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Who got what? City Council OKs $524,668 for nonprofits

By Lightning Reports, Published: July 9, 2022

The Hendersonville City Council on Thursday appropriated $524,668 to nonprofit agencies and organizations to support children’s programs, the environment, the arts, sports and entertainment and other services.

Thirty agencies asked for $340,900 and received $125,150. The amounts authorized were created by averaging the numbers each of the five council members recommended for each request. Partially funded grant requests and amounts awarded were:
• Arts Council of Henderson County Inc. $5,000, $2,700
• Blue Ridge Literacy Council, $5,000, $2,900
• Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County, $20,000, $9,050
• BRCC Educational Foundation Inc., $3,500, $2,700
• Flat Rock Playhouse (Vagabond School), $14,000, $3,000
• Henderson County Education Foundation, $3,500, $1,700
• Henderson County NAACP - CDL Training, $7,500, $2,600
• Henderson County NAACP - Medical Training, $5,000, $2,500
• Hendersonville Community Theatre, $85,500, $1,800
• Hendersonville Shuffleboard Club, $1,200, $580
• Hendersonville Symphony - Second Series, $3,000, $400
• Hendersonville Symphony - Youth Education, $5,000, $1,600
• Mineral & Lapidary Museum, $10,000, $1,300
• Team ECCO, $3,500, $1,020
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, $10,000, $9,100
• Blue Ridge Humane, $8,000, $5,600
• Children & Family Resource Center, $10,000, $7,500
• Henderson County Council on Aging, $4,700, $4,220
• Henderson County Young Leaders (Camplify), $3,500, $3,100
• Interfaith Assistance Ministry, rent assistance, $40,000, $15,700
• Medical Loan Closet of Henderson County, $3,500, $2,600
• Pisgah Legal Services, domestic violence, $5,000, $4,600
• Pisgah Legal Services, homeless prevention, $5,000, $3,800
• Safelight Inc., $20,000, $13,830
• St. Gerard House, $8,000, $5,600
• The Mediation Center, $1,500, $1,400
• Thrive, $15,000, $8,450
• True Ridge, $10,000, $5,800

Fully funded requests, which totaled $399,518, included:

• Agribusiness Henderson County (AgHC), $5,000
• Hands On! A Child’s Gallery, $42,000
• Henderson County Economic Investment Fund, $50,000
• Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development, $20,000
• Henderson County Planning Department, $166,018
• Henderson County Rescue Squad, $15,000
• Interfaith Assistance Ministry, $30,000
• Merchant’s and Business Association, $1,500
• Mills River Partnership, $70,000