The Covington Foundation Selected Grantees

Approved Grants 2007

Archaeological Conservancy - Frederick, MD - A $10,000 grant to support the Contentnea Creek
Archaeological Site in Wilson, NC;

Friends of Woodlawn, Inc. - Mebane, NC - A $10,000 challenge grant to support the restoration of Woodlawn School;

Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art - Greensboro, NC - A grant of $5,000 to support the
exhibit North Carolina Portraits;

Lincoln County Historical Association - Lincolnton, NC - A $10,000 grant to support the Eureka Mill Conditions Assessment;

North Carolina Pottery Center - Seagrove, NC - A grant of $5,000 to support the exhibit Contemporary Pottery from North Carolina's American Indian Communities;

North Warren High School Alumni Association & Friends - Norlina, NC - A three to one challenge
grant for $20,000 to be raised in one year to support roof repair on the Rosenwald training building;

Old Salem Museum and Gardens - Winston-Salem, NC - A grant of $60,000 over two years to support the Stockburger Farm Project;

Penland School of Crafts - Penland, NC - A grant of $15,000 to support renovation of the Farm House;

Preservation Greensboro, Inc. - Greensboro, NC - A grant of $5,000 to support restoration maintenance and ADA accessibility for the rear façade of Blandwood

Preservation North Carolina & UNCG - Raleigh, NC - A grant of $297,000 to be paid over five years for a statewide preservation website and education program;

Randolph County Partnership for Children - Asheboro, NC - A grant of $10,000 to support the preservation efforts on the Hayworth House;

Roanoke River Partners, Inc. - Windsor, NC - A $15,000 grant to support the rehabilitation of the Rosenwald School in Hamilton, NC;

Rockford Preservation Society, Inc. - Dobson, NC - A $5,000 challenge grant to support renovation of the York Tavern;

Scotland County Historic Properties Commission - Laurinburg, NC - A $5,000 grant to support preservation of the Shaw Log Cabin;

Tryon Palace Council of Friends - New Bern, NC - A grant of $9,800 to support the 2008 exhibit concerning three hundred years of eastern North Carolina's natural history;

UNCG Human Environmental Sciences Foundation - Greensboro, NC - A $5,000 grant to support Close to Home: Edward Loewenstein & Greensboro Modernism;

Waxhaw Woman's Club - Waxhaw, NC - A $15,000 challenge grant to support the restoration of the Belk Building.