Category: 2021 Grant Assessment
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Transylvania County Habitat for Humanity
Transylvania Habitat for Humanity has spent more than 40 years working to ensure that Transylvania County residents have safe, stable, and affordable places to call home. The need is significant: the county’s single-family housing affordability index has dropped to 64.4 over the past five years, and market-rate home prices ranging from approximately $509,500 to over…
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Lake Toxaway Community Center
The Lake Toxaway Community Center provides a place for local residents to gather for family reunions, parties, and picnics. It is a place to gather and be with friends and family. Lake Toxaway Charities awarded a grant to fund installing new windows and addressing other maintenance items, including plumbing a bathroom. Lake Toxaway Charities is…
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Bound For Glory Camp
Bound for Glory Camp offers something rare and remarkably effective: a free, four-week summer literacy camp for Transylvania County children ages 9–12 who are reading significantly below grade level. Every camper qualifies for free or reduced-cost lunch and has been identified by their school as needing intensive reading support. In a county where 46% of…
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Muddy Sneakers
Muddy Sneakers Outdoor Classroom is an environmental education nonprofit organization redefining the learning landscape in North Carolina. By bringing the classroom outdoors, Muddy Sneakers ignites curiosity and a love for nature through hands-on, inquiry-based learning. Designed for 5th-grade students, Muddy Sneakers partnerships offer an immersive experience where science comes alive, physical activity is embraced, self-confidence…
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Transylvania County Arts Council
The Transylvania Community Arts Council (TCAC) is the only organization in Transylvania County providing arts education and programming for residents of all ages, experience levels, and backgrounds — including underserved, economically challenged, and special needs individuals. Through gallery exhibitions, performing arts events, youth classes, and a year-round Arts in Schools program, TCAC serves as a…
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Med-Assist
NC MedAssist is North Carolina’s only statewide charitable pharmacy, providing free prescription and over-the-counter medications to uninsured and under-resourced residents across the state. In Transylvania County — where rural geography, fixed incomes, and limited pharmacy access create significant barriers to care — NC MedAssist delivers services through two complementary programs that together served 501 county…
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Sharing House – Transylvania Christian Ministry
For more than 45 years, Sharing House — operating as Transylvania Christian Ministry, Inc. — has served as one of Transylvania County’s most established and wide-reaching community resources. The organization provides food, clothing, hot showers, household goods, fresh produce, emergency financial assistance, and empowerment programming to low-income residents, serving anyone who earns at or below…
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Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI)
The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, located in Rosman, is a public nonprofit that has transformed a historic former NASA and Department of Defense research facility into an accessible, hands-on STEM learning environment for students, families, and researchers. Rather than learning science from a textbook, participants at PARI engage directly with real scientific tools and data…
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STEP of WNC
STEP provides home repair and firewood for low income, elderly, and the disabled. Sadly, some of the homes in our area are not habitable and the living conditions are inhumane. The lumber and home repair provided by our 2020 grant to STEP aided in improving the living conditions of our neighbors who are most in…
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Four Season Hospice
For 45 years, Four Seasons has been a trusted nonprofit leader in hospice and palliative care across Western North Carolina, serving patients and families navigating life-limiting and terminal diagnoses with compassion, dignity, and skilled interdisciplinary support. Today, Four Seasons serves 14 counties across the region, and in the most recent fiscal year alone, provided hospice…