New Hanover Community Endowment shares update with commissioners

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — New Hanover County Commissioners got an update on Monday from the New Hanover Community Endowment. 

Monday morning, commissioners received a presentation from Interim Endowment CEO Sophie Dagenais. 

The endowment says it’s already allocated more than $30 million to community organizations this year and is set to commit the rest of its $54 million budget by October. 

Dagenais says the endowment has given away more than $132 million to date.  

She says one of the endowment’s goals is to invest more in early childhood development moving forward. 

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