At the North Carolina Budget & Tax Center, we envision a state where every person can reach their full potential and achieve well-being through the support of trustworthy, anti-racist institutions and systems that we all participate in building. The NC Budget & Tax Center is a non-partisan organization that works to document fiscal and economic conditions in communities to support the work of people, organizations, and government to advance solutions to poverty and pursue racial equity. We offer the timely and accessible analysis you have come to expect along with an expanded emphasis on the trusting partnerships and inclusion of community expertise in our identification of the issues and solutions that we must prioritize to secure a better North Carolina.
To advocate for children.
To provide community action and self-sufficiency programs and anti-poverty services.
NC Conservation Network supports, trains and coordinates diverse groups and directly advocates to achieve equitable and sustainable solutions for our environment.
To foster unity among the churches and to educate and mobilize churches for social and economic justice.
NC Counts Coalition is a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization committed to building a healthy, just, and equitable North Carolina through cross-sector partnerships that advance systemic solutions for communities facing systemic barriers, including BIPOC communities, LGBTQ+, low wealth, immigrant, and other communities.
Vision
Each North Carolina child has a strong foundation for lifelong health, education and well-being supported by a premiere birth-to-age-eight system.
Mission
To marshal North Carolina’s great people, ideas and achievements to build a foundation of opportunity and success for every child by the end of third grade.
The North Carolina Early Education Coalition works to ensure that all children have access to high-quality early care and learning experiences.