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Blog: Triangle Community Foundation

Space for Reflection

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At the end of this fiscal year, I will celebrate 13.5 years at Triangle Community Foundation. I will have seen the Foundation grow from just over $100 million to more than $250 million. I’ve seen our grants grow to an…
Road weaving around the corner with sunlight and green trees.
Blog: Triangle Community Foundation

Two ears, one mouth

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“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” -Steven R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People I’ll be perfectly honest, I received this well-known book from my first boss…
Stories: Videos

Voices of Women

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Nearly 800 community leaders joined us for What Matters: Women on Tuesday, April 24th at the Raleigh Convention Center to learn more about how women continue to be disproportionately affected as it relates to health, housing, employment, and education. We…
Blog: Triangle Community Foundation

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

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We live in one of the fastest growing, highest living standards, best wage equity, lowest unemployment, and lower poverty areas in the United States. It is because of this that we feel incredibly fortunate to be citizens of the Triangle…
Stories: Donor Stories

A Part of His Character

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College is not a reality that many living in poverty consider “a given” or a definite part of their future. Ridden with financial burdens, the everyday struggle to secure shelter and food are the constant priority. In fact, only 47…
Stories: Nonprofit Stories

After-School Program Reconnects Children to the Earth

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Is it possible to reconnect young people with the earth? Connecting with nature is tough for children who are coming of age in the digital era and kids without access to outdoor activities. Between the allure of screens, other extracurriculars,…
Blog: Triangle Community Foundation

My name is Meg, and I am a failure.

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I was 22 years old, only 6 months into a new job at a large and prestigious nonprofit, incredibly headstrong and (in hindsight) very inexperienced. It was the week before Christmas, and I was in charge of planning the office…
Blog: Triangle Community Foundation

The Impact of Opportunity

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Walking to my car after working at one of my after school jobs, I received an email saying I was being awarded the Benjamin F. Ward Scholarship. There in the middle of the parking lot, I could not help but…
Stories: Community Stories

Investing in Young Nonprofit Professionals

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The following is an interview with Molly Rivera (M), Board Chair of Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of the Triangle (YNPN), conducted by Hiral Patel (H), Marketing and Communications Associate. H: Why is it important to invest in young nonprofit professionals?  …
Blog: Triangle Community Foundation

’Tis the Season. Why do YOU give?

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Giving in all its forms — time, talent and treasure — is in our DNA, and I’d like to think it’s not tied to a tax deduction, but rather to a desire to do good — to love humankind. That’s…