Unifour Foundation Endowment awards more than $250,000 in grants
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June 16, 2022
The board of the Unifour Foundation Endowment has awarded $253,690 in community grants. The grants support the following priorities: food insecurity, early childhood education, substance use and mental health, community needs and human services, and the arts.
The board awarded five grants totaling $50,000 that address food insecurity and scarcity to the following organizations:
957 Mobile Café, $10,000
C2Life Foundation, $5,000
The Corner Table, $15,000
Hickory Soup Kitchen, $10,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC, $10,000
The board awarded five grants totaling $50,580 for improving early childhood education to the following organizations:
Alexander County Partnership, $5,000
Catawba County Partnership, $25,000
Centro Latino, $10,000
Communities In Schools of Caldwell County, $8,080
Made4Me, Inc., $2,500
The board awarded eight grants totaling $89,135 to address substance use and mental health to the following organizations:
Burke Council on Alcoholism & Chemical Dependency, Inc., $7,000
Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, $6,000
Caldwell House, $2,500
Catawba Alliance for Recovery, $40,000
Catawba Valley Behavioral Healthcare, $5,000
Exodus Homes, $7,735
Safe Harbor of NC, Inc., $10,900
TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.), $10,000
The board awarded nine grants totaling $38,975 to address community needs and human services to the following organizations:
Autism Society of North Carolina, $2,500
Caldwell Friends, Inc., $2,500
Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas, $5,000
Eastern Catawba Cooperative Christian Ministry, Inc., $5,000
Family Care Center of Catawba Valley, Inc., $6,000
Greater Hickory Cooperative Christian Ministry, $5,000
Habitat for Humanity – Caldwell County, $7,500
The Industrial Commons, $2,475
Prevent Blindness North Carolina, $3,000
The board awarded five grants totaling $25,000 in support of the arts to the following organizations:
The Burke Arts Council, $5,000
Hickory Community Theatre, $10,000
Hickory Music Factory Inc., $5,000
James C. Harper School of Performing Arts, $3,000
North Carolina Symphony, $2,000
Lee Rogers, the Unifour Foundation Endowment’s advisory board president, expressed her gratitude to the members of the community who continue to support the work.
“I want to thank the community for its support of the Unifour Foundation,” she said. “These nonprofit programs are vital to our community and are making a real difference in the lives of our residents.”
The Unifour Foundation Inc. was created in 1996 with the proceeds from the sale of the Hickory Merchants Association's credit reporting company to Equifax. The Unifour Foundation Endowment was then established with the North Carolina Community Foundation in 1998. The Unifour Foundation Endowment promotes general welfare among citizens in the four counties that comprise the Unifour area: Alexander, Burke, Caldwell and Catawba.
A diverse advisory board of directors reviews applications and makes selections for grant funding. Members of the advisory board are elected based on their knowledge of the community and their areas of expertise, and reside within, work in, or own property in one of the Unifour Endowment’s counties. Members have a background understanding the needs of the Unifour area and are familiar with the outreach programs serving the population.
In addition to Rogers, board members include Tamara Coley (president-elect), Suzan Anderson, Clinton Annas, Becky Gibbons, Marshall Jolly and Grey Scheer.
About the North Carolina Community Foundation
The North Carolina Community Foundation (NCCF) 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.
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The grants support the following priorities: food insecurity, early childhood education, substance use and mental health, community needs and human services, and the arts.<\/p>\r\n<p>The board awarded five grants totaling $50,000 that address food insecurity and scarcity to the following organizations:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>957 Mobile Café, $10,000<\/li>\r\n<li>C2Life Foundation, $5,000<\/li>\r\n<li>The Corner Table, $15,000<\/li>\r\n<li>Hickory Soup Kitchen, $10,000<\/li>\r\n<li>Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC, $10,000<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>The board awarded five grants totaling $50,580 for improving early childhood education to the following organizations:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Alexander County Partnership, $5,000<\/li>\r\n<li>Catawba County Partnership, $25,000<\/li>\r\n<li>Centro Latino, $10,000<\/li>\r\n<li>Communities In Schools of Caldwell County, $8,080<\/li>\r\n<li>Made4Me, Inc., $2,500<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>The board awarded eight grants totaling $89,135 to address substance use and mental health to the following organizations:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Burke Council on Alcoholism & Chemical Dependency, Inc., $7,000<\/li>\r\n<li>Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, $6,000<\/li>\r\n<li>Caldwell House, $2,500<\/li>\r\n<li>Catawba Alliance for Recovery, $40,000<\/li>\r\n<li>Catawba Valley Behavioral Healthcare, $5,000<\/li>\r\n<li>Exodus Homes, $7,735<\/li>\r\n<li>Safe Harbor of NC, Inc., $10,900<\/li>\r\n<li>TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.), $10,000<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>The board awarded nine grants totaling $38,975 to address community needs and human services to the following organizations:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Autism Society of North Carolina, $2,500<\/li>\r\n<li>Caldwell Friends, Inc., $2,500<\/li>\r\n<li>Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas, $5,000<\/li>\r\n<li>Eastern Catawba Cooperative Christian Ministry, Inc., $5,000<\/li>\r\n<li>Family Care Center of Catawba Valley, Inc., $6,000<\/li>\r\n<li>Greater Hickory Cooperative Christian Ministry, $5,000<\/li>\r\n<li>Habitat for Humanity – Caldwell County, $7,500<\/li>\r\n<li>The Industrial Commons, $2,475<\/li>\r\n<li>Prevent Blindness North Carolina, $3,000<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>The board awarded five grants totaling $25,000 in support of the arts to the following organizations:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>The Burke Arts Council, $5,000<\/li>\r\n<li>Hickory Community Theatre, $10,000<\/li>\r\n<li>Hickory Music Factory Inc., $5,000<\/li>\r\n<li>James C. Harper School of Performing Arts, $3,000<\/li>\r\n<li>North Carolina Symphony, $2,000<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Lee Rogers, the Unifour Foundation Endowment’s advisory board president, expressed her gratitude to the members of the community who continue to support the work.<\/p>\r\n<p>“I want to thank the community for its support of the Unifour Foundation,” she said. “These nonprofit programs are vital to our community and are making a real difference in the lives of our residents.”<\/p>\r\n<p>For further information, contact NCCF Donor Engagement Officer Jeanne Dairaghi at (828) 618-6060 or <a href=\"mailto:jdairaghi@nccommunityfoundation.org\">jdairaghi@nccommunityfoundation.org<\/a> or visit the NCCF website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nccommunityfoundation.org\/\">nccommunityfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<h3>About the Unifour Foundation Endowment<\/h3>\r\n<p>The Unifour Foundation Inc. was created in 1996 with the proceeds from the sale of the Hickory Merchants Association's credit reporting company to Equifax. The Unifour Foundation Endowment was then established with the North Carolina Community Foundation in 1998. The Unifour Foundation Endowment promotes general welfare among citizens in the four counties that comprise the Unifour area: Alexander, Burke, Caldwell and Catawba.<\/p>\r\n<p>A diverse advisory board of directors reviews applications and makes selections for grant funding. Members of the advisory board are elected based on their knowledge of the community and their areas of expertise, and reside within, work in, or own property in one of the Unifour Endowment’s counties. Members have a background understanding the needs of the Unifour area and are familiar with the outreach programs serving the population.<\/p>\r\n<p>In addition to Rogers, board members include Tamara Coley (president-elect), Suzan Anderson, Clinton Annas, Becky Gibbons, Marshall Jolly and Grey Scheer.<\/p>\r\n<h3>About the North Carolina Community Foundation<\/h3>\r\n<p>The North Carolina Community Foundation (NCCF) 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.<\/p>\r\n<p>NCCF partners with a network of affiliate foundations to provide local resource allocation and community assistance across the state. 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