Annual Candidates
2021
501(c)3 Non-Profit Organizations
These "grassroot" organizations have been selected for financial support consideration.
Their ability to galvanize their community towards a centralized goal is impressive.
The benefits they provide are essential.
The Initiative is not able to sponsor all of these organizations. However, all should be recognized!
(*) Sponsored Organizations
FaithAction International House *
Greensboro, NC
The FaithAction International House serves and advocates alongside thousands of newcomers each year, while educating and connecting diverse communities across lines of culture and faith – turning strangers into neighbors!”
Pettersburg, NY
Soul Fire Farm is an Afro-Indigenous centered community farm committed to uprooting racism and seeding sovereignty in the food system.
Groundwork Ohio River Valley *
Cincinnati, OH
Groundwork ORV is the Cincinnati-area trust of Groundwork USA; the only national enterprise with the mission of transforming the natural and built environment of urban communities through youth employment. They aim to expand environmental awareness and include everyone in the process.
A Simple Gesture Greensboro, Inc. *
Greensboro, NC
A Simple Gesture’s primary goal is that no child is hungry. Their mission is to collect and provide a consistent supply of food to local food pantries and food banks every month.
Hidden Harbor Marine Environmental Project, Inc.
Marathon, FL
Hidden Harbor Marine Environmental Project rehabilitates injured sea turtles, educates the general public, conducts medical research, and lobbies for environmental legislation making beaches & water safe and clean for sea turtles.
We Care, Inc. - Feed the Fridge
Bethesda, MD
We Care, Inc. "Feed the Fridge" effort brings nourishment where there is hunger while helping small, local restaurants
stay in business.
Huntsville, NC
Carolina Raptor Center ignites imaginations and inspires engagement in the natural world through the exploration and rehabilitation of birds of prey.
Xenia, OH
4 Paws places quality service dogs with children with disabilities and veterans who have lost use of limbs or hearing as well as educates the public regarding use of service dogs in public areas.
Reidsville, NC
NC 100 Strong connects to and works directly with local and statewide leaders to support education, workforce development, and community service while seeking to build a continuum that supports young people, community voice, and building capacity.
Denver, CO
The mission of Book trust is to uniquely deliver choice and ownership of books to children of low income families, increasing their literacy skill and fostering life-long learning.
Oxford, OH
The Oxford Society is dedicated to conservation and environmental education.
Greensboro, NC
“BackPack Beginnings’ mission is to deliver child-centric services to feed, comfort and clothe children in need.
Bozeman, MT
Adventure Scientists® equips partners with data collected from the outdoors that are crucial to addressing environmental and human health challenges.
Black Women Build - Baltimore *
Baltimore, MD
Black Women Build-Baltimore is a home ownership and wealth building initiative that trains black women in carpentry, electrical, and plumbing (life-based skills) by restoring vacant and deteriorated houses in West Baltimore.
Asheville, NC
BeLoved Asheville cultivates a transformational way of life rooted in community, creativity and equity.
DigDeep Right to Water Project *
Los Angeles, CA
DigDeep workings to ensure that every American has clean running water forever.
Durham, NC
LLPP is designed to address the issue of land loss among North Carolina’s limited resource farmers and land owners. They provide legal support and assistance to all financially distressed and limited resource farmers and landowners in NC.
The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative *
Detroit, MI
The MUFI strives to empower urban communities by using agriculture as a platform to promote education, sustainability, and community while simultaneously reducing socioeconomic disparity.
Laguna Beach, CA
Wheels 4 Life provides bikes for people in developing countries in need of transportation to get to work or to school, including health care workers.
Greensboro, NC
The Conservancy protects natural and scenic lands, farms, and green space in piedmont North Carolina to enrich the quality of life for our community.
