COVID-19 Response Grantees (2021)
In early 2021, we committed an additional $5 million in COVID-19 response to provide emergency relief focused on food and continued support for grantees as they increase their focus on equity and develop stronger organizational resilience.
The 38 grantees resulting from this funding include:
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP)
Increase distribution of locally grown food through ASAP’s Appalachian Farms Feeding Families program which pairs rural food relief sites and child care centers with local farms to meet emergency food needs in 23 Western North Carolina counties and supports local growers. $500,000
Asociación de Mexicanos en Carolina del Norte AMEXCAN
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of the Latino community in Beaufort, Craven, Duplin, Edgecombe, Greene, Hyde, Lenoir, Pitt, Nash, Wilson, and Sampson Counties. $50,000
Black Child Development Institute - Charlotte
Address emerging organizational needs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. $10,000
Caswell Family Medical Center, Inc.
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of communities in Caswell County. $50,000
Children First Communities in Schools of Buncombe County, Inc.
Address emerging organizational needs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. $10,000
Coharie Intra Tribal, Inc
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of the Coharie Intra Tribe in Harnett County. $20,000
Communities In Partnership
Meet the emergency food needs of families in East Durham by expanding the capacity of their Community Food Co-op to provide no or low cost fresh, local produce and meat sourced from local farmers of color through a food box delivery program, expanding access to East Durham Farmers Market, and other methods. $50,000
Compañeros Inmigrantes de las Montañas en Acción
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of the Latino community in Buncombe County. $25,000
El Centro Hispano, Inc.
Provide emergency food assistance to immigrant families not eligible for SNAP in Durham, Orange, Wake, and Harnett Counties. $80,000
El Pueblo, Inc.
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of the Latino community in Wake County. $25,000
FaithAction International House
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of the Latino community in Alamance, Davidson, Davie, Guilford, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, and Yadkin Counties. $25,000
Feeding the Carolinas
Increase distribution of locally grown and culturally appropriate food through Feeding the Carolinas’ seven member Food Banks to help meet emergency food needs in every North Carolina county and support local growers. $1,000,000
Fertile Ground Food Cooperative
Meet the emergency food needs of families in Southeast Raleigh by providing weekly deliveries of healthy, locally grown food to the most at-risk households. $50,000
Greensboro Housing Coalition, Inc.
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of communities in Guilford County. $50,000
Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of the Haliwa-Saponi Tribe in Halifax County. $20,000
High Plains Indians, Inc.
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of the High Plains Indian Tribe in Person County. $20,000
Hispanic League
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of the Latino community in Forsyth County. $25,000
Hispanic Liaison of Chatham County / El Vinculo
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of the Latino community in Chatham, Lee, Alamance, and Randolph Counties. $50,000
Hunger and Health Coalition
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of communities in Avery, Ashe, and Watauga Counties. $50,000
Kintegra Health
Provide COVID-19 emergency food assistance in Gaston County. $50,000
Latin American Coalition
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of the Latino community in Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, and Union Counties. $25,000
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of the Lumbee Tribe in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties. $20,000
Meherrin Indian Tribe
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of the Meherrin Indian Tribe in Bertie, Gates, Hertford, and Northampton Counties. $20,000
NC Field, Inc.
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of the Latino community in Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, and Wayne Counties. $25,000
North Carolina Community Health Center Association
Provide emergency food assistance to migrant and seasonal agricultural workers in Caswell County. $50,000
North Carolina Farmworkers Project, Inc.
Address emergency COVID-related relief needs in rural North Carolina Latino and immigrant farmworker communities $220,000
Occaneechi Band Of The Saponi Nation
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation in Alamance, Caswell, and Orange Counties. $20,000
Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc.
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of communities in Edgecombe and Nash counties. $50,000
S.G. Atkins Community Development Corporation
Meet the emergency food needs of families in East Winston-Salem by providing fresh produce and cooked food to families most in need and without transportation to access other emergency food options. $50,000
SHARE-WS, Inc.
Meet the emergency food needs of families in East Winston-Salem by providing fresh produce and cooked food to families most in need and without transportation to access other emergency food options. $50,000
The Conservation Fund: A Nonprofit Corporation
Increase capacity for COVID-relief with a focus on emergency food response using locally grown food in rural communities statewide and primarily serving organizations led by people of color through the administration of emergency response grants to rural, grassroots groups and seven regional NC food hubs. $1,975,000
Triangle Native American Society
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of the Native Americans in Wake, Durham, Johnston, Orange, and Chatham Counties. $10,000
Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina, Inc
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of the Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina in Robeson County. $20,000
United Way of the Greater Triangle
Increase access and provide transportation to COVID-19 vaccination sites for North Carolina communities of color, seniors, and the uninsured in all 100 North Carolina counties $250,000
Waccamaw Siouan Indian Tribe, Inc.
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of the Waccamaw Siouan Indian Tribe in Bladen and Columbus counties. $20,000
West Boulevard Neighborhood Coalition
Meet the emergency food needs of families in Charlotte’s West Boulevard Corridor by expanding the operations of their Seeds of Change Urban Farm and their Three Sisters Market, their community co-op, to provide no and low-cost fresh produce and other food. $50,000
West Marion Community Forum
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of communities in McDowell County. $50,000
Western North Carolina Workers Center
Address emergency food and other COVID-related relief needs of the Latino community in Burke, Buncombe, Henderson, and Macon Counties. $25,000
