The Be the Change Grant supports organizations in Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, and McDowell counties that serve vulnerable individuals and children in Western North Carolina. Please stay tuned for information on the 2025 grant process. 

2024 Grant Recipients: In 2024, the Be the Change Grant Giving Program provided ten $1,000 grants to Literacy Together, Mercy Mountain Foundation, Project Dignity, Transformation Village, Read to Succeed, Verner Center for Early Learning, Hope Chest for Women, Horizons at Carolina Day School, Irene Wortham Center, Hospice of Henderson County (Four Seasons) 

2023 Grant Recipients: Eblen Charities, HARK, Loving Food Resources, Pisgah Legal Services, Project Dignity, Western Carolina Rescue Ministry, Youth OUTright, and YWCA of Asheville.

2022 Grant Recipients: Babies Need Bottoms, Helpmate, Loving Food Resources, Project Dignity WNC, and Read 2 Succeed.   

2021 Grant Recipients: Western Carolina Rescue Ministries, Project Dignity, Helpmate, Babies Need Bottoms, and Homeward Bound.