2010 Grant Recipients

Thank you to all of the organizations that applied for a grant from the High Point Community Foundation and congratulations to those awarded funds in 2010.

Organization   Amount Purpose of Grant
Big Brothers Big Sisters HP

$16,800

Program to match a child who has one parent incarcerated in State or Federal prison with a big brother or sister
CFGG – Guilford Nonprofit Consortium

$10,000

Operating funds for outreach to HP nonprofits that includes access to low-cost, but high quality training and resources
City of High Point – Police Department

$35,450

Fund victim service case worker to address domestic violence in coordination with the HP Police Department to reduce domestic homicides, injuries, & repeated calls
Communities in Schools High Point

$16,350

Funding for the “Next Step Ninth Grade Transitional Program” to promote academic achievement and social success to decrease the dropout rate
Community Outreach of Archdale-Trinity

$18,670

Funding to enhance the FISH (finding independence through self-sufficiency) services, which will prepare participants to be self-sufficient and navigate their way to employment
Family Service of the Piedmont

$21,970

Funds to expand consumer credit counseling services
Ferndale Middle School

$800

Funding to produce Culture Fair where students experience other cultures and gain appreciate for differences
Grace Church – Helping Hands Ministry

$26,350

Operating funds to help keep vital staff that assist with participating in the Community Resource Network, distribute food, financial assistance, health fairs and job fairs
Guilford Education Alliance

$10,900

Funding to support the teacher supply warehouse that provides classroom supplies to teachers while business recycle supplies instead of discarding them
High Point Community Against Violence

$25,150

Operating funds to support deterring crime by working with violent offenders who desire to change their lives
Junior Achievement

$9,625

Funds to support a K-12 real world to classroom financial & economic program to help students develop financial, ethical and economic foundations needed in our global economy
Randolph County Partnership for Children

$2,925

 Funds to expand Parents as Teachers – a family literacy program for at-risk parents with children under the age of 5
Special Olympics NC

$8,175

Funding competitive event for statewide athletes – 50 from HP
Triad Health Project

$10,000

Fund case manager to access services for clients affected by HIV/AIDS in the city of High Point
West End Ministries

$27,350

General operating funding to provide services such as emergency assistance, community meals, Kids Café, Leslie’s House, Boys & Girls Club, and Senior Adult Programs
Win-Win Resolutions

$7,700

Funding for LOTSO which serves to deter high-risk minority and economically disadvantaged females ages 6-18 from involvement with gangs, delinquency, pregnancy, and deviant behavior
YMCA of High Point – Camp Cheerio

$15,000

Funds to match a challenge grant for ADA accessibility in older cabins
YWCA of High Point

$14,500

Funds to upgrade computer lab from 4 to 15 serving 90 kids, 60 teens
Total Approved by Grants Committee $277,715 HPCF Annual Grant Allocation $250,000
Cory McInnis Allocation $11,365
Violet Hutchens Allocation $16,350