THE CITY OF HENDERSONVILLE WAS AWARDED $250,000 THROUGH THE FLOOD MITIGATION PROGRAM

The City of Hendersonville was awarded $250,000 through the Flood Mitigation Program. Congratulations to Hendersonville’s Stormwater Division on securing this funding.

Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $1,158,333 to support five projects through the Open Grants Program, $3,150,518 in funding for 10 projects through the Flood Mitigation Program, and $2,778,721 in funding for 24 projects through the Food Distribution Assistance Program.

A resolution was read in honor of Jerome Vick’s service on the Golden LEAF Board of Directors. Access the resolution here.

“Today, the Golden LEAF Board honored the memory of Jerome Vick,” said Golden LEAF Board Chair Don Flow. “Jerome served on the Board for 10 years. He was a tremendous ally of agriculture and leader, and a fierce advocate for North Carolina’s economy. We recognize and honor his dedication to our state and to the mission of Golden LEAF.”

The Golden LEAF Foundation Board of Directors awarded $1.2 million in funding for five projects through the Open Grants Program. These projects will support job creation and economic investment, workforce preparedness, and agriculture in Catawba, Durham, Jackson, Macon, Nash, and Swain counties.

The State of North Carolina appropriated the Golden LEAF Foundation $25 million for a Flood Mitigation Program. The Flood Mitigation Program awards funding up to $250,000 per project. Funds may only be awarded to units of local government.

The Golden LEAF Board awarded $1,368,100 in funding to support 10 projects through the Flood Mitigation Program in Brunswick, Cumberland, Gaston, Graham, Henderson, Jones, Robeson, Sampson, Transylvania, and Wake counties.

The N.C. General Assembly appropriated $10 million to Golden LEAF for the Food Distribution Assistance Program. This program is funded by federal State Fiscal Recovery Funds through the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Funds may be used for grants to nonprofit organizations to assist organizations in becoming eligible to be partner agencies of a North Carolina food bank or enhancing or expanding the capacity of current partner agencies of North Carolina food banks. Funds may also be used for grants to nonprofit organizations to assist organizations in establishing a school-based weekend food assistance program or enhancing or expanding the capacity of current school-based weekend food assistance programs.

“The Golden LEAF Board awarded its first round of Food Distribution Assistance Program funding to support 24 projects across the state,” said Golden LEAF President, Chief Executive Officer Scott T. Hamilton. “This funding will be used to address gaps in existing food assistance networks. We are proud that the State of North Carolina entrusted us to assist in this important work.”

The Golden LEAF Board awarded $2,778,721 to support 24 awards in the first round of Food Distribution Assistance Program funding. Golden LEAF anticipates awarding the remaining available funding at the December 2023 Golden LEAF Board meeting. Click here to view a spreadsheet of awards to organizations in Anson, Brunswick, Buncombe, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Macon, McDowell, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Perquimans, Scotland, and Wake counties.

Since 1999, Golden LEAF has funded 2,151 projects totaling $1.2 billion supporting the mission of advancing economic opportunity in North Carolina’s rural, tobacco-dependent, and economically distressed communities.

About Golden LEAFThe Golden LEAF Foundation is a nonprofit organization established in 1999 to receive a portion of North Carolina’s funding from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers. For more than 20 years, Golden LEAF has worked to increase economic opportunity in North Carolina’s rural and tobacco-dependent communities through leadership in grantmaking, collaboration, innovation, and stewardship as an independent and perpetual foundation.

The Foundation has provided lasting impact to tobacco-dependent, economically distressed, and rural areas of the state by helping create 67,000 jobs, more than $720 million in new payrolls, and more than 95,000 workers trained or retrained for higher wages.

For more information about Golden LEAF and our programs, please visit our website at www.goldenleaf.org.