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In 2009 and 2010, the Foundation held a moratorium on grant making. Instead, the Foundation contributed $50,000 each year to its philanthropic initiative, Gaston Career Climb, which is building a nationally certified workforce in Gaston County. Career Climb is a portable credential guaranteeing to potential employers a worker's proficiency in mathematics, reading for information, and locating information. The Foundation also made a $5,000 gift to the Presbytery of Western North Carolina for Haitian relief in 2010 and a $4,000 gift to the City of Gastonia to provide transportation to members of the winning 2010 All America City team.

 

Gaston Career Climb Philanthropic Initiative

2011 Grants
$150,000 Granted to 16 Organizations

Agency

Description

  Granted

HealthNet Gaston [Advocates for Healthy Citizens]
     Gastonia, NC

Medication Assistance Program

$2,000

American Red Cross – Gaston County Chapter
     Gastonia, NC

Disaster Services Program

$15,000

The Arc of Gaston County
     Gastonia, NC

Kamp Kaleidoscope

$2,500

Cancer Services of Gaston County
     Gastonia, NC

Gaston Cancer Patient Assistance Program

$5,000

Classroom Central, Inc
     Charlotte, NC

School Supplies for Children Living in Poverty

$15,000

The Shelter of Gaston County [Gaston County Department of Social Services]
     Gastonia, NC

Court Advocate for Victims of Domestic Violence at The Shelter of Gaston County

$10,000

Gaston County Family YMCA
     Gastonia, NC

Technology Enhancement

$8,000

Gaston Community Concert Band
[Gaston Symphonic Band]
     Gastonia, NC

Gaston Symphonic Band Collaborative Arts Initiative

$6,000

Gaston Together: Communities of Excellence
     Gastonia, NC

Gaston Career Climb Certified Workforce Initiative – Year IV

$30,000

Heart Society of Gaston County
     Gastonia, NC

Medication Assistance Program

$5,000

Holy Angels
     Belmont, NC

Required Holy Angels’ Staff Training and Expansion Program

$6,300

House of Mercy
     Belmont, NC

General Operating Expenses

$2,700

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden [Daniel Jonathan Stowe Conservancy]
     Belmont, NC

Meadowood Walk

$6,000

Olney Presbyterian Church
     Gastonia, NC

New Air Conditioning System

$10,000

Schiele Museum of Natural History
     Gastonia, NC

The Environmental Studies Center

$22,000

Shining Hope Farms
     Mount Holly, NC

Hippotherapy Program

$4,500

The Foundation also made a discretionary gift of $500 to the Southeastern Council of Foundations in Atlanta, GA for board and staff training.

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