2SHARE, Inc
Year awarded: 2025
Total funds awarded: $5,000
Our Grantees
The Endowment invests in initiatives that create lasting impact and improve the quality of life in New Hanover County. Guided by four strategic pillars: Education, Social and Health Equity, Community Development and Community Safety, we support projects that drive meaningful and transformative change. Discover the inspiring organizations we are investing in as they work to strengthen our community and uplift the people who call this home.
Total funds awarded:
$138,594,046.60
American Red Cross – Cape Fear Chapter
Years awarded: 2024, 2023, 2022
Total funds awarded: $2,699,209
Arid Serenity Association Inc
Year awarded: 2025
Total funds awarded: $50,000
Association of Fundraising Professionals, Cape Fear Chapter
Year awarded: 2022
Total funds awarded: $3,000
Blue Ribbon Commission on the Prevention of Youth Violence (DBA Voyage)
Years awarded: 2022, 2023, 2024
Total funds awarded: $412,200
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern North Carolina
Years awarded: 2025, 2025, 2023
Total funds awarded: $1,662,256
Bread for Life Senior Pantry (BFL)
Years awarded: 2025, 2025, 2022
Total funds awarded: $119,300
Cape Fear Collective
Years awarded: 2024, 2024, 2024, 2022
Total funds awarded: $4,807,000
Cape Fear Community College Foundation, Incorporated – CC
Years awarded: 2023, 2023, 2022, 2022
Total funds awarded: $16,153,633
Cape Fear Literacy Council
Years awarded: 2025, 2025, 2023, 2022
Total funds awarded: $123,237
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh
Years awarded: 2022, 2022
Total funds awarded: $531,000
Children’s Cancer Partners of the Carolinas
Years awarded: 2024, 2022
Total funds awarded: $215,184
Communities in Schools of Cape Fear
Years awarded: 2024, 2023
Total funds awarded: $3,426,419
Community Enrichment Initiatives Inc
Years awarded: 2025, 2022
Total funds awarded: $134,200
Domestic Violence Shelter and Services, Inc
Years awarded: 2025, 2025, 2024, 2022
Total funds awarded: $803,932
DREAMS Center for Arts Education
Years awarded: 2025, 2023, 2022
Total funds awarded: $915,774
East Carolina Community Development, Inc
Years awarded: 2025, 2022
Total funds awarded: $255,000
Easterseals UCP North Carolina and Virginia
Year awarded: 2022
Total funds awarded: $125,000
Engine Angels
Year awarded: 2025
Total funds awarded: $5,000
Extensiton Master Gardener Volunteer Association
Year awarded: 2022
Total funds awarded: $13,400
Family Support Network of Southeastern NC, Inc.
Year awarded: 2025
Total funds awarded: $33,000
Friends of the New Hanover County Arboretum, Inc
Year awarded: 2022
Total funds awarded: $13,442
Genesis Block Foundation
Years awarded: 2025, 2025, 2024, 2022
Total funds awarded: $235,070
Greater Wilmington Chamber Foundation
Years awarded: 2023, 2022
Total funds awarded: $287,000
Growing Resilience
Years awarded: 2025, 2025
Total funds awarded: $9,528
Hadden Hall I & II Apartments
Years awarded: 2024, 2022
Total funds awarded: $315,000
Jo Ann Carter Harrelson Center Inc
Years awarded: 2023, 2022
Total funds awarded: $1,678,830
Leading Into New Communities, Inc (LINC)
Years awarded: 2025, 2025, 2024, 2024, 2022
Total funds awarded: $958,528
Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard of Wilmington, Inc
Year awarded: 2022
Total funds awarded: $50,000
New Hanover County District Attorney’s Office
Year awarded: 2023
Total funds awarded: $3,439,066
Northside Food Cooperative (via New Hanover County)
Years awarded: 2024, 2023
Total funds awarded: $7,041,715
Region O Council for the Advancement of Minorities in Engineering
Year awarded: 2025
Total funds awarded: $2,717
SmartStart of New Hanover County
Years awarded: 2023, 2022
Total funds awarded: $778,596.60
Soaring as Eagles Outreach Ministry Inc
Years awarded: 2025, 2025, 2022
Total funds awarded: $205,000
St. Jude’s Metropolitan Community Church
Years awarded: 2023, 2022
Total funds awarded: $48,000
The Arts Council of Wilmington/NHC
Years awarded: 2025, 2024
Total funds awarded: $205,000
The Children’s Museum of Wilmington
Years awarded: 2025, 2022
Total funds awarded: $91,400
The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina at Wilmington
Year awarded: 2022
Total funds awarded: $165,000
Union Missionary Baptist Church
Years awarded: 2025, 2025, 2025, 2023
Total funds awarded: $859,348
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Years awarded: 2023, 2023, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022
Total funds awarded: $10,728,871
University of North Carolina at Wilmington – College of Health & Human Services
Year awarded: 2023
Total funds awarded: $10,253,500
University of North Carolina at Wilmington – College of Health & Human Services – Recreation Therapy Program
Year awarded: 2022
Total funds awarded: $82,567
University of North Carolina at Wilmington – College of Health & Human Services – School of Health & Applied Human Sciences
Year awarded: 2022
Total funds awarded: $12,057
University of North Carolina at Wilmington – College of Health & Human Services – School of Health & Applied Human Sciences – DC Virgo Preparatory Academy
Year awarded: 2022
Total funds awarded: $46,656
University of North Carolina at Wilmington – College of Health & Human Services – School of Health & Applied Human Sciences – Public Health Department
Year awarded: 2022
Total funds awarded: $85,825
University of North Carolina at Wilmington – College of Health & Human Services – School of Nursing
Year awarded: 2022
Total funds awarded: $26,000
University of North Carolina at Wilmington – College of Health & Human Services – School of Social Work
Year awarded: 2022
Total funds awarded: $10,206
University of North Carolina at Wilmington – Learn-to-Swim
Year awarded: 2022
Total funds awarded: $50,660
University of North Carolina at Wilmington – MI CASA
Years awarded: 2025, 2023, 2022
Total funds awarded: $158,028
University of North Carolina at Wilmington – Watson College of Education – The Center for Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
Year awarded: 2022
Total funds awarded: $7,900
YMCA of Southeastern North Carolina
Years awarded: 2024, 2023, 2022
Total funds awarded: $6,163,867
