Grantees of the 2026 Grant Program
Camber Foundation is excited to announce a total of $1,155,000 in grants to 29 organizations as a result of this year’s Grant Program, supporting Eastern North Carolina in the areas of access to healthcare, mental health services and programs, postsecondary education attainment, workforce development, entrepreneurship, and digital opportunity.
| Grantee | Grant Amount | Grant Purpose | County(ies) Served |
| Access East | $30,000 | Increasing access to healthcare for uninsured individuals by providing insurance enrollment assistance and referral to primary care providers. | Pitt and 16 surrounding Eastern NC counties |
| Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education | $48,000 | Reducing the impact of mental wellness crises through educational programs and youth empowerment initiatives that teach resiliency skills. | Harnett | Johnston | Sampson |
| Array Community Development Corporation | $30,000 | Expanding support to entrepreneurs in economic tier 1 and tier 2 counties through credit readiness cohorts, technical assistance partnerships, and by deploying capital through their funding platforms. | Carteret and 31 surrounding Eastern NC counties |
| Association of Mexicans in North Carolina, Inc. (AMEXCAN) | $45,000 | Increasing postsecondary education attainment among Latino high school and early college students in Eastern NC through support of FAFSA completion, college access workshops and one-on-one sessions, campus exposure, family engagement, and a youth conference. | Beaufort | Carteret | Craven | Duplin | Halifax | Martin | Nash | Pitt | Sampson | Washington | Wilson |
| Bertie County Rural Health Association | $25,000 | Providing free transportation to health clinic patients who have transportation challenges such as not having an automobile or access to a ride. | Bertie | Chowan | Hertford | Martin | Northampton | Washington |
| Better Health of Cumberland County Inc. | $45,000 | Supporting access to healthcare and improving healthcare outcomes by providing prescriptions, dental extractions, vision exams and eyeglasses, gas vouchers to out of town medical appointments and medical supplies. | Cumberland |
| Cancer Services of Eastern North Carolina | $45,000 | Expanding access to mammography to rural residents of Eastern NC who face barriers to healthcare access such as lack of transportation or insurance, while also providing cancer-related healthcare education and awareness in the community. | Pitt and 15 surrounding Eastern NC counties |
| Casa Azul de Wilson | $50,000 | Increasing postsecondary education attainment in the Latinx community through bilingual college and career advising; financial aid, scholarship and college application assistance; and supporting working families by offering services outside of regular business hours. | Wilson and 15 surrounding Eastern NC counties |
| Community Care Clinic of Dare | $50,000 | Supporting a preventative oral health initiative for uninsured children, ages 12 and under, to improve oral health outcomes through access to fluoride treatments, dental sealants, and bilingual oral health education. | Currituck | Dare | Hyde | Tyrrell | Washington |
| Dress for Success | $30,000 | Expanding workforce development and digital opportunity by equipping women with access to services that lead to sustained employment and economic mobility including career coaching, mock interviews, professional attire, job search assistance, and Google Career Certificates. | All Eastern NC counties |
| Eustress Inc. | $35,000 | Delivering community-rooted, culturally-relevant services that reduce stigma and build mental health literacy by embedding mental health conversations into family systems, sports teams, peer networks, and community gatherings. | Bertie |
| Hispanic Federation, Inc. | $45,000 | Reducing health disparities through education including digital health literacy, preventive care, mental health, wellness, and insurance access, and through direct services including a bilingual hotline, health fairs, and referrals, ensuring access to care. | Bladen | Duplin | Edgecombe | Greene | Harnett | Johnston | Jones | Lenoir | Nash | Pender |
| Kinston Community Health Center | $45,000 | Expanding mobile clinic operations to weekly full-service primary care, chronic disease management, preventive screenings, physical exams, prescription management, and lab work for communities where transportation is identified as a barrier to accessing care. | Lenoir | Wayne |
| Kinston Teens, Inc. | $50,000 | Equipping youth with digital skills, workforce credentials, and postsecondary pathways through the Digital Literacy Corps and East Kinston Neighborhood Hub, combining hands-on training, mentorship, and stipends to expand economic mobility. | Lenoir |
| Lumbee Regional Development Association | $40,000 | Launching a paid internship program where students will gain hands-on experience in high-growth automation and advanced manufacturing careers. | Hoke | Robeson | Scotland |
| Marius Maximus Foundation for Mental Health Inc | $30,000 | Strengthening mental health and substance use recovery for youth and caregivers via peer support, emotional-regulation groups, and referrals, resulting in fewer crises, reduced return to use, stronger family stability, and better school and work supports. | Cumberland | Sampson |
| Miller’s Crew | $50,000 | Training and employing young adults with developmental disabilities, creating a safe work environment that allows them to develop self-worth, self-sufficiency, and a life of purpose. | Cumberland | Harnett | Hoke | Robeson | Scotland |
| North Carolina Farmworkers’ Project, Inc. | $45,000 | Addressing barriers to chronic disease management, mental health access, and digital opportunity through coordinated case management for diabetes, and by ensuring patients have reliable connectivity, devices and technical support for telehealth visits. | Cumberland | Duplin | Harnett | Johnston | Sampson | Wayne |
| Ocracoke Health Center, Inc. | $50,000 | Providing comprehensive healthcare where, otherwise, there would be none due to profound shortages, focusing on rural, low-income, and/or chronically ill residents regardless of ability to pay. | Dare | Hyde |
| Onslow County Partnership for Children DBA One Place | $25,000 | Providing no cost therapeutic services to children and youth, and their supportive caregivers, experiencing trauma. | Jones | Onslow |
| Prevent Blindness North Carolina | $35,000 | Increasing access to care for residents of 18 Eastern NC counties via high-quality vision screenings in preschools as well as telehealth retinal imaging for low-income and diabetic adults and education for parents and patients. | Wilson and 17 surrounding Eastern NC counties |
| Ripple Effects Group | $50,000 | Enhancing student and family well-being by providing trauma therapy, family counseling, and in-house mental health services, addressing gaps in support and complementing alternative learning programs. | Edgecombe | Nash |
| Robeson County Partnership for Children | $35,000 | Sustaining Robeson Overcoming Adversity through Resilience’s (ROAR’s) efforts to promote mental wellness and resilience through programs teaching skills to manage stress and understand the impact of adversity and trauma. | Robeson |
| Safe Haven of Pender | $35,000 | Providing case management and support services that aim to achieve trauma stabilization, emotional regulation support, crisis de-escalation, and restoration of agency and control for individuals and children impacted by domestic violence. | Duplin | Pender |
| StepUp Wilmington | $35,000 | Assisting over 600 people with job-readiness and employment training through programs where participants earn continuing education credits and professional development to access further specialized skills training and certifications. | New Hanover |
| The Partnership for Children of Wayne County, Inc. | $45,000 | Strengthening the early childhood workforce by providing participants in The Early Educator Workforce Academy with essential training, foundational coursework, and hands-on experience needed to begin a successful career. | Johnston | Wayne |
| Tyrrell County Community Development Corporation | $35,000 | Fostering entrepreneurship and leadership training by delivering structured small-business development services including planning support, financial literacy education, credit readiness counseling, and one-on-one technical assistance. | Beaufort | Hyde | Martin | Pitt | Tyrrell | Washington |
| Wilson Education Partnership | $42,000 | Providing students with exposure to health career opportunities and skills development in the areas of interviewing, time management, conflict resolution, and communication, along with continuing education for teachers. | Wilson |
| Wilson Youth United, Inc. | $30,000 | Addressing mental health needs by expanding social-emotional learning (SEL) outreach services, and delivering the interventions both within The SPOT Youth Center and directly in the most distressed neighborhoods. | Wilson |
