The Greene County Community Foundation, a North Carolina Community Foundation affiliate, has awarded $17,780 in grants to 11 organizations supporting the local community.

The board of advisors granted:

• $3,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain for Formula for Impact for Greene County
• $2,000 to Calvary Memorial United Methodist Church for Mission Team Food Insecurity Project
• $1,200 to Children’s Cancer Partners of the Carolinas for Greene County Childhood Cancer Safety Net
• $1,500 to e-powr.com for I AM UNAFRAID: Elementary Safety and Bullying Prevention Initiative
• $1,580 to Greene County Arts and Historical Society for general operating support
• $1,500 to Greene County Schools to replace the automatic external defibrillator (AED) for the Greene Central High School Athletic Complex
• $2,000 to Greene Early College High School for Curtain Up: Expanding Arts Access for Greene Early College Students
• $1,500 to Greene Pregnancy Center for Baby Greene Boutique Project
• $1,000 to North Carolina Symphony for music education for Greene County students
• $1,000 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for Greene County vision screening program
• $1,500 to Special Olympics North Carolina for Special Olympics Greene County

“We’re honored to support local organizations through this work,” said Michael Rhodes, advisory board president of the Greene County Community Foundation. “This year, we were especially pleased to partner with the neighboring Lenoir County Community Foundation to focus on some key issues in our communities, including lack of affordable childcare and food insecurity.”

Advisory board members from both NCCF affiliate foundations spent time together learning about needs facing the region to inform this year’s grantmaking decisions. The Greene and Lenoir community foundations matched each other’s support of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain by awarding $3,000 to the organization. Foundations also chose to focus $2,000 each on addressing food insecurity.

Funds for 2026 grants came from GCCF’s community grantmaking fund, which includes a generous contribution from the Frank and Lou Shackelford Family Foundation, and the Clarence H. and Florence C. Moye Memorial Endowment. Each year, GCCF’s advisory board uses dollars from its endowment funds to make grants to eligible local organizations, including nonprofits, local governments, schools and churches.

Visit nccommunityfoundation.org/Greene to learn more about GCCF and its work or to make a tax-deductible donation.

Greene County Community Foundation Advisory Board Members
Founded in 2004, GCCF is led by a local volunteer advisory board that understands community needs. In addition to Rhodes, board members include Trey Cash (vice president), Michele Dail (secretary), Jessica Anderson, Bobby Brown, Austin Bryce, Misty Chase, Kathy Dail, Ray Holloman, Stephen Kearney, George Mewborn, Kay Murphy, Mary Jo Nimmo and Sandra Stocks.

About the North Carolina Community Foundation
The North Carolina Community Foundation transforms the collective generosity of our donors into a permanent source of community support, with a focus on the state’s rural areas.

NCCF partners with donors and a network of affiliates to sustain over 1,300 endowments totaling over $600 million in assets. Nearly $360 million has been awarded as grants to charitable organizations and scholarships to students, creating stronger communities for generations to come.