We are proud to use our collective voice to amplify the extraordinary work of nonprofits across our region.
The nonprofits featured below reflect the strength and creativity of the Triangle. They meet community needs with compassion, innovation, and deep local commitment. By elevating their missions, we aim to inspire more neighbors to contribute to building a community where everyone can thrive.
Together, these nonprofits are transforming lives across the Triangle, and we invite you to join us in supporting their vital work.
Equipping women with the tools and support they need to heal, grow, and thrive, both in prison and in the communities to which they return. Our holistic services include safe housing, trauma-informed counseling, chaplaincy care, transportation, and parenting support.
Help us expand educational programs like SWAY, our multi-art approach to engage young people and older adults living in marginalized communities with art making and the creative process.
We are hosting a holiday celebration for our families, volunteers, and youth on December 16, and we are seeking support in collecting hats, scarves, gloves, and coats to distribute to those in need.
Sponsor a child for the Summer Institute, support Black SEL Hub Capital Campaign, or give to the student advocate program.
Help keep youth classes affordable, support access to tools, and expand programs for both children and adults. It’s not just woodworking, students and adults build confidence, skills, and lasting community connections.
A vibrant center for well-being and community enrichment in Durham, NC. We invite you to join us in an opportunity to preserve and revitalize a significant piece of Durham’s cultural heritage—Whitehall Terrace.
Help open doors for students through literacy by getting books into kids’ hands, providing tutoring, supporting teachers, and strengthening our community.
There is a growing need in our community, families who never expected to struggle are now turning to us, contributing to a 35% increase in diaper demand over last year. You can help us meet this growing need by hosting a diaper drive or making a monetary gift.
Help provide high school and middle school students with the support of ongoing mentoring relationships.
Together, our students, families, and educators drive real change in Durham’s public schools. On Giving Tuesday, we’re spotlighting one of the most powerful parts of this ecosystem: our school grants—funds that spark innovation and transform schools from the inside out.
Dedicated to bridging the gap in health outcomes by empowering communities to make positive, lifelong changes while honoring and preserving their cultural heritage. Our primary focus is providing culturally relevant nutrition programs to prevent chronic diseases, for individuals of all ages.
The impact of recent Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) operations has been devastating to immigrant communities all around our state, trapping people inside their homes for days and leaving them afraid to send their children to school, seek medical care, travel to work, or simply go to the grocery store. In response, we launched rapid response efforts to provide immediate, community-centered assistance for Latine immigrant families directly impacted by this crisis.
We serve students from elementary school through college, equipping them with the skills necessary to pursue higher education, connect with promising careers, and become agents of change within their communities.
This Giving Tuesday, we are meeting young people where they are—carrying stress, quiet worries, and pressure they rarely speak aloud. We respond by using creative outlets, artistry, and hands-on STEAM experiences to help youth and families express emotions, build resilience, and feel truly supported.
Help us provide consistent, critical support to Black birthing people and their families.
Your contribution directly strengthens our ability to close gaps in maternal health and ensure every family has what they need to thrive.
This Giving Tuesday, all donations up to $100,600 will be doubled.
By giving today, you’ll spark generosity that helps children have a safe home, a caring community, and the chance for a new beginning.
We support families, many of whom are navigating extra pressures in today’s world. Your generosity directly ensures that parents and young children have access to high-quality books and meaningful reading experiences at home.
We are focused on expanding our impact by growing our mentoring services, preparing to launch programming within local schools, and launching a new week-long summer camp.
We are an independent, nonprofit K-2 school, and we believe that every child should have the opportunity to reach their full potential. We provide students with a firm foundation in literacy and math, equipping them with the skills necessary to succeed in school and later in life.
Help more individuals with Down syndrome thrive. We are creating new ways for our participants to shine through art, entrepreneurship, and hands-on creative experiences.
This Gratitude Tuesday we are focusing on conversations and site visits that celebrate the people nourishing our neighbors every day while inviting others to turn their gratitude into action. Every gift directly strengthens our programs and helps ensure every neighbor has access to healthy food.
We want to ensure that every child can experience the joy, confidence, and sense of belonging that comes from tuition-free music education.
This year, all gifts are being matched up to $100,000 through December 31.
We are focusing on supporting and expanding programming for young people, introducing a new curriculum that connects their ‘why,’ identity, and food. We are also launching our Cooking Up Change series, cooking classes hosted by Chef Sicily.
This Giving Tuesday, all donations received will be matched.
Help support young people transitioning out of foster care. Growing into adulthood is challenging, even with a strong support system, and LIFE Skills offers wraparound services, including housing, mental health support, job readiness, and financial coaching for youth who often have to navigate these challenges alone.
We are expanding It Takes a Village, our wraparound doula care model, which provides culturally grounded support for pregnancy, birth, postpartum, lactation, nutrition, and maternal mental health.
Our Giving Tuesday initiative, “50 for 50,” invites neighbors to help us support 50 families this fall and winter with wraparound care.
This Giving Tuesday, we’re thinking about the 662 homebound older adults in Durham who are still waiting for a lifeline. Many are forced to choose between medication and groceries, sitting alone in quiet homes. Your support brings nourishment, hope, and human connection to a senior who may not see or speak to anyone else today.
Double your impact for mental health in Wake County! Thanks to a generous matching gift, every dollar donated will be matched up to $15,000. Help us expand our Ending the Silence school presentations, support groups for families and individuals, and peer-led education classes.
We advance oral health equity through free community dental clinics, grants, and statewide outreach. Help us strengthen our Missions of Mercy (MOM) program, volunteer-driven clinics that provide essential care.
Provide hope, care, and a sense of community for families navigating the complexities of unexpected challenges.
Together, we can make a positive and lasting difference in the lives of individuals with Down Syndrome and their families.
We address homelessness, hunger, and mental health challenges through creative arts. Help us expand our programs, providing hygiene kits, clothing, blankets, wellness kits, workforce development tools, and reintegration resources.
The Tampon Tuesday initiative raises critical awareness and dollars for period poverty in our local community and beyond.
In 2026, this innovative campaign will support 1,200 girls with menstrual products for what they need to show up in the world each day.
Our mission is to overcome homelessness through the power of community. We provide essential support to unsheltered neighbors in Durham through our four programs: office hours, a weekly free store, community case management, and an expanded winter shelter.
Help strengthen and expand health, family support, and early education services for our community’s youngest children.
Help deepen our impact in the fight against hunger by enabling us to Launch PORCH in new neighborhoods; strengthen existing PORCH volunteers with training, tools, and support; and equip new leaders to build community change through sustainable hunger relief programs.
Our goal is to raise $100,000 and this year we have received a match of up to $50,000.
This year we are inviting community members to become sustainers of our pantry program.
$21/month supports a whole family to receive food for a year–that’s two bags of pantry staples, 30 pounds of produce, eggs, bread, deli items, milk, and meat or plant-based protein every single month.
Celebrating creativity, voice, and representation by expanding access to free art and design workshops for youth in Durham and Orange counties; bringing professional artists, architects, and designers into public schools; fuel hands-on experiences that build imagination, confidence, and belonging among the emerging leaders of our communities.
A nonprofit urban farm on a formerly vacant one-acre lot in downtown Raleigh and we’re excited to seed our second location at Marsh Creek Park in partnership with the City of Raleigh’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department! We’ll be transforming the 1.5 acres at Marsh Creek Park into a thriving urban farm hub, ensuring that healthy food is accessible and affordable to more members of our community. Together, we can achieve our vision of a healthy community that supports the next generation of farmers.
We have secured a $10,000 gift to be used as a match for Giving Tuesday donations. Your gift will be matched dollar for dollar.
Join us, and help raise $20,000 for our Storm Recovery Campaign
We provide a safe, nurturing, and affordable home for patients and their loved ones who travel great distances to UNC Hospitals for life-saving procedures and treatment of serious illnesses.
This 75-room Hospitality House offers more than just lodging — it provides meals, transportation, supportive programs, and, most importantly, a caring community.
After the Bell Program is a free program for students who are interested in learning about authentic leadership, growing their job skills, improving their academic skills, and being involved in their community. Some programs were cut due to the loss of federal funding, so this Giving Tuesday, we hope to receive enough funding to be able to restart these programs.
We deliver healthy, fresh food to more than 1,150 children every week throughout Orange County but we have a waitlist of more than 320 children. Families in our community are still recovering from the unprecedented pause in SNAP benefits. Even as partial support returns, many parents are facing added fear and uncertainty around seeking help, and more families are turning to us as grocery costs continue to rise.
Help us prepare for another year of life changing outcomes for foster teens and young adults aging out of foster care.
This year, we are particularly focused on addressing the increasing mental health needs of teens by training youth leaders to support their peers and enhance community well-being. Support us by giving to our $150,000 Matching Campaign, which doubles every gift.
This Giving Tuesday, we are focused on providing holiday meals, warm coats, and Christmas gifts to families across Durham and surrounding counties.
We use evidence-based practices to provide stability and housing for single women experiencing homelessness.
This fund is a permanent, community-powered resource designed to provide rapid and stabilizing support to individuals and nonprofits across Orange, Durham, Johnston, and Wake counties during times of unexpected financial hardship.
This year, we’re focusing on strengthening our capacity to serve our community even better. Help us expand our programs, invest in staff development, and improve our infrastructure — all essential to empowering our team and enhancing the impact we make in the communities we serve.
We are launching the Support Public Education Campaign to rally our community around programs that strengthen career pathways, advance early literacy, and provide essential classroom resources in Wake County.
