{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Wake County Community Foundation awards more than $11,000 in local grants","url":"\/news\/wake-county-community-foundation-awards-more-than-11000-in-local-grants","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Wake County Community Foundation recently announced $11,350 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund and the Friends of BOMA Charitable Endowment.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year the board granted:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$1,000 to The Hope Center at Pullen for Lighting a Path to a Safe and Stable Adulthood for Former Foster Youth<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Ship Outreach and Community Center for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Community Helpers Service Center, Inc. for a food pantry<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to You Call This Yoga for yoga classes for veterans in Wake County<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to the Center for Volunteer Caregiving for an in-home connections program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to 100 Black Men Triangle East for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to The Gifted Arts, Inc. for Gifted Academy<\/li>\r\n<li>$850 to Helping Horse, Inc. for therapeutic horseback riding lessons for individuals with disabilities<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to NAMI Wake County for support and education for family members of those living with a mental illness<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Katie Weeks, board president, thanked the community for its continued support of the Wake County Community Foundation. &ldquo;We are proud to support these nonprofit programs that are so vital to the community,&rdquo; she 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>","excerpt":"","media":0,"custom":{"masthead":{"title":"","counties":"","affiliate_logo":"","sub_text":"","background_image":"","caption":""},"post_image":{"image":""},"latest_blog":{"post":""}},"inMenu":false,"visibleTo":"Everyone","publishedAt":1562600824,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"id":"aacae64d00574e2b9963b3153936353b","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":64142,"created":1562600825,"modified":1562600825,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Wake County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/northern-piedmont\/wake-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247806,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"8532a7502cde4b67855ac009b83c7e2b","parent":"a30c13830e0f4327a7b82e846b16cc47","node":20866,"created":1533159062,"modified":1536247806,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}