Bull City Future Fund
Overview
The Office of the Mayor is poised to launch the Bull City Future Fund in collaboration with United Way of the Greater Triangle (UWGT) and the Triangle Community Foundation (TCF). The Fund seeks to target and address youth engagement and provide support for community organizations in Durham. The City of Durham has been plagued by a lack of youth engagement which can have a detrimental impact on youth development and community safety. Current extracurricular offerings and summer programs are over-stressed and unable to adequately address the needs of the community. Through a collaboration with non-profit partners, the Bull City Future Fund will establish a grant program to further support initiatives and organizations targeting youth engagement in Durham.
Goal
The primary goal of the Bull City Future Fund is to develop resources to support non-profits focused on youth engagement to ensure that the most vulnerable young people in our community have access to productive non-academic programming. Through the provision of grants, community organizations will have the opportunity to compete for funding to expand their programmatic offerings. The Fund will provide private sector stakeholders and community members an opportunity to invest directly into the wellness and sustainability of the Durham community.
Implementation
Community and corporate partnerships are imperative to the mission of the Bull City Future Fund. Local stakeholders and community members will be asked to support funding for the grant program hosted by United Way of the Greater Triangle to augment the offerings of youth-focused community organizations. Through this collaboration with UWGT and Triangle Community Foundation, Mayor Williams hopes to leverage philanthropic expertise in the Triangle to direct funding to strong nonprofit organizations that are providing effective out-of-school programming for young people and do so in a way that is data-informed and participatory in its decision-making processes.
Nonprofits interested in applying for funding through the Bull City Future Fund can do so by clicking the application button below.