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
2013 grants awarded
- Bellamy Mansion Museum
- Black Arts Alliance Inc.
- Bread for Life
- Cape Fear Chorale Inc.
- Cape Fear Literacy Council
- Cape Fear Resource Conservation & Development
- Community Boys & Girls Club
- Cucalorus Film Foundation
- Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, Inc.
- Friends of the Battleship North Carolina
- Friends of the New Hanover County Arboretum
- North Carolina Center for Voter Education
- Phoenix Employment Ministry
- The Children’s Museum of Wilmington
- Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry
- Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
