Johnston County Community Foundation awards more than $42,000 in local grants (July 2020)

The board of advisors of the Johnston County Community Foundation recently announced $42,300 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund, Lorraine Cooper Johnston County Community Foundation Endowment and Cara Lee Powell Priest Endowment for Johnston County.

This year the board granted:

• $1,000 to the Autism Society of North Carolina for ASNC’s urgent needs in Johnston County
• $4,000 to the Carolina Youth Theatre for general operating support
• $1,500 to Children’s Cancer Partners of the Carolinas for the Johnston County childhood cancer safety net
• $2,500 to Harbor, Inc for the Safe Space program
• $800 to Harvesting Hope North Carolina for gardening and nutrition class for low income families
• $2,000 to the Johnston County Animal Protection League, Inc. for the JoCo Pets Spay/Neuter program continuation
• $2,500 to the Johnston County Arts Council for the Artists-in-the-Schools program
• $2,500 to Johnston County Industries, Inc. for repairing impacts of social isolation from COVID-19 for people with disabilities and disadvantages
• $2,000 to Johnston County Public Schools for the Central Park South – Phase Two program
• $2,500 to Johnston County Youth Services, Inc. for general operating support
• $2,000 to Kenly Area Ministries, Inc. for general operating support
• $2,500 to Make-A-Wish Eastern North Carolina for wish granting in Johnston County
• $2,500 to the Me Fine Foundation for general operating support
• $2,500 to the Partnership for Children of Johnston County for the diaper closet
• $2,000 to the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill for the Johnston County Cares Fund
• $1,000 to the Ronald McDonald House of Eastern NC for general operations for funding Johnston County families
• $1,500 to Special Olympics North Carolina for general operating support in Johnston County
• $2,000 to the Tobacco Farm Life Museum for operations support
• $1,500 to TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.) for residential substance abuse recovery services for individuals from Johnston County
• $2,500 to With Love From Jesus Ministries for the food pantry
• $1,000 to YMCA of the Triangle – Johnston County YMCA for summer day camp

Nancy Faber, board president, thanked the community for its continued support of the Johnston County Community Foundation. “We are proud to support these nonprofit programs that are so vital to the community,” she said. “We are grateful to the many generous individuals and organizations that have supported our work to inspire philanthropy across our community.”

For further information, contact NCCF Community Leadership Officer Dawn Neighbors at (910) 292-4437 or dneighbors@nccommunityfoundation.org.