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Game Changer Grants is a grant from Carolina Hurricanes Foundation that funds 501(c)(3) nonprofits serving children's health, education, and youth hockey in North Carolina, with priority given to organizations focused on underserved populations. Game Changer Grants are awarded annually at ,000 to ,000 each and are designed to make a significant programmatic impact at the grassroots level.
A separate Future Canes Grant track supports youth hockey development across the state. Organizations must be in operation for at least three years and directly serve children in North Carolina. The 2026 application cycle runs from March 9 to April 10, 2026.
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Grants | Carolina Hurricanes Season Ticket Memberships Hurricanes Account Manager 2026-27 STM Priority List Military Discount Tickets Canes Cash Drop 50/50 Raffle Lenovo Empowering The Triangle Corporate Partner Support Grants & Grant Recipients Frequently Asked Questions 2026 grant applications will open on March 9 The Carolina Hurricanes Foundation strives to meet the health and educational needs of children, with a focus on underserved populations, and to strengthen youth hockey in our community.
The Carolina Hurricanes Foundation is pleased to support local nonprofits through grant funding. The Foundation accepts grant proposals for grants, awarded at various levels of funding. Priority for grant funding is given to nonprofits that share the Foundation's mission and focus on children's health and education.
We appreciate your interest in receiving grant funding from the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation. Please read through the guidelines and restrictions below.
To receive grant funding from the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation, organizations must: Be a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization in good standing with the Internal Revenue Service Share the mission of the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation to strive to meet the health and education needs of children with a focus on impacting underserved populations, and/or strengthening youth hockey in our community Directly serve children in the state of North Carolina with a focus on health or education Be in operation for three or more years Must be available for site visits, provide use of funds summary reports, and recognize the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation as a donor The Carolina Hurricanes Foundation's grant funding does not generally support the following: Event sponsorship or fundraisers, including but not limited to galas, awareness walks, and golf tournaments General operating costs, staff salaries, capital campaigns, endowments, or other reserve funds PTA's, booster clubs, churches, or political organizations If you have any questions or concerns about the grant process, please contact [email protected] .
The Carolina Hurricanes Foundation is committed to serving our community in which we live, work and play. The 2026 grant cycle will be open from March 9 to April 10, 2026. Please note, many organizations apply for grants each cycle, and the overall amount of funding requested far exceeds the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation's resources.
Declined applications in no way reflect the importance of an organization's mission or programming. Groups that do not receive funding are encouraged to apply again next year and find other creative ways to partner with the Carolina Hurricanes and the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation. Grants are awarded annually between $10,000 - $20,000 each.
Game Changer Grants are designed to help organizations make a significant, programmatic impact in our community. These funds are intended to assist organizations make a positive difference at the grassroots level. Organizations can only apply for grant funding at one level per grant cycle Applications will open at 9 a.
m. on March 9, 2026. An application link will be posted here.
Grants are awarded annually at various levels, based on available funds and the organization's needs. Future Canes Grants are designed to strengthen and grow youth hockey in North Carolina, ensuring that hockey is accessible for everyone. Applications will open at 9 a.
m. on March 9, 2026. An application link will be posted here.
Below is a comprehensive list of Carolina Hurricanes Foundation grant recipients.
2025 Game Changer Grant Recipients Boys and Girls Club of Wake County, Inc. Girl Scouts North Carolina Coastal Pines North East Wake Backpack Buddies Wake Education Partnership Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences GiGi's Playhouse - Raleigh, LLC The Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education The Foundation of Hope for Research & Treatment of Mental Illness Cape Fear Youth Hockey Association Carolina Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) Carolina Junior Hurricanes Hockey Association Greensboro Youth Hockey Association North Carolina Amateur Sports Triangle Youth Hockey of North Carolina Wilmington Junior Seahawks Winston-Salem Youth Hockey Association 2024 Game Changer Grant Recipients NC Down Syndrome Alliance Assistance League of the Triangle Cristo Rey Research High School Miracle League of the Triangle Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle 2024 Playoff Grant Recipients Cape Fear Youth Hockey Association Children’s Flight of Hope Diaper Bank of North Carolina Junior Achievement of Eastern North Carolina North Carolina Arts in Action The Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education 2023-24 Future Canes Grant Recipients Greensboro Youth Hockey Association Triangle Special Hockey Association Inc Triangle Youth Hockey of North Carolina Winston-Salem Youth Hockey Association 2022-23 Game Changer Grant Recipients Chatham Education Foundation Assistance League of the Triangle Spring 2021 GOAL Grant Recipients Spring 2020 GOAL Grant Recipients Spring 2020 Future Canes Grant Recipients Cape Fear Youth Hockey Association Greensboro Youth Hockey Association Triangle Special Hockey Association Triangle Youth Hockey of North Carolina Winston-Salem Youth Hockey Association Fall 2019 Game Changer Grant Recipients Assistance League of the Triangle Area Children's Home Society of North Carolina Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences The Daniel Center For Math And Science Spring 2019 GOAL Grant Recipients Spring 2019 Future Canes Grant Recipients Cape Fear Youth Hockey Association Coastal Carolina Hockey Association Greensboro Youth Hockey Association Raleigh Youth Hockey Association Triangle Special Hockey Association Triangle Youth Hockey of North Carolina Winston-Salem Youth Hockey Association Fall 2018 Game Changer Grant Recipients Durham Arts Council, Inc. Museum of Life and Science Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina, Inc. Chatham Education Foundation Frankie Lemmon School & Developmental Center The Miracle League of the Triangle Spring 2018 Game Changer Grant Recipients Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation Eastern Carolinas Muscular Dystrophy Association Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC Autism Society of North Carolina Junior Achievement of Eastern North Carolina Spring 2018 Goal Grant Recipients Spring 2018 Future Canes Grant Recipients Coastal Carolina Hockey Association Greensboro Youth Hockey Association Raleigh Youth Hockey Association Triangle Special Hockey Association Triangle Youth Hockey North Carolina Winston-Salem Youth Hockey Association Spring 2017 Game Changer Grant Recipients Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education Assistance League of the Triangle Area Orange County Rape Crisis Center The First Tee of the Triangle Wake County PTA Council and Wake Up and Read Spring 2017 Future Canes Grant Recipients Coastal Carolina Youth Hockey Association Greensboro Youth Hockey Association Triangle Special Hockey Association Raleigh Youth Hockey Association Triangle Youth Hockey Association Winston-Salem Youth Hockey Association Fall 2016 GOAL Grant Recipients East Durham Children's Initiative The Hill Center and The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Durham Spring 2016 Game Changer Grant Recipients Muscular Dystrophy Association Wake County 4-H Youth Development Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle The Hope Center at Pullen Girls on the Run of the Triangle Miracle League of the Triangle Ronald McDonald House of Durham and Wake Spring 2016 Future Canes Grant Recipients Coastal Carolina Hockey Association: Wilmington IceHawks Raleigh Youth Hockey Association: Junior Hurricanes Triangle Special Hockey Association Triangle Youth Hockey Association: Hillsborough Sharks Winston-Salem Youth Hockey Association: Winston-Salem Icehawks Fall 2015 GOAL Grant Recipients East Durham Children's Initiative The Hill Center and The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Durham Boys & Girls Club of Wake County Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina Spring 2015 Game Changer Grant Recipients Assistance League of the Triangle Museum of Life and Science Wake County 4-H Youth Development Program Autism Society of North Carolina Wake Education Partnership Children's Flight of Hope Girl Scouts - NC Coastal Pines State Games of North Carolina Spring 2015 Future Canes Grant Recipients Coastal Carolina Youth Hockey Association: Wilmington Icehawks Raleigh Youth Hockey Association: Jr. Hurricanes Triad Youth Hockey Alliance Triangle Special Hockey Association Triangle Youth Hockey Association: Hillsborough Sharks Winston- Salem Youth Hockey Association: Winston-Salem Icehawks Fall 2014 GOAL Grant Recipients East Durham Children's Initiative The Hill Center and John Avery Boys & Girls Club Boys & Girls Club of Wake County Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina Spring 2014 Game Changer Grant Recipients Museum of Life and Science Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill Urban Ministries of Wake County Junior Achievement of Eastern NC Spring 2014 Future Canes Grant Recipients Cape Fear Hockey Association Coastal Carolina Youth Hockey Association Eastern Carolina Youth Hockey Association Greensboro Youth Hockey Association NC Electric Wheelchair Hockey Association Raleigh Youth Hockey Association Triangle Special Hockey Association Triangle Youth Hockey Association Winston- Salem Youth Hockey Fall 2013 GOAL Grant Recipients Boys & Girls Club of Wake County Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina Spring 2013 Game Changer Grant Recipients Orange County Rape Crisis Center Miracle League of the Triangle Assistance League of the Triangle Area Flashes of Hope: NC Chapter Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate Autism Society of North Carolina East Durham Children's Initiative Wake Education Partnership North Carolina Amateur Sports Children's Flight of Hope Spring 2013 Future Canes Grant Recipients Cape Fear Hockey Association Raleigh Youth Hockey Association Triangle Youth Hockey of NC Winston- Salem Youth Hockey Fall 2012 GOAL Grant Recipients Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate Children's Flight of Hope East Durham Children's Initiative First Tee of the Triangle Interact - Family Violence Prevention Center Junior Achievement of Eastern NC Literacy Council of Wake Forest Loaves and Fishes Ministry Miracle League of the Triangle Medical Foundation of North Carolina Raleigh Youth Hockey Association Rocking Horse Ranch Therapeutic Riding Ronald McDonald House - Chapel Hill SEEDS (South Eastern Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces) Teach for America - Eastern NC The Daniel Center for Math and Science Triangle Community Foundation Wake Education Partnership Winston-Salem Youth Hockey Association YMCA Chapel Hill Carborro North Carolina Arts in Action First Tee of the Triangle Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood Ronald McDonald House of Durham The CORRAL Riding Academy Girl Scouts - NC Coastal Pines Tammy Lynn Center for Dev.
Disabilities Communities in Schools of Durham Triangle Youth Hockey of NC (Hillsborough) Marbles Kids Museum - Center Ice John Avery Boys and Girls Club Triangle Special Hockey Association Food Bank of Cent.
and Eastern NC Boys and Girls Clubs of Wake County Triangle United Soccer Association Communities in Schools of Wake County Durham Nativity School, Inc Ronald McDonald House - Winston-Salem A Child's Place of Charlotte Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education Assistance League of the Triangle Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate Program Boy Scouts - Occoneechee Council Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Family Violence Prevention Center of Orange County First Tee of the Triangle Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC Junior Achievement of Central NC Junior Achievement of Eastern NC Literacy Council of Wake County Miracle League of the Triangle Museum of Life and Science North Carolina Amateur Sports Raleigh Youth Hockey Association Ronald McDonald House - Chapel Hill Salvation Army of Wake County Scotland County Education Foundation SEEDS (SE Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces) Teach for America - Eastern NC Triangle Community Foundation Voices Together in Education Wake County 4-H - Making Magic Wake Education Partnership Wake Teen Medical Services Assistance League of Raleigh Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle Boys and Girls Club of Wake County Children's Flight of Hope Communities in Schools of Durham First Tee of the Triangle Girl Scouts - North Carolina Coastal Pines Girls on the Run of the Triangle Make A Wish Foundation of Eastern NC NC Electric Wheelchair Hockey Association North Carolina Arts in Action North Carolina Children's Hospital Ronald McDonald House of Durham Special Olympics of North Carolina The CORRAL Riding Academy Triangle Special Hockey Association Triangle Youth Hockey of NC YMCA of Chapel Hill-Carrboro Assistance League of Raleigh Assistance League of the Triangle Autism Society of North Carolina Boy Scouts of America-Occoneechee Council John Avery Boys and Girls Club Junior Achievement of Eastern North Carolina Literacy Council of Wake County Miracle League of the Triangle National Multiple Sclerosis Society of Eastern North Carolina Hurricanes North Carolina 4-H Development Fund Neighbor to Neighbor Ministries North Carolina Amateur Sports North Carolina Bankers Association Raleigh Youth Hockey Association Rocking Horse Ranch Therapeutic Riding Program South Eastern Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces (SEEDS) Teach for America-Eastern North Carolina Triangle Community Foundation Wake Education Partnership Wake Teen Medical Services Boys and Girls Clubs of Wake County Children's Flight of Hope Communities in Schools of Durham Communities in Schools of Wake County Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina Friends of Wake County Guardian Ad Litem Girls Scouts-North Carolina Coastal Pines Hospice of Wake County's Horizons Grief Center The Johnston County Arts Council North Carolina Arts in Action The Salvation Army of Wake County The First Tee of the Triangle The Hill Center in Durham Triangle Special Hockey Association YMCA of Chapel Hill Carrboro Assistance League of the Triangle Children's Flight of Hope Communities in Schools of Wake County Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center Junior Achievement of Eastern North Carolina Make-A-Wish of Eastern North Carolina National MS Society of Eastern North Carolina Progress Energy's Solar Schools Initiative Raleigh Youth Hockey Association Rocking Horse Therapeutic Riding Ranch Special Olympics North Carolina State Games of North Carolina Teach for America - Eastern North Carolina Triangle Community Foundation Wake Health Services, Inc. Communities in Schools of Wayne Co.
Family Violence Prevention Center of Orange County Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education NCSU- Pre-Health Club & Health Professions Advising Center Learning Assistance Inc (Durham Housing Authority Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood Triangle United Soccer Association Communities in Schools Durham Literacy Council of Wake County Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina Boys and Girls Club of Wake County Triangle Family Services (interact, SafeChild) Communities In Schools- Wake Co.
Raleigh Youth Hockey Association Duke Children's Hosp. and Health Center Making Magic Alliance (Wake Hum. Serv) John Avery Boys and Girls Club-Dur.
NC Amateur Sports- State Games Triangle Youth Hockey of NC Communities in Schools- Durham First Tee of the Triangle The Caring Community Foundation Guardian Ad Litem Volun. Assoc.
Assistance League of Triangle Area Friends of Guardian ad Litem Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Literacy Council of Wake County National MS Society Eastern NC United Arts Council of Raleigh & Wake County Wake County Boys and Girls Club Wake Education Partnership Wake Teen Medical Services Children's Flight of Hope Easter Seals United Cerebral Palsy NC Johnston County Arts Council Miracle League of the Triangle Raleigh Youth Hockey Association South Eastern Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces (SEEDS) Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education Boy Scouts of America, Occoneechee Council Building Together Ministries Children with Vision Tutorial Services Communities in School/Hurricanes Academy Danialle Karmanos' Work It Out Program Durham Public Education Network Loaves and Fishes Ministry, Inc. Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern NC YMCA's Y-Learning Campaign
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: 501(c)(3) nonprofits in North Carolina that have operated for three or more years and directly serve North Carolina children in health and education, particularly underserved populations. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates $10,000 - $20,000 Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is April 10, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
Federal grant success rates typically range from 10-30%, varying by agency and program. Build a strong proposal with clear objectives, measurable outcomes, and a well-justified budget to improve your chances.
Requirements vary by sponsor, but typically include a project narrative, budget justification, organizational capability statement, and key personnel CVs. Check the official notice for the complete list of required attachments.
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