The Currituck-Dare Community Foundation
The Currituck-Dare Community Foundation was organized in 1999 and is one of 60 affiliate community foundations serving 67 counties working in partnership with the North Carolina Community Foundation. The North Carolina Community Foundation manages over 1,000 endowed funds for charitable purposes.
The Currituck-Dare Community Fund is a component fund of the NCCF. The earnings from this fund are made available to help other local nonprofits address community needs through an annual grant program. Grant applications and information about grants are available on the NCCF website: nccommunityfoundation.org.
Grants are awarded to support human services, the arts, education, health, civic affairs, historic and cultural preservation, and conservation and to encourage programs and services to benefit residents and visitors alike. Recent grantees include: Albemarle Hopeline, the Albemarle Food Bank, Girl Scouts of Colonial Coast, Dare Literacy, Interfaith Community Outreach, Network for Endangered Sea Turtles, and The Currituck Public Library, Maine and Tail Therapeutic Riding Academy, The Monarch Beach Club for adults with disabilities, and more.
Component Funds of the Currituck-Dare Affiliate:
- Roanoke Island Historical Association
- Currituck-Dare Community Fund
- Currituck County Public Library Foundation
- Southern Shores Community Fund in Memory of Kern P. and Ginks Pitts
- Tommie G Brumsey Scholarship
- T. Baxter Williams, Jr. Scholarship
- Carl P. Nunemaker Jr. Jockey's Ridge Fund*
- Virginia Dare BPW Education Fund
- Philip M. and Margaret Garrett Scholarship
- Etheridge-Meiggs Family Scholarship
- Dare County Boat Builders Tournament Funds (2)
- Whalehead Preservation Trust Fund
- Network for Endangered Sea Turtles
- Corolla Wild Horse Fund*
- The Charles Finch Gaddy Gift Fund
- Currituck Kids Gift Fund*
- Shawboro Ruritan Scholarship Fund
Board members include:
President, Sheila Tyler: V. Pres, Bob Green; Treasurer, Mike Painter; Sec., Nancy Proctor; Jeanne Meiggs, Karen Etheridge, Lynne Alterman, Vivian Simpson, Sarah Banks, John Wright, Jim Troutman and Fran Grossman.
For more information on the Currituck-Dare Commnunity Foundation or the North Carolina Community Foundation, contact Peggy Birkemeier, Northeast Region Associate, at 252-491-8166. Or, visit the North Carolina Community Foundation's web site: www.nccommunityfoundation.org
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