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Blog: Triangle Community Foundation

Learning from our past, looking towards our future

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Our Triangle community is comprised of diverse people who, despite our variety of lived experiences, find commonality in calling this area home. As our region’s community foundation, we are grateful to partner with nonprofits and community members to address the…
Protest sign saying it's not too late to stop the hate.
Stories: Youth Literacy

A School Changed: A Necessary, and Equitable Path for Everyone

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Walking through Central Park School for Children in Durham, students can be heard talking and laughing as they work on their assignments in class. It seems to be an ordinary school as Director John Heffernan leads the way through the…
Stories: Donor Stories

Giving Circles Feature: The Beehive Collective

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While not a new concept, giving circles have become an increasingly popular and important form of philanthropy, allowing a group of individuals to combine resources to have a larger funding impact on an organization or issue area. We believe in…
Stories: Donor Stories

Heart Surgery and Hammers

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Cécile Noël would rather comfort a ten-year old Nicaraguan boy with a hole in his heart than attend a board meeting. “When he came at the beginning of the week, the boy had a cough and a runny nose so…
Stories: Nonprofit Stories

Tackling Systemic Homelessness Together

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With your help, we have granted $642,450 to community development organizations through Fund for the Triangle since FY 2013-2014Lack of affordable housing, financial insecurity, and systemic unemployment are intersecting crises of global proportions. While Chapel Hill and Durham’s dearth…
Stories: Nonprofit Stories

Conserving Land and Legacy

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With your help, we have granted $767,111 to environmental organizations through Fund for the Triangle since FY 2013-2014While strolling through Good Hope Farm on a sunny afternoon, one gets the curious feeling that the farm is a living, breathing…
Stories: Donor Stories

A Life of Service: There is No Other Way

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As Vice President of Operations at Methodist Home for Children, Ken Perry says that he has always had a passion for philanthropy. The human service agency that he has grown to become a pillar of provides safe, stable homes where…
Stories: Donor Stories

Family Legacy Meets Social Justice

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Rebecca Balter’s story began long before she was born. Balter comes from a long line of entrepreneurs; her family built a successful bank in Dresden, Germany at the turn of the 20th century. In fact, the family believed so much…
Stories: Community Stories

What Matters: Women

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Nearly 800 community members, the largest crowd yet, came together for this year’s What Matters to learn about how women continue to face significant challenges as it relates to health, housing, employment, and education. The Raleigh Convention Center was packed…