Carteret Community Foundation awards more than $130,000 in grants
The Carteret Community Foundation has awarded $130,016 in grants to organizations supporting the local community.
The board of advisors granted:
- $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
Funds for the grants came from CCF’s community grantmaking fund, the J. O. and Ruth Barbour Memorial Fund for Elementary Education in Carteret County, the J. O. and Ruth Barbour Memorial Fund for Wildlife Habitat Conservation, and the Pearl’s Pantry Fund.
“There are many nonprofits working tirelessly to improve lives in our Carteret County community and we are proud to help support some of them through these grants,” said Richard McIntyre, advisory board president of the Carteret Community Foundation.
CCF is an affiliate of the North Carolina Community Foundation and is led by a local volunteer advisory board. Each year, CCF uses dollars from its endowment funds to make grants to nonprofits that help the local community.
Learn more about CCF and its work in the community or make a tax-deductible donation at nccommunityfoundation.org/Carteret. For further information about CCF, contact the eastern region community leadership officer.
Carteret Community Foundation Advisory Board Members
Advisory board members live and work in Carteret County, positioning them to strategically leverage resources, meet local needs and access opportunities. In addition to McIntyre, board members include Michelle Gregory (vice president), Beth Henry (secretary), Chuck Jordan (treasurer), Sammy Brooks, Bart Farrell, Jane Gordon, Jane Hill, Corey Lewis, Powell Osteen, Ginger Parker, Grady Prevette, Terry Robertson, Wayne Schriever, Susan Sullivan, Jan Sutton, Denise Warren, Brittany Wheatly.
About the North Carolina Community Foundation
The North Carolina Community Foundation brings together generous people and connects them to causes and organizations they care about, with a focus on inspiring lasting and meaningful philanthropy in the state’s rural communities.
With $400 million in assets, NCCF sustains over 1,200 endowments and partners with donors and a network of affiliates in 60 counties to strengthen our state. By stewarding and growing donors’ gifts, NCCF makes a powerful impact through a robust grants and scholarships program, awarding over $270 million since 1988.
For more information, visit nccommunityfoundation.org.
Media contact
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hhogewood@nccommunityfoundation.org, 919-256-6901