Area nonprofits were rewarded by the Landfall Foundation Nov. 6 when 72 grants were made totaling $310,000. The Nov. 6 distribution was the largest since the foundation’s inception in 1995. Last year 71 organizations received grants totaling $280,000.
Bill Hamlet, Landfall Foundation president, reported a 10 percent increase and pointed toward what he predicted was a growing trend.
Proceeds from events conducted throughout the year — the organization’s annual gala, the Landfall Art Show, the Legends tennis tournament, and the Holiday Marketplace, which will be held again at the Landfall Clubhouse Dec. 2, contributed to this year’s awards and the collective sum, more than $3 million.
Grants committee co-chairs Mary Brown and Karen Gibson announced recipients in the following categeories: arts, education, and health and welfare.
Arts
18 Projects Totaling $70,800
The Airlie Gardens Foundation, Inc., Summer Exhibit 2015, $3,800
The Arts Council of Wilmington and New Hanover County, Ears on The Arts Listening Tour, $1,000
Brigade Boys and Girls Club, ImageMakers, $5,000
Cameron Art Museum, Closing the Gap, $1,000
Cape Fear Chorale, Inc., Cape Fear Chorale Audience Development Initiative, 2014-15, $2,500
Cape Fear Independent Film Network, Behind the Scenes: The Science and Art of Movie Making, $1,500
Cape Fear Shakespeare, Shakespeare in the Park, $5,000
Cape Fear Volunteer Center, Connecting Youth with Culture, $5,000
Cucalorus Film Foundation, Outreach Program, $7,500
The Dance Cooperative, Inc., The Emerging Choreographer’s Showcase, $2,000
DREAMS of Wilmington, Literacy through the Arts, $7,500
Forward Motion Dance Company, Wilmington Arts in Motion, $1,500
The Frank H. Kenan Chapel at Landfall, Community Music Program, $3,000
North Carolina Jazz Festival, Inc., NCJF Musical Workshops, $2,000
North Carolina Symphony, Musical Education Concerts for New Hanover Schools, Grades 3 and 5, $5,000
Thalian Association, Inc., Theatre Arts Education for the Children of the Youth Enrichment Zone, $5,000
Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Pied Piper Theatre Series: Bossy on Broadway, $5,000
Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, 2014-15 Music for Youth, $7,500
Education
26 Projects Totaling $94,642
The Ability Garden at New Hanover County (Friends of the New Hanover County Arboretum, Inc.), Growing Healthy Roots with a Healthy Core, $2,203
Heyward C. Bellamy Elementary School, Time Travelers: Searching our History and Seeking our Future, $4,000
Bellamy Mansion Museum of History and Design Arts, Open Air Cinema, $2,800
Camp Schreiber Foundation, Send Wilmington Students to Canadian Outdoor Leadership Camp, $3,750
Cape Fear Community College Foundation, Enabling Health Sciences Students to Become Certified in their Fields of Study and Increase their Opportunity to Become Successfully Employed, $4,000
Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity, Building a Better Homeowner with Cape Fear Habitat, $1,884
Cape Fear Guardian ad Litem Association, Growth Adventures Learning about Self, $5,000
Cape Fear Literacy Council, Providing the Effective Learning Environment that Adult Literacy Students Need, $1,600
Cape Fear Museum Associates, Inc., Make it Work Exhibit, $3,000
Communities in Schools of Brunswick County, Inc., Action for Success, $4,500
Communities in Schools of Cape Fear, WIRE Afterschool, $4,500
First Book – New Hanover County, Reading is the Key, $7,000
Gregory School of Science, Mathematics and Technology, Building the Future, $3,000
The Hill School of Wilmington, iPads for Hill 2014, $2,515
John T. Hoggard High School Parent Teacher Student Organization, John T. Hoggard High School Viking with VISION, $2,000
Kids Making It, Hands-On Directed Vocational Training + STEM Leading to Jobs and/or College, $5,000
Masonboro.Org, Island Explorers Program, $3,000
Noble Middle School Technology Department, iPad Learning Cart: The Final Phase, $4,100
North Carolina Coastal Federation Southeast Office, Building Oyster Reefs and Rain Gardens STEM Summer Science Camps, $2,000
North Topsail Elementary School, 21st Century Learners, $3,790
OASIS NC, Landfall Foundation Literacy Lab, $5,500
Operation Legacy Development Corporation, The Waste Not-Want Not Project, $2,000
ROCAME, Annual ROCAME Educational Program and Activities for the STEM Initiative, $2,500
Smart Start of New Hanover County, Smart Start Reach Out and Read, $5,000
Sunset Park Elementary, Guys Read, Girls Read, Families Read, $5,000
Williston School PTA, Improving the Learning Environment at Wilmington’s Historic Middle School, $5,000
Health and Welfare
28 Projects Totaling $144,558
Assistance League of Greater Wilmington, Operation School Bell, $5,000
Bradley Creek Elementary PTA, Helping Hands, $4,000
Cape Fear Clinic, Inc., Hypertensive Patient Support, $5,000
The Carousel Center, Inc., Abused Child Health and Wellbeing in the Tropical Rainforest Project, $7,500
Coastal Horizons Center Open House Emergency Youth Center, Increasing Physical Activity and Providing Healthy Meals to Sheltered Youth, $1,000
Community Boys and Girls Club of Wilmington, Healthy Habits and Healthy Kids, $5,000
Domestic Violence Shelter and Services, Inc., Shelter Security and Maintenance, $7,500
Good Shepard Center, Ending Homelessness for Families and Disabled Seniors, $5,900
Katie B. Hines Senior Center, P.A. System for Senior Center, $2,500
Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter, One Hospital Bed for New Wing, $5,000
Making Waves Foundation, Transportation Assistance for those in Need, $5,000
Mary S. Mosley Learning Center, School Uniforms for Families in Need, $2,000
Mary Washington Howe and Johnson Pre-K, Basic Needs for Students, $3,000
Matthew’s Ministry, Matthew’s Ministry Backpack Program, $7,500
Mercy Homeless Shelter, Inc., 20kw Generator for Shelter, $7,500
Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard, Gift Cards for Food, $6,000
Murrayville Elementary School PTA, Acts of Kindness, $6,000
Nourish NC, Backpack Program, $7,000
Pender Alliance for Teen Health (PATH), The PATH to Healthy Living, $5,000
Phoenix Employment Ministry, Phoenix Employment Ministry Program:
Job Acquisition Retention, Advancement, and Personal Stability, $4,304
Pretty in Pink Foundation, Breast Cancer – continuing to Bridge the gap for the uninsured and/or underinsured, $6,000
Rachel Freeman school of Engineering, school uniforms for needy students, $4,000
St. Mary Health Center, Acquisition of Cavitron, $6,000
South Brunswick Interchurch Council, Food Pantry Operation, $6,000
Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry (WARM), Landfall Foundation Rebuilds our Community, $7,500
Wilmington Health Access for Teens, Inc. (WHAT), School based integrated mental/behavioral health and primary medical care – New Hanover High School, $5,000
Wilmington Interfaith Hospitality Network, Workforce Assistance Year Two, $6,304
Winter Park Elementary, The Caring Project, $2,050
