2005 Grants Community Programs   The Arts Center of Carrboro $5,000 To provide operational expenses and support various programs. The Arts Center nourishes the arts, creativity, and community through education, performance, and exhibition. www.artscenterlive.org   North Carolina Justice Center $1,000 To provide funding for the Progress NC 2005 conference. The North Carolina Justice Center is engaged in advocacy and community building on behalf of low-income residents. www.ncjustice.org   Orange Community Housing and Land Trust $10,000 To support accessible, affordable housing for those with disabilities and special housing needs. www.ochlt.org   Philanthropy Journal $5,000 An operational expenditure grant to support this Raleigh-based philanthropy news website. www.philanthropyjournal.org   Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina $5,000 To support the operations of Planned Parenthood of North Carolina. Planned Parenthood offers the community a wide range of reproductive health care and counseling services, health care education, and advocacy programs. www.plannedparenthood.org   Wildacres Leadership Initiative $5,000 To provide operational funding for the Wildacres Leadership Initiative. This organization cultivates a network of courageous leaders to develop solutions to complex challenges in North Carolina. www.wildacresleadership.org   WUNC Radio, University of North Carolina $25,000 To provide continued funding for the public radio station's news and informational programming. www.wunc.org   WUNC, The Campaign for North Carolina Public Radio $62,500 To support the Campaign for North Carolina—WUNC's continuing commitment to excellence in broadcasting—with Michael Brader-Araje serving as campaign co-chair. This grant provided funding for the launch of The Story with Dick Gordon. This new weekly program takes listeners beyond news events to the things that change our lives, cause us to stop and re-think, inspire us. www.wunc.org/campaign     Education     DonorsChoose $60,000 To provide continued support of the North Carolina expansion of DonorsChoose, as well as national expansion efforts. DonorsChoose provides students with resources that public schools often lack. Teachers submit proposals online for materials or experiences that their students need to learn, and donors choose to fund a project and make it a classroom reality. In 2005, DonorsChoose was selected by amazon.com as one of the ten most innovative nonprofits in the world, and was the winner of the Amazon Challenge. Click here to view the Amazon Challenge story www.donorschoose.org   The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State University $20,000 An operational grant to support NC State's state-of-the-art educational research institute, which identifies and formulates innovative solutions to today's most pressing educational challenges. www.ncsu.edu/friday   The Mariposa School for Children with Autism $10,000 To support the operations of The Mariposa School, which provides one-on-one instruction to children with autism. www.mariposaschool.org   Women and Mathematics Mentoring Program $3,000 To provide continued support for the Math Mentoring Program, which encourages young women to "stay on the math path" and continue their study of mathematics and explore math-related careers. www.womenandmathmentoring.org       Entrepreneurship     Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) $50,000 $250,000 over 5 years To continue a five-year grant helping entrepreneurs succeed in their new businesses. www.cednc.org       Health     The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health $20,000 $100,000 over 5 years To continue a five-year grant supporting scientific research projects. www.sph.unc.edu The Michael & Laura Brader-Araje Foundation has also provided financial support to the UNC Educational Foundation and Duke University Health System.       2004 Grants 2003 Grants 2002 Grants 2001 Grants