Parsec Prize
Past Parsec Prize Winners
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- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- Manna Foodbank: $30,000
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina: $30,000
- CFP Board: $25,000
- Meals on Wheels of Asheville & Buncombe: $20,000
- Friendship Trays / Loaves & Fishes: $20,000
- OUTREACH: $15,000
- Second Harvest Food Bank of NW NC: $15,000
- Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC: $15,000
- Western Carolina Rescue Ministries: $10,000
- Loving Food Resources: $10,000
- Buncombe Country Schools Family Resource Center: $10,000
- OnTrack Financial Education: $25,000 (year 4 of 4-year grant)
- Bookmarks: $20,000
- Read Charlotte: $20,000
- YMCA of Greater Charlotte Y Readers program: $20,000
- Literacy Council of Buncombe County: $15,000
- Appalachian Wildlife Refuge: $10,000
- Asheville Museum of Science: $10,000
- Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County: $10,000
- Children First: $10,000
- KidSenses Inc.: $10,000
- Moore County Literacy Council: $10,000
- Music Works: $10,000
- St. Gerard House: $10,000
- Serve to Lead: $10,000
- Smart Start Transylvania: $10,000
• OnTrack Financial Education & Counseling: $25,000 (year 3 of 4-year grant)
• Susan G. Komen Charlotte: $25,000
• Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity: $20,000
• Asheville Art Museum: $20,000
• Food Connection: $20,000
• Senior Services: $20,000
• Working Wheels: $20,000
• Arts Council of Moore County: $15,000
• Conserving Carolina: $15,000
• OnTrack Financial Education & Counseling: $25,000 (year 2 of 4-year grant)
• Helpmate: $20,000
• The Hope Chest For Women, Inc.: $10,000
• Rotarians Against Hunger: $15,000
• Read to Succeed: $10,000
• The Center for Creative Economy: $20,000
• Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry: $15,000
• Good Fellows: $20,000
• Brookstone Schools: $20,000
• OnTrack Financial Education & Counseling: $25,000 (year 1 of 4-year grant)
• Buncombe County Guardian ad Litem
• Our Voice
• Western Carolina Rescue Ministries
• United Way’s Middle School Success Initiative
• Eliada Homes: $20,000
• Manna Food Bank: $20,000
• Buncombe County Schools Foundation: $15,000
• Sustain Charlotte: $15,000
• Colburn Earth Science Museum: $10,000
• Sleep Tight Kids: $10,000
• Tryon Historical Museum: $10,000
2015: $110,000
• Arc of Buncombe County: $20,000
• Pisgah Legal Services: $20,000
• Urban Ministry Center of Charlotte: $20,000
• Open Doors of Asheville: $15,000
• The Cindy Platt Boys and Girls Club of Transylvania County: $15,000
• Augustine Literacy Project: $10,000
• Go! Green Opportunities: $10,000
2014: $96,500
• Asheville Parks & Greenways: $14,000
• Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity: $14,000
• Homeward Bound: $14,000
• All Souls Counseling Center: $14,000
• Catawba Riverkeeper: $14,000
• Child Abuse Prevention Services: $14,000
• The Council on Aging: $12,500
2013: $80,000
• Arts for Life: $20,000
• Asheville Design Center: $20,000
• Care Partners: $20,000
• Western NC Junior Golf Association: $20,000
2012: $80,000
• Assistance League of Charlotte: $20,000
• The Mountain Area Child & Family Center: $20,000
• WNC Alliance: $20,000
• Girls on the Run of WNC & Charlotte (split prize): $20,000
2011: $80,000
• Asheville Symphony: $20,000
• Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project: $20,000
• The Boys & Girls Club (Buncombe County): $20,000
• Industries for the Blind: $20,000
2010: $72,000
• Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy & Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (shared prize): $18,000
• Manna Food Bank: $18,000
• Helpmate: $18,000
• Asheville City Schools Foundation: $18,000
2009: $56,000
• Mountain Housing Opportunities: $14,000
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters of WNC: $14,000
• A-B Tech Foundation: $14,000
• Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce: $14,000
2008: $68,000
• Asheville Green Works: $17,000
• YMCA and YWCA (split prize): $17,000
• Literacy Council of Buncombe County: $17,000
• Junior Achievement: $17,000
2007: $56,000
• Pisgah Legal Services: $14,000
• The NC Arboretum: $14,000
• The NC Center for Health & Wellness at UNCA: $14,000
• OnTrack Financial Education & Counseling: $14,000
2006: $52,000
• Habitat for Humanity: $13,000
• Eliada Homes: $13,000
• Mountain Biz Works: $13,000
• Handmade in America: $13,000
2005: $33,000
• The Health Adventure: $11,000
• Children First: $11,000
• RiverLink: $11,000