Stories
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Stronger Together | Being Brave and Bold While Building Capacity
Read more: Stronger Together | Being Brave and Bold While Building CapacityRedefining, redirecting, and shifting philanthropy is one of the many goals of Triangle Capacity-Building Network (TCBN), a combined network of funders working to fund organizations primarily led by and serving Black and Brown communities that have traditionally been excluded or overlooked by inequitable power structures and funding cycles. In March, TCBN hosted a “fishbowl discussion”…
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Marian Cheek Jackson Center | Honoring & Building Community
Read more: Marian Cheek Jackson Center | Honoring & Building Community“That’s the story to tell and story to celebrate; how this neighborhood once again has come together creatively to determine its future.” – George Barrett, Executive Director Below: The Northside Residential Fellows and Linking Generations in Northside cohort join together for a neighborhood potluck. In the mid-2000s, the Northside neighborhood of Chapel Hill was at…
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Darryl Lester | Philanthropy Evangelist
Read more: Darryl Lester | Philanthropy EvangelistFor several decades, Darryl Lester has utilized a three-word phrase as a mantra for his work as a philanthropy evangelist and social uplift engineer – time, talent, and treasure. Whether lecturing to students about entrepreneurship, fellowshipping with fellow members of his fraternity, or coaching special needs youngsters on his daughter’s softball team, this Carolina native…
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Sarah Battersby | A New Chapter of Impact
Read more: Sarah Battersby | A New Chapter of ImpactGrowing up in New Bern, the colonial capital of North Carolina, Sarah Battersby was surrounded by history at an early age. She was a historical dancer and even dreamed about becoming a historian when she grew up. The only thing that topped her love for dancing and history was reading. As a child, Sarah read…
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Kiran | Breaking the Cycle of Abuse
Read more: Kiran | Breaking the Cycle of AbuseImagine being a young mother, married as an early teen, whose husband was not working regularly, and whose children were beginning to starve. Imagine taking matters into your own hands and getting a job at a retail store, and being beaten for taking the initiative to provide for your family because it was “against your…
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Bernard Hsu | Taking Time to Dig Deeper
Read more: Bernard Hsu | Taking Time to Dig DeeperMindfulness is such an important concept to Bernard Hsu that he has the word tattooed on his arm (thanks to his daughter, a tattoo artist), and he applies that in just about every aspect of his life – his fitness regimen, his family time, and his approach to philanthropy. Bernard grew up in Taiwan, the…
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Chris DeVita | Shaping Legacy to Create Impact
Read more: Chris DeVita | Shaping Legacy to Create ImpactTriangle Community Foundation Board Chair Chris DeVita never expected her career to be centered on philanthropy, having initially focused on the legal field, but ultimately she had 24 years to embrace and lead ideas on how you shape legacy to create impact as founding president of The Wallace Foundation. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New…
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TheGifted Arts | The Transformative Power of the Arts
Read more: TheGifted Arts | The Transformative Power of the ArtsOpen the doors of TheGifted Arts studio on a Saturday morning and you can immediately feel the energy. The thumping beat of the music, the encouraging call outs from the instructors, and the students enthusiastically participating in the creative process. The atmosphere is electric. TheGifted Arts’ co-founders CJ and Nicholé Morgan recognized the value of…
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Pee Wee Homes | Small Homes, Big Impact
Read more: Pee Wee Homes | Small Homes, Big ImpactFounding Board Members at the site of the homes at the Advocate – seated at the front is namesake Nathaniel “Pee Wee” Lee. In 2017, a small group of affordable housing advocates with ties to community-based organizations like the Marian Cheek Jackson Center, Inter-Faith Council for Social Services (IFC), and Community Empowerment Fund (CEF) decided…
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David Dodson | Service as a Way of Life
Read more: David Dodson | Service as a Way of LifeDavid singing at the Oval Park July 4th Celebration in Durham. Photo courtesy of the News & Observer. “The more candid folks can be about struggles and opportunities they can’t quite seize helps make me a better donor, because I can then figure out how I can make a difference.” – David Dodson David Dodson…
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Lori O’Keefe | Dedicated to the Mission
Read more: Lori O’Keefe | Dedicated to the MissionSpend just five minutes with Triangle Community Foundation’s President & CEO, Lori O’Keefe, and you will learn at least three things: There is no situation she doesn’t have a musical theatre reference for, She loves anything in pop culture related to zombies, and, She is passionate about her work. In fact, when we sat…