Grantmaking FY2021
The year 2021 presented many ongoing challenges faced by our grant partners that began when the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020. Nearly half of the grants awarded were related to hardships experienced during this unusual time. On the brighter side, the pandemic opened windows into new opportunities and broader areas where services were enhanced.
*Multi-year grant
| GRANTEE | DESCRIPTION | FOCUS AREA | LOCATION | PAID IN FY21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Array Alliance | COVID-related operating support* | Arts & Culture | National | $500,000 |
| Asheville Art Museum Association Inc. | COVID-related operating support | Arts & Culture | NC | $200,000 |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center | COVID-related operating support* | Arts & Culture | NY | $100,000 |
| Kidznotes Inc | COVID-related operating support | Arts & Culture | NC | $100,000 |
| Musical Empowerment | COVID-related operating support | Arts & Culture | NC | $100,000 |
| North Carolina Arts In Action | COVID-related operating support | Arts & Culture | NC | $150,000 |
| The Laundromat Project Inc. | COVID-related operating support | Arts & Culture | NY | $100,000 |
| Urban Word NYC Inc. | COVID-related operating support Smart Growth Plan | Arts & Culture | NY | $125,000 |
| Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences Sciences (DBA Brooklyn Museum) | Support for Arts as Social Justice: Teacher training and educational resources* | Arts & Culture | NY | $100,000 |
| Culture Mill Inc. | Support for contemporary dance, medical research and Parkinson's disease* | Arts & Culture | NC | $50,000 |
| Gigi’s Playhouse | Support for program expansion | Arts & Culture | NC | $500,000 |
| Harlem RBI (DBA DREAM) | Support for DREAM expansion* | Arts & Culture | NY | $200,000 |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation | Support for Business of Preservation* | Arts & Culture | National | $500,000 |
| New York University Tisch School of the Arts | Support for Collaborative for Creative Practice and Social Justice Fund | Arts & Culture | NY | $600,000 |
| North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation Inc. | Support for transformational impact | Arts & Culture | NC | $500,000 |
| Penland School Of Craft | Support for community collaborations through transformative craft education for an Appalachian community* | Arts & Culture | NC | $50,000 |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian Institution) | Support for NMAAHC Leadership Project | Arts & Culture | National | $150,000 |
| STEM From Dance | Support for empowering girls in STEM Through Dance* | Arts & Culture | NY | $100,000 |
| The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle | Support for education and community engagement* | Arts & Culture | NC | $100,000 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for Ackland Museum | Support for strategic communications plan for audience development* | Arts & Culture | NC | $200,000 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for Carolina Performing Arts | Support for Southern Futures series at Carolina Performing Arts | Arts & Culture | NC | $300,000 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for Carolina Performing Arts | Support for "Prince Moro," a new opera by Rhiannon Giddens commissioned by Carolina Performing Arts and Spoleto Festival USA* | Arts & Culture | NC | $50,000 |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Support for Fueling Access to Artistic Excellence* | Arts and Culture | NC | $1,500,000 |
| Urban Arts Partnership | Support for capacity building grant* | Arts & Culture | NY | $50,000 |
| Voices Together | Support for online programming transition and tech support | Arts & Culture | NC | $200,000 |
| AbekaM | COVID-related operating support: PENSOLE Academy* | Community Development | National | $300,000 |
| Birthright Africa | COVID-related operating supportg and program expansion | Community Development | NY | $75,000 |
| Bronx Defenders | COVID-related operating support | Community Development | NY | $100,000 |
| Center for Racial Equity in Education (DBA CREED) | COVID-related operating support | Community Development | NC | $200,000 |
| Community Justice Project Inc. | COVID-related operating support | Community Development | FL | $150,000 |
| Culture Mill Inc | COVID-related operating support and capacity building | Community Development | NC | $225,000 |
| Echoing Green | COVID-related operating support* | Community Development | NY | $125,000 |
| Housing for New Hope | COVID-related operating support | Community Development | NC | $200,000 |
| Kenan Center Lockport | COVID-related operating support | Community Development | NY | $200,000 |
| National Black Justice Coalition Inc. | COVID-related operating support* | Community Development | National | $100,000 |
| National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy | COVID-related operating support | Community Development | National | $75,000 |
| Rethink Food NYC Inc. | COVID-related operating support: East Harlem Restaurant Response Program | Community Development | NY | $250,000 |
| Zeal Capital (through America Needs You) | COVID-related operating support | Community Development | NY | $200,000 |
| Berea College | Support to accelerate place-based outcomes | Community Development | KY | $125,000 |
| Campaign for Black Male Achievement (CBMA) | Support to strengthen and expand efforts in BMA field-building* | Community Development | NY | $300,000 |
| Center for Working Families Fund | Support for Black Men Build | Community Development | National | $150,000 |
| Cities United | Support for Campaign for Black Male Achievement (CBMA) to strengthen and expand its efforts in BMA field-building* | Community Development | KY | $500,000 |
| Color of Change Education Fund Inc. | Support for Narrative Change Project* | Community Development | National | $100,000 |
| Community Justice Project Inc. | Support to advance inclusive development in Miami* | Community Development | FL | $100,000 |
| Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Inc. | Support to inspire, connect and empower emerging Latinx leaders* | Community Development | National | $100,000 |
| Home Builders Association of Durham, Orange and Chatham Counties Foundation Inc. | Support for Education and Workforce Innovation Program | Community Development | NC | $150,000 |
| Inspiring Minds | Support for Project OASIS (Opportunity and Access Solutions Impacting Success) | Community Development | National | $125,000 |
| Joshua Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church Properties Inc. | Support for Joshua Community Connectors Building Project* | Community Development | KY | $100,000 |
| Liberation Ventures | Support for Serving as an Ecosystem Catalyst for Racial Repair in the United States program | Community Development | National | $250,000 |
| Louisville Metro Government (through the Community Foundation of Louisville) | Support for Russell: A Place of Promise* | Community Development | KY | $2,000,000 |
| Moriah Fund (through Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law) | Support for Black Voices for Black Justice Fund | Community Development | NY | $150,000 |
| Nature 4 Justice | Support to create learning networks studying climate adaptation change by African American farmers | Community Development | National | $125,000 |
| Neighborhood Associates Corporation | Support for Families are Artists, Creators, and Teachers replication project* | Community Development | National | $100,000 |
| New Leaders Inc. | Support for customized, job-embedded approach to leadership development* | Community Development | NY | $100,000 |
| Nonprofit Finance Fund | Support for Black Leadership Family program* | Community Development | NY | $200,000 |
| Opa-locka Community Development Corp. | Support for capacity building for equitable futures* | Community Development | FL | $75,000 |
| Say Yes Buffalo | Support for Buffalo’s youth employment System* | Community Development | NY | $50,000 |
| Say Yes Buffalo | Support for housing and nutritional services | Community Development | VA | $200,000 |
| The Allapattah Collaborative CDC | Support for placemaking and community ownership using Main Street approach and CLT shared equity model | Community Development | FL | $125,000 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Support for whole community health project in Edgecombe and Robeson counties | Community Development | NC | $285,000 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Support for Whole Community Connection: Community-Academic Partnerships for a Thriving Rural NC | Community Development | NC | $676,000 |
| United Way of the Greater Triangle | Support for Hayti Reborn: Durham Equity Project | Community Development | NC | $400,000 |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Support for Happy Hill Arts* | Community Development | NC | $25,000 |
| Chrysalis House Inc. | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | KY | $100,000 |
| City Harvest Inc. | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NY | $250,000 |
| Club Nova Community Inc. | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NC | $500,000 |
| Community Food Bank of New Jersey Inc. | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NY | $100,000 |
| El Centro Hispano | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NC | $150,000 |
| El Futuro | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NC | $150,000 |
| El Sol Jupiter’s Neighborhood Resource Center Inc. | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | FL | $150,000 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | National | $250,000 |
| Essie Justice Group | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | National | $150,000 |
| Farmworker Coordinating Council of Palm Beach County Inc. | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | FL | $100,000 |
| Feed More Inc. | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | VA | $250,000 |
| Feeding South Florida Inc. | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | FL | $250,000 |
| FeedMore WNY | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NY | $250,000 |
| Food Bank for New York City | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NY | $250,000 |
| Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC Inc. | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NC | $250,000 |
| FoodChain Inc. | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | KY | $150,000 |
| God’s Pantry Food Bank Inc. | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | KY | $250,000 |
| Island Harvest Ltd. | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NY | $100,000 |
| Jeremiah Program | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NY | $300,000 |
| LGBTQ+ Center of Durham | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NC | $150,000 |
| Long Island Cares Inc. | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NY | $100,000 |
| New York Common Pantry | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NY | $150,000 |
| North Carolina Justice Center | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NC | $150,000 |
| Orange County Rape Crisis Center | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NC | $100,000 |
| Overtown Youth Center | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | FL | $250,000 |
| Portlight Strategies | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | SC | $200,000 |
| The Safe Haven Community Resource Center Inc. | COVID-related operating support: LiveFresh | Health & Human Services | FL | $100,000 |
| The Salvation Army Lockport Corps | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NY | $150,000 |
| TROSA | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NC | $150,000 |
| Urban Ministries Of Durham Inc. | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NC | $150,000 |
| Veterans Leadership Council of North Carolina-CARES | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NC | $250,000 |
| Voices Together | COVID-related operating support | Health & Human Services | NC | $150,000 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs Of Metro Richmond | Support for program during expansion | Health & Human Services | VA | $200,000 |
| Bronx Defenders | Support for community engagement and early advocacy* | Health & Human Services | NY | $150,000 |
| Center for Racial Equity in Education (DBA CREED) | Support to expand capacity and impact* | Health & Human Services | NC | $55,000 |
| El Sol Jupiter’s Neighborhood Resource Center Inc. | Support for Journey to Self-Sufficiency* | Health & Human Services | FL | $100,000 |
| Florida Veterans Foundation | Support for Forgotten Warrior Project of Palm Beach* | Health & Human Services | FL | $100,000 |
| FoodChain Inc. | Support for Better Health initiative* | Health & Human Services | KY | $100,000 |
| Movement of Youth (DBA Mentor NC) | Support for Mentor NC: My Brother's and Sister's Keeper | Health & Human Services | NC | $200,000 |
| National CARES Mentoring Movement | Support for blueprint to dismantle Black poverty, using culturally- anchored, healing-centered programming | Health & Human Services | NY | $100,000 |
| Never Whisper Justice | Support for storytelling project* | Health & Human Services | National | $75,000 |
| Orange County Rape Crisis Center | Support for Community of Care: Expanding access to trauma-informed therapy for Survivors of sexual violence* | Health & Human Services | NC | $75,000 |
| StepUp Durham | Support to expand employment training and financial literacy for underserved residents to address equity and diversity in Durham* | Health & Human Services | NC | $75,000 |
| The Steve Fund (Stephen C. Rose Legacy Foundation) | Support to elevate the mental health and emotional wellbeing of girls and women of color | Health & Human Services | National | $200,000 |
| University of North Carolina Health Foundation | Operating support: Rural Inter-professional Health Initiative (RIPHI) | Health & Human Services | NC | $300,000 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Support for RIPHI community outreach coordinator* | Health & Human Services | NC | $75,000 |
| Veterans Leadership Council of North Carolina-CARES | Support for Veterans Life Center Coordinated Care Program* | Health & Human Services | NC | $100,000 |
| Bard College | COVID-related operating support: BARD Prison Initiative | Higher Education | NY | $300,000 |
| The Foundation for City College (The City College of New York) | COVID-related operating support: Support for sustaining excellence in the face of a public health crisis | Higher Education | NY | $200,000 |
| Bard College | Support for Brothers At: Collegiate Mentoring* | Higher Education | NY | $100,000 |
| Columbia University Teacher’s College | Support for Principals Academy* | Higher Education | NY | $200,000 |
| Duke University | Support for racial equity, youth development and social justice programs* | Higher Education | NC | $50,000 |
| Flagler College Inc. | Support for scholarships, action committees, tech upgrade | Higher Education | FL | $200,000 |
| Florida International University Foundation Inc. | Support for Richard M. Krasno Foyer | Higher Education | FL | $250,000 |
| Kentucky State University | Support for Summer Enrichment Program* | Higher Education | KY | $75,000 |
| Management Leadership for Tomorrow | Support to ensure economic mobility for students of color | Higher Education | National | $200,000 |
| Morehouse College | Support for Morehouse College Laboratory School | Higher Education | GA | $200,000 |
| New York University Tisch School of the Arts | Support for Kenan Scholarship & Cohort Convening* | Higher Education | NY | $200,000 |
| North Carolina Central University Foundation Inc. | Support for B.R.I.D.G.E.S Project* | Higher Education | NC | $100,000 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for Law Foundation Inc. (UNC Law School) | Support for The Carolina Law and Entrepreneurship Institute* | Higher Education | NC | $530,000 |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington Foundation Inc. | Support for the third Global Marine Science Summit | Higher Education | NC | $100,000 |
| United Negro College Fund Inc. | Support for HBCU and UNCF sustainability project | Higher Education | DC | $200,000 |
| University of Miami Frost School of Music | Support for Creating Pathways to Success through creativity and musical skill development* | Higher Education | FL | $200,000 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Support for the implementation of the Partnership for Social and Economic Mobility + Social Mobility Impact Fund | Higher Education | PA | $200,000 |
| Book Harvest | COVID-related operating support | K-12 Education | NC | $100,000 |
| Durham Nativity School | COVID-related operating support | K-12 Education | NC | $200,000 |
| Estella’s Brilliant Bus | COVID-related operating support | K-12 Education | FL | $100,000 |
| Leadership Academy for Young Women Inc. (DBA GLOW Academy) | COVID-related operating support | K-12 Education | NC | $200,000 |
| National Dance Institute Inc. | COVID-related operating support | K-12 Education | NY | $150,000 |
| NYC Salt Inc. | COVID-related operating support | K-12 Education | NY | $75,000 |
| Partnership for Appalachian Girls’ Education (PAGE) | COVID-related operating support | K-12 Education | NC | $150,000 |
| SEED Foundation Inc. | COVID-related operating support SEED Miami | K-12 Education | National | $200,000 |
| STEM From Dance | COVID-related operating support | K-12 Education | NY | $100,000 |
| Student U | COVID-related operating support | K-12 Education | NC | $200,000 |
| Student U | COVID-related operating support* | K-12 Education | NC | $100,000 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for Morehead Planetarium and Science Center | COVID-related operating support | K-12 Education | NC | $100,000 |
| Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal School | Support for school expansion | K-12 Education | VA | $200,000 |
| Book Harvest | Support for Parent Power* | K-12 Education | NC | $75,000 |
| Camelback Ventures Inc. | Capacity support: Education Innovators of Color | K-12 Education | National | $100,000 |
| Cristo Rey Richmond | Support for Corporate Readiness Institute | K-12 Education | VA | $200,000 |
| Eagle Academy Foundation | Support for Eagle Flight: Post-Secondary Success Initiative (PSSI)* | K-12 Education | NY | $300,000 |
| Leadership Academy for Young Women Inc. (DBA GLOW Academy) | Support for GLOW College Bound program* | K-12 Education | NC | $150,000 |
| National Center for Families Learning Inc. | Support for Sharon Darling Innovation Fund* | K-12 Education | KY | $125,000 |
| PBS North Carolina | Support for Filling the Early Education Equity Gap initiative* | K-12 Education | NC | $175,000 |
| SEED Foundation Inc. | Support for The Path To Permanence* | K-12 Education | National | $150,000 |
| St. Catherine’s School Foundation | Support for Arts and Innovation Center | K-12 Education | VA | $400,000 |
| The Hill Center Inc. | Support for reaching high-need struggling readers in Durham and beyond* | K-12 Education | NC | $100,000 |
| The North Carolina Arts Council Foundation | Support for expanding A+ Schools of North Carolina* | K-12 Education | NC | $75,000 |
| The School for Ethics and Global Leadership (SEGL) | Support for SEGL Rural Scholarships Initiative* | K-12 Education | National | $50,000 |
| The Scripps Research Institute | Support for Education outreach program | K-12 Education | FL | $600,000 |
| ThirdWay (through TNTP) | Support for The 20% Project: Changing the game for students systems fail most | K-12 Education | NY | $100,000 |
| Transcend Inc. (DBA Transcend Education) | Planning and piloting a Transcend lab* | K-12 Education | NY | $125,000 |
| United Way of NYC | Support for ReadNYC: 2-Gen Education Initiative* | K-12 Education | NY | $125,000 |
| Woodberry Forest School | Support for Kenan-Lewis Fellowship | K-12 Education | VA | $400,000 |