Competitive Grants
Twenty-five Education grants totaling $573,585 were awarded to nonprofits serving people across the Foundation’s 18-county service area in November 2025. Grantees and co-investors are listed below, or view a PDF with details of the grants.
Sixty-three grants totaling $126,566 were awarded to regional schools from the Learning Links grant program. The grants provide local public school teachers with funding to provide experiential or "hands-on" creative learning projects designed to make required coursework engaging and relevant for their students. View a complete list of the awardees.
The grants are funded through the Ben W. and Dixie Glenn Farthing Charitable Endowment, Cherokee County Schools Foundation Endowment Fund, Clyde and Mildred Wright Endowment Fund, Fund for Education, and Leon C. and Grace E. Luther Charitable Fund. The Dr. Robert J. and Kimberly S. Reynolds Fund and one anonymous fund also provided co-investment for the cycle.
