2023 grants awarded
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
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
