RALEIGH, N.C. –The Coastal Credit Union Foundation has announced the latest round of grants to benefit nonprofit organizations in the community. In November and December, the foundation issued $244,750 in new funding to ten recipients.
The grants include:
- $50,000 to Cristo Rey Research Triangle High School to support its educational program during its inaugural school year. The foundation's support will help students from under-resourced families in the Triangle attend CRRTHS during the 2021-2022 school year by reducing the financial barriers preventing them from accessing an education.
- $30,000 to William Peace University to create the Coastal Courageous Finish Scholarship, designed to help well-performing junior and senior students, for whom financial concerns are the only remaining barrier, finish their education.
- $30,000 to Kramden Institute to offer refurbished computers and financial literacy training to Triangle families in need.
- $25,000 in emergency funding to the United Way Tar River Region, to help create a fund to aid families affected by the QVC fire in December.
- $20,000 to the NC Council on Economic Education, to support financial literacy programming for students in Wake, Durham and Orange Counties.
Other grants include:
- $25,000 to Southeast Raleigh Promise
- $25,000 to the Centre for Homeownership & Economic Development
- $25,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of Durham and Orange Counties
- $24,750 to Activate Good
- $10,000 to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC
Through the end of 2021, the Coastal Credit Union Foundation said it made $525,250 in grants.