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From Our President: Renewed Strategies for the Journey Ahead

March 17, 2022 | Rhett N. Mabry

Rhett Mabry shares reflections and insights coming out of the organization-wide effort to renew grantmaking strategies and create measurable impact on the lives and communities of the Carolinas.

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Our Commitment to Supporting Nonprofit Leaders of Color

March 16, 2022 | Rhett N. Mabry, Tamika D. Williams

We are working with foundations from across North Carolina and South Carolina to pool resources in support of nonprofits led by persons of color in communities that have been marginalized.

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As Rural Hospitals Struggle, A Hopeful New Model Emerges

UNC Hospitals, with support from the Endowment, has opened the doors of an innovative new labor and delivery unit in rural Siler City, N.C.

May 12, 2022 | Martha Carlough, Ellen Chetwynd, Katie Wouk

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Fresh Start Program Tackles Type II Diabetes

Fresh Start, a partnership between East Carolina University nutrition students and free community care providers, offers free healthy food items, cooking classes, nutritional advice, learning lessons and more to low-income and uninsured diabetes patients throughout northeastern North Carolina. Read more here.

May 9, 2022 | The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)

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A New Mom’s View of the Importance of Child Abuse Awareness Month

In honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month, a new mom urges greater empathy and support for struggling parents and caregivers.

April 18, 2022 | Kate A. Gaskin

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$25 Million Investment from The Duke Endowment Supports Three Hallmarks of Davidson College

The Duke Endowment has committed $25 million to Davidson College to fund scholarships, establish new professorships and create student experiences, such as internships and research, that connect students’ classroom work to where they will effect change in the world.

April 13, 2022 | Davidson College

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New S.C. Initiative Aims to Reduce the Need for Foster Care

S.C. leaders have announced Connected Families, a new public-private initiative to prevent child maltreatment, strengthen families, and improve mental health outcomes for families involved in child welfare services.

April 11, 2022 | S.C. First Steps

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Endowment Awards $10 Million Grant to Duke Law School

The Duke Endowment has given a $10 million grant to Duke University to create new financial aid opportunities in the Law School and help remove economic barriers for students to study law and launch their careers.

April 11, 2022 | Duke Today

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A Word from Our President: Renewed Strategies for the Journey Ahead​

Rhett Mabry shares reflections and insights coming out of the organization-wide effort to renew grantmaking strategies and create measurable impact on the lives and communities of the Carolinas.

March 17, 2022 | Rhett N. Mabry

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Our Commitment to Supporting Nonprofit Leaders of Color

We are working with foundations from across North Carolina and South Carolina to pool resources in support of nonprofits led by persons of color in communities that have been marginalized.

March 16, 2022 | Rhett N. Mabry, Tamika D. Williams

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Celebrating Our Social Workers During National Social Work Month

March is National Social Work Month. Tamika Williams, associate director of The Duke Endowment’s Child and Family Well-Being program area, reflects on her early days as a child protective services social worker.

March 3, 2022 | Tamika D. Williams

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Grant to McLeod Health Foundation Will Help Chronic Illness Sufferers

The McLeod Health Foundation received a $261,850 grant to establish a community paramedicine program in Marlboro County.

February 9, 2022 | The Anson Record

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Making a Difference for Latino Families

Margarita Franco is a small woman with kind brown eyes and a soft voice. But people use heavy words to describe her.

February 2, 2022 | Lin B. Hollowell III

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A Key to Whether a Child Succeeds or Fails? Family Support

On a late Saturday afternoon in 1964 in a small North Carolina town, a teenager gave birth to a son. A recent high school graduate, she had dreams of a career that would take her away from rural North Carolina. Instead, she now had a baby, a husband not much older than she and no idea of the challenges ahead. All her hopes and love were poured into her son.

February 1, 2022 | Phillip H. Redmond Jr.