Resources

Community-Academic Partnership to Improve the Oral Health of Underserved Schoolchildren in Rural North Carolina

Dental care is is the most common chronic illness for children. Caries can reduce the quality of life, cause missed classroom hours, and decrease cognition. Strategies to improve children’s oral health must be evidence-based, developed, and implemented in consultation with communities.

Advancing Oral Health in North Carolina

We are taking steps forward to improve the oral health of North Carolinians, and change doesn’t happen without diverse stakeholder engagement. Meet some of the tireless advocates who have contributed decades of their leadership to help get us where we are today.

James B. Duke: Spirit of Genius, Legacy of Hope

This flyer provides an historical look at the man who laid the foundation to support the legacy that perseveres to this day at The Duke Endowment. 

2019 Annual Report: Partners in Progress

We invite you to read stories of how we engaged as ​“collaborating partners” in 2019 through our Child and Family Well-Being program area, ​“innovating partners” in Health Care, ​“contributing partners” in Higher Education, and ​“initiating partners” in Rural Church in our 2019 annual report. This download includes the full annual report with grantmaking and financial addenda. 

Summer Reading Initiative Video

Healthy People, Healthy Carolinas toolkit

This toolkit contains all of the Healthy People, Healthy Carolinas templates in one downloadable package (image files can be downloaded separately).

Zero to Eight Overview

In this video, The Duke Endowment President Rhett Mabry explains our emphasis on Early Childhood.

Philanthropy as the South’s Passing Gear: Fulfilling the Promise

The report highlights the value of The Duke Endowment’s ​“Pay for Success” partnership with Nurse-Family Partnership and the state of South Carolina.

Going Gold: Our LEED Certification

Our new headquarters in Charlotte has been awarded LEED Gold certification. The building features high-efficiency components, locally-sourced materials, recycled content and a vegetative roof.

Our Building

Based in Charlotte and established in 1924 by James B. Duke, The Duke Endowment is a private foundation that strengthens communities in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Our Landscaping

Our simple and elegant landscaping reflects the ideals of our founder, featuring native plants, a ​“green” roof, courtyard reflecting pool and a cascading fountain at the building entrance.

Getting to Know Our Artwork

Our headquarters is designed be a more than just a location from which to conduct our work. From the outset, the building was intentionally constructed as a welcoming resource for grantees and as a symbol of Mr. Duke’s legacy for the Carolinas. In that spirit, we are proud to display artwork that inspires the same sense of connection to our region and the place that our founder called ​“home.”