Resources
2025 Annual Report: A Shared Pursuit
For more than a century, The Duke Endowment has worked alongside grantee partners to improve lives and communities across the Carolinas. That work has always been rooted in the belief that we can achieve excellence and meaningful change by working together. Our 2025 annual report explores what our quest for excellence looks like today.
Kin-First Roadmap
This roadmap is a tool to help assess current policy and practice against the seven pillars of kin-supportive practice. Shared with permission by the authors. For more information or to discuss kin-first training and supports, contact Mike Leach (mike@thinkofus.org) or Jed Dews (jed@charlestonhalos.org).
The Duke Family Tree
Family has always been a cornerstone of The Duke Endowment and continues to be part of our leadership 100 years later. Learn more about the Duke family.
2024 Grantmaking
An overview of the 2024 Duke Endowment grantmaking.
2024 Annual Report: NEXT
In 2024, The Duke Endowment celebrated 100 years of impact throughout the Carolinas. This centennial milestone was the perfect opportunity to meet with the communities we serve and to hear their stories. To reflect on our work together, and to look ahead to the next century. Through the grantee stories shared in the 2024 Annual Report, we see the work we’ve accomplished together and the future that’s to come.
List of Eligible Churches
This is a list of United Methodist churches eligible for support from the Endowment’s Rural Church program area. This list will be reexamined and reposted after data from each federal decennial census is collected and RUCA designations are assessed.
Getting to Know Our Artwork
Our headquarters is designed be a more than just a location from which to conduct our work. From the outset, the building was intentionally constructed as a welcoming resource for grantees and as a symbol of Mr. Duke’s legacy for the Carolinas. In that spirit, we are proud to display artwork that inspires the same sense of connection to our region and the place that our founder called “home.”
Rural Church Intermediaries and Subject Matter Experts
Our Rural Church team works with many partners to support the clergy, congregations and communities of rural North Carolina. This one-page flyer describes the expertise of these organizations and intermediaries.
2023 Annual Report - Committed to the Carolinas: Reflections on a Century
To mark the 100th anniversary of our commitment to the Carolinas, The Duke Endowment connected with many grantee partners from across our history to hear and tell stories about the impact of Mr. Duke’s legacy. Some of the stories were personal; the whole experience was profound. In this 2023 Annual Report, ”Committed to the Carolinas: Reflections on a Century,” we’ve spotlighted some of those grantees, who tell their stories — in their own voices.
The Duke Endowment Overview Flyer
This flyer provides an overview of our work, grantmaking and leadership.
2022 Annual Report: Framing the Future
Decisions today become tomorrow’s reality. These visionary Endowment grantees are helping frame our collective future — from expanding health care and supporting foster families to improving education and connecting neighbors through healthy food. Together, we are making a powerful impact on today and adding to the promise of tomorrow.
Kinship Therapeutic Foster Care Pilot Implementation: Final Evaluation Report
A study of kinship therapeutic care placements in three counties in North Carolina
Recent Uploads
2025 Annual Report: A Shared Pursuit
pdf | August 31, 2026
Kin-First Roadmap
pdf | August 10, 2026
The Duke Family Tree
pdf | December 10, 2025
2024 Grantmaking
pdf | September 24, 2025