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What Matters: Women

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Nearly 800 community members, the largest crowd yet, came together for this year’s What Matters to learn about how women continue to face significant challenges as it relates to health, housing, employment, and education. The Raleigh Convention Center was packed…
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Investing in Young Nonprofit Professionals

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The following is an interview with Molly Rivera (M), Board Chair of Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of the Triangle (YNPN), conducted by Hiral Patel (H), Marketing and Communications Associate. H: Why is it important to invest in young nonprofit professionals?  …
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No Easy, Quick Answers in Equity Work

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Equity work isn’t about finding absolute answers to anything. It is about asking questions over and over and over again and making good decisions about how to address particular problems in particular areas through an equity lens. That’s according to…
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Innovation: Changing the Odds

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It’s hard to move forward when you feel like the odds are stacked against you. This is a feeling teenagers aging out of the foster care system know all too well. They face growing up — finding housing, education and…
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There is still work to be done, together.

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I know many things have been written about all that has transpired after November 8.  Many opinions and forecasts have been shared, and many questions remain. I’d like to offer this open letter to our community. The morning after the…
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#equitymatters: Summer Update

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This year, the Foundation has embarked on a journey, working closely with Gita Gulati-Partee and OpenSource Leadership Strategies, to explore how we can do more to help create a more equitable community through philanthropy. We have dedicated a space in …
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Triangle Community Foundation is Moving!

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Triangle Community Foundation announced this month that they will be moving their office to The Frontier in the fall. The 33-year-old organization has occupied space at the American Tobacco campus in downtown Durham for the past ten years. President &…
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Through the Lens: Education Bus Tour in East Durham

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Donors and friends embarked on a bus tour of East Durham in March of 2016, some learning about Housing and some about Education. To read the story on the housing tour, click here. Below is one photo-journalist's account of the …
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2016 What Matters Community Luncheon: A Region of Opportunity

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Dr. Anthony Iton can predict your lifespan with startling accuracy. He’s a John’s Hopkins-trained doctor, but he won’t need to examine you. He won’t need your medical history either. Iton just needs to know your address. “It shouldn’t work, but…
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Focus on Housing: On the Road in East Durham

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Donors and community leaders joined Foundation staff for two simultaneous bus tours of East Durham in early March, one based on Education and the other on Housing. The following story is one writer's account of the Housing tour. To view …