WellCare of North Carolina Invests in More than 40 Local Nonprofits to Support Community Health Across the State

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- WellCare of North Carolina (WellCare), an NC Medicaid health plan and subsidiary of Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC), is supporting health-related resources for communities across North Carolina through over $1.6M of investments in local nonprofit organizations. This funding, which began in 2024 and will continue throughout 2025, will help support critical healthcare needs such as assisting with food and nutrition, clothing, utilities, housing, and interpersonal safety for North Carolina's most vulnerable citizens including families and children. 

"Through hyperlocal investment in nonprofits across our great state, we can extend care directly into the communities we serve," said Troy Hildreth, Plan President and CEO for WellCare. "Together, we are tackling challenges like food insecurity, housing stability, preventive care, and mental wellness, making a tangible difference in the lives of our neighbors."

Organizations benefiting from this initiative include:

• African American Male Wellness
• Anson Cooperative Extension
• Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
• Darnell Farms
• Be You Be Great
• Beloved Asheville
• Camp Hope America
• Connections of Cumberland County
• Domestic Abuse is Not Acceptable (DANA) Services
• Davidson County Connect
• Diaper Bank of NC
• El Camino Center
• El Centro Hispano
• Give Back Organization
• H.O.P.E. of Winston Salem
• HELP Carolina Inc
• Homeward Bound
• Knead It or Knot
• March of Dimes
• Mentoring Every Neighborhood and Community (MENAC)
• Myra's Angels
• New Hope Community Development Group
• Nourish NC Food Program
• Pandemic of Love
• Partnership for Children of Lincoln and Gaston Counties
• Peers Family Development
• Rowan Helping Ministries
• Safe Space
• Salvation Army of Washington
• Support Educate and Engage Doulas to Serve Eastern NC (SEEDS ENC) Training Program
• Share the Light/Duke Energy
• SHIP Community Outreach
• Southside Garden/Free Fridge Asheville
• Suds of Love
• The Carying Place
• The Shepards House
• Tia Hart Recovery & Food Pantry
• Tiny Homes Community Development Inc.
• Umbrella Center
• UNC-Pembroke Doula Training
• Equiti Foods
• Women's Resource Center of Greensboro

By directly meeting the unique needs of individual communities across North Carolina, WellCare works to improve the health of its members and our state.

About WellCare of North Carolina
Headquartered in Raleigh, WellCare of North Carolina provides government-sponsored managed care services to families, children, seniors, and individuals with complex needs primarily through Medicaid as one of the state's NC Medicaid Managed Care health plans (WellCare of North Carolina), Marketplace (WellCare of North Carolina by Celtic Insurance Company), Medicare Advantage (WellCare), and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (WellCare). WellCare of North Carolina is a wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation, a leading healthcare enterprise committed to helping people live healthier lives. For more information, visit WellCareNC.com.

About Centene Corporation
Centene Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a leading healthcare enterprise that is committed to helping people live healthier lives. The Company takes a local approach – with local brands and local teams – to provide fully integrated, high-quality and cost-effective services to government-sponsored and commercial healthcare programs, focusing on under-insured and uninsured individuals. Centene offers affordable and high-quality products to nearly 1 in 15 individuals across the nation, including Medicaid and Medicare members (including Medicare Prescription Drug Plans) as well as individuals and families served by the Health Insurance Marketplace and the TRICARE program. The Company also contracts with other healthcare and commercial organizations to provide a variety of specialty services focused on treating the whole person. Centene focuses on long-term growth and value creation as well as the development of its people, systems and capabilities so that it can better serve its members, providers, local communities and government partners.  Centene uses its investor relations website to publish important information about the Company, including information that may be deemed material to investors. Financial and other information about Centene is routinely posted and is accessible on Centene's investor relations website, investors.centene.com. 

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