Your Community, Your Impact: $70K in OBCF Grants Boost Local Nonprofits

The Outer Banks Community Foundation (OBCF) strives to empower local nonprofits and drive meaningful change in the community, which is why they recently awarded $70,753 in Community Enrichment Grants to 10 local nonprofits across the Outer Banks. 

OBCF 101-8 – How Everyone Can Support Our Local Nonprofits

Last week we talked about how OBCF can help your nonprofit, and this week for OBCF 101-8 we are taking it one step further to explain how everyone can support our local nonprofits through their endowment funds.

OBCF 101-7- How can OBCF help my nonprofit?

How can OBCF help your nonprofit? Let's count the ways with OBCF 101-7.  

Lean on Us: Five Reasons to Call the Outer Banks Community Foundation

In times like these—when both the economy and policy landscape feel unpredictable—it’s more important than ever to have trusted partners in your corner. That’s where we come in. At the Outer Banks Community Foundation, we’re here to help you give back in ways that are smart, meaningful, and impactful—both for your family and for our unique Outer Banks community.

Community Foundation Intern Reflects On A Summer Well Spent

Interning is not like what you see in the movies -  you are not going out on coffee runs and taking out trash at the Outer Banks Community Foundation. 

OBCF 101-6: Do I have to be wealthy to work with OBCF?

As we work toward connecting with people from all demographics, we have learned that there is a common misconception that you have to be wealthy to work with the Outer Banks Community Foundation. Today, we are here to tell you that, first and foremost, the Outer Banks Community Foundation is for everyone. And, you absolutely do not have to be wealthy to work with us. 

Roanoke Island Presbyterian Church Awarded Community Foundation’s Inaugural Focus Grant For Workforce Housing Project

Housing touches nearly every part of our community—schools, public safety, healthcare, and more—and it is no secret that there is a shortage of workforce housing in Dare County. When a group of concerned citizens at Roanoke Island Presbyterian Church (RIPC) learned about the Focus Grant they saw an opportunity for a housing project idea that they were already working on.

Help Us Be Prepared – Join The Trusted Partner Program

While Hurricane Erin stayed just far enough offshore for the Outer Banks to avoid major destruction, we wanted to let you know that the Outer Banks Community Foundation remains prepared to initiate immediate disaster recovery fundraising.

OBCF 101-5: What’s The David Stick Legacy Society?

Have you heard of the David Stick Legacy Society? If not, you're in luck because this week for OBCF 101-5 we are going to tell you what The Legacy Society is, who is a part of it, and how you can join.

Blue Zones Boards Fund Established By 2025 First Flight High School Valedictorian

Before he graduated as the valedictorian from First Flight High School and picked his freshman year classes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Emerson Mann found himself as the leader of perhaps the most unique fund ever established through the Outer Banks Community Foundation.