NC Council of Churches
GroupThe North Carolina Council of Churches is a political activist group that claims to be a church. According to Guidestar, a nonprofit organization that “collects, organizes, and presents” nonprofit information on a website, the Council of Churches “is not required to file an annual return with the IRS because it is a church.”
The Council supports same-sex marriage, is neutral on abortion and works as community organizers and lobbyists on economic justice.
They are part of the Blueprint NC network. Blueprint NC is the organizing hub of the left, best known for the 2013 strategy memo that directs its members to eviscerate the state’s leadership.
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People Connections:
| Person | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Aleta Payne | Deputy Executive Director | Current |
| Ashley Yohman | Program Associate for Finance and Development | Current |
| Betty Hardy | Member at Large | Current |
| Beverly Wallace | Member at Large | Current |
| Bob Hudak | Member at Large | Current |
| Bryan Faggart | At-Large Member | Current |
| Carol Beckwith | At-Large Member | Current |
| Carol Goehring | Member at Large | Current |
| Chris Pernell | Program Coordinator, Partners in Health and Wholeness | Current |
| Chris Tuttle | Member at Large | Current |
| Collins Kilburn | Executive Director Emeritus | Current |
| Conrad Pridgen | Member at Large | Current |
| David Guthrie | Member at Large | Current |
| David LaMotte | Consultant for Peace | Current |
| Elizabeth Millar | Medicaid Expansion Coordinator | Current |
| Isaac Villegas | Board Secretary | Current |
| Jane Brown | At-Large Member | Current |
| Jennie Belle | Director, Immigration and Farmworkers | Current |
| Jennifer Copeland | Executive Director | Current |
| Jennifer Manis | Board Treasurer | Current |
| Jerome Washington | Member at Large | Current |
| Jill Bullard | Member-At-Large | Current |
| Jim Abbott | Member at Large | Current |
| Jocleen McCall | Member at Large | Current |
| John Ferris | Member at Large | Current |
| Joseph Brown | Member at Large | Current |
| Joy Williams | Regional Consultant - Partners in Health & Wholeness | Current |
| Judith Springer | Church Women United Representatives | Current |
| Lavisha Williams | Member at Large | Current |
| Lee Moses | Member at Large | Current |
| Linda Hiatt | Member at Large | Current |
| Marilyn Bowens | Member at Large | Current |
| Mindy Douglas | At-Large Member | Current |
| Nicole Dozier | Member | Current |
| Patrick Campbell | At-Large Members | Current |
| Paula Clayton | Member at Large | Current |
| Robb Webb | Member at Large | Current |
| Rose Gurkin | Program Associate for Administration | Current |
| Rush Otey | Member at Large | Current |
| Samantha Gonzalez-Block | Member-At-Large | Current |
| Sandy Irving | Volunteer Program Associate | Current |
| Scott Wagoner | Member at Large | Current |
| Shannon Martin | Regional Consultant - Partners in Health & Wholeness | Current |
| Steve Ford | Volunteer Program Associate | Current |
| Steve Hickle | Board President | Current |
| Susannah Tuttle | Director Interfaith Power and Light | Current |
| T. Anthony Spearman | Board President | Current |
| Tonyia Rawls | Member at Large | Current |
| Whitney Wilkinson | Member at Large | Current |
| Alberta Hairston | President | Former |
| Aleta Payne | Development and Communications Coordinator | Former |
| Allison Reeves Jolley | Volunteer Coordinator | Former |
| Brooks Wicker | Member at Large | Former |
| Charles Smith | Personnel Chair | Former |
| Chris Liu-Beers | Program Associate | Former |
| Christie Dalton | Board Treasurer | Former |
| Deborah Fox | Member at Large | Former |
| George Reed | Executive Director | Former |
| Jennie Belle | Program Associate | Former |
| Jill Crainshaw | Member at Large | Former |
| Joe Hoffman | Member at Large | Former |
| Joe Mann | Business & Finance Committee Chair | Former |
| Joseph Vetter | Board Member | Former |
| Kathy Shea | Co-Director Interfaith Power and Light | Former |
| Kathy Shea | Senior Advisor - Interfaith Power and Light | Former |
| Kristy Farber | Member at Large | Former |
| Monica Motley | Director, Partners in Health and Wholeness | Former |
| Trinh Le | Office Assistant | Former |
| Willona Stallings | Program Coordinator Parthers in Health & Wholeness | Former |
This group funded by:
| Funder | Year | Amount | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Academy Capacity Grants 2016 Cohort |
| AJ Fletcher Foundation | 2016 | $200,000.00 | For general operations |
| Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation | 2016 | $600,000.00 | Partners in Health and Wholeness |
| The Duke Endowment | 2016 | $50,000.00 | To support a Come to the Table program coordinator |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2016 | $40,000.00 | Interfaith Power & Light project |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2016 | $30,000.00 | From hostility to hospitality: Immigration and People of Faith project |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2016 | $5,000.00 | From hostility to hospitality: Immigration and People of Faith project |
| The Duke Endowment | 2015 | $1,585,855.00 | To expand healthy eating and food ministry programs in rural Methodist churches. |
| The Duke Endowment | 2015 | $29,000.00 | To support planning for a congregational healthy eating initiative |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2015 | $80,000.00 | Interfaith Power & Light project |
| John Rex Endowment | 2014 | $92,763.00 | To reduce childhood overweight and obesity in low-resource congregations in Wake county by encouraging mothers to care for their bodies and to care for their babies through breastfeeding |
| The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc | 2014 | $1,200.00 | |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2014 | $1,000.00 | |
| Unitarian Universalist Service Committee | 2014 | $5,000.00 | To organize 2 in-state delegations of 6 to 12 people, and a Washington DC delegation of 2 to 3 denominational - vigil and press conference at Sen. Burr's Winston-Salem office. |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2014 | $70,000.00 | From Hospital to Hospitality: Immigration and People of Faith |
| Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation | 2013 | $255,100.00 | To increase physical activity, and the promotion of health as a faith issue in congregations across the state |
| Foundation For The Carolinas | 2013 | $318,067.00 | |
| John Rex Endowment | 2013 | $97,281.00 | To reduce childhood overweight and obesity in low-resource congregations in Wake county by encouraging mothers to care for their bodies and to care for their babies through breastfeeding |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2013 | $1,500.00 | For the Covenant Partnership |
| Unitarian Universalist Service Committee | 2013 | $4,000.00 | Engage NC faith leaders (through open letter to Sen. Burr signed by faith leaders) in support for government transparency on torture. |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2013 | $80,000.00 | Program development For Interfaith Power and Light Project |
| Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation | 2012 | $255,100.00 | Program development To increase physical activity consumption of fruits and vegetables and healthy lifestyles through smoking cessation programs and the promotion of health as a faith issue in congregations across the state |
| Foundation For The Carolinas | 2012 | $170,388.00 | |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2012 | $70,000.00 | Continuing support; Program development For From Hostility to Hospitality: Immigration and People of Faith |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2012 | $30,000.00 | For NC Interfaith Power and Light |
| Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation | 2011 | $100,600.00 | Program development For Partners in Health and Wholeness to increase opportunities for 75000 people of faith to make the connection between health and faith and to improve their individual health through training outreach systems change and the development and distribution of resources |
| Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation | 2011 | $8,745.00 | Program development To assess and strengthen the internal capacity to increase the organization's impact to address congregants' health in North Carolina |
| Kate B Reynolds Charitable Trust | 2011 | $38,500.00 | Program development For Partners in Health and Wholeness Initiative |
| The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc | 2011 | $7,000.00 | |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2011 | $42,000.00 | General/operating support For general operating support |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2011 | $35,000.00 | Continuing support; Program development To the Interfaith Power and Light Project |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2010 | $75,000.00 | Continuing support; Program development For People of Faith Against the Death Penalty |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2010 | $42,000.00 | For from Hostility to Hospitality |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2010 | $35,000.00 | Program development For the Interfaith Power and Light program |
| Kate B Reynolds Charitable Trust | 2009 | $51,480.00 | Program development For planning grant |
| The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc | 2009 | $7,000.00 | For Interfaith Energy Education and Outreach in WNC |
| The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc | 2009 | $1,000.00 | |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2009 | $35,000.00 | For Social Justice and Equity grant |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2009 | $35,000.00 | General/operating support For general operating support for environment grant |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2008 | $2,500.00 | For NC Interfaith Power and Light program |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2008 | $45,000.00 | For general operating support |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2008 | $41,155.00 | For from Hostility to Hospitality |
| The Energy Foundation | 2007 | $10,000.00 | Continuing support; Program development To engage faith community on global warming issues |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2007 | $35,000.00 | Continuing support; Program development For Social Justice and Equity grant From Hostility to Hospitality: Immigration and People of Faith |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2007 | $30,000.00 | For NC Interfaith Power and Light |
| The Energy Foundation | 2006 | $10,000.00 | Program development To engage North Carolina's faith community on global warming issues |
| The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation | 2006 | $2,000.00 | |
| Tides Foundation | 2006 | $10,000.00 | |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2006 | $20,000.00 | General/operating support For general operating support to strengthen environmental community and win protections for North Carolina's air water and quality of life |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2005 | $20,000.00 | For Climate Connection project to connect communities of faith with challenges of global warming |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2004 | $50,000.00 | For people of Faith Against Death Penalty's NC Moratorium Now Project |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2003 | $75,000.00 | For people of Faith Against Death Penalty |
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Address 1:
208 E Duke Blvd
Address 2:
Duke Univ POB 6637
City:
Durham
State:
NC
Zip:
27708