Opinion
Carolina arts need your investment
Arts groups don’t just need institutional grants. They need individual gifts, attendance, and volunteers. Don’t be shy. Jump in with both feet.
News
Art Pope receives National Review Institute’s Buckley Prize for Leadership
The John William Pope Foundation has donated more than $250 million to public policy research, education, the arts, and humanitarian causes since its founding in 1986.
News
Charitable donations in NC rebound after slump last year
North Carolinians were quite a bit more generous in their charitable giving this year, according to a report released on Monday from the NC Secretary of State’s office.
News
NC food banks get $18M boost as SNAP payments set to pause
Ahead of two federal judges’ separate rulings on Friday that the Trump administration must use a $6 billion emergency fund to fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, as it is set to pause on Saturday due to the federal government shutdown, North Carolina and others are donating nearly $18 million to food banks across the state.
Opinion
Don’t give cash to street panhandlers
It’s not the biggest threat to public safety, I admit, but panhandling along and often on North Carolina roadways is illegal, dangerous, counterproductive — and commonplace. During my daily travels in the capital city, I routinely see panhandlers approach idling cars at traffic lights and stop signs to beg motorists for cash. Many have been...
Opinion
The tale of 2 North Carolinas
A kid growing up in Lumberton, North Carolina, should have the same opportunity as my kids do in the Triangle. The opportunity to be an entrepreneur. The opportunity to get a good education. The opportunity to rise.
News
Hoffman woman receives new home after state lawmaker rescued her from fire
The home, made possible by the NC Manufactured and Modular Home Builders Association, was presented by state Rep. Dean Arp, who had pulled the owner to safety from a fire earlier in the year.
Opinion
Reclaiming servant leadership means putting values above visibility
In an age of self-promotion, we need leaders who serve quietly and lead purposefully.
Opinion
Healthy Main Streets should be a bipartisan concern
Though generally outnumbered in municipalities, conservatives have a lot to contribute to the conversation on how to make NC Main Streets thrive.
Opinion
Beyond government solutions: Unleashing the potential of philanthropy
As the year draws to a close and the holiday season envelops us in its festive glow, I’m reminded of Charles Dickens’s timeless sentiment from A Christmas Carol: “I have always thought of Christmas time as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; when men and women seem by one consent to open their...
Opinion
Companies do good by serving consumers
North Carolina businesses are generous donors of time and money to worthy causes across our state and beyond. Major corporations such as Truist, Duke Energy, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Bank of America give tens of millions of dollars a year to charities through their respective foundations. Many other companies, large and small, aid nonprofits...
Opinion
Freedom fosters a culture of giving
When natural disasters or other emergencies hit our state, North Carolinians respond in droves — and I’m not just referring to the crucial and praiseworthy work of public employees who work in emergency management, public safety, and public works. North Carolinians respond in many other ways, large and small. They form, fund, and staff nonprofits...
