NEW HANOVER COUNTY — The New Hanover Community Endowment has announced eight new grants, investing more than $6 million in nonprofits across New Hanover County.
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The grants are aimed at strengthening youth and community safety, expanding access to health services, improving food security, and building nonprofit capacity to better serve residents.
Grantees include:
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern North Carolina: $1,791,010 to renovate facilities to improve safety and security for youth development and services.
Coastal Horizons Center: $1.475 million to purchase and upfit the Open House Youth Shelter to provide secure, homelike services to children in crisis.
Community Counseling Center: $225,000 to support clinician training, enhance efficiency and sustainability, and subsidize 1,000 sliding-scale sessions for New Hanover County residents, expanding access to culturally competent mental healthcare
Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina: $1 million to support capacity building, implement impact-driven activities that strengthen network partnerships, and provide funding to help the food bank remain responsive to community needs
New Hanover Outreach Clinic (formerly St. Mary Health Center): $100,000 to sustain operations and hire essential staff to expand services for low-income and uninsured residents
North Carolina Center for Non-Profits: $40,000 to build the capacity of New Hanover County nonprofits by providing access to resources through membership and participation in North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
StepUp Wilmington: $200,000 to provide general operating support and bridge organizational transitions to better serve low-income residents in New Hanover County affected by unemployment or underemployment
United Way of Cape Fear: $1,350,624 to reduce youth violence, address adverse childhood experiences, expand the education-to-workforce pipeline, and mobilize cross-sector collaboration to promote community safety
“These grants invest directly in the safety, well-being, and future of our youth,” Director of Community Safety Mary Vail Ware said in a press release. “By strengthening organizations, supporting children and families in crisis, and fostering collaboration across the community, we help residents thrive and build stronger, safer neighborhoods for everyone.”
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