Affiliate Funds
Black Mountain - Swannanoa Valley Endowment Fund Cashiers Community Fund The Fund For Haywood County Highlands Community Fund The McDowell Endowment The Fund for Mitchell County Rutherford County Endowment Transylvania Endowment The Yancey Fund
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Black Mountain - Swannanoa Valley Endowment Fund Cashiers Community Fund The Fund For Haywood County Highlands Community Fund The McDowell Endowment The Fund for Mitchell County Rutherford County Endowment Transylvania Endowment The Yancey Fund
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Meet Dick Wilkins

Dick Wilkins' family worked with The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina for more than twenty years. When his wife passed away in 2013, Martha, he and his children - Tim, Chris and Robin - wanted to honor her memory. With CFWNC’s help, they created the Martha Baker Wilkins Family Memorial Fund, an endowment that will forever support the church Martha loved so much – St. Francis Episcopal Church in Rutherfordton. CFWNC is honored to steward this generous gift.

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How to Donate

Donate online or send a check made out to "CFWNC" with "Rutherford County Endowment" in the memo line to the address below. (Please note that checks not made out to CFWNC may be returned.)

Or mail a check to:

CFWNC
4 Vanderbilt Park Square, Ste. 300
Asheville, NC 28803
Memo: Rutherford County Endowment

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Pisgah Legal Services received $8,000 to provide free civil legal assistance and advocacy to low-income survivors of domestic violence and child abuse. Photo courtesy of Pisgah Legal Services.

Since 1996, the Rutherford County Endowment, in partnership with The Community Foundation, has awarded 262 grants totaling $1,841,523.

Thanks to Our Donors (7/1/2023 - 06/30/2024)

  • Mr. Mel Bunch
  • Mr. John Condrey
  • Mrs. Martha DeBrule
  • Mr. and Mrs. Bill Deviney
  • Mr. Scott Doelinger
  • Mr. and Mrs. David Y. Eaker
  • AC and Kathryn Tanner George
  • Kathryn Tanner George
  • Mr. and Ms. Henry Giles
  • Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Holland
  • Mrs. Katy Hunt
  • Drs. Matthew and Sumy Joseph
  • Mr. Scott Kelly
  • Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Kernodle
  • Mrs. Shirley Koone
  • Mrs. Dianne D. Lambert
  • Dr. and Mrs. Scott Lawrence
  • Mr. and Mrs. James T. Miller, Jr.
  • Dennis and Tina Tarlton
  • Mr. Audie Thompson
  • Dr. and Mrs. John Tolhurst
  • Dr. and Mrs. Jim Van Jura
  • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wood
  • Mrs. Michelle M. Yelton

Contact Melissa Edgington

Get in touch with Melissa for more information about the Foundation’s Affiliate Program.

Email Melissa