The board of advisors of the New Hanover County Community Foundation announces more than $50,000 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund, according to Eldridge Dodson, board president.

This year’s nonprofit recipients include:

• "Bread for Life..."

• Brigade Boys & Girls Clubs

• Communities In Schools of Cape Fear

• Cucalorus Film Foundation

• DREAMS of Wilmington

• Family Promise of the Lower Cape Fear

• Girl Scouts - North Carolina Coastal Pines

• Kids Making It, Inc.

• Lower Cape Fear Hospice

• NourishNC Inc.

• Phoenix Hometown Hires

• Prevent Blindness North Carolina

• Reach Out and Read

• Wilmington Family YMCA

Dodson thanked the community for its support of the New Hanover County Community Foundation. “These grants are important to our community and our quality of life,” she said. “Critical programs would not be possible without the generosity of many individuals and organizations that have supported New Hanover County’s community fund.”

About the New Hanover County Community Foundation

The New Hanover County Community Foundation is an affiliate of the North Carolina Community Foundation. In addition to Dodson, board members include: Kristi Sullivan (vice president), Laurie Taylor (secretary), A. Rickey Godwin, III (treasurer), Ned Barclay, Patrick Boykin, Jim Bryan, Ronald Copley, Noel Fox, Stephen W. Gaskins, Frank Gibson, Patrick Moore, Hollis Moye Ray and Anna Van Rens Taylor.

Tax-deductible contributions can be made to the Community Grantmaking Fund, which is administered by the NCCF. Contributions should be made payable to the New Hanover County Community Foundation and mailed to the North Carolina Community Foundation, 1213 Culbreth Drive, Suite 205, Wilmington, NC 28405. Contributions can also be made online at nccommunityfoundation.org.

For further information, contact NCCF Regional Director Angie Brewer at 910-202-6727 or abrewer@nccommunityfoundation.org or visit the NCCF website at nccommunityfoundation.org.

About the North Carolina Community Foundation

The NCCF is the single statewide community foundation serving North Carolina and has made $116 million in grants since its inception in 1988. With more than $222 million in assets, NCCF sustains 1,200 endowments established to provide long-term support of a broad range of community needs, nonprofit organizations, institutions and scholarships. The NCCF partners with a network of affiliate foundations to provide local resource allocation and community assistance across the state. An important component of NCCF’s mission is to ensure that rural philanthropy has a voice at local, regional and national levels.

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Media contact

Noel McLaughlin; NCCF Director of Marketing and Communications

919-256-6901; nmclaughlin@nccommunityfoundation.org