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Welcome to a listing of funding/naming opportunities through the Durham Technical Community College Foundation! Private donations to the Foundation support such initiatives as restricted or endowed scholarships, the Single Parent Program, the Peer Mentoring Project, and the Teaching & Learning Center. Since establishing the Durham Technical Community College Foundation, a tax-exempt 501(c) 3 organization, private gifts have greatly enhanced the college’s education and training efforts. Through your generosity, deserving students will be awarded annual scholarships, faculty and staff will benefit from professional development opportunities, and scholarships, classrooms, labs, and teaching auditoriums can bear the name of loved ones you want to honor or remember. Without reservation, we ask you to consider Durham Technical Community College in your philanthropic plans. Clearly no other institution in Durham has done more to improve the lives of those who need it most. Thank you for reviewing the following funding opportunities and please contact me for further information.

Endowed Scholarships
Minimum required $20,000 principal gift in order to award one scholarship per year.
Criteria determined by the donor in conjunction with the Executive Director, DTCC Foundation. Deserving students will be awarded annual scholarship assistance from accrued interest and /or investment earnings while all designated principal remains untouched in perpetuity.
Endowed scholarships can be named in honor or in memory of a special person.

Restricted Scholarships
Minimum required $1200 per year in order to award one $600 scholarship disbursement in fall and one $600 disbursement in spring.
Criteria determined by the donor in conjunction with the Executive Director, DTCC Foundation.
Restricted scholarships can be named in honor or in memory of a special person.

Peer Mentoring Project
No minimum donation required.
The nationally recognized Peer Mentoring Program at DTCC employs a financial aid incentive to attract both mentors and mentees to the program. Students who have demonstrated academic and personal success at Durham Tech are recruited and trained to become mentors. Mentors are awarded $500 stipends each semester they participate. Mentees who complete the requirements of the program are awarded $150 book vouchers. Statistics show that the mentees completing this program have a higher retention and goal completion rate than those who do not. Private funding is needed to supplement federal assistance provided through the Carl D. Perkins Act so that a broader range of students can be helped.

Teaching & Learning Center: Faculty Mentoring Program
No minimum donation required.
Faculty Mentoring Program providing stipends to veteran faculty willing to assist and mentor new faculty into the college’s culture and with instructional critiques and suggestions.
Professional Development Funds for Faculty/Staff
No minimum donation required.
Each North Carolina community college receives a base allotment from the state to be used for faculty/staff professional development. Durham Tech’s annual Professional Development program goes well beyond the limits of these funds requiring private support to supplement state funds.
Single Parent Program Funds
No minimum donation required.
Formed in 1986 in response to the financial barriers encountered by this population. Based on financial need and a stringent set of eligibility requirements, participants are assisted with tuition, books, transportation, and child-care funding. As long as a recipient maintains eligibility requirements and needs assistance, the SP Program will assist her until she reaches her educational goal. Statistics show that students participating in this group have a 90% educational goal completion rate. Private funding is needed to supplement federal Child Care Funds provided through the Carl D. Perkins Act.
Vive/Viva the Arts
No minimum donation required.
To support an annual series of artistic presentations on campus that both celebrates the arts and brings public awareness to the college.
Classrooms/Other Labs
(within any of the campus buildings)
$ 50,000
Conference Rooms/Science Labs
(within any of the campus buildings)
$100,000
Technology Center Auditorium
$150,000
ERC Auditorium/Teaching Center
$200,000
Endowed Faculty Chairs
(within any of the thirty-four degree programs)
$250,000

 

Please contact Dorothy Brower Brokaw for more information at 919-536-7250 ext. 6002.


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