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Aetna
Foundation
The Aetna Foundation, the independent charitable
and philanthropic
organization funded by Aetna, has been an acknowledged leader in
addressing society’s most compelling issues and leading volunteer
efforts for nearly 30 years.
Burroughs Wellcome
Fund
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is an independent private
foundation whose mission is to advance the medical sciences by supporting
research and other scientific and educational activities.
Cisco
Foundation
The Cisco Foundation funds organizations in the
community that provide education, generate and sustain community
service, or meet basic human needs. The Foundation focuses on those
programs that extend useful innovation and attempt to make lasting
positive change.
The
Duke Endowment
The Duke Endowment is a charitable trust, established
by North Carolina industrialist James Buchanan Duke. While the Endowment
is legally a trust, it also meets the definition of a private or
independent foundation: a non-governmental, non-profit organization,
established with funds provided by an individual, a family, or a
corporation, to promote philanthropic purposes by making grants.
Golden
LEAF: Long-Term Economic Advancement Foundation
The mission of Golden LEAF is to improve the social
and economic conditions of North Carolina's people. Our objectives
are to promote the social welfare of North Carolina's citizens and
to receive and distribute funds for economic impact assistance.
The Kate B. Reynolds
Charitable Trust
The Trust was created in 1947 under Mrs. Reynolds'
will. She designated that one-fourth of the income from the Trust
be used for the poor and needy in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County
and that three-fourths of the income be used for charity patients
in NC hospitals.
The Mary Reynolds
Babcock Foundation
The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation makes grants
to help nonprofit organizations and coalitions build just and caring
communities. We are especially interested in work that seeks to
assure the well-being of children, youth and families; bridge the
faultlines of race and class; and invest in communities' human and
natural resources.
North Carolina
Community Foundation
The Mission of the North Carolina Community Foundation
is to enable North Carolinians of all means to make significant
and lasting gifts for the benefit of their communities.
Subdivisions:
North
Carolina Grantmakers
Grantmakers in North Carolina
North
Carolina Healthy Start Foundation
With funds from the North Carolina General Assembly
and in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Health
and Human Services, the NC Healthy Start Foundation continues its
statewide efforts to decrease infant deaths by promoting healthy
pregnancies and child health through media, public awareness campaigns,
and a grants program.
United
Way of North Carolina
The United Way of North Carolina is a state-wide
organization located in Raleigh with the purpose of assisting member
United Ways in North Carolina and helping them better serve their
communities. We help them locate grants for the agencies they serve,
act as the public policy face for United Way to the North Carolina
state government, oversee large projects and, much more.
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