- Local Cloth
WNC Region
Grant Amount: $49,742
Fiscal Year 2022
to launch Blue Ridge Blankets and, thereby, to support and develop the region’s fiber-arts economy, particularly within the 100-mile region surrounding Asheville. - Asheville Area Arts Council
Buncombe
Grant Amount: $30,000
Fiscal Year 2021
to support a series of one-time benefit performances in Pack Square Park that align with the City of Asheville’s public space initiative. - Asheville GreenWorks
Buncombe
Grant Amount: $8,500
Fiscal Year 2021
to engage HunterKemper Consulting to build its capacity to maintain financial stability through increasing staff and board member skills in fund development planning. - Brevard Music Center
Transylvania, Henderson, and Buncombe
Grant Amount: $15,000
Fiscal Year 2021
to expand outdoor dining areas, shift to “grab-n-go” meal preparation, and create additional outdoor learning spaces to create a safe learning and living environment for students and faculty during the 2021 Summer Music Institute and Festival. - Center for Craft
WNC Region
Grant Amount: $20,000
Fiscal Year 2021
to assist with construction of the Cherokee Basketry Public Art Parklet to be located at 67 Broadway Street, Asheville. - Conserving Carolina
Henderson and Transylvania
Grant Amount: $20,000
Fiscal Year 2021
toward purchase, transaction, due diligence, and project management expenses associated with acquiring a 19-mile abandoned railway. - John C. Campbell Folk School
Cherokee and Clay
Grant Amount: $17,000
Fiscal Year 2021
to catalog the school's current collection, to acquire artists’ work and historical artifacts for education and outreach efforts, and for a health and safety preparedness project to make pandemic-driven operational changes necessary on the 290-acre campus. - EcoForesters
Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey Counties
Grant Amount: $8,500
Fiscal Year 2020
to engage Taproot Consulting to develop a strategic plan and a fundraising plan. - EcoForesters
Buncombe, Burke, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, and Transylvania Counties
Grant Amount: $30,000
Fiscal Year 2020
to seed its Invasive Species Stewardship Fund. - Flat Rock Playhouse
Henderson, Buncombe, Polk, and Transylvania Counties
Grant Amount: $20,000
Fiscal Year 2020
to complete upgrades to the theater’s sound and lighting equipment. - Green Built Alliance
Buncombe
Grant Amount: $25,000
Fiscal Year 2020
to support the Blue Horizons Project’s continuing community engagement, marketing, education, and outreach efforts. - LEAF Community Arts
WNC Region
Grant Amount: $8,500
Fiscal Year 2020
to engage Birds Eye Business Planning & Adventure for Strategic Visioning and Planning. - Montford Park Players
WNC Region
Grant Amount: $8,400
Fiscal Year 2020
to engage Taproot Consulting to assist the organization in strategic planning. - National Trust for Historic Preservation
Polk County
Grant Amount: $35,000
Fiscal Year 2020
to engage key stakeholders – especially African American churches and organizations, local residents, artists and young people – in envisioning the future of Nina Simone’s Childhood Home in Tryon, NC. - Riverlink (as fiscal sponsor for the French Broad River Partnership)
Avery, Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, Mitchell, Transylvania, and Yancey Counties
Grant Amount: $45,000
Fiscal Year 2020
to engage consultants to create an economic impact study quantifying the value of clean water and the French Broad River Watershed to the region’s economy. - Western Carolina University/Bardo Arts Center
Jackson, Macon, Haywood, and Swain Counties and the Qualla Boundary
Grant Amount: $13,090
Fiscal Year 2020
for an exhibition examining the human effect on the landscape and environment, entitled “Plotted and Pieced: WNC from the Air,” by acclaimed photographer Alex MacLean.
Natural and Cultural Resources Grant History