NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

Program: NCCF General Overview

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The NCCF is the single statewide community foundation serving North Carolina and has made nearly $63 million in grants since its inception in 1988. With more than $100 million in assets, the NCCF sustains nearly 1,000 endowments established to provide long-term support of a broad range of community needs, nonprofit organizations, institutions and scholarships. The NCCF partners with 60 affiliate foundations to provide local resource allocation and community assistance in 66 counties across the state. An important component of the NCCF’s mission is to ensure that rural philanthropy has a voice at local, regional and national levels

 

During its fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, the NCCF granted more than $4.5 millionto a wide spectrum of charitable causes that benefited citizens and communities throughout North Carolina. Funds for these grants come from unrestricted, field of interest, designated and donor-advised endowments.

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Program: Women in Philanthropy

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Women in Philanthropy

Through the establishment of a Women’s Giving Group, women from across the state can direct their charitable interests in focused, purposeful and strategic ways. Like volunteerism, philanthropy is a collective endeavor. However, because these funds are more strategic in approach, they allow members to solve issues and problems at the source.

The North Carolina Community Foundation continues its long history of supporting women as philanthropists and has worked to establish new women’s giving groups to serve communities across the state while continuing to the build our Women’s Fund, a statewide endowment fund focused on the needs of women and girls across the state.

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Program: Youth in Philanthropy

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Youth in Philanthropy

The North Carolina Community Foundation’s Youth in Philanthropy initiative is a joint endeavor between local community foundation affiliates, school administrators, local youth serving organizations and Leading to Change, a technical partner providing expertise in curriculum development. 

The program provides a vehicle for young people to connect on educational issues, build leadership skills, develop creative and analytical thinking and nourish community involvement.  The initiative is designed to teach young people to give responsibly and to help create a new generation of philanthropists.

The ten-month program focuses on training young people on how to become philanthropists and how they can make an impact in their communities.  While philanthropy is an inclusive term that encompasses volunteerism, leadership and grantmaking, the curriculum we use prepares young people for grantmaking, while also grounding them in the broader concepts of philanthropy.

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