CAPTRUST Community Foundation Presents $125,000 Grant

The CAPTRUST Community Foundation is honored to provide a grant in the amount of $125,000 to Kidznotes, a music for social change program for young people that includes instrument instruction, choir, orchestra, and band.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Dec. 17, 2018 – The CAPTRUST Community Foundation (CCF), a CAPTRUST employee-run 501(c)(3) foundation whose mission is to enrich the lives of children in local communities, is honored to provide a grant in the amount of $125,000 to Kidznotes, a music for social change program for young people that includes instrument instruction, choir, orchestra, and band, in North Carolina’s Triangle region.

Kidznotes’ vision is to be a catalyst for change that uses music to build a thriving network of children, families, and partners in which passion for music unleashes the human potential to transform lives and communities.Kidznotes engages students, pre-K through 12th grade, in an intense out-of-school music program.

“Partnering with Kidznotes is a privilege for the CAPTRUST Community Foundation. We are truly grateful for the opportunity to support children and communities throughmusic,” said CCF President, Nick DeCenso.

During a lunch and learn event at CAPTRUST headquarters, Kidznotes’ Executive Director, Nick Malinowski, graciously accepted the $125,000 grant on behalf of the Kidznotes organization. “The entire Kidznotes family is deeply honored by CAPTRUST Community Foundation’s transformational investment in our work,” said Malinowski. “This investment will allow Kidznotes to provide over 16,500 hours of life-changing music instruction in schools throughout the Triangle.”

The foundation expects to provide financial support to more than 80 children’s charities before the end of 2018, with today’s grant of $125,000 being the largest of the year.

To learn more, visit captrustcommunityfoundation.org

About the CAPTRUST Community Foundation

The CAPTRUST Community Foundation was organized in 2007 to provide CAPTRUST employees with opportunities to participate as a group in community outreach efforts. The foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) charity and is eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions. If you would like to volunteer, donate, or learn more about the CAPTRUST Community Foundation, please call 855.649.0943.

About CAPTRUST Financial Advisors 

CAPTRUST Financial Advisors is an independent investment research and fee-based advisory firm specializing in providing retirement plan and investment advisory services to retirement plan fiduciaries, endowments and foundations, and executives and high-net-worth individuals. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, the firm represents more than $278 billion in client assets with 38 offices located across the U.S.