Cary Community Foundation

 The Cary Community Foundation awarded $10,000 through its community grants program to the following local nonprofit organizations:

• $750 to Cary Downtown Farmers Market for Cary Farmers Market 
• $1,000 to The Caring Community Foundation for Alleviating Financial Insecurity Caused by Cancer 
• $1,000 to The Center for Volunteer Caregiving for In-Home Connections Program 
• $500 to The Diaper Train for Diaper Train Stability & Growth Initiative 
• $2,000 to Esteamed Coffee, Inc., for General Operating Support 
• $2,000 to HopeLine Inc., for Cary Connections 
• $1,500 to Kiran, Inc., for Empowering Independent Futures 
• $500 to Made4Me, Inc., for Making Abilities Possible 
• $750 to Triangle Aphasia Project Unlimited for Accessible Aphasia Communication Rehabilitation

2024 grants awarded

The Cary Community Foundation awarded nearly $10,000 through its community grants program to the following local nonprofit organizations:

• $2,000 to Esteamed Coffee, Inc. for general operating support
• $2,000 to Hopeline, Inc. for Connections for Cary
• $1,000 to Kiran, Inc. for Strength in Unity: Kiran’s empowerment circle
• $1,000 to Diaper Train for Diaper Train mobile distribution project
• $1,000 to The Center for Volunteer Giving for in-home connections program
• $1,000 to Triangle Area Parenting Support for mental health for moms
• $1,000 to Wheels4Hope for free books and meet-the-author event for first-grade students at Kingswood Magnet Elementary School
• $800 to Zola Sudania, Inc. for rental, utilities and food support for Cary Women

2023 grants awarded

The Cary Community Foundation awarded $5,000 through its community grants program to the following local nonprofit organizations:

• $1,250 to Gigi’s Playhouse for Down Syndrome Achievement Center: educational, therapeutic and career-training programs
• $1,000 to Kiran, Inc. for client support
• $750 to The Center for Volunteer Caregiving for the In-Home Connections program
• $1,000 to Wake Monarch Academy for helping teens find recovery from substance use disorder through the Triangle’s first and only recovery high school
• $1,000 to Wheels4Hope for providing reliable and affordable vehicles to empower the working poor

2022 grants awarded 

The Cary Community Foundation awarded $4,500 through its community grants program to the following local nonprofit organizations, including:

• $500 to Gigi’s Playhouse Raleigh for the Down Syndrome Achievement Center: educational, therapeutic and career-training programs 
• $1,500 to Kiran, Inc. for client support 
• $500 to Made4Me, Inc. for the Making Abilities Possible project 
• $750 to NAMI Wake County for support for mental health outreach 
• $750 to The Center for Volunteer Caregiving for the In-Home Connections program 
• $500 to Wake Monarch Academy for supporting adolescents in recovery from substance abuse disorder through the Triangle’s first and only recovery high school 
  

2021 grants awarded

The Cary Community Foundation awarded more than $4,200 through its community grants program to the following local nonprofit organizations, including:

• $1,000 to Made4Me, Inc. for Making Abilities Possible
• $1,000 to The Center for Volunteer Caregiving for General Operating Support
• $1,000 to Family Promise of Wake County for general Operating Support
• $1,270 to NAMI Wake County for Improving Community Mental Wellness

2020 grants awarded

The Cary Community Foundation awarded $5,000 through its community grants program to the following local nonprofit organizations, including:

• $2,000.00 to Kiran
• $1,500.00 to Dorcas Ministries
• $1,500.00 to Small Hands, Big Hearts

2019 grants awarded

The Cary Community Foundation awarded $4,500 through its community grants program to the following local nonprofit organizations, including:

• Kiran, Inc
• Life Experiences
• NAMI Wake County
• The Center for Volunteer Caregiving
• Wheels4Hope 

2018 grants awarded

The Cary Community Foundation awarded $10,000 through its community grants program to the following local nonprofit organizations, including:

• $3,000 to The Carying Place, Inc. for the life and fiscal management skills and transitional housing for homeless, working families with children program
• $1,000 to The Family Violence Prevention Center, Inc. (InterAct) for InterAct’s Lethality Assessment program
• $1,000 to the CatchMUp Foundation for the 2018 Housing program
• $3,000 to Kiran, Inc. for the Kiran Client Services Initiative
• $700 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association for the MDA Summer Camp program
• $1,300 to the Assistance League of the Triangle Area for Operation School Bell

2017 grants awarded

The Cary Community Foundation awarded $10,000 through its community grants program to the following local nonprofit organizations, including:

• $1,100 to Donate Life NC
• $1,800 to Kiran, Inc.
• $1,500 to the Lighthouse Foundation of Wake County
• $2,100 to The Carying Place, Inc.
• $1,500 to the Family Violence Prevention Center, Inc.
• $2,000 to Triangle Family Services

2016 grants awarded

The Cary Community Foundation has awarded more than $9,000 through its community grants program to the following local nonprofit organizations. Recipients were:

• Assistance League of the Triangle Area
• Kiran, Inc.
• The Carying Place, Inc.
• The Family Violence Prevention Center, Inc., dba InterAct
• Triangle Family Services 

2015 grants awarded

• Assistance League of the Triangle Area
• Kiran
• Life Experiences, Inc.
• Triangle Wind Ensemble

2014 grants awarded

• Activate Good
• Assistance League of the Triangle Area
• Cary Town Band
• Chabad of Cary
• Life Experiences
• Read and Feed
• InterAct
• Triangle Family Services

2013 grants awarded

• Activate Good
• Assistance League of the Triangle Area
• Cary Creative Center, Inc.
• Corral Riding Academy
• Hospice of Wake County
• STOMP the Monster NC
• Triangle Family Services
• Wake Robotics