Moore County Community Foundation awards more than $110,000 in local grants

The board of advisors of the Moore County Community Foundation recently announced $110,775 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund, John W. Roffe and Marjorie A. Roffe Endowment and St. Joseph of the Pines Charitable Endowment for Moore County.

This year the board granted:

• $500 to the Artist League of the Sandhills for general operating support
• $1,000 to ArtistYear for Moore County general operating support
• $1,000 to the Arts Council of Moore County for the PAMS program & ACMC Youth Theatre 2020-21
• $2,275 to Authors in Moore Schools for general operating support
• $2,500 to the Autism Society of North Carolina for urgent needs in Moore County
• $500 to the Companion Animal Clinic of the Sandhills Foundation for purchasing, outfitting and staffing a mobile spay/unit van for central North Carolina
• $2,000 to Drug Free Moore County for the Moving On… recovery project for men and women who have been incarcerated
• $2,500 to Family Promise of Moore County for the Client Assistance Fund for Emergency and Health Needs
• $15,000 to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, Inc. for nourishing families in Moore County amid COVID-19
• $7,000 to Friend to Friend for survivor support and prevention through BIPP
• $5,000 to Habitat for Humanity of the NC Sandhills, Inc. for the Moore County critical repairs program
• $1,000 to the Linden Lodge Foundation for updated shower doors in the main floor bathroom
• $1,500 to MIRA Foundation USA, Inc. for guide dog pairing with visually impaired children
• $2,000 to Moore Buddies Mentoring for general operating support
• $3,000 to the Moore County Literacy Council for improving literacy in Moore County
• $26,000 to the Moore Free & Charitable Clinic for primary care, disease management and behavioral health
• $10,000 to the Northern Moore Family Resource Center for the HOPE (Harnessing Opportunity–Promoting Education) Academy Preschool Program
• $3,000 to Prancing Horse, Inc. for 2020 fall session support for individuals with disability to participate in equine assisted programs
• $1,000 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for the Star Pupils Moore County program
• $1,000 to the Sandhills Machine Inc. for youth social development
• $1,000 to Sandhills PRIDE for virtualization of operations
• $7,500 to the Sandhills/Moore Coalition for Human Care for COVID-19 emergency response
• $5,000 to The American Red Cross Serving Eastern NC Region for general operating support during the coronavirus pandemic
• $5,000 to The Arc of Moore County for post-COVID-19 operations
• $500 to The First Tee of the Sandhills for general operating support
• $2,500 to The Salvation Army for emergency financial assistance
• $1,500 to TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.) for residential substance abuse recovery services for individuals from Moore County

Russell Sugg, board president, thanked the community for its continued support of the Moore County Community Foundation. “We are proud to support these nonprofit programs that are so vital to the community,” he 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.