- Professional Area: Fundraising/giving
- Field of Interest: Advocacy
- August 19, 2008Ronald McDonald House Charities of North Carolina awarded $50,000 to Interact of Wake County for Family Violence Prevention Center.
- August 19, 2008BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Foundation awarded $240,000 to Smart Start for programs to reduce childhood obesity.
- August 19, 2008North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund awarded $3M to Carolina Thread Trail greenway network for land conservation and trails along waterways.
- August 14, 2008Sprint Foundation awarded total of $31,000 to seven North Carolina public schools for Sprint Ahead for Education Program.
- August 14, 2008William Charles Helton, cardiac surgeon, gave $1M to WakeMed Foundation to establish endowment to fund nursing education in Wake County.
- August 14, 2008Kimberly Alvis, Chapel Hill artist, donated painting for auction to benefit Triangle Day School in Durham.
- August 12, 2008BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina awarded $29,070 to Mecklenburg County's Smart Start program for childhood-obesity reduction; $55,000 to Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control, Winston-Salem, for Forsyth County heart disease prevention.
- July 31, 2008North Carolina Bar Association Foundation Endowment awarded total of $271,524 to 24 law-related projects and nonprofits.
- July 31, 2008High Point University donated 12-passenger van to West End Ministries, High Point.
- July 31, 2008BB&T Charitable Foundation awarded $200,000 to Old Salem Museums & Gardens to renovate Old Salem Education Center.
- July 29, 2008Caterpillar Foundation and James E. Owens awarded $2.2M to N.C. State University to establish professorship and scholarships.
- July 29, 2008Woman's Club of Raleigh awarded $30,000 to Hospice of Wake County for construction of Chapel Meditation Garden.
- July 24, 2008Hyde Family Foundations awarded $2M to College of Arts and Sciences at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to enlarge honors program.
- July 24, 2008Wayne Wingate, owner of Durango Bagel of Rock Hill, S.C. celebrating birthday Aug. 4 by donating half of day's proceeds to United Way of York County.
- July 22, 2008
High Point University donated furniture from Wilson Hall to Salvation Army of High Point.