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The Belk Foundation works continuously to affect lasting change in our focus areas. Check back often for the latest news and announcements.

2019 Annual Report

2019 Annual Report

In 2019, inspired by what we launched in Read Charlotte’s community-wide movement, we announce a new strategic issue for the next five years: equitable access to effective teachers.

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Strategic Issue Press Release

Strategic Issue Press Release

The Belk Foundation Announces New Strategic Issue of Equitable Access to Effective Teachers

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EdNC – Principals: Your best teaching candidates may already be in your building!

EdNC – Principals: Your best teaching candidates may already be in your building!

The data are clear: early career teachers are more effective when hired by the school where they student taught. Familiarity with the school culture, principal, students and other teachers makes a difference for novice teachers and for their students’ achievement.

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2018 Annual Report

2018 Annual Report

Fiscal year 2018 was a milestone year for The Belk Foundation – we marked our 90th year of grantmaking. We also engaged in reflection on the Foundation’s future and how best to focus our time and energy for impact within our two focus areas, K-3 achievement and excellent teachers and leaders.

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EdNC – The Belk Foundation brings leaders together

EdNC – The Belk Foundation brings leaders together

Last night, The Belk Foundation convened education leaders in Raleigh from school districts, nonprofits, state government, and philanthropy to think about education in North Carolina and across the nation. “We must be innovative in North Carolina for the sake of our students,” said Johanna Edens Anderson, executive director of The Belk Foundation.

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The News & Observer – UNC should rethink how it teaches future teachers, study says

The News & Observer – UNC should rethink how it teaches future teachers, study says

When students in the UNC system’s teacher training programs were asked what they would do for a child struggling to read, few could cite specific strategies, according to consultants who reviewed public university education programs.

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The News & Observer – Promising Children’s Story, Unfinished

The News & Observer – Promising Children’s Story, Unfinished

At an event in downtown Raleigh last weekend, Republican State Sen. Chad Barefoot and Democratic State Sen. Jay Chaudhuri sat down with a troupe of preschoolers and read a story together. The children’s tale was about two people who “don’t agree on anything” – except the importance of reading.

It’s not a bad parable for state politics, which finds Republicans and Democrats disagreeing on a lot of things – but not about the importance of reading and childhood education.

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EdNC – EdTalk with Johanna Anderson: Nurturing teachers, nurturing the teacher pipeline

EdNC – EdTalk with Johanna Anderson: Nurturing teachers, nurturing the teacher pipeline

In this episode of EdTalk, host Alex Granados talks with Johanna Anderson, executive director of The Belk Foundation, about our teachers, the teacher pipeline, school leaders, and equity.

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2017 Annual Report

2017 Annual Report

In fiscal year 2017, The Belk Foundation began a new chapter by intentionally focusing our grantmaking in Charlotte and at the North Carolina state-level. This year, we made 37 grants, totaling $3.1 million, to strengthen public education.

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Video Tribute – Katie Morris’ Decade of Leadership at The Belk Foundation

Video Tribute – Katie Morris’ Decade of Leadership at The Belk Foundation

We marked Katie Morris’ decade of leadership and debuted a video focusing on progress during her time as The Belk Foundation Board Chair and deep commitment to our mission.

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