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Building Capacity in the Triangle

Building Capacity in the Triangle: An Interview with Tanaya Suddreth Lynch Black Philanthropy Month is celebrated each August to highlight the importance of investing in Black philanthropy, leadership, and funding equity. Triangle Capacity Building Network (TCBN), a funder collaborative currently

Responsive Grantmaking Fills a Gap

By Sarah Battersby, Senior Program Officer for Education Initiatives Over the past few years, our Community Engagement team has worked hard to budget and plan for shifting many of our discretionary grants to what the nonprofit writer Vu Le calls…

A Better World

Today’s investors are changing the way the market is shaped based on what they want the world to look like, and for good reason. The trend in savvy investing as a way of advocacy by focusing on environmental impact, sustainable…

“Justice is a constant practice.  It is not an end.”

It goes without saying that the past 14 months have been unprecedented in our time.  Certainly, these have been some of the most challenging times we have faced personally, professionally, as a country and as a community.  Not only has…

Giving Differently in 2021

This article ran in the Triangle Business Journal in January 2021, as a part of the A Better World series.   At the start of each new year, it is human nature to assess the past and attempt a clean…

A message from the Board of Directors…

Good afternoon beloved community, I have deeply reflected on the last few months of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent, yet not unique tragedies of indisputable violence against the Black community. We know many of our black, indigenous, and people…

There is a deadly virus lurking. And it’s called racism.

A letter to the community from Triangle Community Foundation Dear friends, There is a deadly virus lurking in our community, and our nation. These last few months have seen us subjected to circumstances that no one could have anticipated or…

What Comes Next?

This blog post originally ran in the Triangle Business Journal, as part of their "A Better World" piece, a monthly column from philanthropic leaders.  After the shock of a crisis wears off and the initial surge of charitable giving dies…

An Inside Look at Artist Lakeshia T. Reid’s show, In Front of the Mirror

We’re so lucky at Triangle Community Foundation to have new art exhibits every six months through our partnership with Durham Art Guild’s Art@Work program. As part of the Foundation’s focus on regional cultural arts, our office space also serves as…

Gratitude for our Planet: Celebrating an Adapted 50th Anniversary of Earth Day

This year, April 22nd marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. It will also be my family’s 38th day at home due to COVID-19. Although this year’s celebration of Earth Day won’t look anything like how I’d (or probably anyone…