This year the board granted:
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$600 to Greene County Schools (Snow Hill Primary) for providing additional resources for visually impaired students
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$500 to the Girl Scouts - North Carolina Coastal Pines for the Greene County Girl Scout Leadership Experience
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$1,000 to the Greene County Interfaith Volunteers, Inc. for the Hunger Program
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$600 to Greene County Museum for renovation
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$1,000 to Greene County School Health Services for School Health Services
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$750 to Special Olympics North Carolina for Special Olympics North Carolina - Greene County
Rhodes thanked the community for its support of the Greene 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.”
The Greene County Community Foundation is a growing family of philanthropic funds, source of grants for local causes and partner for donors. GCCF was founded in 2004 and is led by a local volunteer advisory board that helps build community assets through the creation of permanent endowments, makes grants and leverages leadership – all for the benefit of Greene County.
The GCCF board advises the Greene County Community Fund, the unrestricted community grantmaking fund, to support local needs. This competitive grants program is held annually. Because advisory board members live and work in Greene County, they can leverage resources to help meet local needs and access opportunities. In addition to Rhodes, board members include: Ray Holloman (vice-president), Randy Davis (secretary-treasurer), Christie Mozingo (immediate past president), Susan Beaman, Faith Bynum, Erika Churchill, Judy Davenport, Laquita Davis, Rick Davis, Vanessa Hardy, Beth Moye, Dora Pasour, Rebecca Pate and Jody Tyson.
The GCCF, through the North Carolina Community Foundation, makes it easy to become a philanthropist, whatever your means or charitable goals. You can open an endowment for your favorite cause at any time – or contribute to an existing fund in any amount. Tax-deductible contributions, made payable to the Greene County Community Foundation, can be mailed to the North Carolina Community Foundation, 3737 Glenwood Ave. Suite 460, Raleigh, NC 27612. Contributions can also be made online at nccommunityfoundation.org.
For further information, contact NCCF Regional Director Kim Ball at 252-288-5706 or kball@nccommunityfoundation.org or visit the NCCF website at nccommunityfoundation.org.
About the North Carolina Community Foundation
The NCCF is the single statewide community foundation serving North Carolina and has administered more than $145 million in grants since its inception in 1988. With more than $270 million in assets, NCCF sustains 1,300 endowments established to provide long-term support of a broad range of community needs, nonprofit organizations, institutions and scholarships. The 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.
For more information, visit nccommunityfoundation.org, like us on Facebook and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @NCCF.