GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) recently announced the winners of its annual GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards, which went to 12 health care non-profit organizations in North Carolina and the Philadelphia-area. Each received $40,000 in grant funding for providing access to health care for the underserved in their communities. IMPACT stands for Innovation, Management, Partnership, Achievement, Community focus and Targeting needs of diverse and underserved populations.

North Carolina recipients:

 Benson Area Medical Center, Inc. – Benson, N.C., Johnston County

Club Horizon, Inc. – Knightdale, N.C., Wake County

Community Health Coalition, Inc. – Durham, N.C., Durham County

El Futuro, Inc. – Durham, N.C., Durham County

Family Violence Prevention Center – Raleigh, N.C., Wake County

Healing with CAARE, Inc. – Durham, N.C., Durham County

North Carolina Dental Health Fund – Cary, N.C., Wake County

Pretty in Pink – Raleigh, N.C., Wake County

Student Action with Farmworkers – Durham, N.C., Durham County