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A love note to our donors

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Traditionally, Valentine’s Day isn’t my favorite holiday. Maybe because I feel like it was somewhat fabricated to sell greeting cards, maybe because as a teen in high school I didn’t have anyone send me valentines, or maybe because I choose…
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Why Access to a Stable Home Matters

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Common financial advice recommends spending less than 30% of your income on housing costs, including rent or mortgage costs, utilities, and repairs. Until I started working at the Foundation, I spent nearly two-thirds of my income on rent and accrued…
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Everyone is talking about Equity

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Equity: eq·ui·ty | Pronounced: ˈekwədē/ What is equity? It’s a noun, a buzzword in philanthropy, an investment term, a branch of law, a value of shares issued from a company. Had you asked me 2 years ago what equity meant,…
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Absence Makes the Heart …Pay Attention

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When our CEO/President, Lori O’Keefe first brought forward the idea of a trial sabbatical, I felt a momentary drop in my energy. “Oh no, chairing Triangle Community Foundation is a pretty busy role already, what would it be like with…
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The Upside Down*

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Over the summer, our President & CEO Lori O’Keefe took an 11-week sabbatical. It was a new policy that our board approved for 10+ year employees of the Foundation, and Lori would be our guinea pig. You can read all…
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For me, it was about a blanket…

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Over the last few days, our state was walloped by Hurricane Florence, the effects of which our neighbors all over the state, including locally after this morning’s flooding, will continue to feel for a long time to come. Before the…
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What I learned on my summer break (aka sabbatical)

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It’s been a long time since I’ve had to write about what I did over my summer break. Once one enters the workforce, there’s really no such thing, other than a week here or there that you may take off…
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Learning from our past, looking towards our future

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Our Triangle community is comprised of diverse people who, despite our variety of lived experiences, find commonality in calling this area home. As our region’s community foundation, we are grateful to partner with nonprofits and community members to address the…
Protest sign saying it's not too late to stop the hate.
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Space for Reflection

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At the end of this fiscal year, I will celebrate 13.5 years at Triangle Community Foundation. I will have seen the Foundation grow from just over $100 million to more than $250 million. I’ve seen our grants grow to an…
Road weaving around the corner with sunlight and green trees.
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Two ears, one mouth

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“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” -Steven R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People I’ll be perfectly honest, I received this well-known book from my first boss…