WIN GRANT RECIPIENTS
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| Nonprofit | Grant Award | Description of project/program |
 | $23,362 | Brooklyn Arts Music Academy received the grant for its Music Is Life program which provides free music education children ages 3-5 years. |
 | $8,000 | DC Virgo Preparatory Academy received an $8,000 grant to create a Teaching for Artistic Behavior (TAB) classroom, which fosters creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving through self directed art education. |
 | $10,000 | Delta Foundation of the Cape Fear received $10,000 to support its Celebration of African American Arts and Culture during the Azalea Festival 2026. It will feature dramatic arts, poetry, dance, jazz, spirituals, gospel and classical music. |
 | $4,827 | Historic Wilmington Foundation received a grant of $4,827 to purchase new whisper headsets for its Tar Heels Go Walking tours in downtown Wilmington. The tours connect New Hanover County 3rd graders to the rich history of their community. |
 | $7,000 | Theatre for All received a grant of $7,000 to allow performers with disabilities to produce an original play at the Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center. TFA will collaborate with members of the deaf and hard of hearing community for the first time. |
 | $9,000 | Uptilt Film Festival received $9,000 to support the Filmmaker Housing Project, which provides free housing to visiting filmmakers in order to encourage more participation and foster greater diversity and collaboration. |
 | $8,811 | Working Films received a grant of $8,811 to launch Story Leads NHC. The program uses film to convene, inform, and mobilize local residents through a series of community screening events that use film, poetry, visual arts, and discussion with local leaders to better inform and involve citizens. |
| Nonprofit | Grant Award | Description of project/program |
 | $20,000 | Cape Fear River Watch received $20,000 for its project. The Burnt Mill Creek Urban Green Space Restoration Plan, which will protect and improve water quality in the Cape Fear River Basin. |
 | $15,000 | North Carolina Wildlife Federation received $15,000 for restoring wildlife habitat in underserved communities through five cleanup and planting projects. |
 | $8,400 | Alliance for Cape Fear Trees received $8,400 for its project to improve tree survival success in disadvantaged communities. |
 | $6,600 | Young Scientist Academy received $6,600 for the Youth Cause Initiative which mentors students and teachers to reduce their school's carbon footprint. |
| | $5,000 | Historic Wilmington Foundation received $5,000 for Eagles Island Nature Park Project. |
 | $5,000 | Plastic Ocean Project received $5,000 for Trees4Trash program and Carbon Capture Study which addresses critical issues of marine debris and climate change. |
2023 - HEALTH & WELLNESS
| Nonprofit |
Grant Award | Description of project/program |
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$25,000 |
Planned Parenthood South Atlanta (PPSAT) received $25,000 to subsidize family planning services for uninsured patients in New Hanover County. Approximately 150 patient visits will be funded to provide gynecological and family planning care for vulnerable patients. |
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$10,000 |
NSEA Swim Foundation received $10,000 to expand its Learn to Swim program which teaches water safety, swimming, and drowning prevention to all ages of the African-American population in the Northside, using the Earl Jackson pool. |
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$20,000 |
NOURISH NC received $20,000 to support the operation of a custom-built mobile grocery store truck called MoM to fight hunger. It travels to meet children and their families with food insecurity where they are: schools, health clinics, community centers. |
2022 - EDUCATION
| Nonprofit | Grant Award | Description of project/program |
 | $5,000 | Friends of the Arboretum received a $5,000 grant for the planning, design, and planting of an indigenous Waccamaw Siouan garden at the New Hanover County Arboretum to teach the significance of the tribe's plants and rituals. |
 | $10,000 | Voyage was awarded a $10,000 grant to expose New Hanover County students to virtual reality technology to expand their view of career and life possibilities, as well as to learn useful mindfulness, physical exercise, and meditation techniques. |
 | $20,000 | StepUp Wilmington received a $20,000 grant to initiate "Restorative Opportunity Internships," a program for youth to experience professional internships at local businesses, thanks to StepUp's connections, coaching, and personal support of student candidates. |
| | $20,000 | Young Scientist Academy was awarded a $20,000 grant to create a scientific literacy and communication curriculum for their Explorers (grades 3-5) and Ambassadors (grades 6-8), to teach critical thinking and provide scientific learning experiences after school. |
2021 - ARTS & CULTURE
| Nonprofit | Grant Award | Description of project/program |
| | $5,000 | Brooklyn Arts Music Academy received $5,000 for “Music is Life!”, a weekly program serving 3-5 year olds at Dorothy B. Johnson School with exposure to music and movement to improve physical, cognitive and social functions. |
 | $5,000 | Opera
House Theater Company received $5,000 for Intergenerational Theater Project, an
experiment to bring multiple generations of actors together in rehearsal
for a holiday 2021 performance in Wilmington. |
 | $20,000 | Arts Council of Wilmington and New Hanover County received $20,000 to underwrite the design and engineering study for the proposed Wilmington Rail Trail, a park along the city’s abandoned rail lines which would bridge the Northside community with other parts of downtown and create a space for public art, recreation, and reflection. |
 | $20,000 | Cameron Art Museum received $20,000 for its Boundless sculpture by NC artist Stephen Hayes which was unveiled at a community event in November 2021. Boundless is the first public marker to recognize and honor the valor of the US Colored Troops (80% of whom were formerly enslaved) who fought on CAM’s historic site in the Battle of the Forks that was pivotal in securing Wilmington, the end of the civil war and ultimately, their freedom. |
2020 - ENVIRONMENT
| Nonprofit | Grant Award | Description of project/program |
| | $25,000 | Cape Fear River Watch (CFRW) received $25,000 to protect and improve the water quality of the Cape Fear River Basin for all people through education, advocacy, and action. The key project objectives were: 1.) to engage New Hanover County’s communities of color and low-income communities in CFRW’s successful Creekwatchers program; and 2.) to create a civic engagement training program to educate the community and decision-makers about environmental justice. |
| | $23,000 | The Alliance for Cape Fear Trees received $23,000 to plant 150 trees in Wilmington’s underserved Southside neighborhood to improve the environment and health of the residents and to meet the rapidly growing organizational and administrative needs of the Alliance due to the City of Wilmington's new tree initiative. |
 | $5,000 | Winter
Park PTA received $5,000 to expand Winter Park’s Waste Free Wednesday cafeteria
recycling and education program and to also support expanding
the program to five additional
New Hanover County schools in 2021. |
 | $5,000 | Keep
New Hanover Beautiful received $5,000 to expand the volunteer-led Cigarette Litter
Prevention Program (CLPP) that collects, recycles and raises awareness
of cigarette litter pollution. |
 | $2,000 | Children’s Museum of Wilmington received $2,000 to support a new interactive environmental water quality and conservation exhibit. The goal of the exhibit is to educate visitors on the importance of water, the impact of pollutants, and how water is filtered through both natural and man-made processes. |