ZSR Announces Spring 2014 Grant Awards 77 grants totaling $5.2 million

Announcements

The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation has selected the recipients of its Spring 2014 grant awards. On May 16, 2014, Trustees voted to approve 77 grants totaling $5.2 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 370 active grants. For a complete listing of grants by year, click here.

Organizations awarded grants in the Spring 2014 cycle are listed below in alphabetical order.

Community Economic Development

Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture
For general operating support
 
Bountiful Cities Project
Urban Agriculture Alliance Project
 
Bountiful Cities Project

For general operating support

Brunswick Housing Opportunities
For general operating support
 
Center for Responsible Lending
Responsible Lending in North Carolina Project
 
Durham Community Land Trustees, Inc.
Building a Piedmont Community Development Collaborative Project
 
Durham Congregations in Action
East Durham Circles Initiative Expansion Project
 
Eagle Market Streets Development Corporation
For general operating support
 
Green Opportunities, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Greensboro Community Development Fund
For general operating support
 
Hawkeye Indian Cultural Center, Inc.
Sustainable Lifeways: Promoting Eco-Tourism and Sustainable Agriculture Project
 
NC Coalition to End Homelessness
For general operating support
 
NC Folklife Institute
For general operating support
 
NC Institute of Minority Economic Development
For general operating support
 
New Life Community Development Corporation, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Reinvestment Partners
For general operating support
 
River City Community Development Corporation
For general operating support
 
River Front Development Group
For general operating support
 
Sandhills Family Heritage Association
For general operating support
 
Support Center
For general operating support
 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
American Indian Center's North Carolina Native Asset Coalition Project
 
Working Landscapes
For general operating support
 

Environment

Alliance for Climate Education, Inc.
For general operating support for work in North Carolina
 
Appalachian State University
Appalachian Energy Center's Community-based Landfill Gas Enhancement Project
 
Appalachian Voices
For general operating support
 
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
For general operating support
 
Central Park NC
For general operating support
 
Clean Air Carolina
Clean Air Carolina/Catawba Riverkeeper Joint Venture Phase 2 Project
 
Duke University
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions’ Southeast Energy and Environmental Leadership Forum Project
 
East Coast Greenway Alliance
Climate Stewardship through Active Transportation in North Carolina Project
 
Environmental and Conservation Organization of Western NC, Inc.
For general operating support
 
GreenFaith
The Good Steward Campaign in North Carolina Project
 
National Committee for the New River
Promoting Innovative Stormwater Practices in Ashe and Alleghany Counties in North Carolina Project
 
NC Sustainable Energy Association
For general operating support
 
Pamlico-Tar River Foundation, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future
EZ Retrofit and Building Efficiency in North Carolina Project
 
The Nature Conservancy
Modeling Resilience on North Carolina’s Coast Project
 
Toxic Free NC
For general operating support
 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Institute for the Environment's Climate Stories: Documenting a Changing Climate Through the Voices of Ordinary Carolinians Project
 
Western NC Alliance
Three-Way Organizational Merger Project
 

Miscellaneous

 
Town of Fountain
Economic Development Master Plan Project
 

Public Education

 
Durham Public Schools Council of PTAs
Parent-Teacher Team Project
 
NC Institute for Child Development Professionals
Lifting Voices Project
 
North Carolina State University
Friday Institute's Ensuring Opportunity in the NC Opportunity Scholarship Project
 
Parents for Public Schools of Pitt County
Recruiting Retaining and Engaging Parents in Support of Public Education Project
 
Public School Forum of NC
For general operating support
 
Strategic Leadership by Design
COHORT II – Aspiring Superintendent Fellows Program Project
 
Surry County Schools
Improving Mathematical Thinking through Teacher Leaders Project
 
United Way of Forsyth County
Forsyth Promise Project
 
University of North Carolina – General Administration
North Carolina New Teacher Support Program Project
 

Social Justice and Equity

Beloved Community Center of Greensboro, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Campaign for Southern Equality
For general operating support
 
Center for Participatory Change, Inc.
Multi-lingual Support for the Peer Support Network of WNC Project
 
Community Building Initiative
The Equity Project
 
Diocese of East Carolina
For support of the Episcopal Farmworker Ministry Project
 
El Buen Pastor Latino Community Services
For general operating support
 
El Centro Hispano, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Faith in Action, Inc.
For general operating support
 
HAVEN in Lee County
For general operating support
 
Jonesboro United Methodist Church
El Refugio Centro de Recursos Familiares/The Refuge Family Resource Center Project
 
Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation, Inc.
Lifting North Carolina Murder Victims' Families Voices for Safety and Justice Project
 
NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina Foundation
For general operating support
 
NC Advocates for Justice Foundation, Inc.
NC Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System Project
 
NC Center on Actual Innocence
Microscopic Hair Comparison Case Review Project
 
NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Neighbors in Ministry, Inc.
Dismantling Racism: New Directions 2 Project
 
Planned Parenthood of Central NC, Inc.
"Care. No matter what." Project
 
Southern Coalition for Social Justice
For general operating support
 
stone circles
For general operating support
 
Student Action with Farmworkers
For general operating support
 
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Incarcerated Young Adults Study Project
 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Government's Racial Equity Network Project
 

Strengthening Democracy

Alliance of North Carolina Black Elected Officials
For general operating support
 
Children First Communities in Schools of Buncombe County, Inc.
Success Equation: A Poverty Reduction Initiative Project
 
Democracy NC
For support of the Millennial Engagement Partnership Project
 
Institute for Southern Studies
For general operating support
 
Rural Advancement Foundation International – USA
North Carolina Farmer Leadership Network Project