The Fund For Haywood County

Since 1994, The Fund for Haywood County, in partnership with The Community Foundation, has awarded 202 grants totaling $1,483,636.

Generosity Multiplied

Spring 2025 - Grants totaling $75,270

$6,500 to Aspire, Youth and Family to support an additional class of its Kids at Work program.
$3,750 to Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas to provide transportation, lodging, meals, and other financial support to families of children who are receiving cancer treatment.
$3,000 to Clothes To Kids of Haywood County to defray operational costs at its clothing shop for children in Clyde.
$5,500 to The Community Kitchen to purchase food and supplies for its Food Distribution Program.
$3,500 to First United Methodist Church of Waynesville to address food insecurity by distributing nutritious food purchased from local producers and purchasing farming supplies for an afterschool community garden program.
$5,500 to Hawthorn Heights WNC to support treatment and respite shelter care for youth.
$6,500 to Haywood Community Learning Center to provide alternative high school students with career exploration opportunities through specially-designed elective courses and field trips.
$14,920 to Haywood County Arts Council (from the Mib and Phil Medford Endowment Fund) for a permanent sculpture in the roundabout at North Main and Vance Streets in downtown Waynesville.

$6,500 to Haywood County Schools to establish a childcare facility primarily focused on serving employees of Haywood County Schools.
$6,500 to Haywood Pathways Center to continue operation of its critical relief and rehabilitative program that offers services ranging from cold weather and emergency shelter, meals, and short-term or transitional housing.
$6,500 to KARE (Kids Advocacy Resource Effort) to provide supplies for medical evaluations, comfort items, and case review support, improving outcomes for children and families affected by abuse.
$3,100 to The Salvation Army Waynesville & The Mountain Mission District to increase funds available for utility assistance, to better serve Spanish-speaking clients through Spanish language tutoring, and toward payroll costs of the case manager's increased workload.
$3,500 to The Thirtieth Judicial District Domestic Violence - Sexual Assault Alliance to support staff professional development through attendance at the 2025 Joint Symposium on Child Abuse and Neglect for the Carolinas.

J. Aaron and Adora H. Prevost Endowment Fund
Mib and Phil Medford Endowment Fund
Jane Cole Endowment Fund