Capacity Building

To cultivate self-sustaining roots by encouraging healthy communities and supporting current and future Black farmers and entrepreneurs.

BUMP is more than a youth arts program—it’s a movement of multi-generational artists imagining and building a world rooted in heritage, connected in community, and bold in possibility. We are a creative home for youth shaping the future of art and culture. Grounded in the traditions, aesthetics, and innovations of the African diaspora, we nurture young creators through arts education, performance, storytelling, and mentorship from local African-diasporic culture bearers. From classrooms and creative studios to festival stages and international experiences, BUMP is building the next generation of artists, innovators, and African-diasporic cultural leaders. We cultivate the confidence, pride, and creative power that fuels our collective futures.

Community Health Coalition programs continue to have a positive impact on Durham and the surrounding areas. We provide food to individuals and families, blood pressure checks, glucose checks, and over-the-counter (OTC) medications to our community.

Community Organizing for Racial Equity has a mission to create a culture of equity by building stronger communities through education, restoration, and community organizing.

EJA's mission is to dismantle the school-to-prison and school-to-deportation pipelines, eliminate the criminalization of Black, Brown, LGBTQ+ students, and students with disabilities and secure educational equity for all students in the public school system.

El Pueblo's mission is to build collective power through leadership development, organizing, and direct action so that the Latin American community and other marginalized communities control our own stories and destinies.

The mission of Hispanic Liaison of Chatham County is to foster intercultural understanding and to empower Latinxs to overcome the challenges they face and make their voices heard in the community.

Jewish for Good serves as a vibrant hub where everyone belongs, nourishing the roots of local Jewish life. We provide engaging opportunities that deepen Jewish connections, knowledge, and relations to Israel; services for helping those in need; programs that foster healthy living; and pathways for charitable giving.

The Latino Educational Achievement Partnership (LEAP) empowers children in Durham to achieve academic success by providing a high-quality, dual-language preschool and on-going support throughout middle school. LEAP considers all families who participate in our programs as part of the LEAP Community. We make sure that our families get connected with Durham’s resources based on their individual needs.

The LGBTQ Center of Durham supports LGBTQ+ people through services, programming, resources, and support networks that center their wellbeing and allows them to thrive.

Refugee Community Partnership is a grassroots mutual aid network and resource hub made up of 2,000+ migrant and refugee Members and hundreds of volunteers rebuilding home together in central North Carolina.

SUSO's mission is to provide direct care and outreach advocacy for families, child survivors, and witnesses of gender-based violence through holistic, therapeutic services rooted in Integrative Art Intervention.

TheGifted Arts provides high-quality arts education tailored to the needs of youth, with a structured, leveled curriculum that supports beginners, intermediate learners, and advanced students. Unlike many programs focused solely on technical mastery, we integrate culturally responsive practices that celebrate the traditions of Black and Brown communities while addressing systemic barriers to access and representation in the arts. We strongly believe in the power of intention — that with racial and social justice and liberated black and brown communities, youth will magnify their personal power.

Our mission is to uplift food sovereignty in the refugee community through access to land, education and opportunities for refugee farmers to address community food insecurity and the barriers they face in reaching their dreams of farming. The farm provides a cultural community space for refugee adults and youth to come together, recreate home and build healthy communities, and continue agricultural traditions in the Piedmont of N.C.

Since its inception, the Triangle Native American Society (TNAS) has worked to promote and protect Native American identity in the Triangle area by increasing public awareness of the cultural and economic contributions of Native peoples, as well as advocating for greater recognition of their needs.