Community Impact
Our Housing Affordability Journey
Written by Zach Ward, Senior Program Officer, and Laurel Shulman, Business Operations Manager Safe, stable, affordable housing is the foundation upon which everything else is built. In our latest strategic plan, Triangle Community Foundation heard a desire from our stakeholders to be bold and take a stand on key issues. We identified the Triangle’s housing affordability crisis as urgent and well-suited…
Putting the “We” in Philanthropy
By Greyson Norcross, Senior Donor Engagement Officer One of the most unique aspects of a community foundation is in the very name: community. The word community as we know it originates from the 14th century when it meant “a number of people associated together by the fact of residence in the same locality, or the…
The Importance of Self Care
September is National Self-Care Awareness Month. Findings in the Nonprofit Voice Project’s State of Nonprofits 2024: What Funders Need to Know contends that burnout from a lack of support, resources, capacity, or staff is the most prominent concern for nonprofit leaders and staff. Additionally, the study shows that in the years 2023 and 2024, a…
Grantee Week Day 5 – Housing Affordability
To round out Grantee Week we are excited to share the inaugural grantees of our Housing Affordability grant program. During Triangle Community Foundation’s most recent strategic planning process in 2024, we heard from stakeholders a desire to be more bold in addressing challenging issues in our region. We identified housing affordability as a key issue…
Grantee Week Day 4 – Land Transaction
On Day Four of Grantee Week we are pleased to share the three grantees of our Land Transaction grant program. This program provides funding to support transaction costs associated with land and easement donations and is invitation only. Each property successfully funded with these grants is permanently protected through a Conservation Easement or Notice of…
Grantee Week Day 3 – Economic Resilience
For Day Three of Grantee Week we are highlighting the 15 nonprofit organizations receiving grants from the Economic Resilience grant program, which is focused on funding organizations providing support to adults of all ages seeking employment-focused education or skills-based training to access stable employment. 2025 grantees are nonprofit organizations that focus on the many barriers…
Grantee Week Day 2 – Environmental Resilience
Welcome to Day Two of Grantee Week! Today we are pleased to share the 15 organizations who have each received $20,000 grants in the first of a two-year Environmental Resilience program grant cycle. These nonprofits support increasing awareness of and education around conservation and/or climate issues, as well as increased climate resiliency, particularly of low-income…
Grantee Week Day 1 – Responsive Grantmaking
Welcome to Grantee Week 2025! All week we will be sharing and celebrating the most recent cohort of grantees from five of Triangle Community Foundation’s discretionary grant programs – Responsive Grantmaking, Economic Resilience, Environmental Resilience, Housing Affordability, and Land Transaction – with a combined total of almost $1.5 million going to 72 nonprofit organizations! Today…
Introducing Our Five-Year Strategic Plan | Making More Possible
At the conclusion of our 40th anniversary celebrations in 2023, we embarked on a strategic planning process to plot the course for the next phase of Triangle Community Foundation, working with The Giving Practice alongside all our major stakeholders. We are pleased to share the culmination of this work, our five-year strategic plan! Our bold…
Homelessness in the Triangle
On April 23rd, a tent encampment located on a state-owned lot in Raleigh at the intersection of Highways 401 and U.S. 70 was cleared by police. While notice was given to individuals living at the encampment and residents primarily left voluntarily, this is just one example of a growing number of people experiencing homelessness in…