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A Recipe for Impact
This National Volunteer Week, we’re going Beyond the Job to spotlight colleagues who are making an impact in the community outside of their day-to-day roles. From board service to hands-on volunteering, these stories reflect the many ways we can all make more possible for our community. This story highlights a Q&A with Joshua McLean, Senior…
From Music to Migration: Greyson’s Volunteer Story
This National Volunteer Week, we’re going Beyond the Job to spotlight colleagues who are making an impact in the community outside of their day-to-day roles. From board service to hands-on volunteering, these stories reflect the many ways we can all make more possible for our community. This story highlights a Q&A with Greyson Norcross, Senior…
Protecting Land, Strengthening Communities
This National Volunteer Week, we’re going Beyond the Job to spotlight colleagues who are making an impact in the community outside of their day-to-day roles. From board service to hands-on volunteering, these stories reflect the many ways we can all make more possible for our community. This story highlights a Q&A with Sarah Guidi, Director…
Paws with Purpose
This National Volunteer Week, we’re going Beyond the Job to spotlight colleagues who are making an impact in the community outside of their day-to-day roles. From board service to hands-on volunteering, these stories reflect the many ways we can all make more possible for our community. This story highlights a Q&A with Natalia Siegel, Director…
Leadership in Action: Mitchell’s Story with HOST
This National Volunteer Week, we’re going Beyond the Job to spotlight colleagues who are making an impact in the community outside of their day-to-day roles. From board service to hands-on volunteering, these stories reflect the many ways we can all make more possible for our community. The first story highlights a Q&A with Mitchell Moravec,…
Updated Demographics of the Foundation
In an ongoing effort to model the transparency Triangle Community Foundation asks of our grantees, we are pleased to share updated demographic information related to our staff and Board of Directors as of July 1, 2024. As a community foundation, our primary focus is to support our region, and we believe we can have a…
LaToya King | Building Something Meaningful
For LaToya King, the Foundation’s Chief Operations Officer, the concept of philanthropy is intensely personal. LaToya grew up in Oakland, California, the child of a single mother who struggled financially and was on public assistance. At the time she didn’t realize it, but in retrospect she was effectively homeless for a portion of her younger…
Rutina “Tina” Bailey | Becoming a Fierce Advocate
If you know Rutina “Tina” Bailey, you know she is a fierce advocate for nonprofits and is passionate about finding ways to help them thrive. If you had asked Tina at the beginning of her career what she expected in her career path, it would not have been spending three decades in the nonprofit sector,…
Natalia Siegel | Becoming Your Own Type of Philanthropist
Growing up on Long Island, Natalia Siegel, Director of Donor Engagement at the Foundation, has always had a spark for community. A second-generation Colombian American, Natalia grew up with both of her parents working in the medical field, a profession that embodies service to others. She can recall many stories of her family lending a…
Laurel Shulman | A Passion for Connecting the Dots
Cult Classic Movie Musicals Ten years ago, you would have found Laurel Shulman writing and directing musicals to raise funds for local nonprofits. “Making something out of nothing” was her and her community theatre’s credo. She learned that making connections builds community. “It’s that simple, it’s that essential and it’s that beautiful,” says Laurel. She…
Demographics of the Foundation
As a result of our internal reflection over the last few years (informed by our 2017 Strategic Roadmap), the Foundation decided to model the transparency we ask of our grantees. Simultaneously, as a community foundation, our primary focus is to support our region, and we believe we can have a larger impact when we represent…
Sarah Battersby | A New Chapter of Impact
Growing up in New Bern, the colonial capital of North Carolina, Sarah Battersby was surrounded by history at an early age. She was a historical dancer and even dreamed about becoming a historian when she grew up. The only thing that topped her love for dancing and history was reading. As a child, Sarah read…