The Support Center
GroupThe organization was formerly known as the North Carolina Minority Support Center. The Support Center works with community development credit unions to promote economic development by providing loans and other programs. The Support Center also supports radical/liberal political organizations, as it is a member organization of all the state’s political leftist networks – including Blueprint NC. Blueprint NC is the group that gained infamy with their strategy memo that directed their members to “eviscerate, mitigate, litigate, cogitate and agitate” the state’s leadership in 2013.
In fact in 2011-12, the Support Center received almost 90 percent of its grant money from North Carolina’s biggest funder of radical and liberal organizations, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.
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People Connections:
| Person | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Akem Durand | Loan Processor | Current |
| Amber Banks | Underwriting and Credit Director | Current |
| Anastasia Bowden | Development Associate | Current |
| Arkela Black-Wills | Executive Assistant | Current |
| Awamary Lowe-Khan | Executive Vice President, Finance & Operations | Current |
| Barbara Lee | Board Member | Current |
| Cheryl Diuguid | Board Member | Current |
| Dan Cabuco | Board Member | Current |
| Don Harrington | Vice President, Chief Credit Officer | Current |
| Elizabeth Jones | Receptionist & Latino Loan Processor | Current |
| G. Edward Timberlake | Business Services and Lending Director | Current |
| Irish McNeal | Loan Collections Officer | Current |
| James Sills | Board Member | Current |
| Janice Rojas | Marketing and Communications Associate | Current |
| John Holdsclaw | Board Member | Current |
| Kenneth Reece | Board Member | Current |
| Kevin Harris | Business Development Officer, Eastern Region | Current |
| Lenwood Long | President/CEO | Current |
| Lucy Reuben | Board Member | Current |
| Lynn Holmes | Board Vice Chair | Current |
| Marshall Cherry | Board Member | Current |
| Maurice Smith | Board Chair | Current |
| Meryl Olson | Accounts Receivables Accountant | Current |
| Nancy Stroud | Board Member | Current |
| Ramona Young | Western Women's Business Center Administrative Assistant | Current |
| Ron Fisher | Business Development Officer | Current |
| Sadaf Knight | Vice President, Policy and Research | Current |
| Sharon Oxendine | Western Women's Business Center Director | Current |
| Stephanie Swepson-Twitty | Board Secretary | Current |
| Susan Sauro | Human Resource and Officer Manager | Current |
| Tommy Dennison | Business Development Officer | Current |
| Vermecha Pulley | Loan Servicer | Current |
| Zurilma Anuel | Western Women's Business Center Associate Director & Latino Program Director | Current |
| Amber Banks | Senior Credit Analyst & Loan Underwriter | Former |
| Andrea Harris | President | Former |
| Armeer Kenchen | Board Member | Former |
| Awamary Lowe-Khan | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Dan Broun | Director of Policy and Program Development | Former |
| Devin Daniels | Receptionist | Former |
| Don Harrington | Small Business Lending and Risk Mgmt Director | Former |
| G. Edward Timberlake | Senior Loan Underwriter | Former |
| Jeff Hardin | Board Member | Former |
| Jennifer Roberts | Board Member | Former |
| John Radebaugh | Board Member | Former |
| Lynn Holmes | Board Member | Former |
| Marshall Cherry | Board Chair | Former |
| Maurice Smith | Board Member | Former |
| Napoleon Wallace | Board Member | Former |
| Patricia Costello | Business Development Specialist-Asheville | Former |
| Peter Skillern | Board Member | Former |
| Regina Durham | Executive Administrative Assistant | Former |
| Roberta McCullough | Vice President - Business Services | Former |
| Roxanna Horne | Loan Processer | Former |
| Sadaf Knight | Policy and Research Director | Former |
| Stephanie Swepson-Twitty | Board Member | Former |
| Susan Perry-Cole | Board Member | Former |
| Susan Sauro | Staff Accountant | Former |
| Tony Hayes | Board Member | Former |
| Tonya Snider | Staff - Asheville | Former |
| Vicki Parker | Communications and Marketing Director | Former |
This group funded by:
| Funder | Year | Amount | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States Economic Development Administration | 2017 | $750,000.00 | For revolving loan fund |
| Small Business Administration | 2016 | $150,000.00 | Women's business ownership assistance-initial |
| Small Business Administration | 2016 | $85,100.00 | Women's business ownership assistance-initial |
| First Horizon Foundation | 2015 | $13,500.00 | General operating funds |
| The Goldman Sachs Foundation | 2015 | $50,000.00 | Grant to provide general operating support as part of the 10000 Small Businesses Initiative |
| The PNC Foundation | 2015 | $25,000.00 | TSC Traming and Technical Assistance Program FY2016 |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | 2015 | $15,000.00 | |
| Community Development Financial Institutions Fund | 2014 | $1,000,000.00 | Financial assistance award |
| United States Rural Business Cooperative Service | 2014 | $100,000.00 | Sec. 6022 RMAP-rural Develop Grants (man) |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | 2014 | $10,000.00 | Support of community development education, and human services |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2014 | $100,000.00 | For general operating support |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2014 | $70,000.00 | For general operating support |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2014 | $1,600.00 | 2014 Non-Profit Internship Program Host |
| The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc | 2013 | $15,000.00 | For program and operating support |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2013 | $5,500.00 | For a restricted grant for board leadership development |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2013 | $5,100.00 | For a restricted grant for attendance at a Harvard Social Enterprise Program |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | 2013 | $10,000.00 | |
| TD Charitable Foundation | 2012 | $5,000.00 | |
| The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc | 2012 | $15,000.00 | For program and operating support |
| The PNC Foundation | 2012 | $45,000.00 | |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2012 | $125,000.00 | General/operating support For general operating support for Generations Community Credit Union |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2012 | $100,000.00 | General/operating support For general operating support |
| The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc | 2011 | $10,000.00 | General/operating support; Program development For program and operating support |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2011 | $125,000.00 | For general operating support for Generations Community Credit Union |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2011 | $90,000.00 | General/operating support For general operating support |
| The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc | 2010 | $15,000.00 | |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2010 | $125,000.00 | General/operating support For general operating support |
| Charles M & Mary D Grant Foundation | 2009 | $30,000.00 | Program development To expand financial literacy services |
| The F B Heron Foundation | 2008 | $25,000.00 | General/operating support For general support |
| W K Kellogg Foundation | 2008 | $100,000.00 | Program development; Research To build networks as participating organization in Rural People Rural Policy Initiative |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2008 | $343,000.00 | General/operating support For general operating support |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2008 | $343,000.00 | General/operating support For general operating support |
| Charles M & Mary D Grant Foundation | 2007 | $40,000.00 | General/operating support For general support |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2007 | $125,000.00 | General/operating support; Management development/capacity building For general operating support to enable transition planning and development of strategic plan |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2007 | $125,000.00 | General/operating support; Management development/capacity building For general operating support to enable transition planning and development of strategic plan |
| The F B Heron Foundation | 2006 | $100,000.00 | General/operating support For general support |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2006 | $125,000.00 | General/operating support For general operating support needed during time of reshaping entire North Carolina Community Development Credit Union industry |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2006 | $125,000.00 | General/operating support For general operating support needed during time of reshaping entire North Carolina Community Development Credit Union industry |
| Ford Foundation | 2005 | $375,000.00 | Program development To help statewide network of African-American community development credit unions expand their services and markets |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2005 | $200,002.00 | Continuing support; Program development To support Generations Community Credit Union statewide community credit union offering financial services to low-wealth communities |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2005 | $200,000.00 | Continuing support; Program development To support Generations Community Credit Union statewide community credit union offering financial services to low-wealth communities |
| Ford Foundation | 2004 | $400,000.00 | General/operating support For general support for technical assistance to member credit unions that are expanding financial access for low-income and minority communities in North Carolina |
| The F B Heron Foundation | 2004 | $150,000.00 | General/operating support For general support to strengthen work of community development corporations and credit unions in North Carolina through operating grants financing and technical assistance |
| The F B Heron Foundation | 2004 | $45,000.00 | Continuing support; Program development For project support to capitalize Generations Community Federal Credit Union |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2004 | $70,000.00 | General/operating support For general operating support to build assets through network of community development credit unions |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2004 | $70,000.00 | General/operating support For general operating support to build assets through network of community development credit unions |
| Ford Foundation | 2003 | $350,000.00 | Program development To help statewide network of African-American community development credit unions expand their services and markets |
| The F B Heron Foundation | 2003 | $25,000.00 | Program development To capitalize Generations Fund Credit Union |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2003 | $150,000.00 | Program development For growth and expansion of Generations Community Credit Union |
Issues:
Networks:
- Blueprint NC
- Democracy NC
- HKonJ
- Moral Mondays
- Together NC Partner Coalition
- Z Smith Reynolds Foundation
Address 1:
3120 Highwoods Blvd, Suite 350
City:
Raleigh
State:
NC
Zip:
27604