Upper Cumberland Community Foundation awards over $15k in grants to local nonprofit organizations

The Upper Cumberland Community Foundation (UCCF) announced recently the success of their third grant cycle, awarding $15,600 to local organizations operating within the Upper Cumberland region of Bell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, and Whitley Counties.

The Upper Cumberland Community Foundation recently presented $1,200 to three Whitley County non profits. Left to Right: Kathy Lay, Ben Prewitt, Beth Davis (UCCF Board Member), Andrew Modica, Susan Jett, Rich Prewitt (UCCF Board Member), Stacy Modica, and Erica Person.

Receiving $1,200 matching grants are the Whitley County Health Department’s Community Gardening Program, the Whitley County Farmers Market Kentucky Double Dollars Market Program, and the Emergency Christian Ministries Homeless Shelter.

“UCCF receives more applications than it can fund, which really challenges the grantmaking committee. They chose these three nonprofits because each organization met the foundation’s mission of serving our most vulnerable people. Each are big enough to make the matching requirements yet small enough that $1,200 will make a huge difference,” said Claudia Greenwood, Chair of the Grantmaking Committee.

Receiving $1,500 matching grants are First Baptist Church Corbin’s White Flag Relief Ministry; KCEOC’s Elderly Food Insecurity Project and the Corbin Public Library’s Summer Reading 2022: Oceans of Possibilities; Red Bird Christian School for STEM education; Middlesboro Main Street’s benevolent activities; Stay in Clay Land of Swinging Bridges Project; Volunteers of America Mid-States’ Freedom House; and Laurel County Agency for Substance Abuse Policy’s Family Matters Project.

The Upper Cumberland Community Foundation is a leading and trusted community foundation which has raised and distributed over $26,000 in grants since its inception in 2018. Upper Cumberland’s mission is to empower the people with a heart for Bell, Clay, Laurel, Knox, and Whitley counties to enhance the quality of life for future generations. This organization is an affiliate of the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky.

If you’d like to donate to the Upper Cumberland Community Foundation, please visit  www.appalachianky.org or mail a contribution to Upper Cumberland Community Foundation, PO Box 1381 London KY, 40743.