Grants in North Carolina

Before beginning the application process, please read our How To Apply page for additional information about whether your organization is eligible to apply for a grant.

Alienor

Old & New/Bold & Blue: The Art of the Harpsichord program

American Dance Festival, Inc.

Children’s matinee series and post-performance parties • Community Day • Kids Night Out • 2010 world-premiere performance by Martha Clarke

April’s Angels Inc.

Adopt-a-Room program

Arts Center

Summer Youth Conservatory

Arts North Carolina Inc.

“Arts Education = More Than You Think”

Artspace Inc.

Artist residency and educational programs

Asheville Art Museum Association, Inc.

“The Olmstead Project: Photographs by Lee Friedlander” exhibit

Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre

International collaboration for the new performance work, Birds of War

Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center

Exhibition, program, and catalogue support for Irwin Kremen: Later ‘Works-of-my-kind’

Builders of Hope Inc.

Support for documentary about organization’s mission and activities

Building Hope Community Life Center

Women of Worth (WOW), an educational and social support program for at-risk teenage women

Carolina Ballet, Inc.

2010-2011 Dancers in Schools program

Carolina Chamber Symphony

2010 Carolina Summer Music Festival

Carolina Comfort Coalition

Serenity House, an end-of-life care home

Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc.

Arts Discovery school day program

Carolina Wren Press, Inc.

Expanded publicity efforts for Phoebe Hoss’ memoir, All Eyes: A Mother's Struggle to Save Her Schizophrenic Son

Chamber Music Society of Wilmington

Gaubert Vivant!, a tribute honoring French flautist and conductor Philippe Gaubert

Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation

Youth Leadership Institute

Child and Parent Support Services

Healthy Futures Fund

Children First of Buncombe County

Advocacy for Children of All Ages Project MARCH Learning Center, a program for at-risk elementary school aged children living in public housing

Children's Museum of Winston-Salem

Camp Imagination, an arts-based summer camp

Chordoma Foundation

Creation of an online Chordoma Research Forum

Christmas House, Inc.

Christmas gifts for financially disadvantaged children in Orange County

Communities in Schools of Durham, Inc.

Durham READS, a summer literacy initiative for elementary-school children

Cucalorus Film Foundation

“Media Literacy” and “Global Perspectives” programs

Dance Project Inc.

Support for twentieth anniversary of the N.C. Dance Festival

Daniel Jonathan Stowe Conservancy

K-5 school programs

Deep Dish Theater Company

Tenth anniversary season

Dispute Settlement Center Inc.

Development of elder care mediation

Durham Academy

Student U’s middle-school program

Durham Arts Council, Inc.

2010-2011 Emerging Artists Program

Durham Chamber Legacy Foundation

Bull City Forward, a community effort to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship

Durham Congregations in Action

YO: Durham (Year of Opportunity for Durham Teens) program

Eastern Music Festival, Inc.

Scholarships to attend 2010 festival

Ellerbee Creek Watershed Association

Maintenance and enhancement of three Durham preserves

Eno Publishers

Support for Daphne Athas’ Chapel Hill in Plain Sight: Notes from the Other Side of the Tracks

Extraordinary Ventures, Inc.

Expansion of employment training area

Family Health Ministries, Inc.

Emergency relief in Haiti

Frankie Lemmon Foundation, Inc.

Sassafras All Children’s Playground

Hillsborough Arts Council

Hillsborough Sculpture Tour 2011

Historic Preservation Society of Durham, Inc.

Revised and updated edition of Jean Bradley Anderson’s Durham County: A History of Durham County, North Carolina

Institute of Art Therapy, Inc.

Program coordinator for Brushes with Life, the UNC Neurosciences Hospital art gallery

Johnson C. Smith University

Scholarships for visual and performing arts, communication arts, and music and fine arts

Junior League of Durham, N.C., Inc.

Partnership with the Durham Performance Learning Center, an alternative high school

Keowee Chamber Music

Youth programming in Western North Carolina

Kidznotes Inc.

School-based site in Durham’s Eastway Elementary

LHS Foundation, Inc.

Support for financially needy students to explore musical opportunities at the James C. Harper School of Performing in Lenoir, NC

Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association

Support for a publication about the school’s history

Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum

Outreach program to Charity Middle School in rural Duplin County

Lumbee Nation Tribal Programs, Inc.

2010 Annual Cultural Tribal Powwow

Mallarme Chamber Players, Inc.

Project MAP, an arts-based after school program

Mallarme Youth Chamber Orchestra

Scholarship program and coaching and artistic fees for workshop sessions

Marbles Kids Museum

Art Loft exhibit and ART-Rageous children’s programming

Meals on Wheels of Durham Inc.

Seven Day Initiative to provide Sunday meals for clients

Medical Foundation of North Carolina Inc.

Door to Door arts program for patients and caregivers at UNC Hospitals

Mint Museum of Art, Inc.

Catalogue for “From New York to Corrymore: Robert Henri and Ireland” exhibition

Muddy Sneakers, Inc.

Outdoor educational science programs in western North Carolina

Museum of Durham History, Inc.

“History Beneath Your Feet: A Guide to Durham Street and School Names”

Museum of the New South, Inc.

COURAGE: The Carolina Story That Changed America” exhibition

National Society to Prevent Blindness — North Carolina Affiliate, Inc.

Vision screening for at-risk adults in Durham County

New Century Musical Arts Society

Collaboration between Amstel Saxaphone Quartet and American composer Michael Torke

New Millennium Awakening

The Summer Academy

\New Visions Center for Art and Healing, Inc.

WomenNC, which provides scholarships for six N.C. students to attend and present at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

North Carolina Arts In Action, Inc.

Live music for rehearsals and performances

North Carolina Black Repertory Company, Inc.

Development and implementation of a marketing and communications plan

North Carolina Boys Choir, Inc.

CDs and DVDs of the choir’s 2010-2011 season

North Carolina Center for Non Profit Organizations, Inc.

2010 Statewide Conference for North Carolina’s Nonprofit Sector

North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research, Inc.

Project to increase access to financial aid for students in N.C.’s public and private colleges, universities, and community colleges

North Carolina Dance Alliance

Annual statewide conference

North Carolina Dance Theatre

2009-2010 Pre-Professional Training Program

North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition, Inc.

Project Respond, an art education program for those made vulnerable by high-risk activities

North Carolina International Folk Festival, Inc.

FOLKMOOT USA’s educational initiative based in international dance and cultural traditions

North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, Inc.

2010 North Carolina Awards Ceremony

North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc.

The Mary D.B.T. Semans Garden (south garden) at the museum

North Carolina Museum of Life and Science

Magic Wings Butterfly House

North Carolina Symphony Society, Inc.

The Young All Stars program

North Carolina Theatre Conference, Inc.

Annual High School Play Festival

Nourish International

Support of programs for college students to implement high-impact, sustainable development projects worldwide

Old Salem, Inc.

220th anniversary celebration of George Washington’s visit to Salem, N.C.

Open Hearts Art Center

Arts education programs for individuals with disabilities

Opera Carolina

Scholarships and instruction expenses for Opera Carolina Academy, a new music and drama workshop for middle- and high-school students

Opera Company of North Carolina, Inc.

2010-2011 school education program

Penland School of Crafts, Inc.

Rehabilitation initiative for Dora’s Place, a historic mid-19th century mountain farmstead on the school’s campus

Piedmont Dance Theatre, Inc.

Support for new backdrop for stage productions

Presbyterian Home for Children of Black Mountain, N.C., Inc.

Programs for homeless youth

Project Compassion

“Bridging the Gap: Creating Volunteer Caregiving Support for Individuals Living with Illness During Challenging Times” project

Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South, Inc.

“Strength from All My Roots: An Exhibition of Textile Arts in Honor of Paul Murray”

Roanoke Island Historical Association, Inc.

73rd season support for Paul Green’s The Lost Colony

SECU Family House at UNC Hospitals

Support of music and arts program for seriously ill patients and their families

Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.

Strengthen programs in math, computer technology, and history education at the Carter Community School Summer Academic Program

Sister Cities of Durham, Inc.

Public art for the international section of Terminal 2 at RDU Airport

Southeastern Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces, Inc.

DIG (Durham Inner-City Gardeners) program

Southern Documentary Fund

One Band Indivisible , about the Hillside High School marching band • Pelada, about the importance of soccer in the lives of people from twenty-two countries • Bridging Rails to Trails, about the history of the American Tobacco Trail • Musings of an Iraqi Patriot • The Beautiful Project, about beauty and self-respect for black girls • The Village Healer, about plants and natural compounds used by traditional healers for generations

Special Olympics North Carolina, Inc.

Athletes’ expenses

St. Joseph’s Historic Foundation, Inc.

YouTh ink. @ Hayti, a literacy education program using spoken word poetry to help students strengthen communication skills

Stokes County Arts Council, Inc.

2011 Winter Dessert Theatre Series

Stop Hunger Now, Inc.

Community service project to combat world hunger involving students from Duke University, NCCU, and Durham’s Southern High School

Student Action With Farmworkers

Levante Leadership Institute’s theater group

Teach For America, Inc.

Support to recruit, select, train and support corps members, and foster alumni leadership

The Center for Documentary Studies

Support of Full Frame’s educational and community outreach initiatives and the annual Youth Program Free Screening component of the film festival

The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, Inc.

Support for programming, the position of Orchestra Administrator, and concerts outside the Triangle area

The Durham Art Guild, Inc.

56th Annual Juried Art Show

The Durham Symphony, Inc.

2010-2011 season

The Durham Teacher Warehouse Corporation

Free school supplies for Durham public school teachers

The Emily Krzyzewski Family Life Center, Inc.

Support for the Midsummer Night’s Dream performing arts camp

The Gallery Group and Art Studio, Inc.

Arts programs for mentally and physically handicapped adults

The Hill Center, Inc.

Student financial aid

The Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina, Inc.

Exhibition by architectural photographer Tim Buchman on the woodwork of Thomas Day

The Prodigy Foundation

Music Maestro Project, a musical education initiative for disadvantaged and minority students

The Raleigh Fine Arts Society, Inc.

2010 North Carolina Artists Exhibition

Triangle Community Foundation

Thirteenth season of North Carolina Bookwatch • UNC-Chapel Hill Carolina Performing Arts’ K-12 school matinee by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation, Inc.

2010 Camp Shakespeare for summer of 2010 • Alwin Nikolais Sharing the Legacy Centennial Celebration • Gina Bachauer Guest Artists program featuring Frederica von Stade • Kenan Institute for the Arts’ Magnolia Baroque Festival • Production of Oklahoma! • Thomas S. Kenan, III Scholarship Endowment

Vision Services Group, Inc.

“Called to Conquer,” an afterschool program for at-risk youth

Walltown Children’s Theatre

Summer sessions held at the North Carolina School of Science and Math

Warren Wilson College, Inc.

Service Learning Scholarships

Wilmington Symphony

Support to make concerts more accessible to young people, their families, and the broader community


	WHO WE ARE Profile of MDB Timeline Trustees WHAT WE DO North Carolina Duke University New York HOW TO APPLY FAQ Grants in North Carolina Before beginning the application process, please read our How To Apply page for additional information about whether your organization is eligible to apply for a grant. Alienor Old & New/Bold & Blue: The Art of the Harpsichord program American Dance Festival, Inc. Children’s matinee series and post-performance parties • Community Day • Kids Night Out • 2010 world-premiere performance by Martha Clarke April’s Angels Inc. Adopt-a-Room program Arts Center Summer Youth Conservatory Arts North Carolina Inc. “Arts Education = More Than You Think” Artspace Inc. Artist residency and educational programs Asheville Art Museum Association, Inc. “The Olmstead Project: Photographs by Lee Friedlander” exhibit Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre International collaboration for the new performance work, Birds of War Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center Exhibition, program, and catalogue support for Irwin Kremen: Later ‘Works-of-my-kind’ Builders of Hope Inc. Support for documentary about organization’s mission and activities Building Hope Community Life Center Women of Worth (WOW), an educational and social support program for at-risk teenage women Carolina Ballet, Inc. 2010-2011 Dancers in Schools program Carolina Chamber Symphony 2010 Carolina Summer Music Festival Carolina Comfort Coalition Serenity House, an end-of-life care home Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc. Arts Discovery school day program Carolina Wren Press, Inc. Expanded publicity efforts for Phoebe Hoss’ memoir, All Eyes: A Mother's Struggle to Save Her Schizophrenic Son Chamber Music Society of Wilmington Gaubert Vivant!, a tribute honoring French flautist and conductor Philippe Gaubert Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation Youth Leadership Institute Child and Parent Support Services Healthy Futures Fund Children First of Buncombe County Advocacy for Children of All Ages Project MARCH Learning Center, a program for at-risk elementary school aged children living in public housing Children's Museum of Winston-Salem Camp Imagination, an arts-based summer camp Chordoma Foundation Creation of an online Chordoma Research Forum Christmas House, Inc. Christmas gifts for financially disadvantaged children in Orange County Communities in Schools of Durham, Inc. Durham READS, a summer literacy initiative for elementary-school children Cucalorus Film Foundation “Media Literacy” and “Global Perspectives” programs Dance Project Inc. Support for twentieth anniversary of the N.C. Dance Festival Daniel Jonathan Stowe Conservancy K-5 school programs Deep Dish Theater Company Tenth anniversary season Dispute Settlement Center Inc. Development of elder care mediation Durham Academy Student U’s middle-school program Durham Arts Council, Inc. 2010-2011 Emerging Artists Program Durham Chamber Legacy Foundation Bull City Forward, a community effort to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship Durham Congregations in Action YO: Durham (Year of Opportunity for Durham Teens) program Eastern Music Festival, Inc. Scholarships to attend 2010 festival Ellerbee Creek Watershed Association Maintenance and enhancement of three Durham preserves Eno Publishers Support for Daphne Athas’ Chapel Hill in Plain Sight: Notes from the Other Side of the Tracks Extraordinary Ventures, Inc. Expansion of employment training area Family Health Ministries, Inc. Emergency relief in Haiti Frankie Lemmon Foundation, Inc. Sassafras All Children’s Playground Hillsborough Arts Council Hillsborough Sculpture Tour 2011 Historic Preservation Society of Durham, Inc. Revised and updated edition of Jean Bradley Anderson’s Durham County: A History of Durham County, North Carolina Institute of Art Therapy, Inc. Program coordinator for Brushes with Life, the UNC Neurosciences Hospital art gallery Johnson C. Smith University Scholarships for visual and performing arts, communication arts, and music and fine arts Junior League of Durham, N.C., Inc. Partnership with the Durham Performance Learning Center, an alternative high school Keowee Chamber Music Youth programming in Western North Carolina Kidznotes Inc. School-based site in Durham’s Eastway Elementary LHS Foundation, Inc. Support for financially needy students to explore musical opportunities at the James C. Harper School of Performing in Lenoir, NC Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association Support for a publication about the school’s history Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum Outreach program to Charity Middle School in rural Duplin County Lumbee Nation Tribal Programs, Inc. 2010 Annual Cultural Tribal Powwow Mallarme Chamber Players, Inc. Project MAP, an arts-based after school program Mallarme Youth Chamber Orchestra Scholarship program and coaching and artistic fees for workshop sessions Marbles Kids Museum Art Loft exhibit and ART-Rageous children’s programming Meals on Wheels of Durham Inc. Seven Day Initiative to provide Sunday meals for clients Medical Foundation of North Carolina Inc. Door to Door arts program for patients and caregivers at UNC Hospitals Mint Museum of Art, Inc. Catalogue for “From New York to Corrymore: Robert Henri and Ireland” exhibition Muddy Sneakers, Inc. Outdoor educational science programs in western North Carolina Museum of Durham History, Inc. “History Beneath Your Feet: A Guide to Durham Street and School Names” Museum of the New South, Inc. COURAGE: The Carolina Story That Changed America” exhibition National Society to Prevent Blindness — North Carolina Affiliate, Inc. Vision screening for at-risk adults in Durham County New Century Musical Arts Society Collaboration between Amstel Saxaphone Quartet and American composer Michael Torke New Millennium Awakening The Summer Academy \New Visions Center for Art and Healing, Inc. WomenNC, which provides scholarships for six N.C. students to attend and present at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women North Carolina Arts In Action, Inc. Live music for rehearsals and performances North Carolina Black Repertory Company, Inc. Development and implementation of a marketing and communications plan North Carolina Boys Choir, Inc. CDs and DVDs of the choir’s 2010-2011 season North Carolina Center for Non Profit Organizations, Inc. 2010 Statewide Conference for North Carolina’s Nonprofit Sector North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research, Inc. Project to increase access to financial aid for students in N.C.’s public and private colleges, universities, and community colleges North Carolina Dance Alliance Annual statewide conference North Carolina Dance Theatre 2009-2010 Pre-Professional Training Program North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition, Inc. Project Respond, an art education program for those made vulnerable by high-risk activities North Carolina International Folk Festival, Inc. FOLKMOOT USA’s educational initiative based in international dance and cultural traditions North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, Inc. 2010 North Carolina Awards Ceremony North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc. The Mary D.B.T. Semans Garden (south garden) at the museum North Carolina Museum of Life and Science Magic Wings Butterfly House North Carolina Symphony Society, Inc. The Young All Stars program North Carolina Theatre Conference, Inc. Annual High School Play Festival Nourish International Support of programs for college students to implement high-impact, sustainable development projects worldwide Old Salem, Inc. 220th anniversary celebration of George Washington’s visit to Salem, N.C. Open Hearts Art Center Arts education programs for individuals with disabilities Opera Carolina Scholarships and instruction expenses for Opera Carolina Academy, a new music and drama workshop for middle- and high-school students Opera Company of North Carolina, Inc. 2010-2011 school education program Penland School of Crafts, Inc. Rehabilitation initiative for Dora’s Place, a historic mid-19th century mountain farmstead on the school’s campus Piedmont Dance Theatre, Inc. Support for new backdrop for stage productions Presbyterian Home for Children of Black Mountain, N.C., Inc. Programs for homeless youth Project Compassion “Bridging the Gap: Creating Volunteer Caregiving Support for Individuals Living with Illness During Challenging Times” project Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South, Inc. “Strength from All My Roots: An Exhibition of Textile Arts in Honor of Paul Murray” Roanoke Island Historical Association, Inc. 73rd season support for Paul Green’s The Lost Colony SECU Family House at UNC Hospitals Support of music and arts program for seriously ill patients and their families Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. Strengthen programs in math, computer technology, and history education at the Carter Community School Summer Academic Program Sister Cities of Durham, Inc. Public art for the international section of Terminal 2 at RDU Airport Southeastern Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces, Inc. DIG (Durham Inner-City Gardeners) program Southern Documentary Fund One Band Indivisible , about the Hillside High School marching band • Pelada, about the importance of soccer in the lives of people from twenty-two countries • Bridging Rails to Trails, about the history of the American Tobacco Trail • Musings of an Iraqi Patriot • The Beautiful Project, about beauty and self-respect for black girls • The Village Healer, about plants and natural compounds used by traditional healers for generations Special Olympics North Carolina, Inc. Athletes’ expenses St. Joseph’s Historic Foundation, Inc. YouTh ink. @ Hayti, a literacy education program using spoken word poetry to help students strengthen communication skills Stokes County Arts Council, Inc. 2011 Winter Dessert Theatre Series Stop Hunger Now, Inc. Community service project to combat world hunger involving students from Duke University, NCCU, and Durham’s Southern High School Student Action With Farmworkers Levante Leadership Institute’s theater group Teach For America, Inc. Support to recruit, select, train and support corps members, and foster alumni leadership The Center for Documentary Studies Support of Full Frame’s educational and community outreach initiatives and the annual Youth Program Free Screening component of the film festival The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, Inc. Support for programming, the position of Orchestra Administrator, and concerts outside the Triangle area The Durham Art Guild, Inc. 56th Annual Juried Art Show The Durham Symphony, Inc. 2010-2011 season The Durham Teacher Warehouse Corporation Free school supplies for Durham public school teachers The Emily Krzyzewski Family Life Center, Inc. Support for the Midsummer Night’s Dream performing arts camp The Gallery Group and Art Studio, Inc. Arts programs for mentally and physically handicapped adults The Hill Center, Inc. Student financial aid The Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina, Inc. Exhibition by architectural photographer Tim Buchman on the woodwork of Thomas Day The Prodigy Foundation Music Maestro Project, a musical education initiative for disadvantaged and minority students The Raleigh Fine Arts Society, Inc. 2010 North Carolina Artists Exhibition Triangle Community Foundation Thirteenth season of North Carolina Bookwatch • UNC-Chapel Hill Carolina Performing Arts’ K-12 school matinee by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation, Inc. 2010 Camp Shakespeare for summer of 2010 • Alwin Nikolais Sharing the Legacy Centennial Celebration • Gina Bachauer Guest Artists program featuring Frederica von Stade • Kenan Institute for the Arts’ Magnolia Baroque Festival • Production of Oklahoma! • Thomas S. Kenan, III Scholarship Endowment Vision Services Group, Inc. “Called to Conquer,” an afterschool program for at-risk youth Walltown Children’s Theatre Summer sessions held at the North Carolina School of Science and Math Warren Wilson College, Inc. Service Learning Scholarships Wilmington Symphony Support to make concerts more accessible to young people, their families, and the broader community
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