Education Recent Grants

Children First/Communities In Schools of Buncombe County

(As fiscal sponsor for the Western North Carolina Early Childhood Coalition)

• Region: WNC
• Grant Amount: $75,000
• Fiscal Year: 2024
• About: to support capacity building, strategic planning, and campaign implementation for policy advocacy and base-building for a strong and healthy child care landscape.

Go Global NC

• Region: WNC
• Grant Amount: $200,000
• Fiscal Year: 2024
• About: to implement and endow the Global Teachers Fellowship WNC in Avery, Clay, Graham, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Swain, and Transylvania counties.

Western North Carolina Regional Education Foundation (WRESA)

• Region: WNC
• Grant Amount: $125,000*
• Fiscal Year: 2025

• About: to provide direct financial assistance to school system staff in the following counties devastated by Hurricane Helene: Avery, Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Rutherford, Transylvania, and Yancey.

  *The A. J. Fletcher Foundation awarded $125,000 to CFWNC’s Fund for Education to address education needs related to Hurricane Helene. With $875,000 from the Emergency and Disaster Response Fund, CFWNC awarded $1,000,000 to WRESA.

Additional Grants

• November 2024 Competitive Grant Cycle in the WNC Region - 33 Grants totaling $554,196 Awarded