K-12 Education Grants

K-12 EDUCATION GRANTS • $130,000

Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Carolina Siler City, NC • $11,500 Chatham Education Foundation Pittsboro, NC • $11,500 Durham Colored Library/ Techies4 Tomorrow Durham, NC • $11,500 Durham Public Schools Foundation Durham, NC • $11,500 El Sistema USA Durham, NC • $5,000 Empower Dance Foundation Durham, NC • $11,500 Full Frame/The Center for Documentary Studies Durham, NC • $10,000 Helps Education Fund Raleigh, NC • $11,500 Kidznotes Durham, NC • $11,500 Paperhand Puppet Intervention Haw River, NC • $11,500 Spanish Dance Arts Company Bahama, NC • $6,500 Walking Classroom Institute Chapel Hill, NC • $11,500 World Relief Durham Durham, NC • $5,000 Shaundra Daily, Engineering Professor by Techies4 Tomorrow

Shani’s mother wanted her to know that she could have any career she chose. She could be a doctor, a nurse, a school teacher, a dancer, or maybe an engineer.

Phil Freelon, Architect by Techies4 Tomorrow

Not only was Phil good at math and English, but he liked to draw like his grandfather and he could create beautiful designs. NC State had an excellent architecture program and Phil enjoyed his studies there.

Above: Durham Colored Library’s Techies4 Tomorrow program encourages Black students to consider STEM careers. Left: Students walk and learn through the Walking Classroom Institute’s audio lessons. Opposite page: Empower Dance students rehearse.