To promote excellence in and access to the creation, experience, and active support of the arts for all the people of our community; manage the Durham Arts Council building; provide grant information to artists and arts groups; produce CenterFest; and run arts education programs.
Durham CARES mission is to heal and transform the lives of impoverished Black children by recruiting, training, and mobilizing caring Black
men and women to mentor and care for them. We connect mentors to local youth-serving organizations.
To teach choral music to youth in the Durham NC community and to share their talents via public performance.
To provide free, confidential services to survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
The purpose of our program is to foster responsible behavior among Durham’s young people, to deter court-referred youth from becoming repeat offenders and to decrease the dropout rate of students in Durham school.
Our mission is to catalyze big ideas & foster community engagement that will accelerate transformation of the Durham Public Schools to ensure success and equity for every student.
We believe…
All children can succeed at the highest levels.
Students’ and families’ voices matter and they know what they need from schools in order to thrive.
Professional educators deserve support.
Public schools can lead in dismantling systemic racism when they address current and historic systems of inequality.
Public schools are crucial to a growing Durham with shared prosperity.
Impact is sustainable when we continuously learn and collect evidence for what works.
To promote lung cancer education, early detection and compassion for families touched by lung cancer.
To perpetuate the memory of alumni who have demonstrated excellence through athletics and sports and community leaders who have shown strong leadership in athletics.
We provide crisis assistance to people in Catawba County.