The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation has selected the recipients of its fall 2017 grant awards.
On November 18, 2017, Trustees voted to approve 201 grants totaling $11.5 million to organizations across North Carolina.
Organizations awarded grants in the fall 2017 cycle are listed below in alphabetical order. The fall 2017 grant cycle was closed and by invitation-only. It marked the beginning of the Foundation’s transition to the emerging direction and was the final grant cycle based on ZSR's previous focus area descriptions.
COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
Growing the Local Food Economy of Western North Carolina project
Atkins (S. G.) Community Development Corp.
For general operating support
Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture
For general operating support
Bountiful Cities Project
For general operating support
Brunswick Housing Opportunities, Inc.
For general operating support
Carolina Common Enterprise
For general operating support
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
For general operating support
Center for Responsible Lending
Responsible Lending in North Carolina: Protecting Economic Opportunity for Families by Eliminating Abusive Lending Practices project
Central Park NC
For general operating support
Cleveland County Community Development Corporation
For general operating support
Conservation Fund
Resourceful Communities Program in North Carolina
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Forsyth County, Inc.
Winston-Salem Asset Building Coalition and Financial Pathways of the Piedmont project
Durham Community Land Trustees, Inc.
Building a Piedmont Community Development Collaborative project
Durham Congregations in Action
REAL Durham project
Eagle Market Streets Development Corporation
For general operating support
Farmer Foodshare, Inc.
For general operating support
Feast Down East, Inc.
For general operating support
Friends of Hyde County's Historic 1854 Courthouse
For general operating support
Goler-Depot Street Renaissance Corporation
Workforce Technology Pathway 2020 project
Graham Revitalization Economic Action Team
For general operating support
Green Opportunities, Inc.
For general operating support
Green Rural Redevelopment, Inc.
For general operating support
Greensboro Community Development Fund
For general operating support
IDA and Asset Building Collaborative of NC
For general operating support
iNvictus Forward Outreach
EMERGE project
Just Economics
For general operating support
Legal Aid of NC, Inc.
Home Defense and Consumer Project
Lexington Housing Community Development Corporation
For general operating support
Made in Durham
For general operating support
MDC, Inc.
For general operating support
Mountain BizCapital, Inc.
For general operating support
Natural Capital Investment Fund, Inc.
For general operating support of its work in North Carolina
NC Association of Black Lawyers' Land Loss Prevention Project
For general operating support
NC Catch
For general operating support
NC Coalition to End Homelessness, Inc.
For general operating support
NC Community Development Initiative, Inc.
For general operating support
NC Institute of Minority Economic Development
For general operating support
NC Pottery Museum, Inc.
For general operating support
NC State University
Center for Environmental Farming Systems' Sustaining Networks, Leadership, and Local Food Markets for Historically-Underserved Populations at NC Universities project
NC State University
Center for Environmental Farming Systems' Food Policy Council of North Carolina's Achieving Equitable Community Economic Development project
Northern Moore Family Resource Center, Inc.
Sustaining and Managing the Economic Development Collaborations project
Onaben
Native Women and Youth Workforce Readiness and Entrepreneurship Initiative in North Carolina
Orange County Partnership for Young Children
Expanding Asian Refugee Agricultural Entrepreneurship project
Patterson School Foundation, Inc.
For general operating support
Queen City Forward
For general operating support
Reinvestment Partners
For general operating support
Roanoke Economic Development, Inc.
For general operating support
Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA
For general operating support
Rural Economic Development Center, Inc.
For general operating support
Sandhills Family Heritage Association
For general operating support
Shalom Project, Inc.
Circles WS project
Sow Much Good, Inc.
For general operating support
TCK Providence, Inc.
For general operating support
Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional
For general operating support
Uniting NC, Inc.
Code the Dream project
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Kenan Institute's NC Growth Asset Development and Job Creation in the Sandhills project
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
School of Law's NC Poverty Research Fund project
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
American Indian Center's NC Native Asset Coalition project
Urban League of Central Carolinas, Inc.
For general operating support
Valdese Economic Development Investment Corporation
For general operating support
Winston-Salem Urban League
For general operating support
Working Landscapes
For general operating support
ENVIRONMENT
Alliance for a Responsible Swine Industry, Inc.
For general operating support
Alliance for Climate Education, Inc.
Engaging Youth on Climate Change in North Carolina project
American Rivers, Inc.
For general operating support of its work in North Carolina
Appalachian Voices
For general operating support of its work in North Carolina
Asheville GreenWorks
Building the Racial Equity Leadership Pipeline in Western North Carolina project
Asheville-Buncombe Sustainable Community Initiatives, Inc.
For general operating support
BikeWalk NC
Complete Streets Campaign project
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, Inc.
For general operating support
Cape Fear River Watch
For general operating support
Clean Air Carolina
Clean Air Zones Monitoring Project
Clean Water for NC, Inc.
For general operating support
Conservation Fund
Community Economic Development and Conservation Coalition Implementation project
Conservation Trust for NC
Land for Tomorrow project
Conservation Trust for NC
For general operating support
Dan River Basin Association
For general operating support of its work in North Carolina
Dogwood Alliance, Inc.
Our Forests Aren't Fuel project
East Coast Greenway Alliance, Inc.
Achieving Sustainability Leadership as the Great Trails State project
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc.
For general operating support of its work in North Carolina
Environmental Quality Institute
For general operating support
Foothills Conservancy of NC, Inc.
Catawba-Wateree Clean Water Initiative project
Fresh Energy
Southeast Energy News' North Carolina Reporting project
Haw River Assembly, Inc.
For general operating support
Hiawassee River Watershed Coalition, Inc.
For general operating support
Mainspring Conservation Trust, Inc.
Mountain Partners Coalition's Breaking the Impasse at Nikwasi Mound project
MountainTrue
For general operating support
National Audubon Society, Inc.
Audubon North Carolina Climate Initiative project
NC Coastal Federation, Inc.
For general operating support
NC Conservation Network
For general operating support
NC Council of Churches
NC Interfaith Power & Light project
NC Environmental Justice Network
For general operating support
NC Health News, Inc.
Tracking North Carolina's Environmental Health project
NC League of Conservation Voters Foundation, Inc.
For general operating support
NC Sustainable Energy Association
For general operating support
NC Wildlife Federation
For general operating support
Piedmont Land Conservancy
Land Protection Specialist Position project
Renewable Energy Transition Initiative, Inc.
For general operating support
Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help
Blacks and Browns: Addressing Injustices project
Sound Rivers, Inc.
For general operating support
Southeastern Wind Coalition, Inc.
For general operating support
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Promoting Energy Efficiency in North Carolina project
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
Blue Ridge Forever project
Southern Environmental Law Center
For general operating support of its work in North Carolina
Sustain Charlotte, Inc.
For general operating support
Sustainable Sandhills
For general operating support
Toxic Free NC, Inc.
For general operating support
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Environmental Finance Center's Jump-Starting On-Bill Energy Efficiency Programming in North Carolina project
WakeUP Wake County, Inc.
Planning for Growth Sustainably: Expanding Public Transit and Affordable Housing and Ensuring Clean Water project
West End Revitalization Association
For general operating support
Western NC Green Building Council
Helping Low-Income Families with Energy Efficiency Upgrades project
Winyah Rivers Foundation, Inc.
Advocacy for Water Quality Protection in the Lumber River Basin project
Yadkin Riverkeeper, Inc.
For general operating support
Youth Empowered Solutions YES
Environmental Leadership Pipeline project
PUBLIC EDUCATION
Asheville City Schools Foundation
For general operating support
East Durham Children's Initiative
For general operating support
EducationNC
For general operating support
Guilford Education Alliance, Inc.
For general operating support
Hoke County Schools
Leandro Case project
MeckEd
For general operating support
NC Early Childhood Foundation, Inc.
For general operating spport
Parents for Public Schools, Inc.
For general operating support
Profound Gentlemen, Inc.
For general operating support of its work in North Carolina
Public School Forum of NC, Inc.
For general operating support
Public Schools First NC, Inc.
For general operating support
Research Triangle Institute
NC Large District Consortium project
Students for Education Reform, Inc.
For general operating support of its work in North Carolina
United Way of Forsyth County, Inc.
Forsyth Promise project
University of North Carolina General Administration
NC New Teacher Support Program 2018-2019
Wake Education Partnership
For general operating support
Winston-Salem Foundation
Project Impact's Early Steps Program
World Class Schools
For general operating support
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY
American Civil Liberties Union of NC Legal Foundation, Inc.
For general operating support
Beloved Community Center of Greensboro, Inc.
For general operating support
Campaign for Southern Equality
For general operating support
Center for Death Penalty Litigation
Public Education and Information project
Center for Participatory Change, Inc.
For general operating support
Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy, Inc.
For general operating support
Community Building Initiative
Equity Project: Conversations That Can Change Community
Community Success Initiative, Inc.
For general operating support
Conservatives for Criminal Justice Reform
For general operating support
El Centro Hispano, Inc.
For general operating support
El Centro Hispano, Inc.
Colectivo NC project
El Pueblo, Inc.
For general operating support
Equality NC Foundation
For general operating support
FaithAction International House
For general operating support
Family Violence Prevention Center, Inc.
Regional Spanish Domestic Violence Hotline project
Farm Labor Research Project, Inc.
For general operating support of its work in North Carolina
Franklinton Center, Inc.
Museum and Library Project
Freedom Center for Social Justice
For general operating support
Go Global NC Council, Inc.
Latino Initiative: Community Health Project
Hispanic Liaison of Chatham County
For general operating support
Jonesboro United Methodist Church
El Refugio Centro de Recursos Familiare/The Refuge Family Resource Center project
Latino Advocacy Coalition of Henderson County
For general operating support for the El Camino Collaborative
Mano al Hermano
For general operating support
NC Center on Actual Innocence
For general operating support
NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence
For general operating support
NC Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Inc.
Building With, Not For: Addressing Sexual Violence through Movement-Building, Civic Engagement, and Capacity Development project
NC Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System
For general operating support
NC Council of Churches
From Hostility to Hospitality: Immigration and People of Faith project
NC Farmworkers Project, Inc.
Farmworker Advocacy Network project
NC FIELD, Inc.
For general operating support
NC Society of Hispanic Professionals, Inc.
For general operating support
Pisgah Legal Services
For general operating support
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
For general operating support of its work in North Carolina
SHIFT NC
For general operating support
Southeast Asian Coalition
For general operating support
Student Action with Farmworkers
For general operating support
Thirtieth Judicial District Domestic Violence-Sexual Assault Alliance
For general operating support
Women AdvaNCe
For general operating support
YWCA-High Point
Latino Family Center project
STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY
Action Institute NC
For general operating support
Alliance of NC Black Elected Officials, Inc.
For general operating support
Blue Ribbon Commission Prevention of Youth Violence
For general operating support
Blueprint NC
For general operating support
Carolina Public Press, Inc.
For general operating support
Center for Public Interest Research, Inc.
Continuation of Black Civic Engagement Innovations in North Carolina project
Children First Communities in Schools of Buncombe County, Inc.
For general operating support
Common Cause Education Fund
For general operating support of its work in North Carolina
Democracy NC
For general operating support
Durham CAN-Congregations Associations and Neighborhoods
For general operating support
Institute for Southern Studies, Inc.
For general operating support
Institute of Political Leadership, Inc.
For general operating support
MomsRising Education Fund
For general operating support of its work in North Carolina
NALEO Education Fund
Increasing Latino Electoral Participation in North Carolina project
NC Public Interest Research Group Education Fund
Youth Engagement Project
NC State University Foundation, Inc.
For general operating support for the Institute for Emerging Issues
Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods
For general operating support
Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods
Walnut Tree Community Organizing and Revitalization Initiative project
Orange County Justice United in Community Effort
Developing Low-Income Leaders to Strengthen Democracy project
ParentsTogether Foundation
Using Mobile Messaging to Support and Activate North Carolina Parents project
People's Alliance Fund
For general operating support
Southern Documentary Fund
For general operating support
Southern Vision Alliance
For general operating support
Working America Education Fund
For general operating support of its work in North Carolina
Working Films, Inc.
For general operating support
MISCELLANEOUS
Council for Children's Rights, Inc.
For general operating support
Isothermal Community College
World Equestrian Games Workforce Development project
NC Child
For general operating support
Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park and Museum
For general operating support