Who We Are

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Our Mission

Riley Howell Foundation Fund supports organizations that benefit victims of gun violence.

our focus

The biggest impact we can make is working with organizations that help victims today, not tomorrow. Our fund benefits organizations that provide support to victims of gun violence and help them meet their immediate needs: grief counseling, funeral expenses, covering costs related to missed work days and travel, domestic care, and longer term health and wellness coverage.

gratefully ACCEPTING CONTRIBUTIONS

The family of Riley Howell has established the Riley Howell Foundation Fund at The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina. 

Tax-deductible gifts can be made to The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina.

Give online  or mail checks with ‘Riley Howell Foundation Fund' in the memo to:

CFWNC 
4 Vanderbilt Park Drive, Suite 300
Asheville, NC 28803

OUR ADVISORY BOARD

  • President - Natalie Henry-Howell

  • Treasurer - Scott Pritchard

  • Secretary - Kevin Westmoreland

  • Member - Rachel Feichter

  • Member - Jenny Baldwin

 

2023 Fund Recipients

Michigan State University: $5,000 for the Spartan Strong Fund to support those impacted by the campus shooting on February 13, 2023.

The Onsite Foundation: $15,000 to help fund their Triumph Over Tragedy program for survivors of mass shootings and Life After Loss program which is a healing retreat for parents who have lost a child.

Newtown Action Alliance Foundation: $2,500 to partner with them in sponsoring the 9th Annual National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence held on Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 7 pm

2022 Fund Recipients

The Onsite Foundation: $20,000 to help fund their Triumph Over Tragedy program for survivors of mass shootings and Life After Loss program which is a healing retreat for parents who have lost a child

Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country: $10,000 toward the Uvalde Strong Fund which supports victims, their families, and all the people of Uvalde. including nonprofit organizations working in Uvalde now and in the months to come. 

Survivors Empowered: $10,000 for Survivors Empowered, an organization founded by Sandy and Lonnie Phillips after the slaughter of their daughter, Jessica Redfield Ghawi and eleven others in the Aurora Colorado Theater Mass Shooting in 2012.  Survivors Empowered is a national organization created By Survivors, For Survivors, Empowering Survivors.

Newtown Action Alliance Foundation: $2,500 to partner with them in sponsoring the 9th Annual National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence held on December 7, 2022 at 7 pm.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles: $2,500 for the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement, an organization dedicated to helping schools support their students through crisis and loss.

2021 Fund Recipients

The Onsite Foundation: $30,000 to help fund their Triumph Over Tragedy program for survivors of mass shootings and Life After Loss program which is a healing retreat for parents who have lost a child

The Rebels Project: $2,500 for their programming which helps survivors of mass shootings and trauma as they navigate life after experiencing a mass tragedy

Newtown Action Alliance Foundation: $2,500 to partner with them in sponsoring the 9th Annual National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence held on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 7 pm

UNC Charlotte Foundation: $3,000 to fund the Ellis Reed Parlier Scholarship Fund; Reed was also killed in the same April 30, 2019 shooting that took Riley

Conserving Carolina: $2,500 for the establishment of the Ecusta Trail, a mixed-use greenway for walking, hiking and biking - all things that Riley loved to do

2020 Fund Recipients

Outward Bound: $5,000 for a scholarship as part of the Outward Bound for Grieving Teens program to be awarded in Riley’s name

All Souls Counseling Center: $4,000 to provide traumatic grief counseling to those in need in Asheville, NC

UNC Charlotte Foundation: $3,000 to fund the Ellis Reed Parlier Scholarship Fund; Reed was also killed in the same April 30, 2019 shooting as Riley

Gun Violence Survivors Foundation: $3,000 toward the organization’s Emergency Fund for gun violence survivors

2019 Fund Recipients