Major Funders

Achievement Academy of Durham’s Major Funders:

  • American Airlines Kids Are Something Special Endowment of Triangle Community Foundation
  • Backyard Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
  • Biogen Idec Mini-Grants in Science Education of Triangle Community Foundation
  • The Carlson Family Foundation, Inc.
  • City of Durham Non-City Agency
  • Durham County Non-County Agency
  • Durham Workforce Development Board Youth Council
  • Duke “Doing Good in the Neighborhood”
  • Fox Family Foundation
  • Frances Lynn Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
  • The Greenwald Family Charitable Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
  • Harmonia Mundi Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
  • Kroger Corporation
  • The Lia Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
  • Marcia Angle and Mark Trustin Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
  • Marion Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
  • Measurement, Inc.
  • Merck, Black Employee Network (BEN), Durham Chapter
  • The Congregation at Duke University Chapel
  • The Moving Forward Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation
  • SALI Generations Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
  • Sisters of Mercy Foundation of North Carolina
  • Steve Quessy and Marna Doucette Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
  • Taku Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
  • The Stewards Fund
  • TriGiving Circle
  • Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women

Pam's Story

I had struggled for most of my life. I felt alone. I was attending Northern High School when I met up with the wrong crowd. My life which was already quite difficult started going downhill from that point. At 16 I met a man who I had two beautiful children with. This man, though, did not care about the children or me. He physically and mentally abused me for 8 years. I was shot at and beaten so many times, that my skin color changed.

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