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In May, the Foundation, as part of the Triangle Capacity-Building Network, announced $290,000 ($10,000 grants) in stabilization funding to support organizations led by and are supporting people of color and addresses the need for adaption and innovation to ensure continued viability of the organizations during and post COVID-19.
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Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (ZSR) is pleased to announce its Spring 2020 grant awards under its All For NC Framework for Grantmaking and Learning. In May 2020, ZSR’s Board of Trustees awarded State-Level Systemic Change Strategy grants and Community Progress Fund grants totaling $2.3 million to 43 organizations across North Carolina.
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High Point, N.C. — On June 10, 2020, the Board of Directors for The Foundation for a Healthy High Point — a private foundation that invests in the advancement of health and wellness for High Point residents — approved a total of $635, 457 in grants to local non-profits.
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John Rex Endowment Board of Directors approved over $1 million in grants to organizations that support children and their families to be safe, healthy and living to their full potential.
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In the ongoing series “What We’re Learning,” Sabrina Slade, Social Innovation Director with John Rex Endowment, shares her views on racial equity as a Black woman, as a Southern funder, and her hopes for the philanthropic sector.
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I have really struggled to put into writing the emotions I have felt over the last three months. From the anticipation of opening a new performing arts center to helping address locally how we responded to a world-wide pandemic, to, now, another act of racism.
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Funding to direct assistance; workers’ rights, safety, and conditions; fair, safe, and accessible elections; and innovative, equitable educational opportunities
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The Outer Banks Community Foundation awarded $164,000 in scholarships this spring, helping students from across the Outer Banks achieve their educational dreams.
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