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Greetings –
The Golden LEAF Foundation supports projects that affect tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities through grants to 501(c)(3) nonprofits and governmental entities. Below are a couple of tips and tricks for applicants and grantees:
Applying for funding:
- Always check the program page, found on our website (www.goldenleaf.org), each time you apply, in case there are changes or updates to the program's priorities or deadlines. Check to see if your project fits with the priorities of the program and that the project serves Golden LEAF's targeted communities.
- If you are a returning applicant, be sure to download the most recent application and accompanying forms from the site, so that you are providing the Foundation with the most complete and updated application.
- Recently, the Foundation has updated its Open Grants Program budget form. You can find the form and a sample by clicking here.
If your organization has received a grant:
- The Grants Management 101 page has a quick breakdown of requirements you will need to know about.
- The Reporting Forms page will provide you with forms and samples of information needed to comply with your grant requirements, such as how to request disbursement of funding, how to submit a work plan/timeline and evaluation plan, how to fill out a budget modification form and interim and final report forms.
Our website, www.goldenleaf.org, is our most comprehensive source of information about our programming, processes, and requirements. If you have questions, you can always call 888-684-8404 or email Programs staff at programs@goldenleaf.org.
Check out recent news below.
Best,
Jenny Tinklepaugh
Program/ Communications Officer
jtinklepaugh@goldenleaf.org
www.goldenleaf.org
In this edition of "Golden LEAF News":
Golden LEAF distributes scholarships
Caswell Messenger
The Golden LEAF Foundation awarded $864,000 to North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities to be distributed among NCICU's 36 member colleges for the 2010-2011 academic year. The Foundation has contributed more than $4.9 million, helping over 800 students attend North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities. Students receive $3,000 per year for up to 4 years. Recipients of the Golden LEAF Scholarships must reside in rural counties that are tobacco-dependent or economically distressed. The overall goal of the program is for these students to return home and contribute to their rural communities after receiving their degrees. Click here to read about students from Caswell County students who have received Golden LEAF Scholarships.
Cumberland County agencies to trim list seeking Golden LEAF funding
Fayetteville Observer
Several agencies and institutions are vying for $2 million in Golden LEAF Community Assistance Initiative grant money designated for Cumberland County, but requests total $4.8 million. A review team made up of nine citizens from the Fayetteville area and two alternates will work to pare down the list of 15 proposals. The Golden LEAF board of directors wants the prioritized list by August, and the board is scheduled to announce grant winners in October.
Science Education in Catawba County MOVES FORWARD with Help of More than $1 MILLION in Grant Funding!
Catawba County Schools
Catawba County Schools has received a $249,500 grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation to implement a comprehensive science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program in middle schools. The project focuses on three main areas: 1) implementing a science education curriculum that focuses on relevant issues-oriented science inquiry; 2) expanding the Project Lead the Way program that fosters problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and creative reasoning; and 3) implementing an after-school enrichment program at four additional middle schools. The project will encourage and expose students to STEM career options and connect students with authentic industry experiences.
Lee County incubator aims to woo industry
Fayetteville Observer
Lee County has opened a business incubator and training facility in hopes of attracting industry to the area. The county plans to use about 20,000 square feet as an incubator for industrial companies. The rest of the 36,000-square-foot building will be used by Central Carolina Community College for training and by the Lee County Economic Development Corp. The college will use another part of the building for industrial skills training. The college's initial project will provide training for Caterpillar's planned expansion, which is adding 325 jobs and making $28.3 million in upgrades at the company's Sanford plant. A $447,000 grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation paid for training equipment.
Gorge gets a boost with new wave feature
Smoky Mountain News
The Nantahala River will soon boast one of the preeminent freestyle paddling features in the country — a patented apparatus that will create waves and holes used by trick kayakers called the Wave Shaper. The additional infrastructure is expected to be a boon for the local economy in terms of tourism and tourist-related industry. The Wave Shaper will arrive just in time for a major world freestyle championship being held on the river in 2013, bringing 500 paddlers from 45 different countries and thousands of spectators to the Gorge. A $195,000 grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation was awarded to the Swain County Tourism Development Authority to fund construction of the wave. The Nantahala will be one of only three rivers in the country using this cutting edge technology.
NSA takes over hangars, space used by Pace
Winston-Salem Journal
NS Aviation LLC, which is a startup aircraft-maintenance company operating at Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem, has taken over the hangars and space, formerly used by Pace Airlines. NS Aviation, which has 31 employees, committed in January to creating 125 jobs in its first year of operations and 308 over four years. It plans to spend nearly $1.3 million on capital investments. In return, Golden LEAF has awarded a $500,000 to the Airport Commission of Forsyth County to support this job creation.
MCNC looking for broadband partner
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad
MCNC is looking for a partner to run the fiber optic broadband network it is expanding in North Carolina, according to an announcement. MCNC is the non-profit organization that is administering the $146 million project dubbed the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative, which is funded by $104 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce plus private donations including from the Golden LEAF Foundation. The money will expand the N.C. Research and Education Network, which will serve as many as 1,500 community institutions, 180,000 businesses and 300,000 under-served households, and the Research Triangle-based MCNC is looking for a partner company to oversee the network. Click here to read the full announcement. MCNC will be taking proposals through July 8.
Officials Break Ground on the UHS Children's Hospital Addition
University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina - website
Recently, University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina officials and guests, including Golden LEAF Board and staff members, broke ground on the UHS Children's Hospital addition. The new addition will provide dedicated space to meet the medical needs of the child patients and their families. UHS Children's Hospital is the only hospital in eastern North Carolina designed, equipped and staffed to care for children. The Golden LEAF Foundation awarded $500,000 to support the purchase of equipment required for the renovation and expansion of UHS Children's Hospital in Pitt County. The project is expected to create 50 jobs.
Plans in works for pharmacy in Hookerton
Kinston Free Press
The Golden LEAF Foundation is bringing a much-needed service to Hookerton. A $499,993 grant through the Golden LEAF Community Assistance Initiative is helping the town add a much needed service, a pharmacy, next to the local family doctor's office. Health Wise Pharmacies is prepared open a pharmacy, which will allow residents in the area access to medical services and products that are currently unavailable. According to Jeff Boltinhouse, vice president of Health Wise Pharmacies, without the grant, the likelihood of him opening a new pharmacy there would have been slim, especially in an economic slump.
Building a better strawberry
News and Observer
As part of the N.C. Strawberry Project, a partnership between N.C. State University's Plants for Human Health Institute and Johnson & Wales University, a team of taste testers has been tasked to tease out subtle differences in flavor and appearance between one strawberry and another. Project director and N.C. State researcher Jeremy Pattison plans to use their results in his efforts to breed a tastier, hardier North Carolina strawberry. North Carolina produces more than 19 million pounds of strawberries each year, making the state fourth in the nation in strawberry production, behind California, Florida and Oregon. This project is funded through a $200,000 Golden LEAF grant.
Asheville-area woman brings vision for a new organic industry in WNC
Asheville Citizen-Times
Kara Errickson has started a new company, CoCoChi, winning both awards and customers. Errickson is headquartered in Western North Carolina and feels that the area has a real future in natural products, like her organic skin cream called Skin Food Topical Nourishment. You can't raise coconuts in the Carolinas, but the couple has found all they needed to turn the business into a success in the community. They use the newly opened Natural Products Manufacturing Line at Blue Ridge Food Ventures to package their products. A $235,000 grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation has helped several institutions in the area better understand how to grow the natural products industry in the mountains, promoting more businesses like the Erricksons'.
County schools to start Project Lead the Way
Mount Airy News
Surry County Schools' middle school students will take part in a new learning program called Project Lead the Way. The program focuses on providing students which the chance to develop skills and knowledge required to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Project Lead the Way will be funded through a Golden LEAF STEM Initiative Grant for $350,000. Year two of the program, which will expand it to the high school level, also is written into the school system's scope of work for the Race to the Top plan.
N.C. Cultural Resources secretary announces federal funds for Greene Co. library
Kinston Free Press
The state's Secretary of Cultural Resources announced that the Neuse Regional Library will receive a $25,000 federal grant. The funds will be used to purchase 25 new computers and other equipment for the Greene County library branch as it undergoes a renovation this summer. The Golden LEAF Foundation has provided a $790,000 Community Assistance Initiative grant to renovate and expand the branch. Library officials also wanted to add a business center to the new building and are raising $247,000 in community contributions toward that project.
Butterfield schedules local visits
Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald
Congressman G. K. Butterfield of North Carolina's First District will make several stops in the Roanoke-Chowan area on June 8. Butterfield will also tour the new Colerain Primary Care facility with Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center staff. The Colerain facility was funded through grants from the Golden LEAF Community Assistance Initiative process and the American Recovery and Investment Act. The site serves as the shared home of Colerain Primary Care and the Town of Colerain’s Counsel on Aging Nutrition Center.
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