2021 Grant Recipients
Raleigh, North Carolina
Addis Jemari works to empower orphans, vulnerable children, and their families to end generational poverty in Ethiopia.
Austin, Texas
A Glimmer of Hope seeks to end poverty in rural Ethiopia with an holistic approach to change. Their projects create a network of resilience for communities through clean drinking water, good income opportunities, quality education, and modern healthcare.
Claire’s Army strives to act as God’s hands and feet for families fighting childhood cancer by supporting their daily responsibilities, allowing them to put time and focus on their child. The Emergency Assistance Program supports critical housing needs for patient families in crisis.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Foster Village Charlotte creates connection with dignity for children and families experiencing foster care by meeting urgent needs, providing educational and emotional support, and advocating as a collective community voice for children. The Kinship program is specifically designed to support biological family members while caring for children in foster care.
Greenville, South Carolina
The mission of Fostering Great Ideas is to restore hope to children in foster care through innovative ideas built on meaningful relationships. The Sib-Link program provides services to support and enhance monthly sibling visits to help maintain sibling bonds and lessen the anxiety that children experience while in foster care.
HeartGift provides life-saving heart surgeries to children from around the world where specialized medical treatment is either scarce or nonexistent. Their program offers hope for families who are struggling with the emotional and financial impact of caring for a chronically ill child.
Atlanta, Georgia
Himalayan Children’s Charities creates paths out of poverty for vulnerable children and at-risk youth in Nepal. The RISE Program and Benighat Relief Project are designed to keep children in rural Nepal safe and in school while reducing the risk of child labor, child marriage, human trafficking, and family separation.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Since 1978, KinderMourn has provided hope for bereaved parents, grieving children, and teens by offering support and counseling programs, creating awareness of bereavement issues, and empowering the community to effectively assist those who have suffered the unthinkable loss of a loved one.
Charlotte, North Carolina
ourBRIDGE fosters the Education, acculturation, and well-being of refugee and immigrant families through out-of-school programs and comprehensive, culturally-responsive wraparound support to hundreds of families from all over the world.
Charlotte, North Carolina
A grassroots operation designed to help homeless individuals become prepared to transition from living outside to being successful in permanent housing.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Refugee Support Services is a nonprofit post-resettlement organization that facilitates programs and intercultural relationships to promote individual autonomy, cultivate social capital, and enrich our community.