Explore Funds

Provide support for the Ackland's core services: exhibitions, educational outreach, collection conservation, research and free admission.

Provide conservation support for the Ackland's permanent collection of over 22,000 objects.

Provide support for the Ackland's educational programs, which use art to facilitate understanding across all its audiences.

Provides support for a network of campus makerspaces where UNC faculty, students and staff utilize state-of-the-art equipment and emerging technologies to design and make physical objects for education, research, entrepreneurship and recreation.

Provides support for the greatest operational needs.

Provides support for recent Carolina graduates to directly serve underrepresented high school students and provide them with college access support.

Provides support for Carolina Community Academy (CCA), an innovative school serving K-2 students based in Roxboro, N.C. Committed to evidence-based practices, social-emotional learning, and robust wraparound services, Carolina Community Academy seeks to support all students and their families by connecting them to resources on campus and within the community.

Provides support for the position that oversees K-12 and university student outreach, public programs, and interpretation materials for visitors.

Provides support for recruiting future educators and incentivizes working in Title I schools in North Carolina.

Impact Awards recognize current graduate students and recent graduate alumni whose research contributes to the educational, economic, physical, social or cultural well-being of North Carolina communities and citizens.