Why It Matters
There is research to support that organizations need robust sustainable support to make lasting progress, and in order to build a diverse and effective nonprofit sector in the Triangle, nonprofit leadership should be representative of the communities served. The nonprofit sector is experiencing growing retirement rates of leadership in transition, as well as a racial leadership gap within higher levels of organizational management.
We also believe that it is imperative that both funders and nonprofits understand and consider the full cost of funding organizations. Data shows that organizations, no matter how well managed, frequently lack the resources to cover the full cost of running them, including adequate pay for all employees.
Triangle Capacity-Building Network
One of the ways the Foundation is working to build a stronger sector is by participating in the Triangle Capacity-Building Network.
The Network is comprised of a growing collection of local funders, focused on disrupting the status quo, changing the narrative, and doing things differently in the nonprofit sector and the community it serves. Since its creation in 2014, we have commissioned research, engaged nonprofits in conversations about capacity building, and built a strategic direction with a desired outcome of creating strong nonprofits in the Triangle region of North Carolina.
Featured Story: Being Bold and Brave While Building Capacity
Redefining, redirecting, and shifting philanthropy is one of the many goals of Triangle Capacity-Building Network (TCBN). In March of 2023, TCBN hosted a “fishbowl discussion” at its funder convening. This conversation strategy highlights certain voices in the center of the room (the fishbowl), allowing remaining attendees to listen carefully and learn. Eight TCBN grantee organizations lent their voices to the fishbowl.
Current Partner Grantees
- Black Farmer's Market
- BUMP: The Triangle
- Community Health Coalition
- Community Organizing for Racial Equity
- CommunityWorx
- Echo
- Education Justice Alliance
- El Pueblo Inc.
- Executive Service Corps of the Triangle Inc.
- Hispanic Liaison of Chatham County
- Jewish for Good (Aya Birth Center)
- Latino Educational Achievement Partnership
- Leadership Triangle
- LGBTQ Center of Durham
- North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
- NC Collaborative for Strong Latinx Communities
- Refugee Community Partnership
- Southern Vision Alliance
- StandUp SpeakOut NC
- The Conservation Fund
- TheGifted Arts, Inc.
- Transplanting Traditions Community Farm
- Triangle Native American Society
- Young Nonprofit Professionals Network