Full List of 2023 Grants
Full List of 2023 Grants
Camber Foundation is honored to have supported grants totaling $2,025,000 to 55 charitable organizations in 2023.
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Grant Purpose | County(ies) Served |
| A Better Chance A Better Community | $40,000 | Increasing digital inclusion in the community through the Dawson Resiliency Hub, a community resource center offering free community resiliency courses. | Halifax and 16 surrounding Eastern North Carolina counties |
| Access East | $40,000 | Providing programming that enhances healthcare access through insurance enrollment including Farmworker Health and Pitt SenioRx programs. | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt |
| Aces for Autism | $15,000 | Supporting children with autism and their families through social skills groups, community events, parent trainings, counseling, school consultation and behavioral therapy. | Primarily Pitt, also 20 surrounding counties |
| Albemarle Hopeline, Inc. | $35,000 | 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 |
| American Cancer Society | $15,000 | Expanding access to healthcare by providing lodging at the McConnell-Raab Hope Lodge during cancer treatment. | All Eastern NC Counties |
| Array Community Development Corporation | $30,000 | Supporting microenterprises on the entrepreneurial path to create and expand businesses that increase wages and jobs. | Carteret and 28 surrounding Eastern North Carolina counties |
| Beaufort County Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired | $35,000 | Providing free eyeglasses, adaptive technology and education through a free mobile eye clinic, addressing the need for vision and eye care in rural areas. | Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Washington |
| Bertie County Hive House | $30,000 | Providing career exploration and job assistance as well as mental health supports and referrals, food assistance and transportation. | Bertie |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Albemarle, Inc. | $15,000 | Providing programming to enhance academic success, healthy lifestyles and character and leadership development. | Chowan, Pasquotank |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Wayne County | $35,000 | Supporting academic achievement with improving math and English scores and planning with high school students for their postsecondary educational paths. | Wayne |
| Cancer Services of Eastern North Carolina | $35,000 | Bringing mammography to residents of rural areas of NC facing barriers to healthcare access such as lack of insurance and transportation. | Pitt and 23 surrounding Eastern North Carolina counties |
| Cape Fear Literacy Council | $30,000 | Tailoring instruction for adults in basic skills, English as a Second Language (ESL), and increasing digital inclusion by improving digital literacy. | Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender |
| Carolina Common Enterprise | $25,000 | Supporting community-based entrepreneurs by providing training and technical assistance to cooperative and community owned businesses. | Triangle and all Eastern NC counties |
| 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, college fairs and campus tours. | Edgecombe, Lenoir, Nash, Wayne, Wilson |
| Coastal Horizons | $30,000 | Ensuring accessible, inclusive, and culturally sensitive mental health support by employing bilingual therapists supporting the Hispanic community. | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender |
| Columbus County DREAM Center, Inc. | $35,000 | Providing services that promote holistic health for youth and families through education, resources and support with services that enhance their quality of life. | Columbus |
| Community Care Clinic of Dare | $50,000 | Providing a dental clinic for expanded hours to serve regional patients in underserved areas. | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hyde, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell |
| Cumberland HealthNET | $35,000 | Improving access to healthcare by providing health assessment and education events focused on high risk individuals. | Cumberland |
| Diversity Nurtures Achievements Community Youth Center | $35,000 | Providing academic-enrichment resources and support to students through afterschool, structured learning and summer enrichment programs. | Duplin |
| Dress for Success Triangle NC | $25,000 | Supporting underserved women through career-development and career-retention programming. | Cumberland, Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash, Pitt, Wilson |
| 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 agricultural economy. | Pender and 12 surrounding Eastern North Carolina counties |
| Girl Scouts North Carolina Coastal Pines | $25,000 | Extending Girl Scouts’ leadership development programming to underserved communities, providing STEM, life skills and entrepreneurship programs. | Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Pamlico, Wilson |
| Healing Pines Respite | $15,000 | Providing respite opportunities for women with cancer. | Edgecombe, New Hanover, Robeson |
| Hill Family Farm Education Center Inc. | $40,000 | Supporting youth education and enrichment to help close the learning gap with STEM programming, walking classrooms, physical activities, career exploration and food access. | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash |
| Hispanic Federation, Inc. | $50,000 | Supporting insurance education, technical and enrollment assistance programs for the Latino community. | Bladen, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Pender, Sampson, Wayne |
| Hope Clinic | $50,000 | Providing healthcare for the un- and under-insured and expanding access via a mobile clinic, reaching more rural areas reducing transportation barriers. | Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico |
| Kids First, Inc. Child Advocacy Center | $35,000 | 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 Teens, Inc. | $40,000 | Providing youth-led and community-centered initiatives in East Kinston to foster a safe, vibrant and attractive neighborhood for residents and businesses and continuing training, workshops and educational opportunities through the Kinston Teens Neighborhood Hub. | Lenoir |
| Koinonia Community Solutions | $50,000 | Expanding educational programming by offering literacy tutoring and career coaching along with increased enrichment programs to grades K-8. | Martin, Pitt |
| Lumbee Regional Development Association | $15,000 | Supporting workforce development and internship opportunities in the Lumbee community. | Bladen, Hoke, Robeson, Scotland |
| Me Fine Foundation | $25,000 | Providing financial assistance to families in need with a child receiving care at one of the Triangle’s pediatric hospitals. | All Eastern NC counties |
| Men and Women United for Youth & Families, CDC | $50,000 | Providing programming to encourage youth entrepreneurship through workforce development training and resources, and career exploration. | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender |
| Miller’s Crew | $15,000 | Providing training and employment for young adults with developmental disabilities. | Bladen, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Robeson, Sampson |
| myFuture NC | $50,000 | Closing the educational attainment gap in Eastern NC by increasing FAFSA completion rates. | 25 Eastern NC counties |
| NC FIELD, Inc. | $50,000 | Increasing healthcare access for the farmworker community through mobile health clinics. | Duplin, Greene, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Nash, Wayne, Wilson |
| NC Rural Center | $50,000 | Implementing a Homegrown Leaders Program for local, rural leadership training and development. | Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Hoke, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland |
| NC State University Institute for Emerging Issues | $50,000 | Increasing digital inclusion by supporting local planning efforts with data collection, asset inventories and local community listening sessions. | Beaufort, Bertie, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Hertford, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Pitt, Wayne |
| North Carolina Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Inc. | $50,000 | Achieving greater capacity and sustainability for nonprofits through the Center Managed Solutions program providing coaching and training in fundamental nonprofit management strategies. | All Eastern NC counties |
| North Carolina Community Health Center Association | $100,000 | Providing outreach and enrollment assistance and support resulting from Medicaid expansion. | 27 Northeastern NC counties |
| Partners in Ministry | $30,000 | Closing the academic achievement gap by providing social and emotional learning programs and increasing proficiency in state educational assessments and postsecondary education attainment. | Robeson, Scotland |
| Pender Alliance for Total Health (PATH) | $15,000 | Providing access to an integrated system of healthcare to all children ages 5-18 in rural schools districts. | Brunswick, Pender |
| Prospera North Carolina | $50,000 | Bringing resources to the Hispanic business population including consulting with entrepreneurs to help them start or grow a business. | Duplin, New Hanover, Sampson |
| Ripe For Revival | $50,000 | Addressing food insecurity through a mobile market bus program, increasing markets for farmers’ products and providing educational programming at local schools. | Beaufort, Craven, Edgecombe, Halifax, Lenoir, Nash, Northampton, Pitt, Wilson |
| Ripple Effects Group | $50,000 | Providing a learning environment for students challenged in traditional classroom settings, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to pursue higher education, enter the workforce, or engage in entrepreneurship. | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson |
| Robeson County Church and Community Center | $50,000 | Increasing healthcare access by providing a free mobile health clinic, medical supplies and medications and food as recommended by healthcare professionals. | Robeson |
| Safe Haven of Pender, Inc. | $35,000 | Providing integrated mental healthcare for domestic violence survivors and their children. | Duplin, Pender |
| Simply Girls | $35,000 | Providing afterschool and summer enrichment programming for underserved girls ages 5-18 including reading, STEAM and Girls on the Move programs. | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson |
| StepUp Wilmington | $15,000 | Supporting low-income adults with education, skills training/development and job placement. | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender |
| Strategic Twin Counties Education Partnership | $50,000 | Increasing educational attainment and credentialing as well as quality paid work experiences in order to equip graduates with competencies to meet industry needs in the community. | Edgecombe, Nash |
| Student Action with Farmworkers | $15,000 | Increasing educational success for Latino youth from farmworker families through the Levante Leadership Institute. | Harnett, Johnston, Lenoir, Sampson |
| Suds Of Love, Inc. | $15,000 | Providing mobile showers, laundry facilities and hygiene products to the unhoused and those in need in the community. | Bladen, Hoke, Robeson |
| Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc (TROSA) | $25,000 | Residential treatment and workforce development programming for individuals with substance abuse disorder. | All Eastern NC counties |
| UNC School of Government Foundation’s Our State, Our Wellbeing Initiative | $75,000 | Working with local community teams as they convene cross-sector collaboratives to develop evidence-driven, community informed approaches to prevent suicide and improve mental health. | Brunswick, Camden, Chowan, Cumberland, Currituck, Franklin, Johnston, New Hanover, Orange, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Wake |
| United Way Tar River Region | $25,000 | Providing tornado disaster relief in the Twin-County region. | Edgecombe, Nash |
| Waccamaw Siouan Tribe, Inc. | $40,000 | Impacting economic development in the community through a watershed study, promoting environmental stewardship, community engagement and educational workshops aiming to increase awareness among youth around natural resource career opportunities. | Bladen, Columbus |
