Program Overview and Update
The Durham Cerebral Palsy Foundation Fund is an endowed fund held at Triangle Community Foundation that was established in 1951 to provide assistance to North Carolina children living with cerebral palsy.
The Foundation has managed the Fund since 1996. After a long tradition of supporting individual grants for one-time services and equipment purchases, the Foundation launched a new grantmaking process in 2017 providing nonprofit grantees with block grants to purchase necessary equipment (including technology) or one-time medical expenditures on behalf of the families they serve. Between 2017 and 2022, the Foundation ran several public calls for proposals and funded twelve (12) organizations, eight (8) of which were funded once. The average annual funding amount between 2017 and 2022 has been approximately $24,000.
In the last year, we’ve had conversations among staff, Board, and Advisory Committee members who have helped make grant decisions in the past. We have decided to close the annual call for proposals and set up a recurring annual grant to three nonprofits who have received awards consistently and we feel best meet the donor’s intent for this fund.
It’s always a difficult decision to close an open grant process. But staff, with Board approval, believe this is the best course of action for this fund in the near-term and will provide a predictable and reliable funding to nonprofits who are helping North Carolina families provide aid and assistance to children ages birth through 18 years with cerebral palsy.
Grantees
2022 – Ongoing
First in Families of North Carolina
Centers for Exceptional Children
Previous Grantees
Rebuilding Together of the Triangle
Questions?
Contact nonprofitservices@trianglecf.org.