newport for Newport Community Dog Park
$5,000 to TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.) for residential substance abuse recovery services for individuals from Carteret County

2021 grants awarded

The Carteret Community Foundation has awarded $56,500 through its community grants program to the following local nonprofit organizations, including:

$570 to Broad Street Clinic Foundation for Prescription Medication Assistance Project
$570 to Hope Mission of Carteret County for Medicine to those in Need Project
$5000 to BackPack Friends for general operating support
$1500 to Broad Street Clinic Foundation for the Dental Bus Program
$5000 to Carteret Community Theatre for First Act Youth Theatre Technical Skills Training Program
$5000 to Carteret County Domestic Violence Program for case management and advocacy program support
$5000 to Carteret County Public School Foundation for the Tutoring
$4320 to Crystal Coast Autism Center for Social Skills and Resources program support
$3142 to Hope Mission of Carteret County for Soup Kitchen Cold Food Storage
$3000 to Hope Recovery Homes for Women’s Recovery Home appliances
$2500 to Made4Me for Making Abilities Possible program
$2000 to Make-A-Wish Eastern NC for improving health outcomes for Carteret critically ill children
$5000 to North Carolina Coastal Federation for Nature Trail Parking Lot and Trailhead project
$2500 to North Carolina Symphony for Music Education Concert Carteret
$2500 to Ronald McDonald House of Eastern NC for general operating support for Carteret County families
$3925 to SIDCO for the QUINNEBAUG Shipwreck Project
$5000 to TROSA for Residential Substance Abuse Recovery Services for Carteret County individuals

2020 grants awarded

The Carteret Community Foundation has awarded more than $52,600 through its community grants program to the following local nonprofit organizations, including:

$5,000 to BackPack Friends for general operating support
$2,500 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain for the Formula for Impact program
$1,500 to the Broad Street Clinic Foundation, Inc. for the Dental Bus program
$2,500 to the Carteret Partnership for Children for providing emergency telebehavioral health to children affected by COVID-19
$2,500 to the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh for the Senior Pharmacy Program
$1,000 to the Children’s Cancer Partners of the Carolinas for the Carteret County Childhood Cancer Safety Net
$750 to GAL Friends 3B, Inc. for meeting unmet needs of children in DSS custody served by the GAL program
$1,450 to Gramercy Christian School for elementary playground improvement
$3,250 to the Hope Mission of Carteret County, Inc for the wash and dry program
$1,500 to Make-A-Wish Eastern North Carolina for granting wishes for children with critical illnesses who reside in Carteret County
$1,450 to Misplaced Mutts for the Healthy Mutts program
$9,070 to Newport Elementary School for enhancing our STEAM Lab at Newport Elementary School
$4,320 to the North Carolina Aquarium Society for restoring shorebird habitat on Bogue Banks
$1,000 to the North Carolina Coastal Federation for educational trail signs
$2,500 to the North Carolina Symphony for virtual music education programs for Carteret County student
$2,500 to the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill for the Carteret County Cares Fund
$1,750 to Special Olympics North Carolina for the Special Olympics North Carolina – Carteret County program
$1,250 to The First Tee of Coastal Carolinas for the National School Program – The First Tee of Coastal Carolinas
$2,500 to TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.) for residential substance abuse recovery services for individuals from Carteret County
$4,320 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the Urban Maritime Forest Micro-Park

2019 grants awarded

The Carteret Community Foundation has awarded more than $63,400 through its community grants program to the following local nonprofit organizations, including:

BackPack Friends
Broad Street Clinic Foundation, Inc.
Carteret County Domestic Violence Program, Inc
Carteret County General Hospital Foundation
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh
Children’s Cancer Partners of the Carolinas
Crystal Coast Autism Center
Crystal Coast Hospice House
Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines
Hope Mission of Carteret County, Inc
Miracles in Motion Performing Arts Centre
Morehead Elementary School
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
North Carolina Symphony
Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter Inc
Ronald McDonald House of Eastern NC
SIDCO Surface Interval Diving Company
Special Olympics North Carolina
Trail of Faith Farms
TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.)

2018 grants awarded

The Carteret Community Foundation has awarded more than $68,800 through its community grants program to the following local nonprofit organizations, including:

Autism Society of North Carolina
BackPack Friends
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain
Broad Streeet Clinic Foundation – Dental Bus
Broad Street Clinic Foundation – prescription medications
Carteret County Domestic Violence Program, Inc.
Carteret County Historical Society
Carteret County Public School Foundation – East Carteret High School Food Pantry
Carteret County Public School Foundation – Stepping Up The Game program
Carteret County Public School Fundation – Preschool Center
Carteret Local Food Network
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh
Crystal Coast Autism Center
Crystal Coast Hospice House, Inc.
GAL Friends 3B, Inc.
Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines
Hope City
Hope Mission of Carteret County, Inc.
Hope Mission of Carteret County, Inc. – prescription pad
Maritime Heritage Foundation of Beaufort, North Carolina, Inc.
Misplaced Mutts
Newport Elementary School
North Carolina Symphony Society, Inc.
Possumwood Acres Wildlife Sanctuary
Ronald McDonald House of Eastern NC
Special Olympics North Carolina
TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.
White Oak Elementary School

2017 grants awarded

The Carteret Community Foundation has awarded more than $53,600 through its community grants program to the following local nonprofit organizations. Recipients were:

Carteret County Domestic Violence Program, Inc.
NC Literary and Historical Association
Ronald McDonald House of Eastern NC
Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines
The Bridge Downeast, Inc.
Camp Albemarle
Broad Street Clinic Foundation
Carteret County Partnership for Children
North Carolina Symphony Society, Inc.
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain
Carobell, Inc./Station Club Enterprise
Crystal Coast Autism Center
Friends of the Museum North Carolina Maritime Museum, Inc.
Crystal Coast Hospice House, Inc.
Hope City
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Wilmington Family YMCA
TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.)
St. Egbert Catholic School

2016 grants awarded

The Carteret Community Foundation has awarded more than $36,800 through its community grants program to the following local nonprofit organizations. Recipients were:

BACKPACK FRIENDS
Beaufort Historical Association
Boys & Girls Clubs of Coastal Carolina
Broad Street Clinic Foundation
Carobell, Inc./Station Club Enterprise
Carteret County Partnership for Children
Crystal Coast Autism Center
ECARA
Hope Mission of Carteret County, Inc.
Make-A-Wish Eastern North Carolina
North Carolina D.A.R.E. Officers’ Association
St. Egbert Catholic School
TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.)

2015 grants awarded

The Carteret Community Foundation has awarded $30,000 through its community grants program to the following local nonprofit organizations. Recipients were:

Beaufort Historical Association
Camp Albemarle
Carobell, Inc.
Carteret County Domestic Violence Shelter
Carteret County General Hospital Foundation
Carteret County Partnership for Children
Crystal Coast Autism Center
Family Promise of Carteret County
Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines
Grace Christian School
Hope Mission of Carteret County, Inc.
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern NC
North Carolina D.A.R.E. Officers’ Association
Pretty in Pink Foundation
Protectors of Homeless Pets of Carteret County Inc.
St. Egbert Catholic School
The Bridge Downeast

2014 grants awarded

Beaufort Historical Association
Boys & Girls Club of Coastal Carolina
Broad Street Clinic Foundation, Inc.
Carteret County Domestic Violence Shelter
Carteret County Historical Society, Inc.
Grace Christian School
Gramercy Christian School
St. Egbert Catholic School

2013 grants awarded

Beaufort Historical Association
Boys & Girls Club of Coastal Carolina
Broad Street Clinic Foundation, Inc.
Cape Lookout Marine Science High School
Carobell, Inc
Carteret County Domestic Violence Shelter
Carteret Literacy Council
Coastal Community Action
Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines
Grace Christian School
Gramercy Christian School
Hope Mission of Carteret County, Inc.
St. Egbert Catholic School

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