Ashe County Community Foundation awards local grants

Ashe County Community Foundation awards local grants

7/24/2018

The board of advisors of the Ashe County Community Foundation recently announced local awards from their community grantmaking fund, the Daniel Lee “Dan” Eldreth Memorial Endowment and other locally-held funds, according to Christina Wagoner, board president.

 
This year the board granted $4,910 in local awards from both the Daniel Lee “Dan” Eldreth Memorial Endowment and the community grantmaking fund, including:
 
  • $1,000 to Appalachian State University for Appalachian Senior Programs
  • $750 to the Ashe County Arts Council for the Literary Festival with the Poet Laureate of the United States
  • $1,000 to the Ashe County Partnership for Children for the Planting the Seeds to Read program
  • $500 to Communities In Schools of Northwest North Carolina for the Essential 55 program
  • $500 to the Hospital Hospitality House of Winston Salem (SECU Family House) for the Family House Family Financial Assistance Fund (FAF)
  • $620 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for the Star Pupils Ashe County program
  • $540 to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC for partner agency capacity building for Ashe Outreach Ministry
The recipients of the Beaver Creek Memorial Scholarship, the West Jefferson Woman’s Club Mary Ruth Payne Scholarship and the Paul Allen Perkins and Alda Gambill Perkins Scholarship Endowments were recognized at the awards reception. Additionally, the chair of the Ashe County Children’s Trust spoke about the grants they awarded in the previous year.

Wagoner thanked the community for its support of the Ashe County Community Foundation. “We are proud to support these nonprofit programs that are so important to our community,” she said. “We are grateful to the many generous individuals and organizations that have supported the Ashe County Community Fund and our work to inspire philanthropy across our community.”

For further information, contact NCCF Regional Director Colby Martin at 828-358-0030 or cmartin@nccommunityfoundation.org or visit the NCCF website at nccommunityfoundation.org.

About the Ashe County Community Foundation
The Ashe County Community Foundation is a growing family of philanthropic funds, resource for area nonprofits, source of grants for worthy local causes and partner for donors. ACCF 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 Ashe County. Whatever your means or charitable goals, the ACCF makes it easy to become a philanthropist. ACCF was founded in 1995 and is an affiliate foundation of the North Carolina Community Foundation. In addition to Wagoner, board members include: Linda Slade (secretary), Karen Powell (grants chair), Christine Arvidson, Elaine Graham and Suzanne Moore.
Tax-deductible contributions, made payable to the Ashe 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.

About the North Carolina Community Foundation
The NCCF is the single statewide community foundation serving North Carolina and has administered more than $130 million in grants since its inception in 1988. With nearly $247 million in assets, NCCF sustains 1,200 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.
 
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