Our Funding Partners

The Duke Endowment, a private foundation serving the people of North Carolina and South Carolina by supporting selected programs of higher education, health care, children’s welfare and spiritual life. www.dukeendowment.org/home

The Wachovia Foundation, a foundation supports organizations involved with arts and culture, education, the environment, health, substance abuse, employment, housing, youth citizenship, human services, community development, civic affairs, senior citizens, disabled people, minorities, economically disadvantaged people, and homeless people. www.wachovia.com/inside/page/0,,139_414_430,00.html

The Triangle Fund, Giving for programs that support meaningful relationships among school, community, and family to positively affect at-risk children and youth.

The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation provides support for private higher and secondary education, specified churches, cultural programs, particularly music, dance and theater, projects in the arts, and aid to the community and to the handicapped; half of the income is committed to Duke University. mdbf.org

The Emmy Lou Tompkins Foundation provides support primarily for human services with an emphasis on families.

BB&T Charitable Foundation, a foundation supports organizations involved with arts and culture, education, the environment, health, human services, and community development. www.bbt.com

AmeriCorps VISTA, the national service program designed specifically to fight poverty. Founded as Volunteers in Service to America in 1965 and incorporated into the AmeriCorps network of programs in 1993, VISTA has been on the front lines in the fight against poverty in America for more than 40 years. www.americorps.gov