Donors to Smart Start

As a public-private partnership, Smart Start relies on support from state government and contributions from businesses, foundations, and individuals. Since 1995, Smart Start has leveraged more than $200 million in support of young children and families in North Carolina. Investors know that the best investment they can make in our state is a commitment to the lives of our youngest citizens.

As Smart Start moves forward in this new millennium, we thank those who have contributed to Smart Start and urge others to invest in the future of our children and our great state.

$4+ Million
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Wachovia Foundation

$2+ Million
The Atlantic Philanthropies
Bank of America
David and Lucile Packard Foundation

$1+ Million
AT&T
BB&T
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Carnegie Corporation
Duke Endowment
Duke Energy
Food Lion
GlaxoSmithKline
IBM
Progress Energy Carolina's, Inc.

$500,000 +
Bernhardt Industries
Cape Fear Memorial Foundation
Guilford Mills

Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
Triad Foundation
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

$200,000 +
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
The Cannon Foundation, Inc.
A. J. Fletcher Foundation
Jefferson Pilot
Kaplan Early Learning Company
Lowe's Companies
RBC Centura
Rosie's For All Kids Foundation
Sara Lee
State Employees Combined Campaign
Surdna Foundation
United Way of Central Carolinas, Inc.
Weyerhaeuser Corporation

$100,000 +
BellSouth Foundation
Blumenthal Foundation
Broyhill Foundation
Consolidated Diesel
Ford Foundation
Janirve Foundation
Effie Allen Little Foundation
United Way Success By 6
Winston-Salem Foundation

$50,000 +
Albemarle Hospital
Anonymous donor in Wayne County
Catawba College
CBC/WRAL Community Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation
First Union - Liberty Forsyth Memorial Foundation
Hurley Foundation
Nortel Networks
Rajan Shamdasani
Roanoke-Chowan Foundation
Shelton Foundation
Sprint
Triangle Community Foundation
Volvo Group North America
Weaver Foundation

$25,000 +
Anonymous individual donor in Madison County
Burlington Industries
Central United Methodist Church
Cone Mills
Danforth Foundation
GMAC Insurance
Hanes Foundation
F.B. Heron Foundation
Junior League of Raleigh
Laura and David Lisle
Maersk Sealand
McClean Foundation
Mebane Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Piedmont Cheerwine Bottling Co.
Polk Community Foundation
Salisbury Community Foundation
Schindler Companies Ltd.
Sisters of Mercy of NC Foundation, Inc.

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