2014 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 2014.

Organization Grant Award Cory McInnis Violet Hutchens HPCF Purpose of Grant
Backpack Beginnings $20,000.00 $850.00 $19,150.00 Program to feed children on the weekends
Big Brothers Big Sisters $10,000.00 $10,000.00 Program to match 15 Oak View students with Bigs
Family Service of the Piedmont $18,000.00 $18,000.00 Credit counseling program – budgeting skills
Girl Scouts Peaks to Piedmont $4,900.00 $4,900.00 Program to expand Girl Scout elective at Oak Hill
Go Far $5,500.00 $5,500.00 Scholarships for running shoes and socks
Guilford Child Development $15,000.00  $15,000.00  Youth and parent education and outreach
HP Center for Children & Families $39,101.00  $17,350.00  $21,751.00 Case management to support school success
Horsepower $5,575.00  $5,575.00 Capital project for permanent therapeutic riding center
Junior Achievement  $5,000.00  $5,000.00 Job shadowing program to provide experience and training
NCCJ $10,800.00  $10,800.00 ANYTOWN program scholarships
Open Door Ministries $50,000.00 $50,000.00 Rapid Rehousing – moving homeless to permanent housing
Out of the Garden Project $24,750.00  $24,750.00 Box truck delivery of fresh food to HP families
PPHS $15,000.00  $15,000 Teens Taking Action peer self-esteem program
Reach Out First/Step Up $15,000.00  $15,000.00 Job readiness training program at West End Ministries
Reading Connections $20,000.00  $20,000.00 Adult literacy program
The Piedmont School $5,575.00  $5,575.00 Scholarships for tuition
YMCA – Carl Chavis Branch $50,000.00 $50,000.00 Capital project to construct a splash pad park
Trustees Fund $10,500.00        
HPCF Endowment $275,001.00        
Totals $11,350.00 $17,350.00  $285,501.00  
Total Amount Granted $314,201.00