Watauga County Community Foundation awards more than $22,000 in local grants

The board of advisors of the Watauga County Community Foundation announces $22,100 in local awards from its community grantmaking fund and the Armfield and Rachel Rivers Coffey Memorial Fund, according to Ryan Postlethwait, board president.
 

Getting Students through the UNC System to graduation is the goal of new effort

Originally from the News and Observer

Vance County Community Foundation awards more than $7,000 in local grants

The board of advisors of the Vance County Community Foundation announces $7,100 in local awards from its community grantmaking fund, according to Fagan Goodwin, board president.
 

Franklin County Community Foundation awards local grants

The board of advisors of the Franklin County Community Foundation announces $1,400 in local awards from its community grantmaking fund, according to Al Wheless, board president.
 

The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina's Pigeon River Fund awards grants

The Pigeon River Fund recently awarded $217,010 to environmental groups working to improve surface water quality, enhance fish and wildlife habitats, expand public use and access to waterways and increase water quality awareness in Buncombe, Haywood and Madison counties.  Since 1996, the Pigeon River Fund has distributed nearly $7 million in grants. 

TheCommunity Foundation of Western North Carolina's Yancey Fund Awards $74,000 in Grants

(May 2018) – Eleven grants totaling $74,000 were recently awarded to nonprofits by The Yancey Fund, bringing total grantmaking since the Endowment’s inception to more than $1 million.  The Yancey Fund was established in 1998 by local residents as a resource for charitable efforts that benefit Yancey County. 

Chowan Community Funds Foundation awards more than $17,000 in local grants

The board of advisors of the Chowan Community Funds Foundation announces $17,280 in local awards from its community grantmaking fund, according to Katharine Farless, board president.
 

Johnston County Community Foundation awards more than $40,000 in local grants

The board of advisors of the Johnston County Community Foundation announces $40,890 in local awards from its community grantmaking fund, according to Margaret DiNubila, board president.
 

Cary Women's Giving Network awards $14,000 in local grants

The members of the Cary Women's Giving Network announce $14,000 in local awards from its community grantmaking fund, according to Sheila Ogle, leadership president.
 

Cumberland Community Foundation presents scholarships totaling $170,730 to 97 students

Originally from Fayetteville Observer, by Nancy McCleary
The late Dr. John R. Griffin Jr., a longtime educator in Cumberland County, would be pleased with the first recipient of a scholarship that was established by his family to acknowledge his love for education, learning and E.E. Smith High School.

Myles Nooks, a senior at E.E. Smith, was awarded the first Dr. John R. Griffin Jr. Memorial Scholarship for E.E. Smith High School on Thursday at the Cumberland Community Foundation Inc.’s 2018 Scholarship Awards Presentation.

Ninety-seven Cumberland County students, mostly high school seniors, were recipients of 59 scholarships totaling $170,730, according to the foundation’s executive Mary Holmes.