Bull City Future Fund

Collaborating with Durham Mayor Leonardo Williams and Triangle Community Foundation to invest in nonprofits expanding youth engagement opportunities and strengthening community safety.

Invest America: Durham

A historic investment in 36,000 Durham children.

Bull City Future Fund is raising $9 million to invest $250 in the future of every Durham child ages 2 to 10. That’s 36,000 kids — and a generation that starts life with money already working for them.

$347,500 Awarded to 18 Nonprofits

Through a comprehensive grant application, community review, and selection process, we have awarded grants to 18 nonprofits that are committed to safety, healing, and opportunity for young people in Durham.

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Durham and Orange Counties — $25,000
  • Black SEL Powered Dangers Of The Mind Education Fund (Fiscally Sponsored by Southern Vision Alliance — $7,500
  • BUMP: The Triangle — $10,000
  • Durham Success Summit — $50,000
  • Durham YMCA — $10,000
– Echo — $25,000
  • El Futuro — $50,000
  • Greater Ascension Community and Economic Development — $10,000
  • Growth NC — $10,000
  • Kind Kitchen Group — $10,000
  • Made in Durham — $25,000
  • POOF Teen Center — $20,000
  • Purpose Learning Lab — $20,000
  • Sidekicks Academy — $10,000
  • StandUp-SpeakOut of North Carolina — $20,000
  • Student U — $10,000
  • Vault Theatre — $10,000
  • World Relief Durham — $15,000
  • Youth Mentoring Collaborative — $10,000

Be Part of the Solution

Real progress requires collective commitment. By supporting kids today, we strengthen our communities for tomorrow.

To give by check, please send to:

United Way Greater Triangle
PO Box 110583
Durham, NC 27709
Memo: “Bull City Future Fund”

Are you a nonprofit working to support Durham’s kids and families? 

For questions about donations, contact Jeff Howell at jhowell@unitedwaytriangle.org