McDowell Mission Ministries, Inc.

Programmatic funds to expand a peer support program addressing substance use disorders. Funds will support the hiring of three peer support specialists to work with the Department of Social Services, the Community Paramedicine Program, McDowell Access To Care and Health, and in the McDowell Mission shelters. The project will serve individuals who struggle with a combination of barriers including substance misuse, homelessness, infectious disease, and families who are at-risk for having their children placed into foster care.

Grant
May 2018
Health Improvement in North Carolina
$612,030

The Winston-Salem Foundation

Funds to support COVID-19 response with funding allocated to: The Black Philanthropy Initiative’s Impact Grants Program 2020 to support black-led organizations in the four key areas identified in the Rethinking Philanthropy Report ($30,000); General operating expenses to support non-profit organizations in Forsyth County administering COVID-19 support to disproportionately impacted individuals and families ($170,000); and finally, direct program support to residents experiencing financial needs in Forsyth County ($300,000).

Grant
August 2020
Local Impact in Forsyth County
$500,000

Down East Partnership for Children

Programmatic funds to implement a farm-to-child care model in 15 centers that predominantly serve low-income children that will increase the amount of healthy, local food served at these sites. The purpose of this project is to organize the relationships between food vendors, distributors, and processors to make fresh produce accessible to child care providers. Funds will support the salary for the project lead, incentives to participating centers, and contracted services.

Grant
May 2018
Health Improvement in North Carolina
$495,000

North Carolina Association of Free Clinics, Inc.

Programmatic funds to increase sustainability for member clinics and to better position members to participate in North Carolina’s changing health care environment. Funds will support personnel to assist member clinics to fulfill the mandate that they connect to the state’s Health Information Exchange system by June 2019. Funding will be utilized to investigate, and potentially develop, arrangements that allow charitable clinics to receive reimbursement for uninsured patients and will provide partial salary support for personnel and technical assistance.

Grant
May 2018
Equitable Health Systems
$456,500

United Way of Forsyth County, Inc.

Programmatic support to fund a project called the School and Community Data-Sharing Project (SCDSP) focused primarily on Title I schools and community organizations that primarily serve financially-disadvantaged children and families as a project/program of The Forsyth Promise. The purpose of the SCDSP is to facilitate the creation and maintenance of individual-level linked data sets using a data software platform called COMET Informatics. Data will be shared with and used by approved data contributing organizations for tracking student outcome measures. Funds will support salaries and software costs related to the SCDSP.

Grant
May 2018
Local Impact in Forsyth County
$456,500

County of Hyde

Programmatic funds to implement a comprehensive plan to combat substance misuse and opioid addiction in one of the most rural counties in the state. The deaths of several young people in Hyde County from opioid overdoses sparked the community to develop a strategic plan for reducing addiction rates that included the formation of a stakeholder task force and hosting public meetings. Residents settled on a three-part response that includes implementation of an evidence-based prevention program in the schools, increasing treatment options for people suffering from addiction, and employing harm reduction strategies. Trust funds, along with county appropriations, would cover costs for a social worker and a patient navigator along with some supplies and telepsychiatry services.

Grant
May 2018
Health Improvement in North Carolina
$455,781