{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"New Hanover County Community Foundation awards more than $52,000 in local grants","url":"\/news\/new-hanover-county-community-foundation-awards-more-than-52000-in-local-grants","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The board of advisors of the New Hanover County Community Foundation recently announced $52,070 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund, Lucille Murchison Marvin Fund, Suzanne and George Taylor Endowment Fund, 1898 Memorial Fund and Food Bank of Coastal Carolina Fund.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year the board granted:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$2,500 to the Brigade Boys &amp; Girls Club of Wilmington for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>$7,000 to the Cape Fear Guardian Ad Litem Association for the Help A Kid Be A Kid program<\/li>\r\n<li>$10,000 to The Carousel Center for helping children heal from abuse<\/li>\r\n<li>$5,000 to the City of Wilmington Parks for new signage for the 1898 Memorial Park<\/li>\r\n<li>$4,420 to the Domestic Violence Shelter &amp; Services for core mission support<\/li>\r\n<li>$3,060 to Family Promise of the Lower Cape Fear for the Moving Families Forward program<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, Inc. for responding to COVID-19-related food insecurity in New Hanover, Pender, Brunswick and Columbus counties<\/li>\r\n<li>$6,120 to the Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington, Inc. for feeding the hungry and housing the homeless<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,050 to Meals on Wheels &ndash; Wilmington for COVID-19 response<\/li>\r\n<li>$5,000 to One Love Tennis for the 1898 Memorial Fund grant application<\/li>\r\n<li>$4,420 to Step Up Wilmington for employment and life skills support for families impacted by COVID-19<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Patrick Boykin, board president, thanked the community for its continued support of the New Hanover County Community Foundation. &ldquo;We are proud to support these nonprofit programs that are so vital to the community,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We are grateful to the many generous individuals and organizations that have supported our work to inspire philanthropy across our community.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n<p>For further information, contact NCCF Community Leadership Officer Natalie Jenkins Peel at (252) 562-9824 or <a href=\"mailto:npeel@nccommunityfoundation.org\">npeel@nccommunityfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>","excerpt":"","media":0,"custom":{"social_sharing":{"share_image":""},"masthead":{"title":"","counties":"","affiliate_logo":"","sub_text":"","background_image":"","caption":""},"post_image":{"image":""},"latest_blog":{"post":""}},"inMenu":false,"visibleTo":"Everyone","publishedAt":1597089398,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"id":"acd89fec92944f3f9c5f5f521a657472","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":70871,"created":1597089398,"modified":1597089398,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"New Hanover County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/southeastern\/new-hanover-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247993,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"d47021250a01417a892e039bdddd69c0","parent":"94055cb567834e6086e95b65a88d3147","node":20890,"created":1533158816,"modified":1536247993,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}