2010 Grant Recipients
Thank you to all of the organizations that applied for a grant from the High Point Community Foundation and congratulations to those awarded funds in 2010.
Organization | Amount | Purpose of Grant |
Big Brothers Big Sisters HP |
$16,800 |
Program to match a child who has one parent incarcerated in State or Federal prison with a big brother or sister |
CFGG – Guilford Nonprofit Consortium |
$10,000 |
Operating funds for outreach to HP nonprofits that includes access to low-cost, but high quality training and resources |
City of High Point – Police Department |
$35,450 |
Fund victim service case worker to address domestic violence in coordination with the HP Police Department to reduce domestic homicides, injuries, & repeated calls |
Communities in Schools High Point |
$16,350 |
Funding for the “Next Step Ninth Grade Transitional Program” to promote academic achievement and social success to decrease the dropout rate |
Community Outreach of Archdale-Trinity |
$18,670 |
Funding to enhance the FISH (finding independence through self-sufficiency) services, which will prepare participants to be self-sufficient and navigate their way to employment |
Family Service of the Piedmont |
$21,970 |
Funds to expand consumer credit counseling services |
Ferndale Middle School |
$800 |
Funding to produce Culture Fair where students experience other cultures and gain appreciate for differences |
Grace Church – Helping Hands Ministry |
$26,350 |
Operating funds to help keep vital staff that assist with participating in the Community Resource Network, distribute food, financial assistance, health fairs and job fairs |
Guilford Education Alliance |
$10,900 |
Funding to support the teacher supply warehouse that provides classroom supplies to teachers while business recycle supplies instead of discarding them |
High Point Community Against Violence |
$25,150 |
Operating funds to support deterring crime by working with violent offenders who desire to change their lives |
Junior Achievement |
$9,625 |
Funds to support a K-12 real world to classroom financial & economic program to help students develop financial, ethical and economic foundations needed in our global economy |
Randolph County Partnership for Children |
$2,925 |
Funds to expand Parents as Teachers – a family literacy program for at-risk parents with children under the age of 5 |
Special Olympics NC |
$8,175 |
Funding competitive event for statewide athletes – 50 from HP |
Triad Health Project |
$10,000 |
Fund case manager to access services for clients affected by HIV/AIDS in the city of High Point |
West End Ministries |
$27,350 |
General operating funding to provide services such as emergency assistance, community meals, Kids Café, Leslie’s House, Boys & Girls Club, and Senior Adult Programs |
Win-Win Resolutions |
$7,700 |
Funding for LOTSO which serves to deter high-risk minority and economically disadvantaged females ages 6-18 from involvement with gangs, delinquency, pregnancy, and deviant behavior |
YMCA of High Point – Camp Cheerio |
$15,000 |
Funds to match a challenge grant for ADA accessibility in older cabins |
YWCA of High Point |
$14,500 |
Funds to upgrade computer lab from 4 to 15 serving 90 kids, 60 teens |
Total Approved by Grants Committee | $277,715 | HPCF Annual Grant Allocation $250,000 |
Cory McInnis Allocation $11,365 | ||
Violet Hutchens Allocation $16,350 |