2025 Grants
2025 Grants
Camber Foundation is honored to have supported the following organizations. This is a complete list of all grants made by Camber Foundation in 2025.
*Indicates multi-year grants. The amounts for these grants do not represent the amount distributed in 2025.
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Grant Purpose | County(ies) Served |
| Albemarle Hopeline | $37,500 | Providing no-cost, specialized therapy and comprehensive case management to survivors of intimate partner violence, improving their mental and physical health and well-being | Camden | Chowan | Currituck | Gates | Pasquotank | Perquimans |
| Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education | $40,000 | Increasing community and individual resiliency skills in Johnston and Harnett counties through educational programs and youth empowerment initiatives in order to reduce the impact of mental health crises | Harnett | Johnston |
| Alliance for a Healthier Generation* | $210,000 | Increasing whole child health with access to resources, increased health literacy and community capacity through the Healthier Together: Bridging School-Health Partnerships for Regional Impact program | Bertie | Lenoir | Pitt |
| Array Community Development Corporation | $15,000 | Supporting blue economy businesses through the Array CARES (Coastal And Rural Economic Sustainability) Initiative | All Eastern NC counties |
| Bertie County Hive House | $15,000 | Providing access to certification and credentialing programs and NC Works, resume and interview preparation, career exploration, essential mental health supports, digital literacy classes, and basic needs | Bertie |
| Bertie County Hive House | $13,500 | Increasing food access in Eastern North Carolina | Bertie |
| Bertie County Rural Health Association | $27,250 | Providing transportation to patients without an automobile or access to a ride, helping patients make their appointments with no out-of-pocket fees | Bertie | Chowan | Hertford | Martin | Northampton | Washington |
| Better Health of Cumberland County, Inc. | $35,000 | Providing access to healthcare through prescriptions, dental extractions, vision exams/eyeglasses, gas vouchers to out-of-town medical appointments, and medical supplies | Cumberland |
| Blue Ribbon Commission | $44,000 | Supporting workforce development for those 14 -21 years old facing barriers to employment through the Summer Employment Program | New Hanover |
| Cancer Services of Eastern North Carolina | $50,000 | Bringing mammography to residents of rural areas of Eastern NC, who face barriers to healthcare access, such as lack of insurance and transportation | Pitt and 20 surrounding Eastern North Carolina counties |
| Cape Fear Literacy Council | $15,000 | Tailoring instruction for adults in basic skills, English as a Second Language (ESL), and increasing digital opportunity by improving digital literacy | Brunswick | Columbus | New Hanover | Pender |
| Carolina Family Health Centers | $15,000 | Increasing access to advanced mental health care by training primary care providers in adult and adolescent psychiatry care | Edgecombe | Nash | Wilson |
| Casa Azul de Wilson | $50,000 | Increasing postsecondary education attainment in the Latinx community through outreach and assistance with the college application process, FAFSA completion, housing applications, and course planning | Cumberland | Edgecombe | Greene | Hyde | Jones | Lenoir | Nash | Pender | Pitt | Sampson | Wayne | Wilson |
| Columbus County DREAM Center | $37,500 | Providing health screenings, job readiness and skills trainings, adult computer classes, and fostering mental health through addiction recovery to address health holistically | Columbus |
| Dress for Success | $27,250 | Supporting the Wilson, NC office and Eastern North Carolina mobile services with comprehensive programming dedicated to helping women secure employment, build a network, gain confidence, create a sustainable and meaningful career, and become financially independent | Cumberland | Edgecombe | Johnston | Nash | Pitt | Wayne | Wilson |
| East Carolina Community Development, Inc. | $25,000 | Expanding affordable housing in Eastern North Carolina, creating stable living environments that support mental well-being | Carteret | Onslow |
| Eden Village of Wilmington | $25,000 | Supporting permanent housing for the chronically unhoused with disabilities and connecting residents with medical providers, and surrounding them with a team of people who can bridge the gap between them and their providers | Brunswick | New Hanover | Pender |
| Feast Down East | $50,000 | Increasing healthy food access to food-insecure areas via a mobile farmers’ market while providing additional outlets and supports to local farmers and the agricultural economy | Pender and 16 surrounding Eastern North Carolina counties |
| Hill Family Farm Education Center | $13,500 | Increasing food access in Eastern North Carolina | Edgecombe | Halifax | Nash |
| Hispanic Federation, Inc. | $45,000 | Reducing health disparities through preventive care, mental health, wellness, and insurance access education and digital health literacy through their Mt. Olive computer lab, teaching participants to navigate online health portals, and through direct services, including their bilingual hotline, health fairs, and referrals | Bladen | Duplin | Edgecombe | Greene | Harnett | Johnston | Jones | Lenoir | Nash | Pender | Pitt | Sampson | Wayne | Wilson |
| Hope Clinic | $50,000 | Providing healthcare for the un- and under-insured, including expansion of services with daytime clinics, the Worksite Wellness program, and increasing case management services | Beaufort | Carteret | Craven | Pamlico | Pitt |
| Kids First, Inc. Child Advocacy Center | $50,000 | Providing wrap-around evidence-based services to traumatized children and their caregivers who have suffered from abuse and/or neglect | Camden | Chowan | Currituck | Dare | Gates | Pasquotank | Perquimans |
| Kinston Community Health Center | $50,000 | Increasing healthcare access through mobile health services, providing preventative care and patient education on chronic disease management, reaching communities who may struggle with reliable transportation | Craven | Duplin | Greene | Jones | Lenoir | Onslow | Pitt | Wayne |
| Koinonia Community Solutions | $50,000 | Providing career and entrepreneurship training and financial literacy through resume writing, interview prep, skills assessment and coaching, budgeting, apprenticeships, and digital literacy workshops | Beaufort | Hyde | Martin | Pitt | Tyrrell | Washington |
| Marius Maximus Foundation for Mental Health, Inc. | $40,000 | Supporting mental health, suicide prevention, and social-emotional learning through peer support, education, and advocacy, providing safe spaces, resources, and inclusivity | Cumberland | Robeson |
| Men and Women United for Youth and Families, CDC | $50,000 | Providing programming to encourage youth entrepreneurship through workforce development training and resources, and career exploration | Bladen | Brunswick | Columbus | New Hanover |
| Men and Women United for Youth and Families, CDC | $13,500 | Increasing food access in Eastern North Carolina | Bladen | Brunswick | Columbus | New Hanover |
| Mid-Carolina Regional Council | $62,000 | Increasing digital opportunity in Eastern North Carolina through digital skills training and mobile hotspot and device access | Cumberland | Harnett | Sampson |
| Mid-East Commission | $50,000 | Increasing digital opportunity in Eastern North Carolina through device access | Beaufort | Bertie | Hertford | Martin | Pitt |
| Miller’s Crew | $50,000 | Providing employment, skills development, training, and connection to additional community resources for the adult special needs population via Miller’s Brew Coffee Shops and support programming | Bladen | Cumberland | Harnett | Hoke | Robeson | Sampson |
| NC East Alliance | $50,000 | Supporting planning and development of the Eastern North Carolina Health Science Technical Academy for a sustainable healthcare workforce pipeline | Camden | Chowan | Currituck | Dare | Gates | Pasquotank | Perquimans |
| NC FIELD, Inc. | $50,000 | Providing access to addiction, mental health, and care management services through a Licensed Substance Abuse Counselor (LSAC) Supervisor and a Community Health Worker (CHW) | Lenoir and 14 surrounding Eastern North Carolina counties |
| NC FIELD, Inc. | $13,500 | Increasing food access in Eastern North Carolina | Duplin | Greene | Johnston | Jones | Lenoir | Nash | Wayne | Wilson |
| NC League of Municipalities Local Leadership Foundation | $137,000 | Building capacity for small Eastern North Carolina towns through accounting instruction, mentorships, and financial trainings | All Eastern North Carolina counties |
| NC State University Cooperative Extension* | $537,500 | Increasing digital opportunity in Eastern NC with digital skills education through the NC Digital Futures Program | Bertie | Columbus | Edgecombe | Nash | Sampson | Wilson | and expansion into additional Eastern North Carolina counties |
| North Carolina Community Health Center Association | $100,000 | Providing Medicaid outreach, education, and enrollment in Eastern North Carolina | 27 Northeastern North Carolina counties |
| North Carolina Farmworkers’ Project, Inc. | $45,000 | Improving healthcare access and outcomes for farmworkers, using culturally-competent outreach, deep community roots, and high-quality case management | Cumberland | Duplin | Harnett | Johnston | Sampson | Wayne |
| Ocracoke Health Center, Inc. | $50,000 | Providing comprehensive healthcare services where, otherwise, there would be none due to profound healthcare shortages, focusing on low-income, underinsured, and/or chronically ill residents | Dare | Hyde |
| Our State, Our Homes | UNC-Chapel Hill | $100,000 | Supporting local strategies to address affordable housing in Eastern North Carolina | Carteret | Cumberland | Dare | Harnett | Jones | Sampson |
| Partners in Ministry | $30,000 | Supporting postsecondary education attainment and workforce development for youth in Scotland and Robeson counties, including the YES (Youth Empowered to Succeed) program and Upward Bound college preparatory program | Robeson | Scotland |
| Prevent Blindness North Carolina | $30,000 | Supporting the Community Vision Program in Eastern North Carolina, delivering free retinal imaging and diagnoses of vision diseases to low-income adults | Bertie | Craven | Cumberland | Dare | Edgecombe | Hyde | Johnston | Lenoir | Nash | Pitt | Sampson | Wayne | Wilson |
| Prospera North Carolina* | $100,000 | Supporting Latino entrepreneurship in Eastern North Carolina | Brunswick | Duplin | New Hanover | Pender | Sampson |
| Rebuilding Together Pitt County, NC | $25,000 | Providing repairs and modifications to homes in Pitt and Greene counties, helping eliminate safety and health hazards in the home | Greene | Pitt |
| ResilNC | $15,000 | Providing structured training, hands-on kitchen access, mentorship, and market opportunities to help local food entrepreneurs develop and scale their businesses | Pitt |
| Ripe For Revival | $50,000 | Addressing food insecurity through a mobile market bus program, increasing markets for farmers’ products, and supporting workforce development through the Community Culinary Outreach (CCO) Program, providing education events for students, as well as mentorship and apprenticeship opportunities | Nash and 25 surrounding Eastern North Carolina counties |
| Ripple Effects Group | $47,500 | Providing a supportive environment for students facing behavioral and learning challenges through trauma therapy, family counseling, and in-house mental health services to further support their students’ mental health needs | Edgecombe | Halifax | Nash | Wilson |
| Robeson County Church and Community Center | $14,128 | Increasing food access in Eastern North Carolina | Robeson |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern North Carolina | $15,000 | Providing a home for families with children receiving medical care, reducing their financial and emotional burden | All Eastern North Carolina counties |
| Safe Haven of Pender | $35,000 | Providing integrated mental healthcare for domestic violence survivors and their children | Duplin | Pender |
| Simply Girls | $15,000 | Supporting programs offered to girls, developing and bolstering their self-worth and self-expression | Cumberland | Harnett | Johnston | Sampson |
| SouthLight Healthcare | $15,000 | Supporting residents in Cumberland and Harnett counties struggling with addiction and mental illness | Cumberland | Harnett |
| StepUp Wilmington | $35,000 | Supporting low-income and unemployed adults and youth to gain training, personalized support, and employment | Brunswick | New Hanover | Pender |
| Strategic Twin Counties Education Partnership | $50,000 | Increasing education attainment and credentialing and providing quality work experiences in order to equip graduates with competencies to meet industry needs and build a stronger economy | Edgecombe | Nash |
| Summer Literacy Initiative | NC Rural Center* | $125,000 | Supporting the expansion of a summer literacy program in Eastern North Carolina | Eastern North Carolina counties |
| The Partnership for Children of Wayne County, Inc. | $50,000 | Increasing the early childhood workforce through the Child Care Academy by training participants to start a career in childcare | Johnston | Wayne |
| Tyrrell County Community Development Corporation | $40,000 | Providing training and education to aspiring entrepreneurs through mentorship, support, and resources to realize their business dreams | Bertie | Chowan | Hyde | Martin | Tyrrell | Washington |
| UNC-Chapel Hill | UNC Health and the School of Medicine* | $200,000 | Increasing access to psychiatric healthcare for youth in Eastern North Carolina | Duplin | Robeson |
| Undue Medical Debt | $99,372 | Relieving existing medical debt for qualifying individuals in Eastern North Carolina | Beaufort | Bertie | Bladen | Camden | Currituck | Gates | Hertford | Hoke | Hyde | Jones | Martin | Northampton | Pamlico | Pasquotank | Pender | Perquimans | Tyrrell | Washington |
| Wilson Education Partnership | $40,000 | Preparing students for college and the workforce through the expansion of their Career Connections Program, increasing student opportunities to prepare them for the workforce | Wilson |
| Wilson Youth United, Inc. | $44,000 | Enhancing emotional learning, well-being, and social skills through music therapy, and improving reading fluency | Wilson |
