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The Case for Unrestricted Grantmaking
By Natalia Siegel, Senior Donor Engagement Officer In philanthropy, there are several different ways one can grant money to an organization, and they range from rigid requirements to no strings attached. While we understand why donors may prefer to dictate precisely how their funding is spent, we would like to share why Triangle Community Foundation…
$750,000 in Flexible Funding Awarded to 15 Triangle Nonprofits
Triangle Community Foundation has released $750,000 in unrestricted funding to 15 local nonprofits through the Transforming the Triangle Award, a special program designed to acknowledge the critical role nonprofits played in supporting their communities during unprecedented challenges due to the pandemic. “COVID-19 tested the resiliency of nonprofits like never before, as they were tasked with…
Triangle Community Foundation Announces New Board Leadership
Triangle Community Foundation is delighted to announce a new Board chair as well as four new Board members as the organization kicks off the 2022-2023 fiscal year this week with its first in-person retreat and Board meeting since the start of the pandemic. Christine DeVita is replacing Michael Schoenfeld as Board Chair as he departs…
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 made up of six foundations, is focused on disrupting the status quo in the nonprofit…
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 “MYGOD” funding-Multi-Year General Operating Dollars. This not only gives grantees multiple years of stable…
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 “MYGOD” funding-Multi-Year General Operating Dollars. This not only gives grantees multiple years of stable funding…
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 business practices, contribution to local communities, and promotion of diversity and gender equality in the…
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 slate moving forward. It is often the time we make resolutions and pledge to try…
$100,000 Grant Awarded to Dress for Success Triangle as Part of Triangle Community Foundation’s Women THRIVE project.
Triangle Community Foundation has announced a $100,000 grant, awarded to local nonprofit organization Dress for Success Triangle, as part of their Women THRIVE project, to begin the implementation of a pilot program that focuses on workforce development for low-income single mothers in SE Raleigh and East Durham. This funding supports the program’s commitment to partnership…
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 of color in our region bear the brunt of health, education, and economic disparity, as a…
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 prepared for: the closing of businesses, social distancing from friends and families, economic downturns, increased…
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 down, what comes next? The philanthropic response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been largely positive,…