Recent Grants
Below is an index of grants over the past five years. Our priorities have recently changed so we are not funding the specific categories listed here. We are now funding specific outcomes-focused strategies in our two programs, Health Improvement in North Carolina and Local Impact in Forsyth County, and two special initiatives, Healthy Places NC and Great Expectations.
West Marion Community Forum Inc.
Programmatic funds to deepen and expand the scale of community engagement efforts, in targeted underserved communities in McDowell County, to change the underlying community conditions that drive rising obesity rates and poor health outcomes.
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Programmatic funds to use culturally appropriate methods to better understand the health needs of American Indians in North Carolina.
UNC Chapel Hill
Programmatic funds to assist community coalitions in McDowell County map assets and design strategies to reduce rates of substance misuse and overdose deaths.
The Conservation Fund
Programmatic funds to build the capacity of small nonprofits that are connected to vulnerable communities in Burke, Robeson, Columbus, and Bladen counties to increase the ability of marginalized populations to participate in health improvement efforts.
Rowan County Youth Services Bureau
Programmatic funds for the creation of a substance misuse coalition, made up of various community members and stakeholders, to develop strategic plans for addressing adult substance misuse prevention, intervention, treatment, and post-recovery support.
NC Institute of Medicine
Programmatic funds to convene a task force and produce actionable recommendations on Healthy North Carolina 2030 goals and objectives which will serve to inform North Carolina's health improvement plan.
Medoc Mountain State Park
Capital funds to build a playground at Medoc Mountain State Park to support increased physical activity for low income residents in Western Halifax County.
McCormick Chapel AME Church
Capital funds to fix flood damage from Hurricane Matthew at McCormick Chapel AME Church, Sandy Grove Baptist Church, and the Masonic Lodge located in a underserved section of Lumberton.
Imprints
Programmatic support to implement the Parents as Teachers (PAT) What You Do Matters series, continue collaboration with Compass Evaluation, and fund the addition of three positions: PAT family educator, Ready for School coordinator, and a Book Babies home visitor.
Health Education Foundation for Eastern North Carolina, Inc.
Programmatic funds to provide evidence-based resilience education to key audiences engaged with low income communities who are impacted by trauma and adverse childhood experiences in Nash and Edgecombe county.