Stories
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What does a community foundation do?
Read more: What does a community foundation do?Community foundations are grantmaking public charities that are dedicated to improving the lives of people in a defined local geographic area. They bring together the financial resources of individuals, families, and businesses to support effective nonprofits in their communities. Community foundations vary widely in asset size, ranging from less than $100,000 to more than $1.7…
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RACE: Fostering Empathy
Read more: RACE: Fostering EmpathyWhat does the word “race” mean to you? At the start of summer, Foundation staff and board members spent an afternoon reflecting on that question and more, as we toured the RACE exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh. As a part of our ongoing work on equity, both externally…
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Giving Circles Gather to Talk Success, Challenges, and Passion
Read more: Giving Circles Gather to Talk Success, Challenges, and PassionTime. Talent. Treasure. Testimony. These are the guiding philanthropic principles on which Next Generation of African American Philanthropists (NGAAP) stand as they advance the traditions and legacy of giving in the African American community. NGAAP and members of other giving circles whose funds are administered by Triangle Community Foundation gathered June 29 to share stories…
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Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Momentum Building Across Triangle Communities
Read more: Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Momentum Building Across Triangle CommunitiesEnergy and excitement continues to build across the Triangle as communities join the NC Campaign for Grade-Level Reading. The campaign is part of a national initiative of more than 300 communities working to ensure more low-income children are reading at grade-level by the end of the third grade. Reading proficiency by the end of the…
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Wake Up And Read: Pacesetter in Youth Literacy
Read more: Wake Up And Read: Pacesetter in Youth LiteracyThe Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) is a collaborative effort of funders, nonprofit partners, business leaders, government agencies, states and communities across the nation to ensure that many more children from low-income families succeed in school and graduate prepared for college, a career, and active citizenship. Since its launch, the CGLR has grown to include…
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Donor Profile: Jim Emshoff
Read more: Donor Profile: Jim Emshoff“I don’t want to just sit and write about this, I want to do something. I have a passion to be involved.” If I had to use one word to describe Jim, it would have to be fascinating. As an educator and businessman, from the moment he starts speaking it’s clear he’s always been a…
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Q& A with the 2017 Shannon St. John Fellows
Read more: Q& A with the 2017 Shannon St. John FellowsIn the summer, the Foundation employs students to work on specific projects as Shannon St. John Fellows, named in honor of our first president. This summer we were lucky to work with two talented students, Shelli Grogg (S) and Ebony West (E), both pursuing their Master’s in Public Administration from the University of North Carolina…
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Mental Illness: The Person Behind a Diagnosis
Read more: Mental Illness: The Person Behind a DiagnosisMental illness was a barrier that kept Brent Parrish from reading fluently. His childhood education didn’t address his mental health and kept him from reaching his full potential. Parrish, who is in his 50’s, watched President Barack Obama’s farewell address in January, and he didn’t understand some of the complex topics. He wanted to know…
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2017 What Matters Community Luncheon: Our Kids
Read more: 2017 What Matters Community Luncheon: Our KidsSonia Manzano grew up in an America where she never saw people of color on television. Where she was taught to “behave and memorize” in elementary school before struggling to catch up in a more difficult performing-arts high school. Where she made sense of the domestic violence and struggle of her home by watching “Queen…
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Camp Changes Lives
Read more: Camp Changes LivesMore than anything, Matthew wanted a friend. The transition from elementary school to middle school can be tough on any kid, but for Matthew, a child with autism, finding friends and fitting in was even more difficult. “His mother would tell me that they felt like they’d lost him,” said Kristy White said, chief development…
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Third-grade reading proficiency: it matters
Read more: Third-grade reading proficiency: it mattersDaniel started third grade reading significantly below grade level, afraid of reading aloud and not able to make connections in the text. His teacher, Jean Skelton, a third-grade teacher in Durham Public Schools, worked with him for hours to help him over his apprehensions. “I had to step him up slowly,” Skelton said last month.…
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Many Barriers to Education for NC Children
Read more: Many Barriers to Education for NC ChildrenEducation is supposed to be the great equalizer, the thing that can end generational poverty and change the trajectory of a person’s life. “We often think of equality,” said Laila Bell, director of research and data for NC Child, a state-level advocacy organization in Raleigh. For example: “‘If we give every kid the same thing,…