The board of advisors of the Moore County Community Foundation has awarded $110,178 in local grants.

The board granted:

• $2,000 to Adult & Teen Challenge of Sandhills, NC, Inc.
• $3,000 to American Red Cross of the Sandhills Region
• $1,500 to ArtistYear
• $1,500 to Arts Council of Moore County
• $2,520 to Authors in Moore Schools
• $1,258 to Autism Society of North Carolina
• $2,500 to Boys & Girls Club of the Sandhills
• $1,000 to Children’s Cancer Partners of the Carolinas
• $800 to Companion Animal Clinic of the Sandhills Foundation
• $4,800 to Drug Free Moore County
• $2,000 to Family Promise of Moore County
• $10,000 to Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina
• $4,000 to Friend to Friend
• $500 to Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines
• $2,000 to Habitat for Humanity of the NC Sandhills, Inc.
• $500 to Made4Me, Inc
• $4,000 to Moore Buddies Mentoring
• $22,000 to Moore Free & Charitable Clinic
• $1,000 to North Carolina Symphony
• $500 to North Carolina Theatre Conference
• $15,000 to Northern Moore Family Resource Center
• $2,000 to Our Saviour Lutheran Church of Southern Pines
• $4,000 to Prancing Horse, Inc.
• $500 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina
• $500 to Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill
• $1,500 to Sandhills Machine, Inc.
• $500 to Sandhills Student Assistance, Inc.
• $6,800 to Sandhills/Moore Coalition for Human Care
• $1,000 to Sleep in Heavenly Peace
• $5,000 to The Arc of Moore County
• $500 to The First Tee Chapter of the Sandhills
• $1,500 to TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.)
• $1,500 to Wander & Root
• $1,500 to Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities
• $1,000 to Young Women Transitional Home of Moore County (Tambra Place)

Funds come from MCCF’s community grantmaking fund, the John W. Roffe and Marjorie A. Roffe Endowment Fund, the Robert L. and Marcia P. Ellis Endowment and the St. Joseph of the Pines Charitable Endowment.

“These grants would not be possible without the many generous individuals who have supported the Moore County Community Foundation over the years,” said Anthony Price, advisory board president. “We could not be more thankful to support these wonderful organizations.”

The Moore County Community Foundation is an affiliate of the North Carolina Community Foundation (NCCF). For further information, contact Dawn Neighbors, NCCF community leadership officer, at dneighbors@nccommunityfoundation.org

About the Moore County Community Foundation

The Moore County Community Foundation (MCCF) was founded in 1991 and is led by a local volunteer advisory board that helps build community assets by creating permanent endowments, making grants, and leveraging leadership and partnerships – all for the benefit of Moore County.

The MCCF board advises the Moore County Community Fund, the unrestricted community grantmaking fund, to support local needs. The competitive grants program is held annually.

Advisory board members live and work in Moore County, positioning them to strategically leverage resources, meet local needs and access opportunities. In addition to Price, board members include Peggy Sarvis (vice president), Claudia Miller (secretary), Victoria Adkins, Kea Capel, Blanchie Carter, Brantley Clifton, Marilyn Morgan Grube, Olujide G. Lawal, Terry McDaniel, Katherine Muller, Patricia Niebauer, Alice Robbins, Russell Sugg, Pam Wase and Greg Zywocinski.

The MCCF makes it easy to support your community. You can open an endowment for your favorite cause at any time or contribute to an existing fund in any amount. Tax-deductible contributions, made payable to the Moore County Community Foundation, can be mailed to the North Carolina Community Foundation, 3737 Glenwood Ave., Suite 460, Raleigh, NC 27612. Contributions can also be made online at nccommunityfoundation.org/Moore.

About the North Carolina Community Foundation

The North Carolina Community Foundation is the single statewide community foundation serving North Carolina and has administered more than $217 million in grants since its inception in 1988. With more than $400 million in assets, NCCF sustains more than 1,200 endowments established to provide long-term support of a broad range of community needs, nonprofit organizations, institutions and scholarships.

NCCF partners with a network of affiliate foundations to provide local resource allocation and community assistance across the state. An important component of NCCF’s mission is to ensure that rural philanthropy has a voice at local, regional and national levels.

Media contact
Amy Dominello Braun, Senior Communications & Marketing Officer
abraun@nccommunityfoundation.org, 919-256-6922