2014 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 2014.
Organization | Grant Award | Cory McInnis | Violet Hutchens | HPCF | Purpose of Grant |
Backpack Beginnings | $20,000.00 | $850.00 | $19,150.00 | Program to feed children on the weekends | |
Big Brothers Big Sisters | $10,000.00 | $10,000.00 | Program to match 15 Oak View students with Bigs | ||
Family Service of the Piedmont | $18,000.00 | $18,000.00 | Credit counseling program – budgeting skills | ||
Girl Scouts Peaks to Piedmont | $4,900.00 | $4,900.00 | Program to expand Girl Scout elective at Oak Hill | ||
Go Far | $5,500.00 | $5,500.00 | Scholarships for running shoes and socks | ||
Guilford Child Development | $15,000.00 | $15,000.00 | Youth and parent education and outreach | ||
HP Center for Children & Families | $39,101.00 | $17,350.00 | $21,751.00 | Case management to support school success | |
Horsepower | $5,575.00 | $5,575.00 | Capital project for permanent therapeutic riding center | ||
Junior Achievement | $5,000.00 | $5,000.00 | Job shadowing program to provide experience and training | ||
NCCJ | $10,800.00 | $10,800.00 | ANYTOWN program scholarships | ||
Open Door Ministries | $50,000.00 | $50,000.00 | Rapid Rehousing – moving homeless to permanent housing | ||
Out of the Garden Project | $24,750.00 | $24,750.00 | Box truck delivery of fresh food to HP families | ||
PPHS | $15,000.00 | $15,000 | Teens Taking Action peer self-esteem program | ||
Reach Out First/Step Up | $15,000.00 | $15,000.00 | Job readiness training program at West End Ministries | ||
Reading Connections | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | Adult literacy program | ||
The Piedmont School | $5,575.00 | $5,575.00 | Scholarships for tuition | ||
YMCA – Carl Chavis Branch | $50,000.00 | $50,000.00 | Capital project to construct a splash pad park | ||
Trustees Fund | $10,500.00 | ||||
HPCF Endowment | $275,001.00 | ||||
Totals | $11,350.00 | $17,350.00 | $285,501.00 | ||
Total Amount Granted | $314,201.00 |