Total Amount of Grants Distributed: More than $344,000
2009 Grants
Focus Area: Launching Innovative “green” programs to Promote Healthy Lifestyles
Total Funds Awarded: $27,000
Matching Donor: John Lomax of Lomax Construction
- Cove Creek Gardens $2,500 for their Sustainable Community Gardens project
- Sanctuary House: $9,000 for improved access to health and fitness services
- Natural Science Center $2,500 for the “Keeping Fit the Animal Way” exhibit
- Mental Health Association $5,000 for the “safe TALK” suicide prevention program
- Girl CHARGE $5,000 for a program for teen girls to reduce incidences of relational aggression
- Women’s Resource Center $3,000 for the 4-part Self Esteem Series for women and girls
2008 Grants
Focus Area: Launching Innovative “green” programs that will protect and sustain our Environment
Total Funds Awarded: $41,662
Matching Donor: Greensboro Jaycees
- Center for Visual Artists $3600 Money for the Kids Studio after-school program at education center
- Elsewhere Artists Collaborative $6,000 Urban-Green Campaign: re-use, re-create and re-imagine
- Guilford Education Alliance $10,000 Teacher Supply Warehouse which holds donated recycled school supplies
- Natural Science Center $4,562 The “Maned” Event: a green educator’s evening at the Natural Science Center
- Piedmont Land Conservancy $7500 More efficient utilization of Price Park in Northwest Greensboro
- Glenwood Neighborhood Association $10,000 Promote “waterwise” landscaping and water preservation
- Enrichment Fund for Guilford County Schools (Member Sponsored) $1,000 for student scholarships and financial aid
- Seven Homes Family Foster Care Program (Member Sponsored) $1,000 to repair their delivery truck that picks up donations
- The Women’s Resource Center (Member Sponsored) $1,000 for their Community Resource Counseling Service
2007 Grants
Focus Area: Launching Innovative Programs; Emphasis on Children and Youth
Total Funds Awarded: $50,000
Matching Donor: The Wyndham Championship
- Barnabas Network $7,500 For the “No Child Left on the Floor Summer Bed Blitz”
- HandyCapable Network, Inc $3,200 “A Mouse in Every House” to provide computers to low income families
- Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro $7,500 Prenatal palliative care program
- Joseph’s House $9,500 Support for program to reduce number of homeless youth/young adults
- Natural Science Center of Greensboro $3,000 Train kids to act as educational ambassadors
- Tristan’s Quest $9,500 SKIP (Support for Kids with Incarcerated Parents) initiative
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro $6,800 Counseling for children and their parents
- Bel Canto (Member-Sponsored) $600 Funding for the “Rejoice and Be Merry” holiday concert
- K for Kids (Member-Sponsored) $800 Initiative to raise money for summer camp scholarships
- Women’s Resource Center (Member-Sponsored) $600 Support for the Legal Information and Access Program
- Natural Science Center (Member-Sponsored) $1,000 Television for the Weather Now/Creature Conditions kiosk
2006 Grants
Focus Area: Launching Innovative Programs; Emphasis on Underserved Populations
Total Funds Awarded: $43,420
Matching Donor: Chrysler Classic of Greensboro
- Action Greensboro $8,000 To fund a web portal for Triad InternNet to increase quantity of local internships
- Guilford Education Alliance $7,000 For the Principal for a Day Program
- Second Harvest Food Bank $10,000 To open a Kids Café to provide meals to needy children under 18
- United Arts Council $10,000 To commission the “Coffee Cup Collaborative” a public art installation
- YWCA $5,000 To create a doula (midwife) program to provide support and education to teen parents
- The Carolina Theatre $570 (Member-Sponsored) To preserve and frame original drawings of the theatre
- International Civil Rights Center and Museum $1000 (Member-Sponsored) In memory of Cassandra Shelton
- Joey Cheek Fund $1000 (Member-Sponsored) Contribution to fund for children of all backgrounds to play
- Red Dog Farm $850 (Member-Sponsored) Seed funding for animal rescue and placement program
2005 Grants and Member-Sponsored Grants
Focus Area: Innovative Programs to Impact Greensboro
Total Funds Awarded: $33,525
Matching Donor: Anonymous
- Carolina Theatre $8,000 To upgrade film equipment to expand capabilities to show a greater variety of movies
- Cheesewagon Skate Park $5,000 To help support the design and construction of a Greensboro community skatepark
- Elsewhere Artist Collaborative $6,375 For a fabric workshop and completion of construction for theatre space
- Guilford County Juvenile Structured Day Program $2,150 For computer repair technician training program
- Junior Achievement $5,000 To expand in-school programs to after school in partnership with YWCA
- VSA-NC and Center for Creative Arts $5,000 operating support to display art created by artists with disabilities Children’s Homes Society $1,000 (Member-Sponsored) : For the Beach Music Festival
- UNCG Department of Communication $1,000 (Member-Sponsored) To enhance community participation
2004 Grants
Focus Area: Attraction and Retention of Young Adults in Greensboro
Total Funds Awarded: $32,500
Matching Donor: Anonymous
- Professionals in Transition $4,500 Workshops on Finding the Hidden Job Market for young professionals
- Greensboro Community Television $6,000 TV shows with interviews of members of Greensboro’s Creative Class
- Guilford Green Foundation $10,000 Four GreenQueen Bingo events raise funds for grants to LGBT organizations
- SynerG $12,000 Install a wireless technology system for Center City Park and downtown Greensboro
2003 Grants
Focus Area: Downtown Revitalization
Total Funds Awarded: $33,450
Matching Donor: Lynn and Mike Haley
- Center for Community Self-Help $6,725 Revolving loan fund contribution to regenerate downtown businesses
- Family Life Council $5,000 Photovoice youth photography project
- Greensboro Artists’ League $5,000 Second Annual NC Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
- NC A&T State University Foundation $5,000 Orientation Greensboro program for new teachers
- Triad Stage $5,000 Project Discovery theater program for students
- YWCA $6,725 Teen Families Reading Program for teen moms and their children (with the Greensboro Public Library)
2001-2002 Grants
Focus Area: Downtown Revitalization
Total Funds Awarded: $42,000
Matching Donor: Kathryn and Bobby Long, Long Miller and Associates
- Community Theater of Greensboro $2,000 Studio Series in the Greensboro Cultural Center
- Franciscan Center $3,000 Social justice/diversity programming and counseling support
- Grassroots Productions $3,000 Trunk wrap lights for downtown street trees
- Greensboro Artists’ League $15,000 North Carolina Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
- Greensboro Children’s Museum $10,000 Restoration of miniature train and preparation for railroad exhibit
- Triad Stage and Green Hill Center for NC Art $9,000 Creation of a downtown art gallery
2000 Grants
Focus Area: Children and Youth
Total Funds Awarded: $38,000
Matching Donor: Mary Gay and Don Brady
- Communication Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing $9,000 Establishment of FRIENDS group to help reduce feelings of isolation and stress as children as transfer from schools for the deaf to mainstream programs
- Communities in Schools of Greensboro $8,000 For the Great Leaps Reading Program for 300 3-5th graders
- Green Hill Center for NC Art $5,000 ArtQuest scholarships
- Greensboro Branch NAACP $5,000 "Read to Succeed" program targeting 15 students in grades 3, 4, and 5
- Guilford County Coalition on Infant Mortality $1,000 Baby Basics Closet
- Kopper Top Therapeutic Riding Center $5,000 Scholarship fund to provide therapeutic horseback riding
- Prevent Blindness of North Carolina $5,000 Photo-refractive vision screenings to all preschool children, ages 2-5
