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The Golden LEAF Scholarship Program focuses on providing students with strong ties to rural communities with scholarships to attend a four-year college or university in North Carolina. These students communicate an interest in returning to a rural North Carolina county after graduation from college.
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The Winston-Salem Foundation announces 43 Community Grants totaling more than $1,103,500 from January through June 2023, made possible by donations from community members who support the Foundation’s flexible grantmaking funds. Learn more about grant programs for Forsyth County nonprofits at wsfoundation.org/grants.
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Conversations with more than 80 funders, nonprofit leaders, and other experts highlight the urgency and mindset shifts needed to unlock capital and invest in the region.
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Dogwood Health Trust has made a $150,000 contribution to the Forward Fund at The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (CFWNC). The Fund has been established to support nonprofit organizations and municipalities impacted by the Pactiv Evergreen closure in Canton.
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Triangle Community Foundation is delighted to announce six new Board members as the organization kicked off the 2023-2024 fiscal year this past week with in-person orientation.
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The Duke Endowment is pleased to announce that Megan Smith has
joined its staff as a senior accountant.
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Twenty non-profits located across North Carolina have been awarded $800,000 in capacity building grants by SECU Foundation, including an agency serving those in Sampson County.
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Good Shepherd Center in Wilmington, North Carolina has received a generous grant of $30,000 from the Duke Energy Foundation. This grant aims to provide assistance to individuals in the community who are facing hunger and homelessness.
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The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (CFWNC) established the Forward Fund to support nonprofit organizations and municipalities impacted by the Pactiv Evergreen closure in Canton. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) has made a lead gift of $500,000.
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As the nation celebrates National Black Business Month in August, NC IDEA, a private foundation committed to supporting entrepreneurial ambition and economic empowerment in North Carolina, is also marking the three-year anniversary of its North Carolina Black Entrepreneurship Council (NC BEC), which has awarded more than $2 million in grants since the Council’s formation in August 2020.
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