ZSR Announces Fall 2013 Grant Awards 85 grants totaling $6.7 million

Announcements

The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation has selected the recipients of its Fall 2013 grant awards. On November 15, Trustees voted to approve 85 grants totaling $6.7 million to organizations in 30 North Carolina counties.

The Foundation has two grant cycles per year; one in the Spring and one in the Fall. It currently has 380 active grants. For a complete listing of grants by year, click here.

Organizations awarded grants in the Fall 2013 cycle are listed below in alphabetical order by focus area.

COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
Appalachian Grown: Growing the Regional Food Economy for All
 
Carolina Common Enterprise
For general operating support
 
Chatham Community Development Corporation
For general operating support
 
East Market Street Development Corporation
Minority Entrepreneurship Program
 
Farmer Foodshare, Inc.
POP System Expansion and Development Project
 
Friends of the Mountains to Sea Trail
Trail Towns for North Carolina's Mountains-to-Sea Trail
 
Latin American Chamber of Commerce of Charlotte Foundation
For general operating support
 
Latino Community Development Center
Affordable Housing Capacity Building Project
 
Latino Community Development Center
Immigrant Integration Project
 
Legal Aid of NC-Raleigh
Home Defense Project
 
Mountain Area Information Network
For general operating support
 
National Association For Latino Community Asset Builders
Capacity Building for North Carolina Latino-serving Nonprofit Asset-Building Organizations
 
Natural Capital Investment Fund, Inc.
For general operating support
 
NC Association of Black Lawyers' Land Loss Prevention Project
For general operating support
 
NC Community Development Initiative
For general operating support
 
Southwestern NC Resource Conservation & Development Council
Building a Community Alliance for the Smoky Mountain Ag Dev. Center at Whittier
 
Valdese Economic Development Investment Corporation
For general operating support
 
ENVIRONMENT
 
American Rivers
For general operating support
 
Appalachian State University
Department of Technology and Environmental Design: Enhancing Market Structure for Energy Efficient and Sustainable Buildings
 
Better World Fund
Engaging North Carolina Agriculture and Forest Sector Leaders on Climate Change Challenges
 
Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy
Community Leadership and Innovation in Land and Water Conservation
 
Carolina Thread Trail
Economic Impact Project
 
Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, Inc.
Safe Urban Waters
 
Clean Water for NC
For general operating support
 
Conservation Fund
Resourceful Communities Program: Increasing Sustainable Triple Bottom Line Impact
 
Dan River Basin Association
For general operating support
 
Ellerbee Creek Watershed Association
For general operating support
 
Environmental Federation of NC d/b/a Earth Share of NC
For general operating support
 
Foothills Conservancy of NC, Inc.
The Catawba Basin Water Protection Initiative
 
Haw River Assembly, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Haywood Waterways Association, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Isothermal Planning and Development Commission
WNC Environmental Justice Data Scan and Action Planning
 
Mountain Valleys Resource Conservation and Dev. Council
Ivy River Watershed Protection
 
Neuse River Foundation, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Pamlico-Tar River Foundation, Inc.
Waterkeepers Carolina: In Defense of North Carolina's Clean Water
 
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
Blue Ridge Forever
 
Sustain Charlotte
For general operating support
 
Trout Unlimited National Office
For general operating support
 
Wilderness Society
Building a New Constituency for Western North Carolina's National Forests for the 21st Century
 
Winyah Rivers Foundation, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Yadkin Riverkeeper Inc.
For general operating support
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
Children and Family Resource Center of Henderson County
United Agenda for Children: 5 Promises
 
Community Services of Swain, Inc.
Swain Heritage Crafts Evaluation and Development Project
 
Council for Children's Rights, Inc.
The Larry King Center
 
Durham At Risk Youth Collaborative
Preparing Early Childhood Educators to Manage Mental Health Issues in Daycare Settings
 
NC Community Health Center Association
Building Capacity for Engagement in Low-income Communities
 

PUBLIC EDUCATION

Asheville City Schools
Marketing Matters:  Engaging Our Community with Research-based Messaging
 
Development Foundation of the NC Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Inc.
NCCAT's Beginning Teachers Sustainability Project
 
NC Justice Center
Education Reporting
 
NC Middle School Association, Inc.
Middle School Transformation Project
 
NC New Schools Project, Inc.
North Carolina Center for Educational Leadership
 
Person County Schools
National Training Network Partnership with Middle Grades Math
 

SOCIAL JUSTICE & EQUITY

Action for Children North Carolina
For general operating support
 
Carolina Justice Policy Center
For general operating support
 
Catawba County Hispanic Ministry
For general operating support
 
Center for Death Penalty Litigation, Inc.
Public Education and Information Project
 
Centro de Enlace, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Centro Internacional de Raleigh, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Coalición Latinoamericana
For general operating support
 
Community Success Initiative, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Concerned Citizens of Tillery
Cultural Awareness Events
 
Durham County Cooperative Extension
Parents Leading the Way: Strengthening Latino Parent Leadership and Advocacy in Our Public Schools
 
El Pueblo, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Mano al Hermano
For general operating support
 
NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
For general operating support
 
NC Center on Actual Innocence
For general operating support
 
NC Latino Coalition
For general operating support
 
Rape Crisis Volunteers of Cumberland County
Collaborating with the Military
 
Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help (REACH)
Blacks and Browns
 
Shelter Home of Caldwell County
Child Advocacy Program
 
University of NC-Chapel Hill
Institute for the Study of the Americas:  Building Integrated Communities
 
STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY
 
Action Institute NC
For general operating support
 
Blueprint NC
For general operating support
 
City of Asheville
Building Neighborhood Capacity and Leadership Across Race and Class
 
Center for Participatory Change, Inc.
For general operating support
 
Common Cause Education Fund
For general operating support
 
Democracy NC
For general operating support
 
HOPE (Helping Organize People Effectively)
For general operating support
 
Institute of Political Leadership, Inc.
For general operating support
 
MomsRising Education Fund
For general operating support of its NC work
 
NC Center for Voter Education
For general operating support
 
NC Public Interest Research Group Education Fund
Reclaiming Our Democracy
 
Orange County Justice United in Community Effort Incorporated
For general operating support
 
Triangle Congregations, Associations and Neighborhoods
For general operating support
 
Working Films, Inc.
Reel Engagement in North Carolina