Philanthropy – Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro

Women to Women Announces 2024 Community Grants

Kabrina Shamburger — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 15:54:03 +0000

$276,000 Marks Largest Grant Year for Programs Serving Women and Families

Women to Women (W2W), a permanent grantmaking endowment of the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro (CFGG), is pleased to announce $276,000 in grants to 12 nonprofit programs assisting women and their families. This amount marks W2W’s largest, single grant year and brings its total giving to over $1.9 million since 2010.

“When women and girls are given the support to step up and out of poverty, the effects are transformative,” said Dena Maginnes-Jeffrey, Director of Community Engagement for CFGG. “In turn, children gain role models for better lives and relationships, opportunities for greater education and health, and bigger ideas about their role in the world,” said Maginnes-Jeffrey.

Below are the nonprofit organizations and programs that W2W is supporting in the areas of healthcare, mobility, housing, food insecurity, education, and workforce opportunities. Individual program summaries are included at the end of this media release.

Out of The Garden Project - $45,000

Fresh Mobile Markets in Greensboro

Fresh Mobile Markets provide fresh groceries to low-income communities, offering food relief that lasts 5-14 days per household.

One Step Further - $30,000

Community Support & Nutrition Program

Community Support & Nutrition Program increases access to healthy food, healthcare, and support for marginalized communities in Guilford County.

Mustard Seed - $28,000

Preventing Illness for Women and Children Through Vaccination

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Family Service of the Piedmont - $25,000

Healthy Start Program Capacity Building

Healthy Start Program hires a new Caseworker to provide services to 36-44 additional families, ensuring age-appropriate child development in families facing risk factors.

BackPack Beginnings - $25,000

Family Market Expansion

Expansion will increase capacity to serve more families with food and basic necessities, adding a new family market for personalized shopping and flexible hours. Current services provide food, clothing, and comfort to over 12,000 children annually.

Journey Adult Day Center - $25,000

Our Health Our Wealth

Our Health Our Wealth offers activities for adults in low-income neighborhoods and training for caregivers, ensuring a safe environment for seniors and adults with disabilities.

Kellin Foundation - $20,000

Recovering Hope: Providing Critical Mental Health Supports for Underserved Women and Girls

Recovering Hope provides mental health support for underserved women and girls through counseling, support groups, and resource coordination, serving 200 individuals in need.

Court Watch of North Carolina - $20,000

Pro Se Support for Family Strength

Pro Se Support for Family Strength offers co-parenting classes, virtual visitation for children with absent parents, and process servers for court documents.

College Pathways of the Triad - $18,000

College Pathways Expansion

College Pathways Expansion supports 15 high school juniors with college advising, expanding access through a new school-based site.

Wheels4Hope - $15,000

Wheels4Hope

Funds assist in repairing 20 donated cars for referred women, ensuring they have safe and reliable transportation.

Family Room - $15,000

Family Room Placement Pantry 2024

The Placement Pantry provides groceries and household items for foster families, easing the transition for children entering new homes.

Youth Focus - $10,000

My Sister Susan's House

My Sister Susan's House provides housing and support for pregnant or parenting youth experiencing homelessness, offering resources for long-term independence.

Women to Women is dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty for women and girls through strategic grantmaking. Backed by the enthusiasm and support of individuals and corporations, W2W has invested more than $1.9 million back into the community through grants to over 60 nonprofit programs since 2010.

Women to Women is a permanent grantmaking endowment at the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro dedicated to empowering women and children to create healthy families and vibrant communities in Guilford County. Each year this initiative awards high-impact grants to programs, organizations, and projects that create a positive and measurable impact on women, their families, and their futures. Since 2010, Women to Women has awarded more than $1.9 million to over 60 programs transforming the lives of women and girls and improving the well-being of our entire community. For more information, visit www.womentowomengreensboro.org.

The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro is a charitable organization that inspires giving, maximizes opportunities and strengthens communities for present and future generations. With $300 million in assets and approximately 700 charitable funds under management, it promotes philanthropy by addressing emerging community issues, managing permanent endowments, and collaborating with individuals, families, corporations, private foundations, and nonprofit organizations to achieve their charitable objectives. In 2023, it received $13.6 million in contributions and granted $18.2 million. For more information, visit www.cfgg.org.

Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Announces $1.5 Million in Grants

Kabrina Shamburger — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 17:55:01 +0000

The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro (“Community Foundation”) announces $1.5 million in nonprofit grants to support the Foundation’s focus on eldercare, health and wellness, economic mobility, and cultural vibrancy in the Triad. $1.1 million of these funds will support capital improvements for equipment, facilities, and housing for older adults through the Charles L. “Buddy” Weill Fund (“Weill Fund”), a permanent endowment of the Community Foundation.

Elder Care/The Charles L. “Buddy” Weill Fund

Tim Rice, chair of the Weill Fund Advisory Committee, says, “Buddy intended that his assets be deployed to improve the care of the elderly in our community. We are building on Buddy’s legacy by supporting five outstanding area nonprofits, helping residents of the Triad live longer, healthier, and more comfortable lives.”

Mr. Weill, who passed away in 2020, bequeathed $50 million to the Community Foundation to help greater Greensboro become the premier region in the U.S. for facilities and services for older adults. This year, Weill Fund grantees include:

Community Housing Solutions ($303,600 over two years) To provide critical home repairs for at least 125 low-income senior adult homeowners
Kellin Foundation ($500,000 over two years) To support facility upgrades for a senior center within the Hope Hub
Mount Zion Baptist Church of Greensboro (Mt. Zion Development Corporation) ($100,000.00 over two years) To build capacity, organizational and governance structure, and a strategic plan leading to the development of at least 300 units of housing
Senior Resources of Guilford ($36,000) To purchase a delivery vehicle that would deliver medically tailored meals for individuals 60 and older in Guilford County
The Servant Center ($250,000 over two years) To provide shelter and housing services to unhoused older and disabled individuals, too ill or frail to recover from illness or injury in a shelter or on the streets

Cultural Vibrancy

The Community Foundation is investing in a culturally vibrant Greensboro where all residents have access to diverse cultural, educational, and natural resources. 2024 grantees include:

Cambodian Cultural Center of North Carolina ($14,000 over two years) To bolster organizational sustainability and cultural programming by increasing organizational capacity and delivering youth programming and traditional cooking
Casa Azul of Greensboro ($40,000 over two years) To support operational expansion and deepen Latino art and literacy projects across Greensboro.
Piedmont Blues Preservation Society ($60,000 over two years) To expand organizational capacity that allows the organization to execute community building and grow resources that provide cultural and educational experiences.
Royal Expressions Contemporary Ballet ($14,000) To support the production of The Hair Journey, which premiered on April 23, 2024, at the UNCG Auditorium; teach dance lessons and facilitate workshops around story time, hair braiding classes, sewing, and visual arts leading up to performances; and allow community members to learn about Black hair culture and history

Economic Mobility

The Community Foundation is advancing economic mobility by funding organizations engaged in workforce development and education, small business and entrepreneurship, and access to workforce housing. 2024 grantees include:

Church Worldwide Services Greensboro ($25,000) To support workforce development and education efforts for racially and culturally diverse refugees and immigrants in Guilford County
National Institute of Minority Economic Development ($60,000 over two years) To build capacity of women and BIPOC-owned businesses
SchermCo Foundation ($25,000)
To support workforce development and education efforts through family engagement
She Built This City ($50,000 over two years) To provide women in Greensboro access to the skilled trade fields through its Pre-Apprenticeship program

Health and Wellness

The Community Foundation recognizes that health and wellness are foundational components of any thriving community and that residents must have the opportunity to age with dignity and access services that foster health and wellness for the whole person. The Community Foundation also funds direct services for uninsured and underinsured populations in Guilford, Randolph, and Rockingham Counties and increases access to fresh, healthy, and nourishing food. 2024 grantees include:

Black Child Development of Greensboro ($10,000) To increase food security for Extended Learning Opportunities program participants by purchasing hydroponic grow towers and providing healthy food packages
Children’s Cancer Partners ($15,000) To expand access to transportation to pediatric oncology care for children diagnosed with cancer in Guilford, Randolph, and Rockingham
Organization to Provide Equal Access to Technology ($10,000) To fund scholarships for Silver Tech, a computer training program that provides individuals aged 50 and above with the necessary skills to use technology
Second Harvest Food Bank ($15,000) To support the distribution of fresh produce, interactive cooking classes, and garden workshops.
Triad Health Project ($15,000) To support uninsured and undocumented people living with HIV in Guilford and Randolph counties through initial intake to the establishment of services

“Local nonprofits play a crucial role in making Greensboro a thriving, healthy, and culturally vibrant community,” said Marissa Benton-Brown. “By providing these grants, we empower these organizations, support their efforts, and drive meaningful change in our community.”

The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro is a charitable organization that inspires giving, maximizes opportunities􀆟es, and strengthens communities for present and future generations. With assets of over $300 million and 700+ charitable funds under management, it promotes philanthropy by addressing emerging community issues, managing permanent endowments, and collaborating with individuals, families, corporations, private foundations, and nonprofit organizations in achieving their charitable objectives. In 2023, it received $13.6 million in contributions and granted $18.2 million to area nonprofit organizations and beyond. For more information, visit www.cfgg.org.

The Charles “Buddy” Weill Fund is a permanent field of interest endowment to support capital expansions and the improvements of facilities that primarily support eldercare and healthcare and to equip or improve the equipment of such facilities. A native of Greensboro, Weill enjoyed a successful career in insurance and real estate. He owned and operated Weill Investment Company and served as President and CEO of Robins & Weill, Inc., which his father had founded in 1911. Outside of work, he was an active member of the real estate industry, higher education, healthcare, and charitable organizations based in Greensboro and across North Carolina, often serving in leadership or officer positions within several at the same time.

Community Foundation Announces Philanthropic Leadership Award

Kabrina Shamburger — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:36:52 +0000

The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro (CFGG) has awarded estate planning attorney and civic leader with its inaugural Philanthropic Leadership Award. This award recognizes an outstanding professional advisor who demonstrates a deep commitment to philanthropy in both their professional practice and personal endeavors.

Kristen Yntema, President/CEO of AuthoraCare Collective, who nominated Mr. Johnson for this award says, “He [Ron] has been instrumental in our successful philanthropic efforts, serving on multiple campaigns, and helping form our supporting Foundation, and generously giving personally. An active member of the board, he applies his legal knowledge to guide our non-profit, creating our by-laws and legal infrastructure.”

Ashley Madden, Director of Financial Planning Services for Hutchinson Family Offices added in her nomination, “Ron’s commitment to philanthropy is decades long and miles deep. He has a long-standing relationship with both the FSA Council [Financial Service Advisors Council] and CFGG and has been supportive of many philanthropic endeavors through his Foundation as well as his work as an estate planning attorney.”

Ron Johnson focuses his practice on estate planning, estate administration, business law and nonprofit corporations. In addition to being board-certified in estate planning and probate law, he is a former board member and past president of the Greensboro Estate Planning Council. He also has been repeatedly recognized by Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite” — ranked by his peers for his excellence in the area of Tax & Estate Planning.

Before joining Carruthers & Roth, Ron was an attorney in the Greensboro law firm Johnson, Peddrick & McDonald. The firm was dissolved in 2021 when three of Johnson, Peddrick & McDonald’s attorneys joined Carruthers & Roth. In addition to his commitment to his profession, Ron is well-known for his service to the community. He has founded community nonprofits, served on many nonprofit boards and earned kudos for his leadership.

The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro’s (CFGG) Philanthropic Leadership Award is given to a professional advisor in the Greensboro community who embodies CFGG’s core values of fairness, teamwork, respect, excellence, integrity, empathy, and honesty. This is the inaugural award.

Ron was selected for the award by the CFGG’s Professional Advisors Committee, after being nominated by Kristen Yntema, President and CEO of AuthoraCare Collective and Ashley Madden, Director of Financial Planning Services at Hutchinson Family Offices. The award was presented at an event co-hosted by the Community Foundation and the Financial Service Advisors Council.

The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro is a charitable organization that inspires giving, maximizes opportunities and strengthens communities for present and future generations. With assets of over $300 million and 700+ charitable funds under management, it promotes philanthropy by addressing emerging community issues, managing permanent endowments, and collaborating with individuals, families, corporations, private foundations, and nonprofit organizations in achieving their charitable objectives. In 2023, it received $13.6 million in contributions and granted $18.2 million to area nonprofit organizations and beyond. For more information, visit www.cfgg.org.

The Financial Service Advisors Council (“The Council”) advances the professionalism and interdisciplinary cooperation of our diverse membership so they may better serve the needs of their clients. The Council is committed to providing cutting-edge continuing education that fosters excellence, success, and the highest ethical standards. The Council has created a home for deeply connected professionals that share the core values of honesty, commitment, and diligence. For more information, visit www.fsacouncil.org.

Professional Advisor Award, Nominating Remarks for Ron Johnson

by Kristen Yntema, President/CEO, AuthoraCare Collective

How has the nominee shown a commitment to philanthropy in their professional practice?
Ron Johnson has served on the board of AuthoraCare Collective, formerly Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro and Hospice of Alamance-Caswell, for 17 years. He has been instrumental in our successful philanthropic efforts, serving on multiple campaigns, and helping form our supporting Foundation, and generously giving personally.

An active member of the board, he applies his legal knowledge to guide our non-profit, creating our by-laws and legal infrastructure. He is engaged, connected, and uses his time, talent and treasure to advance our mission. We are not alone. Ron serves on multiple boards and demonstrates the same accountability to best practices with each commitment.

Ron is well-known for his volunteer leadership throughout the community. He has been honored by many charitable and civic organizations for his service, including the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, Family Services of the Piedmont, Triad Health Project, Guilford Green Foundation, the Human Rights Campaign, Planned Parenthood, AuthoraCare Collective, Women’s Resource Center of Greensboro, and Greensboro Commission on the Status of Women.

A member of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Legal Practice Hall of Fame – a recognition honoring outstanding lawyers who exhibit the highest standards of ethics, professional competency, and service to both the bar and the community – Ron works primarily in estate planning. This intimate role provides a unique opportunity for him to work with clients to preserve and maximize impact for their philanthropic interests. Time and time again, he has demonstrated his donor/client-centric approach to generate crucial philanthropic support.

How has the nominee shown a commitment to philanthropy in their personal endeavors?
Ron is the first board member to champion a campaign. Whether a major capital effort or an Annual Campaign, he is the first to make a personal commitment. When AuthoraCare launched a planned giving society, he made his commitment known. Each year, as the Annual Campaign launches, he is the first to encourage his fellow board members to participate. He leads by example.

Please share how the nominee embodies at least one of CFGG’s core values of fairness, teamwork, respect, excellence, integrity, empathy, and honesty.

Over his years of service at AuthoraCare, Ron has chaired multiple projects, including serving as Chair of the AuthoraCare Foundation’s Board of Trustees. Teamwork is essential in such an endeavor. Ron is truly a team player focused on the mission and greater good whether he is in the leadership position or an ad hoc member.

Please provide a story about how the nominee has worked with a client or nonprofit to manifest their charitable giving goals.
Ethical practice begins with understanding a donor’s motivations and goals. Estate planning is a marriage of financial planning, philanthropy and preserving a donor’s wishes. When AuthoraCare launched its planned giving efforts, Ron was essential in helping build the foundation of our program. He helped us write gift policy and gift agreements. He led us through the establishment of named funds, using the Community Foundation as a vehicle for them.

One of the simplest strategies he introduced was the concept of endowing one’s annual gift. AuthoraCare had a robust donor base with many annual supporters. Ron’s concept challenged donors to ensure their annual support beyond their lifetime by creating endowed funds. The strategy continues to grow our

Professional Advisor Award, Nominating Remarks for Ron Johnson

by Ashley Madden, Director of Financial Planning Services, Hutchinson Family Offices

How has the nominee shown a commitment to philanthropy in their professional practice?
Ron’s commitment to philanthropy is decades long and miles deep. He has a long-standing relationship with both the FSA Council and CFGG and has been supportive of many philanthropic endeavors through his Foundation as well as his work as an estate planning attorney.

How has the nominee shown a commitment to philanthropy in their personal endeavors?
Ron has a personal passion for philanthropy especially in championing the rights of the LGBTQ community. Notably, he contributed significant personal dollars to open Greensboro’s first LGBTQ Center, in downtown Greensboro.

Please share how the nominee embodies at least one of CFGG’s core values of fairness, teamwork, respect, excellence, integrity, empathy, and honesty.

Ron embodies all these values, both personally and professionally. It has been my honor and privilege to know Ron as a colleague and a friend for nearly twenty years. I hold him in the highest regard in terms of excellence!

StepUp Greensboro works to make positive change for people

Kabrina Shamburger — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:43:45 +0000

Motivating, equipping, and empowering people to find a better life. That is the mission of a nonprofit called StepUp Greensboro. With the help of the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, the agency is helping people make positive changes in their lives.

“We believe that every individual deserves an opportunity to enjoy life and to be successful, and we do that through training them and helping them build healthy relationships,” says StepUp Greensboro’s Executive Director, Anthony Bass. “It’s just important that an individual regardless of unemployment, underemployed, homeless, whatever their status may be, they still deserve to have an opportunity to enjoy life.”

At StepUp Greensboro, that opportunity comes with the chance to rekindle dreams that may have gotten lost along the way, but Bass says participants have to put in the work and the effort to make a lasting change and find success. “We can’t promise jobs, right? Because you got to do the application, you’re going to have to do, you know, make sure you got a good resume,” says Bass. “You’re going to go to the interview. But what we do promise is that their lives will never be the same because they are having an opportunity to step up into their life, step up to their future, be able to enjoy life and get tools as lifetime lasting. So why come to StepUp Greensboro? Because you’re ready and willing for change. If you’re ready, willing for change, StepUp Greensboro is a place to be.”

Participants at StepUp Greensboro focus on developing character, learning life skills, and building relationships with the volunteer staff. Bass says he’s had a former gang member find success after going through the program, making connections, and turning his life around. Bass says that man now has a family and showed off pictures of his kids. “He was so proud to be a dad working for the city of Greensboro, really doing great things. And so, I was just so proud to see his accomplishments.” Bass went on to say “there’s been some hiccups that goes along with it. So, that’s why we build those healthy relationships, to have individuals in place. So you don’t have to go back to where you were.”

StepUp Greensboro is located on North Elm Street in Greensboro. You can learn more about its programs, how to enroll, and how to volunteer online at www.stepupgreensboro.org.

Read full article: https://myfox8.com/spotlight/community-foundation/stepup-greensboro-works-to-make-positive-change-for-people/

Cambodian Cultural Center helps preserve heritage in Greensboro

Kabrina Shamburger — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 14:20:24 +0000

Americans around the country will pause to celebrate Independence Day.

They’ll attend community events, host backyard barbecues with friends, and watch brightly-colored fireworks explode in the evening sky. Our ancestors came from different cultures, different countries and different backgrounds. While we collectively celebrate being Americans, we still try to preserve our cultural heritage, and one group in the Piedmont is working to do that in several ways.

The coconut dance is a folk dance often performed during Cambodian wedding ceremonies. On this day, it’s in celebration of the Lunar New Year with children from the Cambodian Cultural Center located in Greensboro.

“It was founded in 2012 in order to help preserve [Cambodian] cultural heritage,” says Treasurer An Strickland. “We offer programs such as arts and also community efforts and leadership and mentorship programs with our youth.” Strickland says it’s important to teach young Cambodian Americans the traditional arts, language and history of Cambodia.

In return, they help older Cambodian immigrants and refugees. “The programs that we offer are the traditional arts as far as dance culture,” she says. “We also do Cambodian literacy programs as well and a lot of community efforts to help our elderly and non-English speaking residents.”

Nearly 300,000 Cambodians escaped conflict and genocide in their homeland in the 1970s and sought refuge in the United States.

Many settled in Greensboro in 1982, and in 1986, they purchased land for Wat Greensboro, a Buddhist Center on Liberty Road in Greensboro.

The Cambodian Cultural Center has offices nearby. It relies on volunteers, but the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro helps through community grant programs.

“The community foundation has helped enhance our program itself as far as our cultural dance programs as well as showcasing our culture itself. We’ve offered cooking classes. They’ve been able to assist us with that, and we’re going to be starting a traditional classical music class as well,” says Strickland.

In addition, CCC offers community assistance with vegetable giveaways and vaccine clinics. If you want to learn more or if you would like to volunteer your time, visit https://www.cccofnc.org/

Triad Adult and Pediatric Medicine provides access to healthcare for uninsured

Kabrina Shamburger — Mon, 20 May 2024 17:46:56 +0000

Health care isn’t cheap; sometimes even if you have medical insurance; but one agency in the Piedmont is making care available regardless of insurance coverage or financial status.

Triad Adult and Pediatric Medicine provides medical services at six locations in Guilford County thanks in part to help from a community foundation.

Chief Financial Officer Danielle Cole says, “we are a federally qualified health center. We do preventative medicine, wellness checks, immunizations, acute care.”

That may sound like every medical office, but Cole says what makes her organization unique is it cares for all patients, even the uninsured and those who cannot afford to pay out of pocket. The money comes from the Tri-County Health Fund administered through the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro.

“We consider ourselves to be a safety net provider,” says Cole. “So a lot of times if a person is uninsured or they don’t have insurance or the thought is ‘I have a limited amount of income and that needs to go towards gas or food.’ I’m not going to go and get care until it’s a really bad situation, and a lot of times I’m going to end up in the emergency room. Now I have more debt. I have a huge bill, and now I’ve bogged down that system with something that I could have gone to the doctor for and probably been treated and not had to create that effect.”

A Legacy of Exceptional Educators

Kabrina Shamburger — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:49:48 +0000

A scholarship in memory of one of Greensboro’s most beloved educational leaders has created a pathway to success for generations of Guilford County teachers.

When John R. Kernodle, Jr., died suddenly in 1995, at the age of 50, the News & Record announced his passing, saying, “Greensboro lost part of its conscience and its soul.”

John was beloved and admired for the many ways he served this community, the most notable of which was his role as chairman of the Guilford County Board of Education. His commitment to developing an outstanding school system for the children of Guilford County is surely one of his most enduring legacies.

A year after John’s death, a group of Guilford County citizens, working through the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, established the John R. Kernodle, Jr. Memorial Scholarship to honor the memory and life’s work of this incredible man.

Each year, one exceptional graduate of Guilford County Schools is the lucky recipient of this scholarship, which provides up to $10,000 each year for four years to cover tuition and fees, on-campus room and meals, and books and supplies as he or she pursues a degree in education.

In return, upon graduation, Kernodle Scholars are required to serve at least three years as a full-time teacher in grades K-12 in North Carolina public schools, preferably in Guilford County.

Every recipient of the John R. Kernodle Memorial Scholarship is special, but they are especially so to Lynn Wright Kernodle, John’s widow. She keeps a small photo album containing each Scholar’s graduation picture, along with their name, high school, graduation year, and where they attended college.

She knows each of their stories and delights in the fact that Kernodle Scholars get together, year after year, welcoming the new Scholars and creating a living legacy of educators.

To learn how you can honor a loved one while also making an impact in our community for years to come, contact us today.

5 Heartwarming Ways to Include Charitable Giving in Your Holiday Gift List

Kabrina Shamburger — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 07:49:00 +0000

>The holiday season is not only a time for festive decorations and exchanging gifts but also an opportunity to spread joy and make a positive impact on those in need. This year, consider incorporating charitable giving into your holiday gift list to bring warmth to both your loved ones and the wider community. Here are five heartwarming ways to add a touch of generosity to your holiday celebrations:

1. Gift a Donation in Their Name:

Instead of traditional presents, consider making a donation to a charitable organization in the name of your friends or family. Choose a cause that aligns with their values, whether it’s supporting education, healthcare, or environmental initiatives. You’ll be giving a gift that keeps on giving, making a difference in the world on behalf of your loved ones.

2. Shop with Purpose:

Opt for gifts from businesses that support charitable causes. Many companies offer products where a portion of the proceeds goes to nonprofits. Look for brands with a commitment to social responsibility, and your holiday shopping becomes a double gift – a thoughtful present for your recipient and a contribution to a good cause.

3. Volunteer Together:

The gift of time can be just as valuable as material presents. Consider organizing a volunteer day with your friends or family. Choose a local charity or community project and spend a day making a direct impact. Not only will you be giving back, but you’ll also create lasting memories and strengthen your bonds with loved ones.

4. Charity Gift Cards:

Gift cards are a popular choice, but why not make them more meaningful? Choose charity gift cards that allow the recipient to donate to their favorite cause. It gives them the flexibility to support a nonprofit that resonates with them personally, turning the gift card into a powerful tool for positive change.

5. Create a Charitable Wishlist:

Encourage your loved ones to create a charitable wishlist alongside their traditional one. Many nonprofits offer platforms where individuals can list specific items or services they need. Share these wishlists with friends and family, giving them the opportunity to make a direct impact by fulfilling these needs in the name of holiday giving.

By incorporating charitable giving into your holiday traditions, you not only spread joy but also contribute to the spirit of giving back. Whether through donations, volunteering, or purpose-driven shopping, these heartwarming gestures add an extra layer of meaning to the season of generosity. This holiday, let the spirit of giving shine bright in every gift you share.

The Season for Giving Thanks!

Kabrina Shamburger — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 19:18:00 +0000

We want to Thank you!

We want to extend a special Thank you to all of our dedicated volunteers, board and committee members, fundholders, and donors! Without the efforts that all of you put forth, our work would not be possible.

Community Foundation Making Grants of up to $2,500 to Feed the Community

Kabrina Shamburger — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 20:23:00 +0000

The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro has announced a seasonal grants program to support nonprofit organizations that help feed the community on Thanksgiving. These grants will provide essential support to groups that are hosting free community meals open to the public, distributing food for individuals and families to prepare at home, or delivering meals to those who are homebound on Thanksgiving day.

The Thanksgiving Fund is accepting applications now through the Community Foundation’s Online Grant Portal, and the deadline is Tuesday, October 31st at 11:59 pm. The funds may be used for food, supplies, and other costs associated with Thanksgiving initiatives.

To be eligible for these grants, organizations must have 501(c)3 status, be located in Guilford County, and provide services in Guilford County. Priority will be given to projects that provide food or meals to those experiencing homelessness, people whose incomes are below the federal poverty threshold, and older adults in Greensboro. For a complete list of eligibility requirements, please visit cfgg.org.

The Community Foundation’s Thanksgiving Fund was created in 2011 with the purpose of serving meals on Thanksgiving Day to community members. To date, $150,000 has been contributed to the fund to support this important initiative with thousands of meals provided throughout the region.

To apply for the Thanksgiving Fund Grant, visit Thanksgiving Fund Grant Application