Resources
2022 Annual Report
Decisions today become tomorrow’s reality. These visionary Endowment grantees are helping frame our collective future — from expanding health care and supporting foster families to improving education and connecting neighbors through healthy food. Together, we are making a powerful impact on today and adding to the promise of tomorrow.
Kinship Therapeutic Foster Care Pilot Implementation: Final Evaluation Report
A study of kinship therapeutic care placements in three counties in North Carolina
Take a Breath: An Overview of the Selah Stress Management Intervention
Like many people serving in professions in which they feel “called,” clergy are not immune to stress and burnout. The Duke Endowment partnered with the Duke Clergy Health Initiative to study the acceptability, feasibility and effectiveness of stress management tools with the goal of identifying practices that would allow clergy in the North Carolina United Methodist (UMC) conferences, and beyond, to live more fully into the sacred work of ministry. The Selah Stress Management project engaged nearly 300 UMC clergy from across the state to rigorously test three separate stress management practices. As outlined in the report, the findings demonstrate these practices are proven to reduce stress and anxiety and improve physiological responses to stress.
Report Finds Rural United Methodist Churches in NC Contribute $735,800 in Annual Economic Impact
Partners for Sacred Places and the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute conducted extensive interviews with 87 rural United Methodist Churches across North Carolina to better understand how programs housed in the churches benefit those who are not members of the congregation. Findings revealed that United Methodist Churches are not only for United Methodists, but are places that serve everyone in the community.
2021 Annual Report
Last year saw a host of new challenges. Even as vaccines were made available and infection rates were going down, the impact of COVID-19 was devastating. Amid all the struggles, however, we have continued “Drawing Strength” from the will and determination that countless individuals have shown to keep their families safe, their organizations healthy and their communities together.
A Multi-Year Evidence Building Partnership: The Duke Endowment Summer Literacy Initiative
This March 2022 report by Project Evident shows how The Duke Endowment is using evidence to build and scale a summer literacy program in rural communities.
Using a Collective Impact Model in Communities to Improve the Physical Environment
The physical environment — the places where individuals live, work, and play — can cause or prevent serious health conditions including chronic diseases and obesity. In North Carolina, the Collective Impact Model serves as the foundation on which multisector community coalitions can address environmental and policy barriers for improved health.
Oral Health in America
This report highlights the most promising new approaches for improving oral health and for ensuring that all Americans enjoy its benefits. Finally,
Evaluation of Efforts to Center Racial Equity in COVID-19 Grantmaking
This report from Creative Research Solutions evaluates the Endowment’s effort to center racial equity in its grantmaking response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Clergy Health Initiative Retirement Report - 2022
This report presents findings on the well-being of United Methodist clergy ages 55 and older, and the well-being of clergy retired 4 years or fewer.
2020 Annual Report
Learn how we systematically reviewed our work in 2020 through the lens of racial equity, diversity and inclusion. While we have a long history of working across diverse communities, we know we have room for improvement. That is why we chose “Roots for Growth” as the theme for the 2020 annual report. This download includes the full annual report with grantmaking and financial addenda.
Mobilizing Rural Churches to Improve Early Childhood Literacy in North Carolina
This May 2021 report by Project Evident shows how The Duke Endowment is using evidence to build and scale a summer literacy program in rural communities.
Recent Uploads
2022 Annual Report
zip | August 3, 2023
The Duke Endowment Overview Flyer
pdf | August 1, 2023
2022 Grantmaking
pdf | August 1, 2023
