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