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Get Email UpdatesNorth Carolina is a beautiful place to live and do business. Beaches to the east and mountains to the west, the Tar Heel State has been called a veil of humility between two mountains of conceit — a tongue-in-cheek jab at our neighbors to the north (Virginia) and south (South Carolina). But despite its rich history and heritage, North Carolina needs improvement.
As of July 2012, the state’s unemployment rate stood at 9.6%, more than a full percentage point higher than the national rate of 8.3%. In some North Carolina counties, joblessness has reached epidemic proportions. The poverty rate also is a persistent problem. In North Carolina as a whole, 15% of individuals are at or below the federal poverty threshold, more than one percentage point above the national average of 13.8%.
Amid that atmosphere, the John William Pope Foundation is honored to have the ability to help human beings flourish — to play a small role in providing greater equality of opportunity and the freedom to pursue those opportunities. The Foundation’s philanthropic vision is rooted in meeting real human needs, both in the short-term, through humanitarian aid, and in the long-term, through liberty-oriented organizations that foster a freer, more prosperous society so that individuals have the opportunity to provide for themselves and their loved ones.
The Pope Foundation is concerned with the whole person. That’s why we support the arts, which nurture the soul, and educational institutions, which nurture the mind. When individual lives improve, society as a whole improves as well.
In keeping with its goal of providing the most good for the most number of people, the Pope Foundation’s operations are remarkable lean compared to other philanthropies of its size. Just 4% of our budget goes to overhead; the rest goes directly to aiding our fellow North Carolinians.
A legacy of generosity
Our specific areas of investment for the 2011-2012 fiscal year and the organizations supported are below.
NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC POLICY
| Americans for Prosperity North Carolina | $150,000 | |
| Foundation for Ethics in Public Service | $5,000 | |
| Institute of Political Leadership at UNCG | $83,000 | |
| Jesse Helms Center Foundation | $50,000 | |
| John Locke Foundation-EA Morris Fellowship | $65,000 | |
| John Locke Foundation | $2,549,508 | |
| John William Pope Civitas Institute | $1,380,000 | |
| NC Family Policy Council | $100,000 | |
| NC Free Enterprise Foundation | $125,000 | |
| NC Institute for Constitional Law | $487,500 | |
| Pope Center for Higher Education Policy | $542,800 | |
TOTAL – NC Public Policy: |
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$5,537,808 |
NATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY
| American Enterprise Institute | $25,000 | |
| Americans for Tax Reform Foundation | $25,000 | |
| Atlas Economic Research Foundation | $50,000 | |
| Capital Research Center | $10,000 | |
| Cato Institute | $10,000 | |
| Center for Equal Opportunity | $5,000 | |
| Competitive Enterprise Institute | $10,000 | |
| Donors Trust | $95,000 | |
| Family Research Council | $25,000 | |
| Federalist Society | $50,000 | |
| Heartland Institute | $10,000 | |
| Heritage Foundation | $50,000 | |
| Independent Women’s Forum | $10,000 | |
| Institute for Justice | $75,000 | |
| Manhattan Institute | $25,000 | |
| Mercatus Center | $15,000 | |
| Pacific Research Institute | $10,000 | |
| Philanthropy Roundtable | $25,000 | |
| Property and Environment Research Center | $25,000 | |
| Reason Foundation | $50,000 | |
| State Policy Network | $25,000 | |
TOTAL – National Public Policy: |
|
$625,000 |
EDUCATION
| Asheville School | $225,000 | |
| Bill of Rights Institute | $25,000 | |
| Campbell University | $300,000 | |
| Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism | $25,000 | |
| Duke University-History of Political Econ | $175,000 | |
| Elon University | $50,000 | |
| Foundation for Economic Education | $1,000 | |
| Fund for American Studies | $35,000 | |
| Institute for Humane Studies | $455,000 | |
| Law & Economics at GMU | $10,000 | |
| NC Central University | $4,000 | |
| NCSU-Public Choice, Law, & Economics | $140,000 | |
| Raleigh Charter High School | $25,000 | |
| Ravenscroft School | $25,000 | |
| UNC-CH School of Government | $30,000 | |
| UNC-Educational Foundation | $1,000,000 | |
| UNC-CH-Arts & Sciences Foundation | $50,000 | |
| Upper Room Christian Academy | $10,000 | |
| Virginia Episcopal School | $25,000 | |
TOTAL – Education: |
|
$2,610,000 |
HUMANITARIAN
ARTS
| Carolina Ballet | $25,000 | |
| NC Opera Company | $10,000 | |
| NC Symphony | $35,000 | |
| NC Theatre | $25,000 | |
| Performance Edge | $5,000 | |
| Raleigh Fine Arts Society | $25,000 | |
TOTAL – Arts: |
|
$125,000 |
