BELMONT — The Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina Foundation recently awarded grants totaling $1,040,908 to 24 non-profit organizations. Of the 24 grants, 10 were in the area of education totaling $377,200; three supported health care for a total of $149,812; the remaining 11 were for social services totaling $513,896.
The organizations received grants for services in 12 counties: Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Henderson, Mecklenburg, Union and Watauga counties in North Carolina, and York County in South Carolina.
These grants were awarded:
Education
- Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County in Hendersonville: $40,000 to provide general operating support, primarily salary and benefits for membership services and maintenance/custodial staff.
- Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center: $55,000 to provide support for salaries of speech-language pathologists for the Community Language/Literacy Impact Program in Mecklenburg and Union counties.
- Children of the World Learning Center in Charlotte: $25,000 for teachers’ salaries.
- Gaston Literacy Council Inc. in Gastonia: $17,200 for the salaries of Reading Soul Mates coordinators and the purchase of books and supplies.
- HEART Math Tutoring Inc. in Charlotte: $50,000 for operating support for math tutoring.
- Literacy Together in Asheville: $30,000 to support its Youth Literacy program – specifically, part of the salaries for the program director and program associate, as well as internship stipends for young adults of color serving as tutors.
- OurBRIDGE Inc. of Charlotte: $30,000 for salaries of staff and tutors and to assist with food costs.
- Reach Out and Read Inc. of Asheville: $25,000 to provide operating support for programming in western North Carolina, including a portion of the program manager’s salary and the purchase of literacy materials.
- Renaissance West Community Initiative in Charlotte: $50,000 for the salary of an education program officer.
- YWCA of the Central Carolinas Inc. in Charlotte: $55,000 for the salary and benefits support for educators in its Youth Literacy program.
Health Care - Community Care Clinic Inc. of Boone: $50,000 to provide part of the salary for a full-time physician’s assistant and part-time nurse practitioner.
- Florence Crittenton Services in Charlotte: $50,000 for the salaries of its maternity program staff.
- Western North Carolina AIDS Project in Asheville: $49,812 to provide salary and benefits support for housing assistance program staff, including case managers and peer navigators.
Social Services
- Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte: $25,000 to provide a portion of the salary of a full-time case management coordinator for its Wee Care Ministry.
- Children’s Attention Home Inc. in Rock Hill: $50,000 to fund the salary and benefits of a social worker.
- Children’s Council of Watauga County in Boone: $50,000 to support the Parents As Teachers program – specifically, the salary and benefits of an educator/home visitor.
- Cleveland County Community Development Corp. in Shelby: $35,000 for the salary of one full-time equivalent housing counselor.
- Community Link of Charlotte: $65,000 in operating support for the Homeless to Housing program in Mecklenburg and Union counties.
- International House of Metrolina in Charlotte: $50,000 in operating support for its Immigration Law Clinic.
- Loaves & Fishes in Charlotte: $49,000 for the salary and benefits of a social worker.
- Mountain Housing Opportunities Inc. in Asheville: $45,000 to support its Emergency Home Repair program.
- Pathways Community Center Inc. in Rock Hill, S.C.: $34,896 for the salary and benefits of an intake specialist.
- Pat’s Place Child Advocacy Center in Charlotte: $55,000 for the salary and benefits of a family advocate/forensic interviewer.
- The Salvation Army of Charlotte: $55,000 in operating support for emergency shelter and housing services.
The Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina Foundation awards grants on behalf of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. Their ministries are inspired by the legacy and commitment of their founder, Catherine McAuley, to serve those who are poor, sick and uneducated.
Since 1996, the foundation has awarded 2,170 grants totaling more than $97 million to organizations assisting unserved or underserved populations in the areas of education, healthcare and social services.