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Pepper Dowd

4 min read

The Legacy of Pepper Dowd: 50 Years of Philanthropy

LessonPlans

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Pilot program brings West Africa to local classrooms

A view of the Old Well framed through the doorway of South Building

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Gift establishes first endowed professorship for faculty of the new School of Civic Life and Leadership

A person wearing a wide-brimmed hat and traditional patterned clothing smiles while tending rice plants in a lush mountain field, with a woven basket on their back and green hills in the background.

2 min read

Supporting Southeast Asian Studies

The Building Integrated Communities and Institute for the Study of the Americas team in the FedEx Global Education Center.

2 min read

Increasing inclusivity in local government

mayalinCS

2 min read

Art, architecture and memorials

A group of Lead for North Carolina Fellows

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Cultivating community leaders

Mike Smith and Maurice Smith pose for a photo

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Supporting local communities

SECU Foundation members holding check

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Investing in local leadership

A photo of downtown Kinston with American flag.

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Giving local governments a boost

Banners reading You are Everything Carolina Performing Arts 18/19 hang from the front of Memorial Hall.

1 min read

Driving powerful change

Leaders on stage during a Pope Foundation gift event.

1 min read

An investment in people