2024 Grantees
Multiyear Grants
2024 | 3-Year Operating Support Grant
Strategic Goal: Long-term capacity-building and enhancing Durham's cultural landscape
Total Amount Awarded: $150,000
Funding Area: The Arts
County: Durham
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2024 | 3-Year Operating Support Grant
Strategic Goal: Expanding staff to support program growth, particularly in educational support for Latinx students
Total Amount Awarded: $120,000
Funding Area: Student Academic Success
County: Chatham
2024 | 3-Year Operating Support Grant
Strategic Goal: Solidifying infrastructure to support sustainable growth and expand community outreach programs
Total Award Amount: $45,000
Focus Area: Arts Education
County: Durham
2024 | 3-Year Operating Support Grant
Strategic Goal: Developing strategic plans for operational capacity, development growth, and fundraising diversification
Total Amount Awarded: $45,000
Funding Area: The Arts
County: Durham
2024 | 3-Year Operating Support Grant
Strategic Goal: Strengthening organizational resilience after leadership transitions and pandemic shifts
Total Amount Awarded: $150,000
Funding Area: Arts Education
County: Durham
One-Year Grants
2024 | 1 Year Operating Support Grant
Strategic Goal: Strengthening financial sustainability and implementing a new program model to enhance early childhood education opportunities for rural and Latine families.
Total Amount Awarded: $7,500
Funding Area: Student Academic Success
County: Wake
2024 | 1 Year Operating Support Grant
Strategic Goal: Exploring opportunities for long-term sustainability by participating in a planning and assessment process for PreK licensure.
Total Amount Awarded: $10,000
Funding Area: Student Academic Success
County: Durham
2024 | 1 Year Operating Support Grant
Strategic Goal: Long-term capacity building and sustaining vital and inclusive early childhood education programs for students with disabilities from under resourced communities.
Total Amount Awarded: $10,000
Funding Area: Student Academic Success
County: Wake
2024 | 1 Year Operating Support Grant
Strategic Goal: Increasing programmatic access and fostering creative collaborations to engage artists and communities in Siler City and Chatham County.
Total Amount Awarded: $5,000
Funding Area: The Arts
County: Chatham
2024 | 1 Year Operating Support Grant
Strategic Goal: Developing strategic plans for operational capacity and strengthening financial sustainability.
Total Amount Awarded: $7,500
Funding Area: The Arts
County: Wake
2024 | 1 Year Operating Support Grant
Strategic Goal: Solidifying board procedures and governance to support organizational growth and long-term sustainability.
Total Amount Awarded: $7,500
Funding Area: Arts Education
County: Wake
2024 | 1 Year Operating Support Grant
Strategic Goal: Proactively engaging school and community partnerships, to ensure students from rural and marginalized areas have access to high-quality orchestral programs
Total Amount Awarded: $7,500
Funding Area: Arts Education
County: Wake
Other Grants
2024 | 1 Year Operating Support Grant
Total Amount Awarded: $20,000
2024 | 3-Year Special Project Grant for the Made in NC program
Total Amount Awarded: $30,000
County: Durham
These grants reflect the the long history shared by the American Dance Festival and the Biddle Foundation.
2024 | 1 Year Operating Support Grant, Multiyear Finalist
Total Award Amount: $15,000
Focus Area: The Arts & Arts Education
County: Wake
2024 | 1 Year Operating Support Grant
Total Award Amount: $25,000
Focus Area: Student Academic Success
County: Chatham (Siler City Club)
2024 | 1 Year Operating Support Grant, Multiyear Finalist
Total Award Amount: $2,500
Focus Area: The Arts
County: Chatham
2024 | 1 Year Operating Support Grant
Total Amount Awarded: $5,000
2024 | 1 Year Special Project Grant for the Emerging Artists Grant Program
Total Amount Awarded: $20,000
County: Durham
These grants reflect the long history shared by the Durham Arts Council and the Biddle Foundation.
2024 | 1 Year Operating Support, Multiyear Finalist
Total Award Amount: $2,500
Focus Area: The Arts
County: Durham
2024 | 1 Year Operating Support Grant, Multiyear Finalist
Total Award Amount: $15,000
Focus Area: The Arts
County: Alamance
2024 | 1 Year Operating Support Grant
Total Amount Awarded: $20,000
2024 | 1 Year Special Project Grant for the Durham Fellows Program
Total Amount Awarded: $25,000
County: Durham
These grants reflect the long history shared by The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle and the Biddle Foundation.
2024 | 1 Year Operating Support Grant, Multiyear Finalist
Total Award Amount: $15,000
Focus Area: Arts Education
County: Wake
2024 | 1 Year Special Project Support Grant
Total Amount Awarded: $70,000
County: Forsyth
This grant reflects the long history shared by UNCSA and the Biddle Foundation.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
MDBF views our arts grantmaking through an equity lens. We are particularly interested in supporting organizations led by people of color, that incorporate arts accessibility into their work, and whose boards and staff reflect the diversity of the Triangle. By accessibility, we mean opportunities to encounter, appreciate, and participate in the arts. We support organizations that embrace and advance DEI practices and work towards equitable access and engagement in the arts.