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2018 Annual Report

Letter from leadership

The North Carolina Community Foundation turns 30 in 2018, and we celebrate our progress toward fulfilling founder Lewis R. Holding’s vision for a statewide community foundation. He, inaugural Executive Director Elizabeth Fentress and several other leaders launched the Foundation in 1988 to ensure that permanent charitable assets were created throughout the state, with NCCF serving the role of trusted advisor. Read more

New funds

This year, NCCF was honored to open a record 70 funds this year. Some of their stories are expanded below. Read more

New fund stories

Impact and financial statement

Metrics detailing NCCF assets, grantmaking and investment performance as well as our 2018 financial statement are available on the full print edition of our annual report available online here.