State Employees’ Credit Union Foundation has provided a $350,000 grant to Imprints Cares toward the capital campaign for the Helen and Woody Clinard Center for Thriving Families.
The foundation, a 501©(3) charitable organization funded by the contributions of SECU members, promotes local community development in North Carolina primarily through high-impact projects in the areas of housing, education, healthcare and human services.
Since 2004, the foundation has made a collective financial commitment of more than $328 million for initiatives.
The early childhood education nonprofit, founded in 1970, serves low-income households with its programs for children up to age 5, as well as older children in its expanded learning services. It served more than 11,000 children in 2024.
It provides a holistic, multi-generational model of programming that focuses on enhancing child development, fostering academic readiness, and offering vital support for children and their families to help break the cycle of poverty.
“Imprints Cares has been an integral part of the Forsyth County community for over 50 years, offering vital programming that fills gaps in health and education for children and their families,” SECU Foundation chair Chris Ayers said in a news release.
“We are honored to provide funding to support their expansion, which will allow them to bring their much-needed services to even more families each year.”
In September 2024, the nonprofit launched a $5.5 million capital campaign with the primary goal of covering the cost of buying and renovating its new Winston-Salem headquarters.
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It spent $925,000 in July 2022 to purchase the 20,894-square-foot building at 711 Coliseum Plaza Court from Twin City Development Foundation. The building has been renamed as the Helen and Woody Clinard Center for Thriving Families.
The group chose the Coliseum Plaza location in part because it is on two Winston-Salem Transit Authority bus lines, and is centrally located within the city and county for the households it serves.
Imprints Cares said the foundation’s grant “not only demonstrates belief in our work, but also creates a lasting impact that will strengthen our ability to serve families and children for generations to come.”
Scott Mollenkopf took over as Imprints Cares’ executive director on Sept. 15, replacing Claudia Barrett, who stepped down in December after six years.
The nonprofit says Mollenkopf has more than 35 years of experience in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors.
Most recently, Mollenkopf served as chief financial and chief operating officers for Covenant Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, a church that included a 5-star child development center and a preschool.
He also served as chief executive of Faulkner/Haynes & Associates in Raleigh and as executive director of Apex UMC Cooperative Parish.
Imprints Cares serves children and families from before birth until the completion of middle school.
The nonprofit offers a variety of supportive programming focused on everything from home visitation during pregnancy and infancy to before and after school care, parenting programs to summer enrichment camps and an inclusion program.
Other participants on the Imprints Cares campus include Salem Montessori School, Parenting Path, Developmental Therapy Associates and Key Autism.
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