2024 Grant Recipient ($1,000,000): To strengthen New Hanover County’s disaster preparedness and response capacity for future emergencies.
2025 Community Grant Recipient ($4,894): To expand expanded early childhood literacy by providing children with books to build home libraries, strengthen reading habits, and improve long-term educational outcomes.
2025 Capacity Grant Recipient ($4,528): To Support the New Hanover Disaster Coalition by funding a part-time director to strengthen the organization’s community presence and coordination efforts.
2025 Grant Recipient ($1,350,624): To Support initiatives to reduce youth violence, address adverse childhood experiences, strengthen the education-to-workforce pipeline, and foster cross-sector collaboration to improve community safety.
2026 Community Grant Recipient ($12,900): To provide two new books to K–5 students at six New Hanover County schools to promote early childhood literacy and build home libraries.
2026 Grant Recipient ($2,801,248): To support a network of nonprofit and public partners working to address the social determinants of crime in neighborhoods with above-average community needs.
2026 Grant Recipient (Up to $25,000): To support exploration of the StriveTogether implementation model by sponsoring a New Hanover County delegation to attend a national conference.