photo by John Rogers, courtesy of Duke Performances
Support for the Emerging Artists Awards, a competitive, career development grant program for individual artists residing in Durham, Orange, Chatham, Granvillle, and Person Counties of North Carolina. This grant reflects the long history shared by the Durham Arts Council and the Biddle Foundation.
Emerging Artists Grants for individual artists in Durham and 3 other NC counties
Techies4Tomorrow seeks to increase students’ interest in STEM subjects and careers through interactive, on-line videos with match problems and language arts enrichment within animated stories about African-American STEM professionals.
For support to name the Adult Maker Space in the new Durham Main Library in honor of James D.B.T. Semans, a long-time trustee of the Biddle Foundation. This gift is made in conjunction with the Jenny Lillian Semans Koortbojian Trust.
Support for the Exploratory Learning Program, which will implement digital literacy education across all subjects in order to increase students’ reading and math scores.
The Teacher Leadership Academy was developed in collaboration with Durham Public School leadership to provide professional growth and leadership development opportunities to DPS teachers, helping them become change agents beyond their classroom walls.
Sonic Spectacular: Celebrating Classical Music Hits with Durham School of the Arts and the NCCU Choir
To support Durham’s Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
Support to expand the STEAM Summer Camp and prevent summer learning loss. This grant will be paid over three years and was made by invitation.
The Middle School Outreach Program will bring the power of dance education to students involved with Student U, a college readiness and access organization in Durham.