Community Foundation Announces Matching Fund Challenge

The Outer Banks Community Foundation has announced a new “Matching Fund Challenge” to help local nonprofits build and grow permanent endowments. Nonprofits can sign up as early as Monday, February 20. For more information, read our Press Release and FAQs, or click here for more information...

Annual Meeting 2017!

The Annual Meeting of the Outer Banks Community Foundation will be held at 11:30 am on Thursday, February 16 at the Ramada in Kill Devil Hills...

Twiddy & Company Realtors Makes $2,000 Scholarship Donation!

Twiddy & Company Realtors contributed $2,000 to the Outer Banks Community Foundation’s Milton A. Jewell Trade and Technical Scholarship Fund with the express purpose of providing scholarships...

OBX Relief Foundation Creates New Fund Honoring the Late Warren Judge

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...

Manteo Rotary Starts New Scholarship Fund with OBCF

The Manteo Rotary Club has created a new, perpetual scholarship endowment with the Outer Banks Community Foundation to provide academic assistance to Dare County students for generations to come...

Wayne Fulcher Arts Scholarship Fund Created

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...

OBCF Awards $660,000 in 2016, Raising Funds to Do More in 2017

Ending another record-breaking year, the Outer Banks Community Foundation announced over $81,000 in grants earlier this month. Over a dozen local nonprofits received support, benefiting every type of charitable cause, from education to historic preservation, to helping the homeless, the sick, and the disabled...

OBCF Thanks Donors to the Disaster Relief Fund

The Outer Banks Community Foundation sends a heart-felt thank you to ALL of our donors to the Disaster Relief Fund, and especially to those businesses, individuals, families, and organizations that have contributed leading gifts, including the Outer Banks Seafood Festival, the Ramada Plaza Hotel, and the Hilton Garden Inn...
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

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....

Donate Today to Help Victims of Matthew

The Outer Banks Community Foundation is now accepting donations to the Disaster Relief Fund to support relief and recovery efforts after Hurricane Matthew. All contributions are tax-deductible, and 100% of all donations will be used to directly assist individuals and families in need in Dare County. CLICK HERE TO DONATE.
The Martin Smith Fund benefits Dare CASA supporting recovering addicts.

The Martin Smith Fund: More Than A Name

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

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...

Beach Food Pantry Establishes Endowment to Feed Dare County Forever

The Beach Food Pantry has established a new charitable endowment with the Outer Banks Community Foundation to fight hunger in Dare County...

Community Foundation Awards $150,000 in Grants

Earlier this summer and fall, the Outer Banks Community Foundation awarded more than $150,000 in grants to over 35 local nonprofits. The grants will assist with a wide range of community efforts, from food assistance to special needs programs, public safety to animal welfare, educational efforts to athletic programs for youth...

Community Foundation Announces Another Free Workshop for Nonprofits

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Dowdy & Osborne, LLP, the Community Foundation is offering a free seminar on Financial Management for Nonprofits on Friday, October 21 at the UNC Coastal Studies Institute. Click here to register...

OBCF Executive Director Joins Leadership Council of ZSR Foundation

The executive director of the Outer Banks Community Foundation has been appointed to the Community Leadership Council of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, an 80-year-old private foundation based in Winston-Salem, NC...