$10,000 Grant Awarded from SAGA Donor-Advised Fund to Water’s Edge Village School in Corolla

“It is a privilege to invest in the lives and education of local children by offering a donation toward the expansion of the new academic building...

NC Symphony Music Grant for Dare Students

Our grant to the NC Symphony Society provided Dare County students with their first orchestral performance since COVID....

Community Foundation Awards $80,948 in Grants to Four Nonprofits

Second quarter Community Enrichment grants to four nonprofits fund performing arts, addiction treatment services, summer camp tuition for children...

Pauline Wright Endowment for Currituck Animal Shelter Helps 60 Dogs Rescued In Moyock

It was the largest seizure in the shelter’s history. Many of the animals were malnourished, neglected, and in desperate need of medical attention...

Local Philanthropist Establishes Endowments for Scholarships, Housing

Two new endowed funds that will support Outer Banks students and workers have been established by Nags Head realtor and philanthropist Karen DelVacchio...

OBX History Weekend: Searchers for New Horizons

“The primary strength of the symposium was the roster of pre-eminent presenters whose recent research, new discoveries, and challenging questions excited attendees,” said lebame...

Community Foundation Awards $191,100 in Scholarships

The Outer Banks Community Foundation awarded $191,100 in 76 scholarships to 56 students this spring, in a year of firsts for the Community Foundation’s expanding scholarship program...

VRMA Stewart Couch Golf Tournament Grows Memorial Scholarship Fund

Doug Brindley recently delivered an $8,000 contribution to the Community Foundation from VRMA for the R. Stewart Couch Scholarship Fund...

Cape Hatteras Secondary School Seniors Awarded $26,800 in Scholarships

Eleven 2022 scholarship awards for eight students totals $20,400; four renewable scholarships mean these students might realize $56,400 ...

$1,000 Scholarship Won by Sydney Guns at After Prom OBX

At this year's After Prom, First Flight High School senior Sydney Guns walked away with a $1,000 scholarship to help her with her studies at Elon University, where she plans to learn much more about music and theater performance...