Stories
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A Recipe for Impact
Read more: A Recipe for ImpactThis National Volunteer Week, we’re going Beyond the Job to spotlight colleagues who are making an impact in the community outside of their day-to-day roles. From board service to hands-on volunteering, these stories reflect the many ways we can all make more possible for our community. This story highlights a Q&A with Joshua McLean, Senior…
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From Music to Migration: Greyson’s Volunteer Story
Read more: From Music to Migration: Greyson’s Volunteer StoryThis National Volunteer Week, we’re going Beyond the Job to spotlight colleagues who are making an impact in the community outside of their day-to-day roles. From board service to hands-on volunteering, these stories reflect the many ways we can all make more possible for our community. This story highlights a Q&A with Greyson Norcross, Senior…
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Protecting Land, Strengthening Communities
Read more: Protecting Land, Strengthening CommunitiesThis National Volunteer Week, we’re going Beyond the Job to spotlight colleagues who are making an impact in the community outside of their day-to-day roles. From board service to hands-on volunteering, these stories reflect the many ways we can all make more possible for our community. This story highlights a Q&A with Sarah Guidi, Director…
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Paws with Purpose
Read more: Paws with PurposeThis National Volunteer Week, we’re going Beyond the Job to spotlight colleagues who are making an impact in the community outside of their day-to-day roles. From board service to hands-on volunteering, these stories reflect the many ways we can all make more possible for our community. This story highlights a Q&A with Natalia Siegel, Director…
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Leadership in Action: Mitchell’s Story with HOST
Read more: Leadership in Action: Mitchell’s Story with HOSTThis National Volunteer Week, we’re going Beyond the Job to spotlight colleagues who are making an impact in the community outside of their day-to-day roles. From board service to hands-on volunteering, these stories reflect the many ways we can all make more possible for our community. The first story highlights a Q&A with Mitchell Moravec,…
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Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc. | The Goodmon Family’s Longstanding Impact on the Community
Read more: Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc. | The Goodmon Family’s Longstanding Impact on the CommunityAmong Jimmy and Michael Goodmon’s earliest memories of giving back include volunteering with their mother at the Salvation Army dressed as elves to pass out presents during the holidays. “There was a notion in the family that we are part of the community, and we should help whenever we can help,” says Jimmy. This notion…
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The Burroughs Wellcome Fund | A Story of Scientific Excellence and Philanthropy
Read more: The Burroughs Wellcome Fund | A Story of Scientific Excellence and PhilanthropyBurroughs Wellcome Fund and Triangle Community Foundation are forever linked – Dr. George Hitchings, our founder, served as the Fund’s president from 1971-1990. Since that time several former employees of Burroughs Wellcome Fund have become fundholders, and the Foundation also has two endowment funds as well as a scholarship fund that bear Dr. Hitchings’ name.…
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The Story Behind Our New Logo
Read more: The Story Behind Our New LogoIn the last 15 years Triangle Community Foundation has doubled in size. We want to continue that trajectory and are excited to launch our next phase of growth. 2023 marks the end of our most recent strategic plan, and seemed a natural time to assess our brand and messaging, which we did initially via a…
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Partners for Environmental Justice | A Powerful Force for Change
Read more: Partners for Environmental Justice | A Powerful Force for ChangeIn the 1990s, Partners for Environmental Justice (PEJ) and Triangle Community Foundation developed a partnership that has continued to deepen ever since. One of PEJ’s first initiatives as an organization was funded by the Foundation, marking the largest grant awarded at the time. PEJ grew out of its community of origin south of the Walnut…
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Self-Help Credit Union | Providing a Hand
Read more: Self-Help Credit Union | Providing a HandFrom humble beginnings with initial capital of $77 earned from a bake sale to the $5 billion organization it is today, Self-Help Credit Union has provided a hand to those in need since 1980. Triangle Community Foundation greatly values our partnership with Self-Help, and sat down with Crystal German and Tucker Bartlett, both Self-Help Executive…
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Aiyana Lynch | Embracing Every Opportunity
Read more: Aiyana Lynch | Embracing Every OpportunityA dedication and strong desire to succeed academically has been ingrained in Aiyana for as long as she can remember. She spent most of her life living in Elon, North Carolina due to her dad’s job, though most of her extended family lives in Hollister, North Carolina, the primary location of her family’s tribe, Haliwa-Saponi.…
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Curi Capital | Maximizing Impact
Read more: Curi Capital | Maximizing ImpactProfessional advisors are important partners for Triangle Community Foundation. Without them, we would not have nearly the reach with prospective donors, and we are very appreciative of these relationships. Curi Capital CEO, Dimitri Eliopoulos and Senior Director of Family Office Services, Sheldon Fox (also a previous Foundation Board member and Investment Committee chair) are two…