{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Duplin County Community Foundation awards nearly $22,000 in grants","url":"\/news\/duplin-county-community-foundation-awards-nearly-22000-in-grants","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The <a href=\"\/communities\/southeastern\/duplin-county\">Duplin County Community Foundation<\/a> (DCCF) has awarded $21,960 in grants to programs supporting the local community.<\/p>\r\n<p>The board of advisors granted:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$500 to Boy Scouts of America Troop 42, charter of Calypso Presbyterian Church, for summer camp<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,800 to the Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas for the Duplin County Childhood Cancer Safety Net<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Diaper Bank of NC for Distributing Dignity: Meeting Diaper Need in Duplin County<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 Diversity Nurtures Achievement Community Youth Center for Thriving to Survive @ DNA<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,385 to Duplin Christian Outreach Ministries for School Year Backpack Ministry<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Duplin County Services for the Aged for the Duplin County Senior Health Expo<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to Duplin County Sheriff's Office for the DARE Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$3,040 to Duplin Medical Association Inc. for general operations<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 First Missionary Baptist Church of Magnolia Ministries, Inc. for the FMBC Food Pantry<\/li>\r\n<li>$800 to the Mediation Center of Eastern Carolina-Duplin for the Duplin Kindness Project<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Pet Friends of Duplin County for low-cost spay\/neuter program<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,385 to Rones Chapel Area Community Center (RCACC) for Tutor to the Top (T2T)<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Rose Hill-Magnolia Elementary School for The A Team 2023<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to Tabernacle of Redeeming Faith for the Mooretown Community Garden Project<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,050 to Wallace Rose Hill Friends of the Arts for Music for the Community - Brass Quintet for Wallace Chamber of Commerce Christmas at Twilight<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>The grants were supported by three DCCF endowment funds: the community grantmaking fund, the Duplin Foundation for Youth Advancement fund and the Family Cooperative fund. The Duplin Foundation for Youth Advancement fund supports youth programs in Duplin County, while the Family Cooperative fund supports youth education and development, education, animal welfare, domestic violence, and services for seniors in Duplin County.<\/p>\r\n<p>&ldquo;We are grateful to our nonprofits that give back so much to our community and honored to provide these grants,&rdquo; said Bob Kornegay, advisory board president of the Duplin County Community Foundation. &ldquo;We are also grateful for our funders that make this work possible.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n<p>DCCF is an affiliate of the North Carolina Community Foundation and is led by a local volunteer advisory board. Each year, DCCF uses dollars from its endowment funds to make grants to local nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\r\n<p>Learn more about DCCF and its work in the community or make a tax-deductible donation at <a href=\"\/communities\/southeastern\/duplin-county\">nccommunityfoundation.org\/duplin<\/a>. For further information about DCCF, contact Natalie Jenkins Peel at <a href=\"mailto:npeel@nccommunityfoundation.org\">npeel@nccommunityfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Duplin County Community Foundation Advisory Board Members<\/h4>\r\n<p>Advisory board members live and work in Duplin County, positioning them to strategically leverage resources, meet local needs and access opportunities. In addition to Kornegay, board members include Debra Morrisey (vice president), Brittainy Kildow (secretary), Jayme Jones (treasurer), Wayne Branch, Kimberly Butler, Francisco Diaz, Ed Emory, Todd Minchew and Linda Smith.<\/p>\r\n<h4>About the North Carolina Community Foundation<\/h4>\r\n<p>The North Carolina Community Foundation (NCCF) is the only statewide community foundation serving North Carolina and has administered over $243 million in grants since 1988. With more than $440 million in assets, NCCF sustains more than 1,200 endowments and partners with a network of affiliates to award grants and scholarships in communities across the state.<\/p>\r\n<p>An important component of NCCF&rsquo;s mission is to ensure rural philanthropy has a voice at the local, regional and national levels.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Media contact<br \/><\/strong>Amy Dominello Braun, Senior Communications &amp; Marketing Officer<br \/> <a href=\"mailto:abraun@nccommunityfoundation.org\">abraun@nccommunityfoundation.org<\/a>, 919-256-6922&nbsp;<\/p>","excerpt":"","media":0,"custom":{"masthead":{"title":"","counties":"","affiliate_logo":"","sub_text":"","background_image":"","caption":""},"latest_blog":{"post":""},"post_image":{"image":""},"social_sharing":{"share_image":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/7868d48393ef4e3bb7bca8cdf7bc2f20\/files\/Duplin-social-share.jpg"},"the_latest":{"show_latest_posts_by":""}},"inMenu":false,"visibleTo":"Everyone","publishedAt":1666089900,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"permission":"read","id":"faffde5eef944d779f4d5e415d0444aa","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":92911,"created":1666017951,"modified":1666090477,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Duplin County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/southeastern\/duplin-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247988,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"8b10178aa81a4183abfe603576b39e50","parent":"94055cb567834e6086e95b65a88d3147","node":20889,"created":1533158896,"modified":1536247989,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]}}