Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
For more than a decade, the Kellin Foundation has helped provide behavioral health services to the Greensboro community, and now thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, it will be able to expand even more.
Future Fund, a permanent grantmaking endowment of the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro (“Community Foundation”), is pleased to announce its 2024 nonprofit grantees. The Grants Committee of the Future Fund awarded $60,000 to six local organizations that are creating lasting impacts in the community through innovative healthcare advocacy programs.
“Our young professionals are proud to support organizations that are driving critical healthcare advocacy and ensuring equitable access for all. This year’s grantees embody the passion, innovation, and dedication that define our generation’s commitment to creating healthier, more resilient communities. We are excited to invest in their efforts to make lasting, positive change.”
Below are the nonprofit organizations and initiatives that Future Fund is supporting within its chosen field of interest for 2024: Healthcare Advocacy.
PDY&F Community Garden is working to address food disparities in East Greensboro. They are continuing this work by creating their GardenFit program, which Future Fund’s grant award will support. This community-driven initiative tackles the challenges of food deserts, limited access to recreational opportunities, and high obesity rates by providing residents with tools to adopt healthier lifestyles.
PDY&F will enhance its GardenFit program by expanding access to fresh produce and bolstering its health education and fitness components. This funding will allow the organization to serve more residents, provide additional resources for gardening and exercise, and facilitate educational workshops on nutrition and wellness. GardenFit also emphasizes mental health by offering a stress-reducing space for gardening and exercise while fostering a sense of community and belonging. Through these efforts, PDY&F aims to create sustainable, positive health outcomes in East Greensboro.
CFVF United exists to provide transition services to Combat Female Veterans and their families, supporting life after war. They directly confront the issue and lack of support services to address the unique and multi-layered post-deployment obstacles faced by female veterans. With funding from the Future Fund, CFVF United aims to expand Breaking the Silence, emphasizing that mental health is a critical component of healthcare.
The project will promote mental health literacy, reduce stigma, and advocate for mental health services as essential healthcare. Through outreach, education, and advocacy, CFVF United will ensure that female veterans, often overlooked in traditional healthcare systems, receive comprehensive and empathetic support. This initiative integrates mental health into the broader healthcare narrative and championing systemic change to improve outcomes for female veterans.
Community Housing Solutions (CHS) improves the lives of low-income seniors in Guilford County through its Aging Gracefully program, which utilizes the evidence-based CAPABLE model developed by Johns Hopkins University. In partnership with Cone Health and Triad Healthcare Network, the program delivers a comprehensive, personalized approach to senior health and home safety. Over four to five months, participants work with an occupational therapist, a registered nurse, and CHS construction staff to receive health education, training, and home modifications tailored to their needs.
These modifications, such as walk-in showers, access ramps, and handrails, enhance accessibility, prevent falls, and support independent living. The program has been proven to reduce falls by 80%, alleviate depression, and significantly improve participants’ ability to perform daily activities, ensuring they can remain safe and confident in their homes. This funding will allow CHS to provide critical home repairs and accessibility modifications to additional participants, addressing the growing demand for these transformative services.
Depressed While Black is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Black psychiatric patients by addressing their unique needs with dignity and care. The organization provides Black-affirming personal care items and transitional support to ensure patients can focus on their recovery and reintegrate into their communities. Through initiatives like the Black Beauty Supply Kits, patients receive all-natural, handmade items such as shampoos, conditioners, hair oils, and shea butter tailored to Black skin and hair textures.
These kits help patients maintain grooming, a critical aspect of Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) that influences discharge readiness, particularly in hospitals lacking resources suited for Black patients. Additionally, the organization’s WISH List program supplies essential items to patients and staff, often filling critical gaps for unhoused individuals leaving psychiatric care. Future Fund’s grant award will allow Depressed While Black to expand their services into the Cone Health system.
The Greensboro Cerebral Palsy Association (GCPA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting children from birth to age three with developmental delays and disabilities, along with their families. Through its core Infant-Toddler Early Intervention Program, GCPA provides comprehensive therapeutic services and early intervention strategies designed to improve developmental abilities and support overall wellness. Operating 180 days a year in alignment with the Guilford County Schools calendar, the program offers personalized, full-day programming led by therapists and classroom staff.
GCPA will use their grant award to help fund their Community-Based Rehabilitative Services Program (CBRS). This program plays a crucial role in supporting parents as they navigate healthcare networks, understand their child’s diagnosis, and implement developmental strategies in their daily routines. The CBRS program provides targeted, consistent support for families, addressing challenges like behavior management, access to resources, and administrative assistance. By formalizing and expanding this service, GCPA aims to better equip families with the tools and knowledge needed to foster their child’s growth and well-being.
Mustard Seed Community Health is the only free-standing nonprofit and charitable clinic in Guilford County. Mustard Seed Community Health has been dedicated to improving the well-being of residents in the Cottage Grove community of East Greensboro and beyond for the past ten years. Their services extend beyond medical treatment to address critical social determinants of health. Patients receive personalized care from the clinic’s founder, Dr. Beth Mulberry, who works closely with a team to provide counseling, food assistance, wellness checks, and access to community resources.
The clinic’s Health Outreach Team plays a vital role in connecting patients to services such as healthy food boxes, social programs, and educational resources. Their Mobile Food Market, open to the entire community, provides fresh produce and healthy options for residents. Over the years, Mustard Seed has grown significantly, expanding its operations to neighboring apartments to meet the increasing demand for their services. Through their compassionate, community-focused approach, they have made a meaningful impact on the lives of vulnerable populations in Greensboro. Future Fund’s grant will allow Mustard Seed to continue expanding their work to meet the needs of Guilford County.
Women to Women (W2W), a permanent grantmaking endowment of the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro (CFGG), is pleased to announce $276,000 in grants to 12 nonprofit programs assisting women and their families.
The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro (“Community Foundation”) announces $1.5 million in nonprofit grants to support the Foundation’s focus on eldercare, health and wellness, economic mobility, and cultural vibrancy in the Triad. $1.1 million of these funds will support capital improvements for equipment, facilities, and housing for older adults through the Charles L. “Buddy” Weill Fund (“Weill Fund”), a permanent endowment of the Community Foundation.
70 years ago, parents of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities wanted to find a way to change the public’s perception of their kids.
Motivating, equipping, and empowering people to find a better life. That is the mission of a nonprofit called StepUp Greensboro. With the help of the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, the agency is helping people make positive changes in their lives.
Americans around the country will pause to celebrate Independence Day.
They’ll attend community events, host backyard barbecues with friends, and watch brightly-colored fireworks explode in the evening sky. Our ancestors came from different cultures, different countries and different backgrounds. While we collectively celebrate being Americans, we still try to preserve our cultural heritage, and one group in the Piedmont is working to do that in several ways.
The coconut dance is a folk dance often performed during Cambodian wedding ceremonies. On this day, it’s in celebration of the Lunar New Year with children from the Cambodian Cultural Center located in Greensboro.
“It was founded in 2012 in order to help preserve [Cambodian] cultural heritage,” says Treasurer An Strickland. “We offer programs such as arts and also community efforts and leadership and mentorship programs with our youth.” Strickland says it’s important to teach young Cambodian Americans the traditional arts, language and history of Cambodia.
In return, they help older Cambodian immigrants and refugees. “The programs that we offer are the traditional arts as far as dance culture,” she says. “We also do Cambodian literacy programs as well and a lot of community efforts to help our elderly and non-English speaking residents.”
Nearly 300,000 Cambodians escaped conflict and genocide in their homeland in the 1970s and sought refuge in the United States.
Many settled in Greensboro in 1982, and in 1986, they purchased land for Wat Greensboro, a Buddhist Center on Liberty Road in Greensboro.
The Cambodian Cultural Center has offices nearby. It relies on volunteers, but the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro helps through community grant programs.
“The community foundation has helped enhance our program itself as far as our cultural dance programs as well as showcasing our culture itself. We’ve offered cooking classes. They’ve been able to assist us with that, and we’re going to be starting a traditional classical music class as well,” says Strickland.
In addition, CCC offers community assistance with vegetable giveaways and vaccine clinics. If you want to learn more or if you would like to volunteer your time, visit https://www.cccofnc.org/
Health care isn’t cheap; sometimes even if you have medical insurance; but one agency in the Piedmont is making care available regardless of insurance coverage or financial status.
Triad Adult and Pediatric Medicine provides medical services at six locations in Guilford County thanks in part to help from a community foundation.
Chief Financial Officer Danielle Cole says, “we are a federally qualified health center. We do preventative medicine, wellness checks, immunizations, acute care.”
That may sound like every medical office, but Cole says what makes her organization unique is it cares for all patients, even the uninsured and those who cannot afford to pay out of pocket. The money comes from the Tri-County Health Fund administered through the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro.
“We consider ourselves to be a safety net provider,” says Cole. “So a lot of times if a person is uninsured or they don’t have insurance or the thought is ‘I have a limited amount of income and that needs to go towards gas or food.’ I’m not going to go and get care until it’s a really bad situation, and a lot of times I’m going to end up in the emergency room. Now I have more debt. I have a huge bill, and now I’ve bogged down that system with something that I could have gone to the doctor for and probably been treated and not had to create that effect.”
The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro has announced a seasonal grants program to support nonprofit organizations that help feed the community on Thanksgiving. These grants will provide essential support to groups that are hosting free community meals open to the public, distributing food for individuals and families to prepare at home, or delivering meals to those who are homebound on Thanksgiving day.
The Thanksgiving Fund is accepting applications now through the Community Foundation’s Online Grant Portal, and the deadline is Tuesday, October 31st at 11:59 pm. The funds may be used for food, supplies, and other costs associated with Thanksgiving initiatives.
To be eligible for these grants, organizations must have 501(c)3 status, be located in Guilford County, and provide services in Guilford County. Priority will be given to projects that provide food or meals to those experiencing homelessness, people whose incomes are below the federal poverty threshold, and older adults in Greensboro. For a complete list of eligibility requirements, please visit cfgg.org.
The Community Foundation’s Thanksgiving Fund was created in 2011 with the purpose of serving meals on Thanksgiving Day to community members. To date, $150,000 has been contributed to the fund to support this important initiative with thousands of meals provided throughout the region.
To apply for the Thanksgiving Fund Grant, visit Thanksgiving Fund Grant Application
