The Emerging Artists Program is made possible by grants from The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation; the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources; the Anika James Foundation; the Linda A. Ironside Fund for the Arts of the Triangle Community Foundation; the Orange County Arts Commission; Chatham Arts Council; Granville Education Foundation; Person County Arts Council; the Ella Fountain Pratt Fund; the Ruth Carver Fund; the Wainwright Fund for New Works and by individual donations and gifts to the Durham Arts Council Annual Arts Fund.