The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina's Asheville Merchants Fund handed $335,000 to seven Buncombe County nonprofit groups.
The grants aim to support innovative projects that inspire economic development and encourage stronger community participation. According to the foundation's press release, the Asheville Merchants Fund hopes to foster a stronger economy through community development and entrepreneurship.
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Meticulon, a project of Autism Calgary Association in partnership with the federal government and the Sinneave Family Foundation, operates as a social enterprise that renders high-tech services provided by people with autism, leveraging their natural abilities at requiring attention to detail, repetition, and sequencing.