Community Impact FundS

2024 Total Grants: $109,000

Foundation For The Carolinas has announced grants totaling $109,000 to seven nonprofits addressing local needs across the foundation’s 13-county region. 

Grants were awarded from FFTC’s Community Impact Funds, which support broad charitable interest areas throughout the region – such as education, human services, arts, animal welfare, environmental causes and unexpected community needs. Funding is made possible by donors who contribute to these funds, and grants are awarded to nonprofits by FFTC’s team of grantmaking experts along with input from community members.

Grant awards include:

Cherokee County, S.C.: 

• $29,000 from the FFTC Environmental Sustainability Fund to Cherokee Soil & Water Conservation District to provide low-cost “no till drill” rentals to landowners and farmers to foster conservation.
   

Cleveland County, N.C.: 

• $10,000 from the FFTC Health & Human Services Fund to the United Way of Cleveland County to provide essential classroom supplies for teachers, holiday gifts and meals to families in need, shoes for children in need of footwear, and home libraries for school-age children. 
• $10,000 from the FFTC Health & Human Services Fund to Mental Health America of Cleveland County for a youth suicide prevention program and support for students facing mental health and behavioral challenges.
   

Davidson County, N.C.: 

• $20,000 from the FFTC Arts & Culture Fund to the Lexington Youth Theatre to pay professional artists and provide an affordable Broadway experience to local residents, as well as new headset microphones for performers.
   

Lancaster County, S.C.: 

• $20,000 from the FFTC Education and Youth Fund to the Children’s Council for “Baby Blocks,” which fosters prenatal and early childhood development, as well as to provide books and 92 home visits from an early learning specialist.
   

Lincoln County, N.C.: 

• $10,000 from the FFTC Animal Welfare Fund to Helping Animals to Survive to provide financial assistance for veterinary care. 
• $10,000 from the FFTC Animal Welfare Fund to Lincoln County Animal Services to support pet adoptions, rescue transfers, fostering programs and clinics.