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Endowment Intends to Distribute Up to $5B Over 15 Years

December 10, 2024 | The Duke Endowment

The Duke Endowment’s Trustees announced their intent to distribute up to $5 billion in grants across North Carolina and South Carolina over the next 15 years.

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Endowment Intends to Distribute Up to $5B Over 15 Years

The Duke Endowment’s Trustees announced their intent to distribute up to $5 billion in grants across North Carolina and South Carolina over the next 15 years.

December 10, 2024 | The Duke Endowment

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Cammie R. Hauptfuhrer elected Trustee of The Duke Endowment

Cammie R. Hauptfuhrer, a lawyer and longtime civic leader in Charlotte, has been elected a Trustee of The Duke Endowment.

October 15, 2024

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The Duke Endowment Commits $15 Million to Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts in Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina

The Duke Endowment announces that it will provide $15 million in grant support to help meet immediate relief needs following Hurricane Helene, including initial grants to the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina’s Emergency and Disaster Response Fund and the Central Carolina Community Foundation’s One SC Fund.

October 10, 2024

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The Duke Endowment Pledges $2.5 Million to Duke Homestead to Preserve Important N.C. History

As part of its 100th year anniversary, The Duke Endowment has approved a $2.5 million grant to the Duke Homestead State Historic Site in Durham, the largest private monetary gift ever given to a state historic site from a single donor.

May 30, 2024

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Ellie Smith Joins The Duke Endowment as a Program Analyst

The Duke Endowment is pleased to announce that Ellie Smith has joined its staff as a program analyst.

May 7, 2024

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Former Church Buildings Find New Purpose

Congregations are banding together to repurpose empty churches as community pillars to address issues like housing.

February 14, 2024 | Public News Service

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The Duke Endowment Celebrates a Century of Philanthropy to the Carolinas and Announces $175 Million in Higher Education Grants

The Duke Endowment announces plans to celebrate its centennial year throughout 2024.

January 17, 2024

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The Duke Endowment Makes $100 Million Centennial Gift

Largest single award in University's history will boost student recruitment, expand access, deepen community engagement.

November 30, 2023

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Ministering to Ministers

The Clergy Health Initiative at Duke University helps pastors find strength amid stress.

November 3, 2023 | Duke University Magazine

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Mobile Dental Unit Now Open for Children in Rockingham County

New mobile unit will serve children from low-income and uninsured families.

November 1, 2023 | WFMY-TV News

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Duke Divinity Hosts Quinceañera for its Hispanic House of Studies

Duke Divinity School students, faculty, and alumni gathered last week to celebrate the quinceañera of its Hispanic House of Studies (HHS) — the 15th birthday of the resource center — with worship, a mariachi band, and giant tres leches cake.

October 26, 2023

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Transforming Research on Racial Equity into Action

A grant funds Duke faculty’s creative projects exploring how race shapes life Image.

October 26, 2023