2024 grants awarded
The Carteret Community Foundation awarded $121,330 from its community grantmaking fund and other board advised funds to the following local organizations:
- $1,609.30 to A Sea of Learning Private School to provide tuition assistance for financially needy students
- $2,300 to Arts Council of Carteret County for “Special Hands” pottery workshop for artists with physical limitations
- $3,500 to Atlantic Beach Sea Turtle Project for Sea Turtles dig the Dark
- $5,000 to BackPack Friends for general operating support
- $5,000 to Beaufort Elementary Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) for Gaga Courts at Outdoor Learning Center at Beaufort Elementary School
- $1,000 to Beaufort Historical Association for preserving and archiving Beaufort’s history
- $5,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain for Formula for Impact for Carteret County Clubs
- $5,000 to Broad Street Clinic for diabetic supplies and dental program
- $5,000 to Camp Albemarle for golf cart
- $1,542.60 to Camp Albemarle for Nature School at Camp Albemarle to provide tuition assistance for financially needy students
- $5,000 to Carteret Community Theatre for refurbishing wireless microphone components
- $4,000 to Carteret County Historical Society, Inc. for History Exploration Days at the History Museum of Carteret County
- $5,000 to Carteret County Partnership for Children for Community Diaper Closet
- $5,000 to Carteret Literacy Council for digital literacy module
- $2,500 to Children’s Cancer Partners of the Carolinas for Carteret County Childhood Cancer Safety Net
- $5,000 to Crystal Coast Autism Center for helping children with autism engage in the community
- $4,000 to Family Promise of Carteret County for washer and dryer for homeless organization
- $3,557.40 to Gramercy Christian School to provide tuition assistance for financially needy students
- $500 to Heritage Christian Academy to provide tuition assistance for financially needy students
- $5,000 to Hand 2 Hand Down East for Monday Lunch Down East
- $2,500 to Hope Is Alive for Winning with Wellness
- $5,000 to Hope Mission of Carteret County, Inc. for stove for the mission
- $4,800 to Hope Recovery Homes for Keeping It Chill
- $5,000 to Military Appreciation Day, Inc. for Military Appreciation Day Morehead City 2025
- $2,500 to Miracles in Motion Performing Arts Centre for competition dance registration fees – MiMPAC
- $4,760 to Misplaced Mutts for second chance mutts
- $500 to Newport Christian Academy to provide tuition assistance for financially needy students
- $3,000 to North Carolina Symphony for music education concert for students in Carteret County
- $5,000 to Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter to safely repair facility floor
- $5,000 to Possumwood Acres Wildlife Sanctuary for Wildlife Survival Is for the Birds – Now More than Ever
- $2,000 to Project Christmas Cheer of Carteret County for general operating support
- $2,000 to Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle for Carteret County Care Fund
- $3,000 to Special Olympics North Carolina for Special Olympics North Carolina – Carteret County
- 1,760.70 to St. Egbert Catholic School to provide tuition assistance for financially needy students
2023 grants awarded
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
