December 17, 2024
Greenville, NC - AgCarolina Farm Credit announces $50,000 in grants have been awarded to sixteen organizations positively impacting 22 North Carolina counties through its corporate-giving program. The grants will aid recipients in carrying out programs specifically benefiting farmers and rural residents in central, eastern and southeastern North Carolina.
Grant funds up to $5,000 per organization were awarded, at a reception held at The Cotton Barn in Winterville, NC, in one of the four focus areas of Education, Environment, Technology, or Quality of Rural Life to the following organizations:
• Apex Friendship FFA Alumni & Supporters Booster in Wake County
• Ayden Grifton High School FFA in Pitt County
• Ayden Grifton Interact Club in Pitt County
• Carolina Township Volunteer Fire Department serving Beaufort, Martin, and Pitt Counties
• Coharie Indian Education in Sampson County
• Farmville Central FFA in Pitt County
• Hertford Grammar School in Perquimans County
• Inter-County Volunteer Fire Department serving Pasquotank and Perquimans Counties
• Perquimans County School Foundation serving Perquimans County
• Sleep in Heavenly Peace serving Beaufort and Martin Counties
• Snow Hill Rural Fire Department in Greene County
• Suds of Love serving Bladen, Columbus, Hoke, Robeson and Scotland Counties
• Terra Ceia Christian School in Beaufort County
• The Veterans Farm of NC serving North Carolina veterans
• Trenton Volunteer Fire Department serving Jones County
• Wayne County Cooperative Extension serving Wayne County
AgCarolina Chief Executive Officer, Evan Kleinhans, states, “The AgCarolina corporate giving fund has awarded over $640,000 in grant funds to benefit the rural and agricultural communities of our North Carolina service area since 2005. AgCarolina is committed to partnering with organizations to enhance the quality of life and opportunities for rural residents of North Carolina.”
The application period for 2025 grants opens as of March 1, 2025.