2023 COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Our conservation, stewardship, and education programs are funded with the generous support of our Friends, our community business partners (see list below), and by grants awarded in 2023 by National Forest Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service ($34,045), National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance ($26,752), The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Wade Hampton Donor Advised Fund ($7,500), North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources ($5,000), The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Cashiers Community Fund ($5,000), The Church of the Good Shepard ($5,000), Lake Toxaway Charities ($2,500), and Rotary Club of Cashiers Valley ($2,500).
2022 COMMUNITY PARTNERS
We received grant awards in 2022 from North Carolina Department of Justice Environmental Enhancement Grant ($35,000), The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Cashiers Community Fund ($8,000), Cedar Creek Club ($5,000), Wade Hampton Golf Club ($5,000), and a national award from the American Trails Fund ($5,000).
2021 COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Grants were also awarded in 2021 from the National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance, Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, Cullasaja Women’s Outreach, Cedar Creek Club, Wade Hampton Golf Club, National Environmental Education Foundation, and the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources .
and with the generous support of
Friends of Panthertown is a local member of:
- Brevard/Transylvania Chamber of Commerce
- Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce
- Highlands Chamber of Commerce
- Jackson County Chamber of Commerce
Other Local Partners
- Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina
- Boys & Girls Club of the Plateau
- FIND Outdoors
- Jackson County Tourism Development Authority
- Mainspring Conservation Trust
- MountainTrue B.E.A.R. Task Force
- North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
Other National Partners