To connect, promote, educate, and serve writers at all levels of skill and experience, throughout North Carolina and beyond.
To advocate lifelong learning and thoughtful dialogue about all facets of human life.
To raise funds to advance, promote, and support the public service mission of UNC-TV.
The Old Baldy Foundation is a non-profit organization established for the preservation of Old Baldy Lighthouse on Bald Head Island, NC, and for the promotion of and education about the man-made histories of Smith Island.
The Peanut Factory supports emerging and professional contemporary artists, writers, and other creative individuals through residencies in a setting grounded in local history, while emphasizing international understanding. Guided by the belief that creative expression transforms lives on a personal scale while enriching the framework of society, The Peanut Factory develops strategic partnerships to facilitate cultural growth and economic development in eastern North Carolina and beyond.
To promote the art of handbell ringing to the widest possible audience by performing advanced handbell music throughout North Carolina and the country.
The Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts at the UNC School of the Arts is an arts service organization that serves as a bridge between campus and community by developing artist leaders, supporting creative careers and businesses, and engaging in creative placemaking. The Institute supports the exploration of new knowledge to cultivate leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators who can tackle complex challenges in the communities in which they live and work.
To further education in classical ballet and to provide a repetory company for aspiring young dancers.
To strengthen communities in Western North Carolina with cultural, educational and environmental initiatives.