Salisbury-Rowan Community Foundation

2022 Total Grants: $315,024

$10,000 to Community Care Clinic to provide support in the increase of dental visits.

$3,650 to Salisbury Symphony to provide support in continuing educational concerts for students.

$10,000 to Meals on Wheels to provide assistance for participants who are food insecure, homebound, and low-income.

$8,000 to Rowan County DSS/One Church One Child to provide family support to individuals receiving services from WFFA.

$7,000 to ApSeed Early to provide NC Pre-K Rowan with 200 Seedling touchpads.

$10,000 to Family Crisis Council to support the operational costs of domestic violence and sexual assault response agency.

$3,500 to Pops at the Post to support free annual outdoor symphony performance for community.

$5,000 to Rufty-Holmes Senior Center to support free tax service for individuals with low to moderate income, persons with disabilities, elderly, and those with limited English proficiency.

$2,500 to Special Olympics North Carolina to provide athletic training for Special Olympics Rowan County athletes.

$5,000 to Novant Health Rowan Medical Center Foundation to assist an internship program that provides hands-on experience at NHRMC to encourage underrepresented local high school students to pursue healthcare careers.

$2,700 to Triple Threat Dance & Theater Summer Camp to assist community with quality arts presentation and opportunity for afterschool arts education.

$5,000 to Salisbury Academy to provide support in connecting families with resources from community.

$4,000 to Center for Faith & the Arts to provide visual art, creative writing, and drama classes to students at Henderson Independent High School.

$7,000 to Partners In Learning to support new site that meets the growing needs of children, families, and the larger community.

$10,000 to Rowan Helping Ministries to support initiative to prevent and end homelessness in Rowan County.

$5,000 to Families First - NC to support project focused on early intervention.

$5,000 to Rowan County Literacy Council to support one-on-one adult tutoring programs.

$2,000 to Rowan County School Resource Officers (SRO) to support 8th annual Shop with a Cop event.

$2,500 to Rowan Museum to support launch of new educational program for learners of all ages.

$3,500 to Bread Riot to support free fresh produce delivery service.

$2,500 to Pregnancy Support Center to provide families in community with essential items such as diapers and wipes.

$3,500 to Rowan Public Library to support digitization of the entire Salisbury Post morgue to ensure its preservation and organization.

$5,000 to Rowan-Cabarrus YMCA to support effort to enrich the common good and make life better for individuals/families/communities.

$5,000 to Saving Grace Farm to provide Therapeutic Riding and Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy to children and adults with special needs, mental health issues, and histories of trauma.

$10,000 to Terrie Hess Child Advocacy Center to provide critical medical services to abused children.

$8,000 to Waterworks to support ongoing and developing Spring/Summer 2023 exhibition, educational and outreach program opportunities.

$8,000 to Rowan County Crosby Scholars Community Partnership to assist in Crosby Scholar participation in Academy.

$2,500 to Autism Society of North Carolina to assist in connecting families to autism resources that are tailored to their unique situations.

$5,600 to Girls on the Run to support transportation effort for girls and their family members from their school/community site to the 5K site.

$5,000 to Rowan County United Way to support annual campaign that improves individuals' and families' lives by making a positive impact in the community.

$5,000 to Hood Theological Seminary to support annual event that brings awareness to child poverty and abuse, domestic violence, and breast cancer.

$5,000 to Project Light Rowan to support a program that goes into the heart of our community through schools, civic groups, and churches to spread the awareness of this vile injustice.

$5,000 to Rowan Economic Development Commission to support jobs board and promote the jobs available with existing and new industries in Rowan County.

$5,000 to Cleveland Community Vol. Fire Department to support restoration of Mobile Fire Safety Trailer.

$8,000 to Happy Roots to assist in providing resources, instruction, and support for Rowan County school and community gardens.

$7,500 to Horizons Unlimited / Woodson Planetarium to support the Margaret C. Woodson Planetarium’s AV transformation.

$10,000 to Capstone Recovery Center to provide treatment program related materials.

$10,000 to Main Street Mission to assist in finding healthy social support, educational opportunities, and access to resources for participants.

$5,000 to Rowan County Family Court to assist in commission of mural in Courtroom 5 to create a trauma-responsive space for children and families.

$7,000 to Town of Spencer to support the Downtown Mural Program.

$3,500 to SWAGGA to provide after-school academic and empowerment activities for underachieving and underserved youth in the Rowan County area.

$2,000 to Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary to assist Camp Pawtastic and Reading to the Animals so that youth will learn proper care and respect for cats and dogs.

$7,274 to NC Transportation Museum to develop audio tours of the museum and exhibits through an app.

$3,000 to National Inventors Hall of Fame to support a week-long summer program for students in grades K-6 with curricula focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)

$7,000 to Rowan County 4-H to support the purchase of butterfly kits and 4-H curriculum to be used in Rowan County classrooms.

$5,000 to Rowan-Salisbury Schools to support two- day workshops involving racial equity in our community and the systemic roots of racism in our society.

$5,000 to The Humane Society of Rowan County to assist in providing services within the community that keep families and individuals from having to surrender their pets to a shelter.

$7,000 to The Pedal Factory to support Earn a Bike program which allows any individual to receive a bike at no cost.

$9,800 to Catawba College to support a course that helps improve intrapersonal and interpersonal skills.

$7,000 to Power Cross to provide additional wrestling training and competition equipment for further expansion of the Salisbury Wrestling program at Power Cross.

$7,000 to Essie Mae Kiser Foxx Charter School to assist with maintaining staff to support student performance and services.

$5,000 to Young Life of Rowan County to support an adult training program focused on the community of students and young adults with disabilities.

$4,000 to Happy's Farm, Inc. to support a program that enhances youth literacy skills by reading to the farm’s animals and interacting with them.

$5,000 to NC Museum of Dolls, Toys & Miniatures to assist in providing handheld audio recorders as part of visitor's tour experience.

$2,000 to Tindal Touched Incorporated to assist 20 middle/high school students with fees for tutoring services in math and reading.

$1,500 to Right Brain 2 to support The ( I Win) Art of Literacy program in creating a safe environment that uses the arts to assist students with increasing their literacy skills.