B - Educational

The North Carolina Science Fair Foundation (NCSFF) is a not-for-profit educational organization whose purpose is to increase the awareness of, exposure to, and participation in inquiry-based science learning. NCSFF promotes science and engineering research by elementary, middle, and high school students and partners with teachers to integrate student scientific research into science education, both formal and informal. NCSFF works to increase diversity and engagement of underrepresented student populations in science and engineering research.

Southern Dharma is dedicated to promoting human flourishing.

Our Mission is to:

Provide a place of refuge and a sacred container for spiritual practices of Noble Silence, meditation, reflection, and mindful awareness
Provide practitioners from all backgrounds and at all levels, from beginner to advanced, with inspirational teachings and practices from Buddhist and related traditions
Serve as a resource for groups, teachers, and practitioners in the Southeast

To strengthen families through services and partnerships to prepare children for life.

To promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people.

Our mission is to develop, demonstrate and deliver programs and strategies that will enhance the lives of children, youth and families.

Vision: A world that moves in harmony, where all are free to be their authentic selves within loving community.

Mission: Inspiring authenticity and healthy community through free- form dance.

Aim: Hosting dance waves for personal and community transformation.

Mission We are dedicated to supporting the parents of Black children in the fight against individual, institutional, and systemic racial bias in the education system. We do this by:

● Organizing trainings for Black parents that center their experience and knowledge, provide tools for protecting the self-image of their child(ren), and build a community of trust and support

● Providing one-on-one strengths-based advocacy coaching for parents to support their children as they navigate the landscape of racial bias

Know The System is a bipartisan organization dedicated to elevating public understanding and public dialogue, to take democracy in the United States to the next level.

The mission of The Diabetes Family Connection is to positively transform life with diabetes through the power of community. Our organization provides recreation-based programs focused on building confidence, optimism, and support for families affected by diabetes.

The purpose of the Abecedarian Education Foundation is to foster the lifelong success of future generations by supporting high quality adult-child interactions in the years before children enter formal schooling. AEF will assist organizations in the United States and around the world to plan, initiate and sustain the use of the Abecedarian Approach (2A).