Impact Stories

Stories that show how privately funded research, programs and initiatives are making a difference.

Carolina Stories

A group of faculty and students stand on the shoreline in the Galapagos with a supine seal in the foreground.

6 min read

A royal first year

Illustration representing the new Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation, which will accelerate research on extreme weather and cybersecurity, featuring illustrations of a woman walking and icons representing markets, cybersecurity and weather

3 min read

Institute translates environmental threats into financial risks

Four people stand along a creek, one person is pointing at the water

6 min read

Restore a watershed, protect an ecosystem

Turtle swims in the sea.

2 min read

Collaboration for conservation

A group of Lead for North Carolina Fellows

2 min read

Cultivating community leaders

SECU Foundation members holding check

2 min read

Investing in local leadership

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6 min read

What is ‘safe’ sanitation?

A photo of downtown Kinston with American flag.

2 min read

Giving local governments a boost

Woman speaking to man with text "powering communities" behind her.

1 min watch

A clearer vision for a cleaner world