Urban Ministries of Wake County is a nonprofit that addresses basic human needs to help alleviate the effects of poverty. The agency provides food, shelter and healthcare to...
The Franklin County Community Foundation held a fishing tournament to raise resources for its unrestricted fund to support worthy causes throughout the Louisburg area. This is...
Wilkes Community Foundation grantees hold up their award checks at a recent celebration. Each of the NCCF’s affiliate foundation partners has established a community fund...
The Sallie B. Howard School for the Arts & Education has grown since its inception in 1997. School and community leaders want to ensure that it will be there to serve the...
The NCCF supports women’s giving groups throughout North Carolina, including nine established and emerging networks and the NCCF Women's Fund, our statewide...
The North Carolina Science Olympiad (NCSO) is a statewide nonprofit organization with the mission to attract, develop and retain a talent pool of kindergarten through...
Volunteers throughout North Carolina are the backbone of our state and essential to the work of the NCCF. We thank those who step up to serve and lead affiliate boards, who...
Only 4 percent of the nation's charities have received this rating 5 consecutive times!
April 28 in Duck! Volunteers worked to get the word out in '11 and are gearing up again.
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Congress adjourned in December without acting on the bill.
Marcus Stanaland, left, and Joe Giles, Harnett County Community Foundation
The NCCF was created to inspire North Carolinians to make lasting and meaningful contributions to their communities.
Stories that inspired the creation of endowments and how these gifts and local affiliate foundations are changing lives and communities.

Find out more about funds established to memorialize those loved and admired. We'll list new ones here as they are established and also share stories.
Peggy Birkemeier, NCCF senior regional associate for the Northeast, posts an extremely thoughtful piece on the importance of volunteers, reflecting on both national trends in the news and a local leader near and dear in so many hearts.
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Jennifer Tolle Whiteside, NCCF CEO & President