RALEIGH, N.C. – The Coastal Credit Union Foundation has awarded $310,500 to 20 nonprofits in North Carolina during its Q1 2026 grant cycle. This quarter’s grant recipients reflect a broad range of impact areas, including food security, financial education, workforce development, housing and community services, and youth and family support, all core priorities of the Foundation’s mission.
“Each year, the Foundation invests in programs that improve the lives of individuals and families, and the need continues to grow,” said Emily Nail, Executive Director of the Foundation. “In the first grant cycle of 2026 alone, nonprofit organizations submitted more than $800,000 in funding requests highlighting the significant challenges facing communities across the region.”
The Q1 grants represent the Foundation’s ongoing commitment to empowering nonprofit partners who are working every day to build stronger communities, and include:
- Beacon Rescue Mission
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Durham and Orange Counties
- The Carying Place
- Community Empowerment Fund
- Connecting Community
- Cristo Rey Research Triangle High School
- Dunn United Ministerial Association
- Habitat for Humanity of Harnett County
- Habitat for Humanity of the Sanford Area, NC
- Haven House Services
- Learning Together
- Nate McMillan Foundation
- The No Woman, No Girl Initiative
- Raleigh City Farm, Inc.
- The Raleigh Music Collective
- Sleep in Heavenly Peace
- Ripe For Revival
- Triangle South Literacy Works
- Wake Education Partnership (WakeEd Partnership)
- 100 Who Give
