Economic stability allows individuals and families access to necessities like food, housing, and healthcare, which are crucial for their overall well-being. Conversely, economic instability can lead to food insecurity, housing instability, and limited access to healthcare, ultimately impacting physical and mental health.
Those facing barriers to economic stability often find themselves asking:
Our work to remove barriers to economic stability includes investment in these organizations:
First United Methodist Church, Murphy
$12,500
Nourish Our Neighbors
To support the organization’s work to distribute food to area SNAP enrollees and others facing food insecurity following the extended federal government shutdown in late 2025.
$25,000
Advantage Andrews
Through a partnership with Duke Energy Foundation, we offered an Advantage Andrews Downtown Revitalization grant to business owners to support their recovery efforts after the COVID pandemic.
$22,500
To provide community food sites funding to purchase local farm products that meet the needs of their programs; then, to support the increased need caused by the September 2024 natural disaster.
$10,000
Needs Immediately Met Initiative
To purchase food boxes and milk to address hunger in the community; to provide Internet as a community hotspot; and to repair the facility’s ceiling to ensure long-term service to the community.
$25,000
To support the increased food needs of clients after the September 2024 natural disaster. To distribute food to area SNAP enrollees and others facing food insecurity following the extended federal government shutdown in late 2025.
$52,500
To support the organization’s work to provide food to homebound seniors. To distribute food to area SNAP enrollees and others facing food insecurity following the extended federal government shutdown in late 2025.
Clay County Senior Center
$5,000
Senior Meal Expansion
To support the organization’s work to provide food to homebound seniors.
$25,000
To support the organization’s increased needs for food delivery after the September 2024 natural disaster. To distribute food to area SNAP enrollees and others facing food insecurity following the extended federal government shutdown in late 2025.
$12,735
Senior Food Expansion
To support the senior center’s work to expand food delivery to homebound seniors.
$8,000
Nourish Our Neighbors
To support the organization’s work to distribute food to area SNAP enrollees and others facing food insecurity following the extended federal government shutdown in late 2025.
$10,000
Needs Immediately Met Initiative
To support expanded hours for their cook to meet the increased need related to hunger in Swain County.
$5,000
Needs Immediately Met Initiative
To support their work to meet an increased need for food delivery.
$12,500
To support their need to meet an increased need for food delivery.
Graham County Senior Center
$9,000
Senior Meal Expansion
To support the senior center’s work to expand food delivery to homebound seniors.
$50,000
Collaborative Health Innovation Program
To address hunger through education and growing nutritious foods with an emphasis on the elderly.
$40,000
Needs Immediately Met Initiative
To address housing needs in Jackson County.
$12,500
Hurricane Helene Relief
To address an increased need for food delivery after the September 2024 natural disaster.
$36,000
Youth and Young Adult Initiative
To connect at-risk youth to education, credentials, employment, housing, independent living skills, mental health, and substance abuse services to ensure their path to adulthood is as unburdened as possible.
$10,000
Needs Immediately Met Initiative
To support the expansion of International Friendship Center’s services, including bi-lingual career and professional development to meet marginalized families’ need for training and access to jobs with fair pay.
$8,989.50
To ensure the safety of meal deliveries to seniors and to increase the number of eligible clients served.
$20,000
To support the organization’s increased need for food after the September 2024 natural disaster. To distribute food to area SNAP enrollees and others facing food insecurity following the extended federal government shutdown in late 2025.
$62,500
To support the organization’s efforts to help economically vulnerable residents of Macon County. To distribute food to area SNAP enrollees and others facing food insecurity following the extended federal government shutdown in late 2025.
$40,000
Collaborative Health Innovation Program
To support food distribution for individuals and families facing food insecurities in Macon County; to identify a permanent location to host a new MANNA Community Market site in the Nantahala Community.
$40,000
Inaugural Award
To support food distribution for seniors in need.
$12,500
Support for the Jackson Neighbors in Need Program, a community-based emergency assistance fund that assists low-income residents of Jackson County.
$25,000
Refresh Dillsboro
Through a partnership with Duke Energy Foundation, we offered a Refresh Dillsboro Downtown Revitalization grant to business owners to support their recovery efforts after the COVID pandemic.
$1,175
31 Days of Giving Holiday Match Program
Economic support for low-income church members in need.
$31,517
To provide reliable transportation to low-income residents of Jackson County.
$7,800
Needs Immediately Met Initiative
To support the implementation of a WNC Farm-to-Table project.
$10,675
To install a commercial kitchen at the Swain County Senior Center, thus ensuring the staff’s ability to prepare healthy, hot meals available on-site and to expand home delivery.
$8,000
Nourish Our Neighbors
To distribute food to area SNAP enrollees and others facing food insecurity following the extended federal government shutdown in late 2025.
$10,000
Needs Immediately Met Initiative
To support the Council’s work to provide nutritious, hot meals to Swain County seniors.
$5,000
Inaugural Award
To address food insecurity for seniors.
$41,000
To support the collaborative’s work to address food insecurity via the purchase of a cargo van that will be used to transport nutritional food items from producers to low-income consumers and food pantry locations in Jackson County. To distribute food to area SNAP enrollees and others facing food insecurity following the extended federal government shutdown in late 2025.
$10,000
Nourish Our Neighbors
To distribute food to area SNAP enrollees and others facing food insecurity following the extended federal government shutdown in late 2025.
WNC Lighthouse
$10,000
Nourish Our Neighbors
To distribute food to area SNAP enrollees and others facing food insecurity following the extended federal government shutdown in late 2025.
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