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
2011 grants awarded
- Big Dawg Productions, Inc.
- Cape Fear Museum Associates, Inc.
- Carolina Vocal Arts Ensemble
- Domestic Violence Shelter & Services
- Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, Inc.
- Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington, Inc.
- New Hanover Community Health Center
- Phoenix Employment Services of Wilmington, Inc.
- The Carousel Center
- Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
2010 grants awarded
- African American Heritage Foundation (AAHFW Inc.)
- Columbus County, North Carolina
- Communities in Schools of Cape Fear, Inc.
- University of North Carolina at Wilmington