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Mar 23, 2023

Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity is expanding its ReStore capacity in the Monkey Junction area.   The current store, at 6331 Carolina Beach Road, opened in July 2020, in response to demand in that area. But even at that time, it was seen as a temporary location. Officials said at the time they expected to remain at that store for two-to-three years while they negotiat ...

Feb 22, 2023

Nonprofit Launches Campaign To Fund New HQ

By Staff Reports, posted Feb 22, 2023

Wilmington nonprofit Welcome Home Angel has started a campaign in hopes of funding its new local headquarters.  The 125 for $25 campaign aims to find 125 supporters willing to pledge $25 a month.  Welcome Home Angel renovates and remodels living spaces of chronically ill or injured children to ease burdens on families. Ramps, door widening to accommodate a ...

Dec 19, 2022

After the New Hanover Community Endowment unveiled its inaugural grant cycle recipients earlier this month, the group has now shared a more detailed picture of its awards.  The endowment first named its more than 100 grant recipients at a public community meeting on Dec. 9. Combined, awards totaled about $9 million. During the application process in September, the ...

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Recognizing Women-Owned Small Businesses

Posted Oct 21, 2022
Oh, how far we’ve come! Women business owners, I’m talking to you! 
 
Starting, working, running, and owning a business is hard. I can’t imagine what it was like for all the women who came before me who had to overcome many more obstacles. Obstacles like needing a male relative to co-sign a business loan if they wanted to pursue financing for their busines...read entire article
Dec 9, 2022

The New Hanover Community Endowment publicly announced recipients Friday afternoon of its inaugural funding cycle, the 2022 Cape Fear Opportunities and Needs Grants.   A total of 110 community organizations are slated to receive a combined $9,055,050. (Note: View a full list of recipients at the bottom of this article.)   Endowment officials reviewed nearly 3 ...

Dec 5, 2022

After its first year in operation, the New Hanover Community Endowment is preparing to reveal its inaugural round of grant funding.  The nonprofit foundation created by the sale of New Hanover Regional Medical Center to Novant Health will announce more than $9 million in grant funds at a public meeting Friday at 4:30 p.m. at the Plaza on Princess, 410 Princess St.& ...

Nov 16, 2022

The New Hanover Community Endowment is preparing to award its inaugural round of grants next month.  Formed by the multi-billion sale of New Hanover Regional Medical Center to Novant Health last year, the nonprofit New Hanover Community Endowment has spent the year formalizing as an organization.  President and CEO William Buster, who began his role in Marc ...

Nov 4, 2022

In The Soda Pop District, WARM Finds A Temporary Home

By Staff Reports, posted Nov 4, 2022

An organization that repairs and rebuilds houses for those in need is getting a new home of its own. WARM, the Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry Inc., is relocating its headquarters and renting office space at 909 Market St. in Wilmington's Soda Pop District, according to a news release. WARM is also renting a 4,000-square-foot workshop on the same ...

Oct 26, 2022

New Hanover Endowment Taps BlackRock As Its Investment Manager

By Johanna F. Still, posted Oct 26, 2022

The New Hanover Community Endowment has partnered with investment firm BlackRock to manage its financial portfolio, created by last year’s sale of New Hanover Regional Medical Center to Novant Health.  As one of the largest legacy health foundations in the nation, the New Hanover Community Endowment is tasked with growing its value over time, which started at ...

Oct 24, 2022

CIS Of Cape Fear Grows With Bigger Staff, New HQ

By Cece Nunn, posted Oct 24, 2022

A nonprofit that serves area schools is celebrating its next chapter. Communities In Schools of Cape Fear has moved to a new Wilmington headquarters location, 1209 Market St., which is at least three times larger than its previous spot at The Harrelson Center on North Fourth Street. "The larger facility will provide our New Hanover County staff the space they ne ...

Oct 19, 2022

Nonprofit employment organization StepUp Wilmington has moved to a bigger office with opportunities to grow. StepUp now occupies the 3,800-square-foot, two-story building at 621 N. Fourth St., after relocating from about 2,000 square feet in The Harrelson Center, 20 N. Fourth St. "We wanted our own standalone space with street-front access so our candidates coul ...

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