WILMINGTON — The board of advisers of the New Hanover County Community Foundation announces $47,000 in local awards from the community grantmaking fund, the Suzanne and George Taylor Endowment, the Food Bank of Coastal Carolina Fund and the 1898 Memorial Fund, according to Kristi Sullivan, board president.

This year the board will grant: $5,000 to Assistance League of Greater Wilmington for the Operation School Bell program.