Anathoth Community Garden cultivates peace by using good food and sustainable agriculture to connect people with their neighbors, the land, and God.

Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) is a non-profit, non-partisan research and policy organization dedicated to protecting homeownership and family wealth. They are an affiliate of SELF-HELP, one of the largest community development financial institutions in the country. CRL focuses on fighting consumer predatory lending practices. It uses research to develop reasonable, practical policy solutions which they share with advocates and policymakers interested in reforming lending practices at the state or federal level.

Club Nova provides opportunities for adults with mental illness to lead meaningful and productive lives of their choice in the community.

Compass Center for Women & Families helps individuals and families prevent and end domestic violence and become self-sufficient.

East Durham Children’s Initiative creates a pipeline of services from cradle to college or career for the children of East Durham.

Partners for Youth Opportunity exists to more effectively address the growing “opportunity gap” resulting from the chronic disconnection of Durham youth from economic and educational opportunities. PYO works to help students succeed in school, find jobs and supportive mentors, and go places they haven’t experienced before with a focus on immigrant families, families living in poverty, and families with incarcerated members.

The Pauli Murray Center engages a diversity of community members to lift up the vision and legacy of activist, scholar, feminist, poet, and Episcopal priest Pauli Murray in order to tackle enduring inequities and injustice. The center envisions communities actively working toward fairness and justice across divisions such as race, class, sexual and gender identity and spiritual practice. It embraces the transformative power of collecting and telling stories and truths as a process that heals these divisions and promotes human rights.

Resourceful Communities creates opportunities that preserve the rural landscape, lift people out of poverty, and celebrate our partner communities’ unique cultures.

The Rural Advancement Foundation International’s (RAFI-USA) mission  is to cultivate markets, policies, and communities that sustain thriving,   socially just, and environmentally sound family farms. We work nationally and internationally, focusing on North Carolina and the southeastern United States.

Uniting NC envisions a state and a nation in which all people, including immigrants, have the opportunity to reach their greatest potential, engage with their community, and fully contribute their talents to the community.