Providing Health Care for the Working Poor One of the most controversial political issues in modern America is health care. Alliance Medical Ministry, a faith-led nonprofit in Wake County, North Carolina, is providing solutions to the health care crisis without the intervention of the federal government. The idea behind Alliance is simple: Bring together a community [...]

Strengthening North Carolina’s reputation as a growing focal point for fine arts in the South, Carolina Ballet is a premier professional company recognized as one of the top outlets in the United States.

Crime in the Long Acres neighborhood was bad, and getting worse by the day. Drug dealers walked the streets, abandoned houses abounded, and decay was setting in.

Fulfilling Dreams for Special-Needs Children For many developmentally challenged youngsters, a miracle is waiting on a 13-acre farm north of Raleigh: a horse. Time on horseback can be life changing for special-needs children. Some children speak their first words while riding. Directing a powerful animal like a horse boosts confidence, improves coordination, and teaches valuable [...]

Celebrating Life in Our Community Similar to most western nations, the United States is expected to see a significant increase in its older adult population in the coming decades. With that fact of life comes a bevy of needed services. One of those is compassionate end-of-life care. In Hospice of Wake County, North Carolina’s capital [...]

Bringing World-Class Opera to Raleigh Which fine art form beautifully connects an audience with hundreds of thousands of other people, people who lived in a different time and place in history? Which of the fine arts combines all of the fine arts into one seamless performance? Answer: The opera. And North Carolinians are fortunate to have [...]

The Pope Eagle Scout Scholarship paves the way for today’s promising youngsters to become the leaders of tomorrow.

Robert came to the Raleigh Rescue Mission with a long list of medical problems: prostate cancer, lupus, a knee injury, and a hernia. At the time, he had been living on the streets of downtown Raleigh for five years, destitute and alone.

Providing a Home for Seriously Ill Patients Cancer. It’s a word that strikes fear into thousands of hearts each day in the United States. For many families, this dreadful illness arrives with little warning, cutting short the lives of their loved ones. But for those suffering through painful treatments at UNC Hospitals in the Triangle [...]

StepUp Ministry is breaking the poverty cycle in North Carolina through a hand up, not a handout.

Expanding the diversity of ideas encountered by students and bringing more high-quality academics to campus.

Training today’s brightest students and faculty to be the defenders of liberty tomorrow.

Rather than redistribute the economic pie that already exists, the John Locke Foundation wants to see more pies produced in the first place.

A nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization based in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Civitas Institute accomplishes its mission through a number of means: Polling, publications, online legislative tracking, candidate and journalism training, and a robust internship program.

Providing legislative and political research to the North Carolina business community, all with the purpose of advancing free enterprise and creating a positive business climate.

Strengthening the Foundations of Free Society In listing societal institutions that are a force against big government, strong marriages, strong families, and strong churches immediately come to mind. But is philanthropy — the generous, voluntary donations to worthy causes — also an indispensible support of freedom? The Philanthropy Roundtable — a nonprofit based out of [...]

Broadening intellectual diversity on campus, increasing the value of a college degree, and serving as a watchdog of resources in the university system.

Exploring questions of morality in politics and economics The intersection of politics, economics, and morality has never been more important than it is today. Yet many times, these three subject areas are treated as distinct, unrelated categories. The goal of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics program at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University is to rejoin the [...]