INVESTORS

Our Investors

Our programming would not be possible without the support of funding partners and key stakeholders across North Carolina and beyond; we are truly grateful for their investment in our efforts. The partners below are critical to our work to provide leadership training programs, expand engagement opportunities, empower small businesses, and advocate for policy changes that improve rural communities. The list below represents donors who invested in our efforts during our 2021 fiscal year (July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021).

$1,000,000+

$500,000+

$250,000+

$100,000+

$50,000+

$25,000+

American Heart Association
American Red Cross
SECU Foundation
Smithfield Foods

$10,000+

Duke Energy
First National Bank
Jordan Lumber & Supply, Inc.
Martin Marietta
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
NC Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service
NC Electric Cooperatives

$5,000+

Blueprint NC
CloudWyze
Google Fiber
NC Farm Bureau
NC Humanities Council
Radius Capital Partners
South State Bank

The Wooten Company
Vidant Health

$2,500+

Atlantic Telephone Membership Cooperative (ATMC)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC
Carolina Complete Health
Dan Gerlach LLC
Miller School of Entrepreneurship at ECU
NC Healthcare Association
NC State Extension
NC State Industry Expansion Solutions
North Carolina’s Southeast
PNC Bank
SkyLine/SkyBest
Western Women’s Business Center

$1,000+

Alan Rice

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Carolina Farm Credit
Chris Parrish
Durwood Stephenson
ElectriCities of NC
Mark Molitor
Mighty River
Miles Stocker
NC Community Colleges Foundation
Nelle Hotchkiss
Patrick Woodie
Phil Marion
PhRMA and Randolph Cloud & Associates
Prospera USA
Randolph Communications
Samuel Hunter
Self-Help Credit Union
Star Communications
The Industrial Commons
Thomas Entrepreneurship Hub @ UNC
United Healthcare
William McNeil

$500+

Debbie Hamrick
Eastern Carolina Broadband
First Horizon Foundation
John Coggin
Joseph Stanley
Mt. Olive Pickle
Principled Technologies
Sara Chester

$250+

Andy Anderson
Benjamin Knight
Brian Crutchfield
Dennis Tracz
Five Points Capital
Jennifer Tolle Whiteside
Jenny Grant
José Alvarez
Juvencio Rocha-Peralta
Lenora Jarvis-Mackey
Lige Daughtridge
Lynne Garrison
Robert Logan
Sarah Thompson

To learn more about investing in the future of rural North Carolina, please contact Jenal Austin, Director of Strategic Partnerships, [email protected].