Our Supporters

We are grateful to our supporters that invest in our shared vision to build a strong foundation for lifelong health, education, and well-being for each North Carolina child.

The NC Early Childhood Foundation relies on support from generous individuals and organizations to carry out its work.

Current Funding Partners

  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation
  • ChildTrust Foundation
  • North Carolina Institute of Medicine (North Carolina Division of Public Health)
  • North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services – Injury and Violence Prevention Branch: Rape Prevention Education
  • The Duke Endowment via NC Child MOU
  • The Leon Levine Foundation
  • The Truist Foundation
  • Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Past Partners
  • A.J. Fletcher Foundation
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
  • Coastal Credit Union Foundation
  • Cone Health Foundation via Action Greensboro
  • Dawn S. Chaney Foundation
  • Early Learning Funders Collaborative
    • ChildTrust Foundation
    • The Cemala Foundation
    • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation
    • SAS
    • The Duke Endowment
    • Hopestar Foundation
  • First Five Years Fund
  • Guilford Merchants Association
  • Invest Early NC
    • Hopestar Foundation
    • John Rex Endowment
    • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation
    • Joseph M. Bryan Foundation
    • ChildTrust Foundation
    • The Cemala Foundation
  • Joseph M. Bryan Foundation
  • Kintura (Well-Spring Foundation)
  • Mary Duke Biddle Foundation
  • North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services:
    • Division of Child Development and Early Education
    • North Carolina Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge
  • North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
  • Oak Foundation
  • Pacific Western Bank
  • Pritzker Children’s Initiative
  • Skeebo Foundation
  • The Belk Foundation
  • The Cemala Foundation
  • The Duke Endowment
  • The Goodnight Educational Foundation
  • The Triangle Community Foundation
  • United Way of the Greater Triangle
  • Wells Fargo

The NC Early Childhood Foundation does not pay for indirect costs with the exception of limited fringe benefits. The allowable fringe benefit expense may not exceed the lesser of 25 percent of the salary subtotal figure or the actual cost of the fringe benefits. Fringe benefits include health, person, and/or medical benefits.