Donor Stories - Outer Banks Community Foundation

Learn how others have made an impact through their acts of giving

Dare County Boat Builders Establish Two Funds with Community Foundation

May 30, 2017

It started in 2003, when the marine community learned that a good friend and colleague on the Outer Banks faced a very serious illness. Taylor Harrison, a talented and respected boat builder...

Schiffman Fund Will Help Our “Favorite Non-Human Locals”

April 28, 2017

It’s possible you might recognize the name Lila Schiffman, or you might know her by her popular moniker, “The Squirrel Lady"...

OBX Relief Foundation Creates New Fund Honoring the Late Warren Judge

January 8, 2017

In partnership with the Community Foundation, the Outer Banks Relief Foundation has created a new endowment fund in memory of Warren Judge to assist citizens in our community who face debilitating illness, disease, or personal tragedy...

Wayne Fulcher Arts Scholarship Fund Created

December 27, 2016

Wayne Fulcher, former “Artist in Residence” at the Indian Town Gallery, now has a scholarship in his memory and bearing his name. The Community Foundation is proud to partner with Indian Town Gallery in holding the endowment fund for the new scholarship, which will be administered by the Dare County Arts Council...

Naomi Hester (center) with family members and board members of the Outer Banks Community Foundation Board at the establishment of a fund in her name.

Hester Family Fund Perpetuates a Tradition of Giving

November 30, 2016

Naomi Collins Hester did more than make a difference. She left a legacy. Whether it was by founding the Monday Night Alive program, educating as a Sunday School teacher, or volunteering....

The Martin Smith Fund benefits Dare CASA supporting recovering addicts.

The Martin Smith Fund: More Than A Name

October 7, 2016

A young person from a caring family is fun-loving, friendly, and hard-working. But somehow, the young person begins to experiment with drugs, and begins to abuse...

Graduate Kaitlynne Ludolph poses with Cindy Edwards and Colleen Shriver at Manteo High’s scholarship awards night after receiving an Outer Banks Association of Realtors Scholarship. Photo courtesy of the Outer Banks Community Foundation.

Outer Banks Realtors Help Local Students Realize Dreams

October 3, 2016

When Macy Quidley applied for college earlier this year, she wasn’t sure how she would pay for it. That was, at least, until she received help from the Outer Banks Association of Realtors...

New Fund for Hatteras Island Will Help Local Charities

February 25, 2016

A local family has established a new, perpetual charitable fund at the Outer Banks Community Foundation to aid benevolent projects and help meet urgent needs on Hatteras Island for generations to come...

Local Couple Establishes Charitable Endowment in Memory of their Mothers

December 31, 2015

Ron and Tiney Curtis have a tradition. Whenever a family member, neighbor, or friend falls upon hard times, they slip that person an envelope...

Frank Tate Fund Established for the Manteo High School Band

September 11, 2015

The Manteo High School Band is getting new help next year, in memory of a young clarinetist whose life was enriched by his band experience...

Fred Murray Fund to Help Families with Cancer

September 5, 2015

Fred Murray’s legacy of kindness has been memorialized in a new charitable endowment. Established by his family with the Outer Banks Community Foundation, the Fred Murray Memorial Fund will serve as a perpetual funding source to help people from the Outer Banks who are struggling with cancer...