1967-2007 (partial listing)

* current funders

   A.J. Fletcher Foundation - Raleigh, NC
* American Association of Community Colleges - Washington, DC
* Annie E. Casey Foundation - Baltimore, MD
   Aspen Institute - Washington, DC
* Bank of America - Charlotte, NC
   BellSouth Foundation - Atlanta, GA
   BellSouth Corporation - Atlanta, GA
   BIN Charitable Foundation - Durham, NC
   Camp Family Foundation - Franklin, VA
* Cemala Foundation - Greensboro, NC
* Charles Stewart Mott Foundation - Flint, MI
   Coca Cola Company - Atlanta, GA
   The Community Foundation - Jacksonville, FL
   Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro - Greensboro, NC
   The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation - New York, NY
   Danville Regional Foundation - Danville, VA
   DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, Inc. - New York, NY
* The Duke Endowment - Charlotte, NC
* Duke Power - Charlotte, NC
* Federal Emergency Management Agency - Washington, DC
* Ford Foundation - New York, NY
   Foundation for the Carolinas - Charlotte, NC
   Foundation for the Mid South - Jackson, MS
   Franklin/Southampton Charities - Franklin, VA
   Future of the Piedmont Foundation - Chatham, VA
   Georgia Power - Atlanta, GA 
   Golden Leaf, Inc. - Rocky Mount, NC
   Greater Cincinnati Foundation - Cincinnati, OH
   Charles M. & Mary D. Grant Foundation - New York, NY
   The Hearst Foundation, Inc. - New York, NY
   The Hitachi Foundation - Washington, DC
   IBM Corporation - Research Triangle Park, NC
   International Institute of Education - New York, NY
   Jacksonville Children's Commission - Jacksonville, FL
   James C. Penney Foundation, Inc. - New York, NY
   Jesse Ball DuPont Fund - Jacksonville, FL
   The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation - Chicago, IL
   John S. and James L. Knight Foundation - Miami, FL
   Kellogg Foundation - Battle Creek, MI
   KnowledgeWorks Foundation - Cincinnati and Columbus, OH
   Levi Strauss Foundation - San Francisco, CA
   Lilly Endowment Inc. - Indianapolis, IN
   Lower Pearl River Valley Foundation - Poplarville, MS
* Lumina Foundation for Education - Indianapolis, IN
   Lyndhurst Foundation - Chattanooga, TN
   Mary Black Foundation - Spartanburg, SC
* Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Inc. - Winston Salem, NC
   Metropolitan Life Foundation - New York, NY
   Mississippi State Iniversity - Mississippi State, MS
* Nellie Mae Education Foundation - Quincy, MA
   NC Department of Instruction - Raleigh, NC
* NC GlaxoSmithKline Foundation - RTP, NC
   N.C. Rural Economic Development Center - Raleigh, NC
   Northern Telecom, Inc. - Research Triangle Park, NC
   The Pew Charitable Trusts - Philadelphia, PA
   The Phil Hardin Foundation - Meridian, MS
   Rural Policy Research Institute - Columbia, MO
   TCC Group - New York, NY
* Tides Center - San Francisco, CA
* U.S. Department of Education - Washington, DC
   U.S. Department of Labor - Washington, DC
* University of Texas - Austin, TX
* Wachovia Foundation - Winston-Salem, NC
* Weaver Foundation- Greensboro, NC
   William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust - Chapel Hill, NC
* Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Inc. - Winston-Salem, NC