ZSR Trustees Announce Fall 2015 Grant Awards 83 grants totaling $7.5 million

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The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation has selected the recipients of its Fall 2015 grant awards. On November 20, 2015, Trustees voted to approve 83 grants totaling $7.5 million to organizations across North Carolina.

The Foundation has two grant cycles per year; one in the Spring and one in the Fall. It currently has 429 active grants.

Organizations awarded grants in the Fall 2015 cycle are listed below in alphabetical order.

COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
Local Food Campaign: Building the Local Food Economy of Western NC project
 

Atkins (S. G.) Community Development Corp.
For general operating support

Carolina Common Enterprise
For general operating support
 
Center for Responsible Lending
Responsible Lending in NC: Protecting Economic Opportunity Project
 
Conservation Fund
Resourceful Communities Program Project
 
Durham Community Land Trustees, Inc.
Building a Piedmont Community Development Collaborative Project
 
Durham Congregations in Action
REAL Durham: Our Liberation is Bound Up with One Another Project
 
Eagle Market Streets Development Corporation
Block-by-Block Industries Project
 
Friends of Hyde County's Historic 1854 Courthouse
For general operating support
 
Grameen America, Inc.
Grameen America Charlotte Project
 
IDA and Asset Building Collaborative of NC, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Latin American Economic Development Corporation of the Piedmont Atlantic Region
For general operating support
 
Made in Durham
For general operating support
 

Natural Capital Investment Fund, Inc.
For general operating support of its NC work

NC Association of Black Lawyers' Land Loss Prevention Project
For general operating support
 
NC Catch
For general operating support
 
NC Community Development Initiative, Inc.
For general operating support
 
NC Institute of Minority Economic Development
For general operating support
 
NC State University
Center for Environmental Farming Systems' Developing Local Food Markets and Leadership at NC Universities for Historically-Underserved Populations Project
 
Queen City Forward
ImpactU Project
 
Reinvestment Partners
For general operating support
 
RFD CDC

NETworX: Securing Well-Being Together Project

Swiss Bear Downtown Development Corporation
The Entrepreneur Center of Craven County and The CUBE Project
 
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
American Indian Center's NC Native Asset Coalition Project
 
Working Landscapes
For general operating support
 

ENVIRONMENT

American Rivers
For general operating support of the NC office
 
BikeWalk NC
Complete Streets Campaign Project
 
Civilian Exposure
For general operating support
 
Conservation Trust for NC
Preparing NC Land Trusts to Ensure Resilient Landscapes Project
 
Dan River Basin Association
For general operating support
 
Dogwood Alliance, Inc.
Our Forests Aren't Fuel Project
 
Haw River Assembly, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Hiawassee River Watershed Coalition, Inc.
Strengthening the Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Partnership Project
 
Land Trust for the Little Tennessee
Mountain Partners Coalition's Breaking the Impasse at Nikwasi Mound Project
 
NC Coastal Land Trust
Gullah Geechee Conservation Initiative Project
 
NC Environmental Justice Network
For general operating support
 
NC Health News, Inc.
Tracking NC's Environmental Health Project
 
NC Justice Center
Energy Efficiency Project
 
NC Wildlife Federation
For general operating support
 
Sound Rivers, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Sustain Charlotte
For general operating support
 
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Environmental Finance Center's Jump-Starting On-Bill Energy Efficiency Programming in NC Project
 
WakeUP Wake County, Inc.
Planning for Growth Sustainably: Expanding Public Transit and Ensuring Clean Water and Effective Land Use Project
 
Wilderness Society
Building Support and Consensus around Wildland Protection for the Nantahala-Pisgah National Forest Project
 
Winyah Rivers Foundation, Inc.
Advocacy for Water Quality Protection in the Lumber River Basin Project
 
Yadkin Riverkeeper, Inc.
For general operating support
 

EDUCATION

Child Care Services Association
Examining Child Care Quality and Accessibility for Children Birth-Three in NC Project
 
Guilford Education Alliance, Inc.
Say Yes to Education Project
 
Hoke County Schools
Low Wealth District Consortium: Leandro Case Project
 
Johnston County Schools
The Implementation Initiative of The Innovation Project
 
NC Alliance for School Leadership Development
Distinguished Leadership in Practice Project
 
NC New Schools, Inc.
NC Large District Superintendent Consortium Project
 
Pitt County Schools
Star Teacher Academy Project
 
Public School Forum of NC
Center for Educational Opportunity Project
 
Public Schools First NC, Inc.
For general operating support
 
University of North Carolina General Administration
NC New Teacher Support Program
 

SOCIAL JUSTICE & EQUITY

Carolina Justice Policy Center
For general operating support
 
Coalicion Latinoamericano
For general operating support
 
Community Success Initiative, Inc.
For general operating support
 
El Centro Hispano, Inc.
For general operating support
 
El Pueblo, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Exodus Foundation Org
For general operating support
 
NC FIELD, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Southern Coalition for Social Justice
For general operating support
 
Women AdvaNCe
For general operating support
 
YWCA-High Point
Building Healthy Latino Communities Project
 

DEMOCRACY

Action Institute NC
For general operating support
 
Blueprint NC
For general operating support
 
Common Cause Education Fund
For general operating support of its NC office
 
Elon University
Campus Election Engagement Project
 
Gaston Together: Communities of Excellence
Civic Leadership Project
 
Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Emerging Leaders Fellowship Program Project
 
NALEO Education Fund
Increasing NC Latino Civic Participation Project
 
NC A. Philip Randolph Institute, Inc.
For general operating support
 
NC State University Foundation, Inc.
For general operating support for the Institute for Emerging Issues
 
Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods
For general operating support
 
ParentsTogether Foundation
ParentsTogether NC Project
 
People's Alliance Fund
For general operating support
 
School for Conversion, Inc.
Fusion Coalitions Project
 
Southern Documentary Fund
For general operating support
 
Triangle Congregations, Associations and Neighborhoods
For general operating support
 
Working America Education Fund
For general operating support of its NC office
 
Working Films, Inc.
For general operating support