The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro officially moves to 301 N Elm Street. The Black Investments in Greensboro Equity Fund reaches its halfway mark of $1.5 million. The Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts officially opens.
The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro officially moves to 301 N Elm Street. The Black Investments in Greensboro Equity Fund reaches its halfway mark of $1.5 million. The Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts officially opens.
The Community Foundation’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund supports Greater Greensboro during a global pandemic. The Black Investments in Greensboro Equity Fund is launched. Inspired by unprecedented violence against communities of color, the diversity pledge is created and officially adopted.
The Administrative Endowment is named in honor of Cynthia Doyle. Worth Durgin is named the new president. Roger Kavanagh coordinates a rent-to-own program established to aid first-time homebuyers.
Total grantmaking since the 1983 creation of the Foundation tops $300 million. For his 20-year work anniversary, an endowment to support local children attending theatre performances is established in President Walker Sanders’ honor.
A devastating tornado strikes east Greensboro in April. The Foundation’s Tornado Relief Fund provides over $800,000 to support recovery efforts. Through our Expanding Community Giving initiative, four Giving Circles, which recognize unique cultural customs and charitable focus areas of the respective donors, are established.
Construction for The Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts begins in earnest after the April 26 groundbreaking event. Donor support remains strong for the new performing arts center, which is scheduled for completion in 2020.
Triad Workforce Solutions Collaborative launches apprenticeship programs to benefit area high school students and employers. To the delight of all community residents, The Carolyn and Maurice LeBauer Park opens in downtown Greensboro. The LeBauer Park and, in partnership with The Joseph M. Bryan Foundation, the Center City Park are conveyed to the City of Greensboro.
Cynthia Doyle, the driving force behind the establishment of the Foundation, passes away in January. Community Foundation staff dedicate an annual Community Service Day in her memory. Say Yes to Education’s national office selects Guilford County as its next site. The newly-formed Triad Workforce Solutions Collaborative receives $320,000 in national grants. The Foundation tops $16 million in grantmaking.
At the instruction and bequest recipient of Carolyn LeBauer’s estate, plans are unveiled for the Carolyn and Maurice LeBauer Park and slated for opening in 2016. Women to Women grants its first multi-year grant to the YWCA totaling $210,000. The Foundation facilitates more than $15 million in grantmaking to nonprofit causes through nine grantmaking portfolios.
The performing arts center taskforce presents final recommendations to the city. The Greensboro City Council votes to commit $20 million to the project of constructing a new state-of-the-art performing arts center downtown.