North Carolina School of the Arts students, art schools received grants totaling $121,700 from Semans Art Fund for student projects, discretionary purposes.
- Professional Area: Fundraising/giving
- Field of Interest: Arts/culture
- August 28, 2008National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Eastern North Carolina chapter, received total of $150,000 from 18 Triangle companies for Dinner of Champions.
- August 26, 2008Walmart awarded $53,500 to Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest N.C. to feed the hungry and support Triad Community Kitchen program.
- August 26, 2008Carolinas Medical Center NorthEast and The Duke Endowment awarded grant to Community Blood Center of the Carolinas, Charlotte, for two new bloodmobiles.
- August 26, 2008Winston-Salem Foundation awarded total of $328,347 to 13 organizations benefitting citizens of Forsyth County.
- August 26, 2008Truliant Federal Credit Union awarded grants to 31 nonprofit agencies in North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina.
- August 26, 2008High Point University donated total of 385 mattresses to Salvation Army of High Point, Home to Home Ministries, Peace Christian Haitian Church.
- August 26, 2008ArtsTeach to award $983,500 to Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools for arts education during 2008-09 school year.
- August 26, 2008Guilford County Hotel/Motel Association awarded $17,809.64 to Natural Science Center of Greensboro.
- August 26, 2008Kimberly Alvis, Chapel Hill artist, donated original oil painting to Works of the Heart charity auction to benefit Alliance of AIDS Services - Carolina.
- August 26, 2008RESIST Inc., Somerville, Mass., awarded $3,000 to Carolina Justice Policy Center for death penalty reform, alternatives to jail time, fair-justice policies.
- August 26, 2008AT&T and Communities in Schools partnered with Bruins Avenue Elementary in Charlotte to help prepare classes for new school year, donated supplies to teachers.
- August 21, 2008Forsyth Tech received $197,372 from Duke Energy for logistics and supply-chain training for Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind; over $200,000 from North Carolina Bionetwork for new equipment and innovation.
- August 20, 2008BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina awarded $30,000 to Legal Aid of North Carolina for Access to Justice campaign.
- 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.