Grants That Make a Difference
Profiles in this archive may become incorrect over time.
"Grants that Make a Difference" highlights grants given to Southeastern organizations that have helped make a difference in people's lives. Getting the grant is only the beginning of the story. At least once a month, "Grants That Make a Difference" will profile these important grants and what their recipients are doing with them.
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Foundation has announced that it will provide $10 million over the next five years to strengthen and expand the
state's network of free clinics and pharmacies that serve the uninsured and underinsured.
The grant will be distributed by the North Carolina
Association of Free Clinics, which supports the state's fifty-seven free clinics and pharmacies through advocacy,
research, public relations, training, and technical assistance. The association projects that the funding will allow the
facilities to provide $150 million worth of health services, including 750,000 prescriptions, to more than three hundred
thousand uninsured patients annually by 2009. In 2002, the clinics provided $60 million in free health care to more than
125,000 patients, dispensing more than 350,000 prescriptions. In addition to adding services at existing clinics and
pharmacies, the grant will provide startup funding for twenty-eight new facilities. For more information about the North
Carolina Association of Free Clinics, see our
Spotlight On... feature for this month.
"Providing health care for the uninsured is crucial to the well-being of North Carolina, and it is central to the
mission of the BCBSNC Foundation," said foundation president and chairman Bob Greczyn. "This partnership will help free
clinics expand their scope statewide, providing quality health care to tens of thousands of North Carolinians."
Grantmaker Contact Information:
Grantmaker Name: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation
Address: P.O. Box 2291, Durham, NC 27702
Phone: 919-765-4104
Contact: Grant Review Committee
URL: www.bcbsnc.com/foundation
The selection of organizations for the "Grants that Make a Difference" is based on criteria such as programmatic interests, geographic focus, and size of funding programs to ensure the broadest possible representation of the region's nonprofit sector.
If you'd like to see support for your organization featured in "Grants that Make a Difference," e-mail a detailed description of the grant, including the name and contact information of the funder and of your organization, the amount given, and how the grant made a difference. For your convenience, we have provided a template to follow. We welcome press releases in addition to, or as a substitute for, the information in the template.
Email the description or press release to atweb@fcncenter.org, with "Grants that Make a Difference" in the subject line.
Recipient Name:
Project Name:
Organization Mission and how it relates to the project:
Beneficiaries or Community Impact:
Funding Partner(s): (Grantmaker Names)
Grant Amount:
Recipient Contact: Name, Address, Phone, Fax, E-mail, URL
Grantmaker Contact: Name, Address, Phone, Fax, E-mail, URL
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