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Key Organizations - North Carolina

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Contents

  1. All
  2. Arts, Culture and Media
  3. Children, Youth and Family
  4. Citizenship and Government
  5. Economy and Jobs
    1. Education
    2. Environment and Natural Resources
    3. Health and Wellness
      1. Housing and Community Development
      2. International Issues
      3. Justice, Crime and Public Safety
        1. Poverty

          All

           

          • Government
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          • Non-Profit - Service Providing
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          • Non-Profit - Advocacy/Membership/Network
            • North Carolina Center for Nonprofits - NCCN's mission is to educate, connect, and advocate for North Carolina nonprofits. They also create resources for nonprofit organizations, provide pro bono legal assistance, and host conferences and other networking events.
          • Foundation
            • North Carolina Community Foundation - The NCCF partners with a network of affiliate foundations to provide local resource allocation and community assistance across the state, with a focus on rural philanthropy.  
          • Other
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          Arts, Culture and Media

           

          Government

          • North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources - This state agency oversees the state's resources for the arts, history, libraries, and nature. The website highlights resources like available grants and artist opportunities and places to learn about its programs and initiatives through its web pages, blogs, and interactive map.
          • North Carolina Arts Council - NC Arts Council is a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and is devoted to delivering resources for arts development. The NC Arts Council invests in arts activities in all 100 counties through their comprehensive grant program and develops statewide initiatives centered around economic development, tourism, cultural preservation, and education as they relate to the arts and community.

          Non-Profit - Service Providing

          • North Carolina Arts in Action - NC AIA is one of 12 national independent associations of the National Dance Institute founded to bring dance, music, and performance to children no matter their background, ability, or socioeconomic status to have the opportunity to participate in and benefit from the life skills they teach and inspire.
          • Arts NC - Founded to strengthen and uplift creative North Carolina by connecting the state's art communities, fostering arts leadership, and developing relationships with Legislators through advocacy work. 
          • The Council for Arts Education - The Council promotes visual art education for K-12 students by providing resources to educators and state level education associations. 
          • Arts Access - Arts Access is a nonprofit with the goal to enable North Carolinians with disabilities to have full access to arts programs and facilities. They provide audio description, consulting and training services, and a website that serves an interactive online resource to connect individuals, artists, educators, and organizations throughout the state.  

          Non-Profit - Advocacy/Membership/Network

          • North Carolina Folk Life Institute - NC Folk promotes the preservation, appreciation, and understanding of the folklife heritage and culture in North Carolina. This happens through documentation projects, festival production, community education programming, research, print, and audio publications, and cultivating a vast network of community and folk arts organizations in North Carolina.  
          • North Carolina Folklore Society - Since 1913, the NC Folklore Society has worked to promote and celebrate North Carolina heritage by creating a network of resources as well as supporting and recognizing folklore practitioners and professionals that serve communities across the state through policy building, legal advocacy, exhibit design and curatorship, academic research, classroom curriculum development and more. 
          • North Carolina Humanities Council - NCHC is a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities dedicated to exploring and celebrating the state's heritage, history, and people through a thoughtful, interdisciplinary and intersectional lens. 
          • North Carolina Presenters Consortium - NCPC is a membership associations comprising of professional performing arts presenting organizations, agents, managers, performing artists, service organizations, and vendors from North Carolina and beyond who share the mission of bringing artists and audiences together.   

          Foundation

          • Music Maker Relief Foundation - Founded in 1994 and has assisted and partnered with over 300 artists, issued over 150 CDs, and reached over a million people with a live performance in over 40 states and 17 countries around the globe, the Music Maker Relief Foundation works to preserve the musical traditions of the South by directly supporting musicians.

          Other

          • Cecil Sharp in Appalachia - This project is a collaboration of efforts by individuals in North Carolina and elsewhere with the support of the NC Folklife Institute, the Country Dance and Song Society, and many more to uplift traditional music collections, celebrate the descendants of these singers and musicians, and amplify the continuation of these folk traditions. 
          • Old Hat Records - Old Hat Records is a Raleigh-based label created to promote awareness of American vernacular music and to research its history. Old Hat conducts fieldwork and maintains archives of sound recordings, oral history interviews, vintage photographs, catalogs, books, discographies, and musical ephemera. 
          • Paradise of Bachelors- Paradise of Bachelors is a Grammy-nominated record label, recording company, archive, and sometime soundsystem located in the North Carolina Piedmont and dedicated to documenting, curating, and releasing under-recognized historical and contemporary vernacular music and art with an emphasis on the American South- very broadly defined- and its global sound diaspora.  

          Children, Youth and Family

           

          • Government
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          • Non-Profit - Service Providing
            • NC Child - is acing new strategies and policies to ensure all NC children grow up in a state that truly invests in their potential. 
            • Children's Hope Alliance - is the combination of Barium Springs and Grandfather Home for Children joining forces to serve children and families throughout North Carolina.
            • Smart Start - is  the initiative to ensure that every child reaches his or her potential and is prepared to succeed in a global community. Smart Start helps working parents pay for child care, improves the quality of child care and provides health and family support services in every North Carolina county.
            • SAFE Child - supports families having a wide range of needs. Expertly trained professionals and volunteers build strong families in which parents nurture thriving children. 
            • Sleep Tight Kids - donates 'COMFORT BAGS' with newly purchased bedtime-related items for children including blankets, stuffed animals, dental care kits, and books either directly to needy families.
            • Open Doors - breaking the cycle of poverty through education, one child at a time.  
            • CARING for Children - provides foster care services across the State of North Carolina. You can become a foster parent by visiting the North Carolina foster page. 
            • Buncombe Partnership for Children - is on a mission to strengthen the capacity of educators, families, and the community to build a strong foundation for children's learning and development beginning at birth. 
          • Non-Profit - Advocacy/Membership/Network
            • North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation - works to promote understanding, spearhead collaboration, and advance policies to ensure each North Carolina child is on track for lifelong success by the end of third grade. 
          • Foundation
            • North Carolina Community Action Association - is a trusted resource and proven advocate for their statewide network of 33 Community Action Agencies. They are there to give voice to the needs, concerns, and stories of NC's disadvantaged and low-income citizens, as well as, shed light on the collective impact of community action agencies.
            • North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education - is to ensure the health and safety of children in child care programs, to promote quality child care by implementing evidence-based standards and to increase access to quality child care to families and children across North Carolina.
            • North Carolina Foundation for Public School Children - is the education lifeline and safety net that offers hope, dignity and opportunity to the most needy public school children. 
          • Other
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          Citizenship and Government

           

           

          Economy and Jobs

           

          • Government 
            • North Carolina Economic Development Association - NCEDA serves as the voice for North Carolina’s economic development community – providing professional development, networking opportunities and advocacy to secure the state’s economic future. NCEDA is the primary voice promoting and supporting the interests of economic development in our state. That includes the responsibility for advocating with elected officials, other state policymakers and key community and business organizations.
            • North Carolina Department of Commerce - Our mission is to improve the economic well-being and quality of life for all North Carolinians. To do that, the North Carolina Department of Commerce works closely with local, regional, national and international organizations to propel economic, community and workforce development for the state.
            • Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina - The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) is focused on recruiting new businesses to the state, supporting the needs of existing businesses, connecting exporters to global customers, helping small business owners get their start, and attracting tourists and visitors from all over the world.
          • Non-Profit - Service Providing 
            • The Institute for Minority Economic Development in North Carolina - The Institute was founded in 1986 as the North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development with a grant from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation and N.C. Association of Minority Businesses to diversify North Carolina’s business base as a strategy for expanding economic opportunity. Business, government and community leaders recognized then that globalization, changing demographics and technology were changing the game, replacing traditional industries and markets with new ones that required different skills and strategies for business success.
          • Non-Profit - Advocacy/Membership/Network
            • NC Rural Regions Economic Advocacy - The NC Rural Center’s mission is to develop, promote, and implement sound economic strategies to improve the quality of life of rural North Carolinians. We serve the state’s 80 rural counties, with a special focus on individuals with low to moderate incomes and communities with limited resources.
          • Foundation
            • The Golden Leaf Foundation - Golden LEAF’s mission is to increase economic opportunity in North Carolina’s rural and tobacco-dependent communities through leadership in grant-making, collaboration, innovation, and stewardship as an independent and perpetual foundation. Golden LEAF’s vision is a North Carolina with opportunities for growth and prosperity for its people all across the state.The Golden LEAF Foundation strives to be North Carolina’s best resource to create meaningful and lasting economic impact on rural, tobacco-dependent and economically distressed communities by working with a hard-to-solve need and bringing creative solutions to the table. 
          • Other
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          Education

           

          • Government
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          • Non-Profit - Service Providing
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          • Non-Profit - Advocacy/Membership/Network
            • EdNC - works to expand educational opportunities for all children in North Carolina, increase their academic attainment, and improve the performance of the state’s public schools.
            • Public Schools First NC - collaborates with parents, teachers, business leaders, civic leaders, and communities across North Carolina to advocate for one unified system of public education that will prepare each child for productive citizenship. 
            • North Carolina Association of Educators - aims to be the voice of educators in North Carolina that unites, organizes and empowers members to be advocates for education professionals, public education and children.
            • Public School Forum of North Carolina - aims to promote and support the network of education organizations across our state that are working in their communities to bring business leaders, elected officials, educators and non-profits together to support their local public schools. 
            • Professional Educators of North Carolina - a professional organization that serves as THE voice for educators in policy-making, the forum for developing professional relationships and the advocate for improving the learning environment for every educator and student. 
            • Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina - advocates for quality educational options through parental school choice.  
          • Foundation
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          • Other
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          Environment and Natural Resources

           

           

          Health and Wellness

           

          • Government
            • North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services - DHHS manages the delivery of health- and human-related services and is focused on serving the most vulnerable citizens. The Department's divisions and offices fall under four broad service areas - health, human services, administrative, and support functions- that work closely with health care professionals, community leaders and advocacy groups; local, state and federal entities; and many other stakeholders.
            •  North Carolina's Division of Public Health - NCDPH works to promote and contribute to the highest possible level of health for the people of North Carolina through issue assessment, policy development, program implementation, and assurance measures. 
          • Non-Profit - Service Providing
            • Self-Help Credit Union - Self-Help Credit Union's mission is to create and protect ownership and economic opportunity for all by providing responsible financial services, lending to small business and nonprofits, developing real estate and promoting fair financial practices. . 
          • Non-Profit - Advocacy/Membership/Network
            • North Carolina Alliance for Health - NCAH is an independent, statewide coalition of individuals and organizations with a commitment to educating the public by disseminating research, data, and evidence-based solutions to reduce tobacco use in the state, improve healthy food access, and increase opportunities for physical activity. 
            • North Carolina Alliance of YMCA's - The North Carolina Alliance of YMCA's is a coalition of the 25 independent YMCA associations in the state that advocates for and helps implement increased access, affordability, and quality to healthy food, physical activity, and youth programming.
            • Carolina Farm Stewardship Association - The CFSA helps people in the Carolinas grow and eat local, organic food by advocating for fair farm and food policies, building the systems that organic family farms need to thrive, and educating communities about local organic farming. 
            • North Carolina Conservation Network - NCCN is a statewide network of over 60 environmental, community and environmental, community and environmental justice  organizations focused on protecting North Carolina's environment and public health. 
            • North Carolina Dietetic Association - NCDA works to foster a community of empowered and supported food and nutrition professionals by encouraging and providing opportunities for lifelong growth and development by promoting evidence-based research and practices.
          • Foundation
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          • Other
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          Housing and Community Development

           

          • Government
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          • Non-Profit - Service Providing
            • NC Fair Share CDC - The Mission of NCFSCDC is to provide a vehicle of change for struggling community members that combine leadership identification and cultivation, community organizing and interdependent community development to address current issues and systemic problems of North Carolina.
            • Fair Housing Project - The Fair Housing Project is a project of Legal Aid of North Carolina created to represent victims of housing discrimination, provide training regarding rights and responsibilities under federal and state Fair Housing Laws, conduct fair housing testing compliance, all with an emphasis on providing services in and with under-served areas and populations.
            • NC 2-1-1 - NC 2-1-1 is a phone service and website that operates 24/7/365 to connect trained call specialists who can provide information on housing resources, such as local housing authorities, financial aid programs for home repairs, agencies that offer housing counseling, and more to callers.
            • NC Housing Search - NC Housing Search helps people locate available apartments, rental homes, condos, and other housing that fits individual and family needs. This service can be accessed online 24 hours a day through a toll-free, bilingual call center and the website has helpful tools for renters such as an affordability calculator, rental checklist, and information on renter rights and responsibilities. 
          • Non-Profit - Advocacy/Membership/Network
            • North Carolina Housing Coalition - A group of housing advocates seeking to build and preserve affordable housing through improving public policy-making and promoting best practices.
            • The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency - The NCHA is a self-supporting public agency that finances affordable housing opportunities such as the state Housing Trust Fund, federal HOME programs, and selling tax-exempt bonds and managing federal tax credit programs, for North Carolinians whose needs are not met by the market. 
          • Foundation
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          • Other
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          International Issues

           

          • Government
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          • Non-Profit - Service Providing
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          • Non-Profit - Advocacy/Membership/Network
            • International Exchange Coalition - International Focus builds global understanding and respect by facilitating face-to-face diplomacy and professional, personal, and artistic exchange.  Our mission is to promote mutual understanding between the people of North Carolina’s Triangle region and the international community through education, cultural exchange, arts, and the celebration of achievements.
          • Foundation
            • North Carolina/Japan Relations - NCJEF engages US and Japanese government, business, and academic communities in our efforts to expand the number and diversity of North Carolinians studying abroad in Japan. We invest in strategic partnerships at the state and local level, and mobilize a robust group of student ambassadors to promote the Foundation’s mission at the grassroots level. NCJEF is recognized as an organization of excellence and enjoys the strong support of U.S. and Japanese private and public sector partners. NCJEF’s goal is to utilize citizen diplomacy exchanges and a shared passion for STEM-related fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) to expand bilateral dialogue thereby deepening the connections between our two societies.
          • Other
            •  Research Institute : Global Issues - RTI International is an independent, nonprofit research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. Our vision is to address the world's most critical problems with science-based solutions in pursuit of a better future. Clients rely on us to answer questions that demand an objective and multidisciplinary approach—one that integrates expertise across the social and laboratory sciences, engineering, and international development. 

           

          Justice, Crime and Public Safety

           

          • Government
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          • Non-Profit - Service Providing 

            • ACLU of NC - The ACLU of North Carolina has been our state’s guardian of liberty – working in courts, the General Assembly, and communities to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for all North Carolinians.

            • North Carolina Peace Action - Our mission is to abolish war, particularly as an instrument of U.S. policy, and to build a culture of peace through personal responsibility and witness, education, and promotion of human needs over militarism.
            • Quaker House - Quaker House is a manifestation of the Friends’ Peace Testimony. Based in Fayetteville, NC, home of Ft. Bragg. Quaker House provides counseling and support to service members who are questioning their role in the military; educates them, their families, and the public about military issues; and advocates for a more peaceful world.
            • Student Action with Farmworkers - SAF reaches out to thousands of community members by raising awareness of injustices in the agricultural industry through our From the Ground Up program. We use actions, presentations, publications and email alerts, to inform and mobilize students and community members around current legislation, consumer boycotts, and other justice efforts initiated by farmworkers.
            • Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - WILPF members create the peaceful transformation they wish to see in the world by making connections that provide continuity with the past so that knowledge of historical events and patterns informs current activities for change, create analysis and action that reflect and reinforce each other, link and challenge root causes of oppression, especially racism, sexism, heterosexism, militarism, economic disparity, and political disempowerment, and build and strengthen relationships and movements for justice, peace, and radical democracy.
          • Non-Profit - Advocacy/Membership/Network
            • El Pueblo - To build collective power through leadership development, organizing, and direct action so that the Latin American community and other marginalized communities control our own stories and destinies. 

            • Equality NC  - Our mission is to secure equal rights and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) North Carolinians. To accomplish our mission we tirelessly lobby the North Carolina General Assembly, executive branch, and local governments, broadcast LGBTQ news, stories and content, and mobilize our communities on issues that we understand matter most to North Carolinians, including parental rights, inclusive anti-bullying policies, employment discrimination, hate violence, privacy rights, sexuality education, adoption, youth homelessness, criminalization and HIV/AIDS.  

            • Farmwork Advocacy Network - We’re a statewide network of organizations that work to improve living and working conditions of farmworkers and poultry workers in North Carolina. Since 2003, our full members have brought workers’ voices to the legislative process. In the past, we have identified and led campaigns to improve housing conditions, pesticide safety and wages.
            • NAACP North Carolina - The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and discrimination. 

            • NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence - We lead the state’s movement to end domestic violence and to enhance work with survivors through collaborations, innovative trainings, prevention, technical assistance, state policy development and legal advocacy.  

            • NC Coalition Against Sexual Assault - The North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault is an inclusive, statewide alliance working to end sexual violence through education, advocacy, and legislation.

            • NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty - NCCADP is a non-partisan network of organizations and individuals working to end North Carolina's death penalty.
            • NC Council of Churches - The Council enables denominations, congregations, and people of faith to impact our state on issues such as economic justice and development, human well-being, equality, compassion and peace, following the example and mission of Jesus Christ.   
            • North Carolinians Against Gun Violence - Our mission is to make North Carolina safe from gun violence through the education of the public about preventing gun violence, the enforcement of current gun laws, and the enactment of needed new laws.

            • People of Faith Against the Death Penalty - The mission of People of Faith Against the Death Penalty is to educate and mobilize faith communities to act to abolish the death penalty in the United States.

            • The Institute for Southern Studies - The Institute for Southern Studies is a nonprofit research and media center that exposes injustice, strengthens democracy and builds a community for change in the South. 

          •  Foundation
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          • Other
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          Poverty

           

          • Government

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          • Non-Profit - Service Providing

            • Action NC - Action NC’s mission is to confront and reduce the root causes of poverty, underdevelopment, and social and economic inequality through grassroots education, training, organization and mobilization.

            • Feeding the Carolinas - Engage, educate and unite to achieve food security for all in the Carolinas. 

            • Inter-Faith Food Shuttle - Inter-Faith Food Shuttle pioneers innovative, transformative solutions designed to end hunger in our community.

            • NC Justice Center - Our mission is to eliminate poverty in North Carolina by ensuring that every household in the state has access to the resources, services, and fair treatment it needs to achieve economic security.

            • NC Poverty Coalition - Freely offering the basic necessities of humanity, contributing food, clothing and shelter to those in need. 

          • Non-Profit - Advocacy/Membership/Network 

            • North Carolina Community Action Association - NCCAA is committed to living and fulfilling the promise of community action. In collaboration with our partners and volunteers, our Community Action Agencies work diligently to reduce poverty in their communities.

            • Poor People's Campaign - A National Call for Moral Revival is uniting people across North Carolina to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted morality of religious nationalism. 
            • Spotlight on Poverty & Opportunity - Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity: The Source for News, Ideas and Action is a non-partisan initiative that brings together diverse perspectives from the political, policy, advocacy and foundation communities to find genuine solutions to the economic hardship confronting millions of Americans. Through the ongoing exchange of ideas, research and data, Spotlightseeks to inform the policy debate about reducing poverty and increasing opportunity in the United States.
            • United Way of the Greater Triangle - To eradicate poverty and increase social mobility for everyone in the Greater Triangle. 

          • Foundation

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          • Other

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