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Taking Steps on the Path to Health
The North Carolina morning is heating up by the time Ms. Young’s second-graders spill from their classroom to gather outdoors. They’ll spend the next 15 minutes looping the East Rockingham Elementary School track — a welcome break that helps them burn calories, re-energize for classwork and develop healthy habits.
What We’re Hearing about COVID-19
In this new podcast from Capital Development Services, Rhett Mabry, president of The Duke Endowment, talks about what we’re hearing from our grantees as they confront the COVID-19 crisis. He also offers insight on the Endowment’s response.
How to Help Families During Social Distancing
The coronavirus is top of mind these days, and we are all overwhelmed with information about what we should do to keep ourselves and others healthy and safe. Much like our anticipation of a hurricane, the uncertainty is the difficult part in the early days. Will it hit us? How long from now? Have we prepared enough? When will we be back to normal? We all have many unanswerable questions at the time.
A Word from our President on COVID-19
For 95 years, we here at The Duke Endowment have been working with our partners and grantees to fulfill James B. Duke’s philanthropic mandate to improve the quality of life in the Carolinas.
Today, that mission is being challenged like never before by the COVID-19 crisis gripping our region, the nation, and the world.
Let’s Give Thanks for Social Workers
As we observe National Social Work Month in March, it’s good to take a moment to honor their dedication.
A New Name for Our Child Care Program Area
Director Phil Redmond and Associate Director Tamika Williams announce the name change in this video.
Helping Rural Churches Bridge Divides
In our deeply polarized age, rural churches can help their communities by helping neighbors find common ground. Rural Church Director Robb Webb explains how.
Helping Children in Foster Care Find Homes
May is National Foster Care Month, so we talked with one of North Carolina’s top child welfare leaders about how we can find homes for more children in the foster care system.
Supporting Families with Services and Care
The $500 bill framed in Diana Johnson’s office has no monetary value — but to her, it’s priceless.
Putting Children First
If students aren't learning during the summer, they can lose ground academically — and once children fall back, the gap in achievement can grow with each year.
Helping Clients Find Hope and Healing
As CEO of Hopeful Horizons, Shauw Chin Capps helped a struggling organization in coastal South Carolina grow into a children’s advocacy, domestic violence and rape crisis center that benefits thousands of people in five counties.
Thinking Deeply about Evaluation
The Endowment recently invited Virginia Tech professor Tom Archibald and Jane Buckley of JCB Consulting to lead internal workshops on Evaluative Thinking, a set of habits that aims to help leaders make sound judgments using good evidence. Given the increasing focus on evidence-based programs and enhancing foundation strategy, we thought we’d share some of their insights.
