Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
The Future Fund of Greensboro, an initiative of the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, is investing in the city’s future by awarding $60,000 in grants to six nonprofits advancing economic mobility across Guilford County.
Food insecurity continues to impact many families in Greensboro, where nearly 1 in 5 residents face limited access to consistent, nutritious meals. For many families, the holiday season is a time of joy, tradition, and abundance. But for countless neighbors in our community, holidays like Thanksgiving can be a time of deep worry, such as how to put a meal on the table, how to keep up with bills, and how to make the season feel special for their children. This surge in need places an enormous strain on our local nonprofits, who work tirelessly to ensure no one is left behind during this season of giving. As September marks Hunger Action Month, there’s no better time to take action.
The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro is proud to carry on a cherished tradition through the Ken Conrad and Mary Lacklen Thanksgiving Fund. What began in 2011 as “Community Tables Thanksgiving” has grown into a powerful effort to provide hot meals and moments of connection to our neighbors in need on Thanksgiving Day. This year, the Fund will again award grants to local organizations preparing and serving meals across the city—bringing comfort, nourishment, and dignity to hundreds.
We invite you to join us in this meaningful tradition. You can make a gift by sending a check (designated for The Thanksgiving Fund) to the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, requesting an interfund transfer from your donor-advised fund, or making a secure online donation here.
Together, we can help ensure no one is left out of the table this season. Thank you for being part of the solution.
Eastern High is the recipient of the 2025 Hubert B. Humphrey Jr. School Improvement Award. The Humphrey Award is designed to recognize a school that designs and implements “a comprehensive school improvement plan that supports collaboration and leads toward improved student achievement.”
July marks the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H.W. Bush. The ADA was a groundbreaking act of advocacy that fundamentally changed how we think about accessibility, employment, and civil rights for people with disabilities.
The Professional Advisors Committee (PAC) of the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro (CFGG) are a volunteer group of expert professional advisors helping their clients realize their charitable giving goals by partnering with the foundation.
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.
The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro (CFGG) has awarded estate planning attorney and civic leader with its inaugural Philanthropic Leadership Award. This award recognizes an outstanding professional advisor who demonstrates a deep commitment to philanthropy in both their professional practice and personal endeavors.
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/
