RALEIGH N.C. – During a November meeting of its board of directors, The John William Pope Foundation awarded $2.21 million in grants to human service, animal, arts, and education nonprofit organizations. Of that total, $1.43 million went to 58 nonprofits in the greater Triangle region.
Most groups had received support from the Pope Foundation in previous years, including several nonprofits in Vance County. However, new to the Pope Foundation’s giving list were Boys and Girls Club of North Central North Carolina, Catholic Charities, InterAct, North Carolina Master Chorale, Reality Ministries, Safe Families for Children Alliance, and Triangle Literacy Council.
Also included in the Pope Foundation’s November giving was a $200,000, two-year grant to SECU Family House in Chapel Hill for their $8 million building campaign. SECU Family House provides safe, affordable housing for patients who travel to UNC Hospitals for outpatient care. The building campaign will add 35 guest rooms.
Additionally in September, the Pope Foundation granted $65,000 in direct relief support to areas impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Maria. Those grant recipients included the Salvation Army in Texas and Puerto Rico and Texas food banks in Houston, Corpus Christi and Beaumont. In 2016, the Pope Foundation made similar direct relief grants to North Carolina nonprofits in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. A list of September and November grants and recipients is below.
Founded in 1986 and located in Raleigh, the Pope Foundation makes grants to advance individual freedom, personal responsibility and encourage opportunity for all North Carolinians. The Pope Foundation’s lifetime giving totals more than $145 million directed to over 400 nonprofits. The Pope Foundation receives its support from the Pope family, owner and operator of the Henderson-based Variety Wholesalers, Inc.
Pope Foundation Grants Fall 2017: Human Service, Animals, Arts, Schools and Hurricane Relief
Human Service and Animals (November 2017)
ACTS of Vance County [Henderson, NC] – $10,000
Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education [Raleigh, NC] – $5,000
Alliance Medical Ministry [Raleigh, NC] – $20,000
Backstretch Employed Services Team [Elmont, NY] – $5,000
Boy Scouts Occoneechee Council [Raleigh, NC] – $10,000
Boys and Girls Club of North Central North Carolina [Vance County] – $5,000
Camp Corral [Raleigh, NC] – $15,000
CASA [Raleigh, NC] -$5,000
Catholic Charities – Support Circles Program [Raleigh, NC] – $10,000
CORRAL Riding Academy [Cary, NC] – $11,000
Daniel Center for Math and Science [Raleigh, NC] – $10,000
Dix Park Conservancy [Raleigh, NC] $5,000
Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina [Raleigh, NC] $15,000
Full Gospel Tabernacle Church [Lumberton, NC] – $25,000
Girl Scouts Coastal Pines -Vance County activities [Vance County] – $5,000
Godwin Presbyterian Church [Godwin, NC] – $5,000
Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation [Lexington, KY] – $50,000
Green Chair Project [Raleigh, NC] – $25,000
Habitat for Humanity of Wake County [Raleigh, NC] -$25,000
Helping Horse Therapeutic Riding Program [Raleigh, NC] – $5,000
Henderson Family YMCA [Henderson, NC] – $5,000
Hope Reins [Raleigh, NC] – $10,000
InterAct – Personal & Economic Empowerment Program [Raleigh, NC] – $5,000
Interfaith Prison Ministry for Women [Raleigh, NC] – $25,000
Junior Achievement of Eastern North Carolina [Raleigh, NC] – $10,000
Life Line Outreach [Henderson, NC] – $10,000
Lucy Daniels Center [Cary, NC] – $5,000
Embassy Foundation – MacGregor Hall [Henderson, NC] – $35,000
Perry Memorial Library [Henderson, NC] – $15,000
Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina [Statewide/Raleigh, NC] – $25,000
Raleigh Rescue Mission [Raleigh, NC] – $10,000
Reality Ministries [Durham, NC] – $10,000
Safe Families for Children Alliance-Wake County Chapter [Wake County] – $10,000
Safe Haven for Cats [Raleigh, NC] – $10,000
SECU Family House at UNC Hospitals [Chapel Hill, NC] – $232,500
Shepherd’s Table Soup Kitchen [Raleigh, NC] – $10,000
Stand Together [Washington, D.C.] – $25,000
StepUp Ministry [Raleigh, NC] – $25,000
Thoroughbred Charities of America [Lexington, KY] – $10,000
Transitions LifeCare [Raleigh, NC] – $25,000
Triangle Literacy Council – Juvenile Literacy Program in Vance County [Vance County] – $5,000
TROSA [Durham, NC] – $25,000
Urban Ministries of Wake County [Raleigh, NC] – $10,000
Vance County Historical Society [Henderson, NC] – $5,000
White Memorial Presbyterian Church [Raleigh, NC] – $300,000
YMCA of the Triangle Area [Raleigh, NC] – $5,000
Youth Legislative Assembly – Spring Assembly [Raleigh, NC] – $5,000
HUMAN SERVICE AND ANIMALS TOTAL: $1,133,500
Arts (November 2017)
Artspace [Raleigh, NC] – $5,000
Artsplosure [Raleigh, NC] – $5,000
Carolina Ballet [Raleigh, NC] – $50,000
Community Music School [Raleigh, NC] – $5,000
Kidznotes [Raleigh/Durham, NC] – $10,000
NC Master Chorale [Raleigh, NC] – $5,000
NC Opera Company [Raleigh, NC] – $15,000
North Carolina Symphony [Raleigh, NC] – $25,000
North Carolina Theatre [Raleigh, NC] – $50,000
Performance Edge [Raleigh, NC] – $5,000
Raleigh Camerata [Raleigh, NC] – $2,500
Raleigh Fine Arts Society [Raleigh, NC] – $25,000
Raleigh Little Theatre [Raleigh, NC] – $5,000
ARTS TOTAL: $ 207,500
Schools (November 2017)
Asheville School [Asheville, NC] – $542,500
Center for Public Choice and Market Process at the College of Charleston [Charleston, SC] – $25,000
Neuse Christian Academy [Raleigh, NC] – $5,000
Raleigh Charter High School [Raleigh, NC] – $25,000
Ravenscroft School [Raleigh, NC] – $150,000
Virginia Episcopal School [Lynchburg, VA] – $125,000
SCHOOLS TOTAL: $872,500
Hurricane Relief (September 2017)
Food Bank of Corpus Christi [Corpus Christi, TX] – $5,000
Houston Food Bank [Houston, TX] – $10,000
Salvation Army Southern Territory for Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico and USVI] – $25,000
Salvation Army of Texas for Hurricane Harvey [Houston, TX] – $20,000
Southeast Texas Food Bank [Beaumont, TX] – $5,000
HURRICANE RELIEF TOTAL: $65,000
All grants listed: $2,278,500
September grants: $65,000
November grants: $2,213,500
Grants focused on the greater Triangle region: $1,431,000