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Cindy Brookshire receives Frances Finch Hobart Award for Voluntary Community Service

December 8, 2025

Cindy Brookshire, co-founder of the volunteer-led nonprofit Activate Selma, has received the Frances Finch Hobart Award for Voluntary…

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Fund established in memory of U.S. Army bandmaster to support music engagement for health and healing

December 4, 2025

Jonathan Lee Crane (pictured above before conducting West Point Band Concert, June 2021), Chief Warrant Officer 3, was commander and conductor of the 25th…

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Moore Women – A Giving Circle awards $70,000 in early childhood education grants

December 4, 2025

the Moore Women chose to focus their grants on addressing access to high-quality early childhood (pre-K) programs and projects that prepare Moore County children academically and socially for success after learning that only one in six children in Moore County are offered pre-K education.

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Tom and Freida Johnson Scholarship marks 25th year, $140,000 awarded to Bunker Hill High School students in Catawba County

December 3, 2025

The Tom and Freida Johnson Scholarship Endowment, established at the North Carolina Community Foundation in October 2000, is marking 25 years and over $140,000…

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Turning struggle into support: Leaving a literacy legacy through NCCF

November 25, 2025

Bob Butler was a brilliant engineer who worked at MIT, NASA and NORAD. But he carried a secret struggle. He had dyslexia, a challenge…

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Carteret Community Foundation awards more than $120,000 in grants

November 25, 2025

The Carteret Community Foundation, a North Carolina Community Foundation affiliate, has awarded $120,450 in grants to 31 organizations supporting the local community.

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Greene County Community Foundation awards nearly $18,000 in grants

November 25, 2025

The Greene County Community Foundation, a North Carolina Community Foundation affiliate, has awarded $17,840 in grants to 13 organizations supporting the local community.

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$113,000 in grants made to Smithfield-Selma High School

November 24, 2025

The Nan Ogburn Cullman Education Endowment for Johnston County, a fund of the North Carolina Community Foundation, awarded $113,000 in grants to 13 programs or projects…

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Haywood County Community Foundation awards more than $4,000 in grants 

November 18, 2025

The Haywood County Community Foundation, a North Carolina Community Foundation affiliate, has awarded $4,410 in grants to five organizations supporting the local community.