Total grants increase 32% to a then-record high of almost $9.9 million. The Foundation joins forces with the High Point Community Foundation to create a Guilford County-wide education network. The nonprofits participating in the Nonprofit Endowment Challenge raise over $100,000 toward their endowments, and each receives an additional $10,000 endowment from the Foundation.
SPICE (Strengthening Parent Involvement in Children’s Education) Grant Program Begins with Guilford County Council of PTAs.
Contributions increase 95% and grants increase 35% to $7.5 million, marking unprecedented asset growth. The Foundation joins with other local foundations to support Action Greensboro, a community-wide initiative to revitalize economic and community development.
More than 250 people ages 25-45 join the Future Fund, donating approximately $33,000 for an endowment fund. The Foundation spearheads a Social Capital Benchmark Study in Guilford County. Building Stronger Neighborhoods, a grantmaking program for neighborhoods, is launched as a partnership between local foundations and the Greensboro Public Library.
Building Stronger Neighborhoods grants and technical assistance program begins.
Total assets approach $60 million, and applications for grants double during the year. Walker Sanders joins the Foundation as its president. A youth philanthropy program gets underway.
Two supporting organizations are established: The Community Foundation Real Estate Management Fund, which handles gifts of real estate, and the Stanley & Dorothy Frank Family Foundation, the philanthropic legacy of two longtime Greensboro residents.
More than $9.5 million from Morris Howell’s unrestricted bequest to support the Foundation leads to an unprecedented increase in assets to $40.7 million. The Foundation begins a three-year project to identify and develop community leaders.
The Planned Giving Service is launched, providing information on legacy philanthropy for nonprofits, professional advisors, and donors. Assets grow 30% to more than $22 million.
The Foundation officially changes its name to the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro.
Assets reach $15 million. An anonymous gift establishes the Revolving Loan Fund to address needs of nonprofit organizations.
The Junior League donates $90,000 to launch the Children’s Trust, established in honor of pediatrician Dr. Martha Sharpless. As sponsor of the Guilford Community AIDS Partnership, the Foundation wins a matching grant from the National Community AIDS Partnership.