Mary Holmes

Mary Moorman Holmes is President/CEO of Cumberland Community Foundation, an inclusive, diverse, and community-focused resource for donors and nonprofits of wide-ranging capacities. Since 1997, she has worked tirelessly to grow the impact of giving in Cumberland County, NC. The community foundation focuses on raising unrestricted endowments to build community wealth and the capacity to meet changing needs. CCF also promotes designated endowments that support the missions of specific charitable organizations, small or large. In 2021, Business North Carolina identified Holmes as one of the state's 100 most influential leaders in the inaugural Power List 100. She is the 2024 recipient of the Mary Mildred Sullivan Award, presented by the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation and awarded by Methodist University. She has presented at national conferences for COF and AdNet on endowment building, donor stewardship, partnering with nonprofit organizations to build sustainable revenue, and giving days.