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Support the Arts in Durham

Your support enables DAC to continue its mission, helping local artists and arts organizations thrive, providing arts education to people of all ages, and ensuring that the arts remain accessible to all.

Join us in fostering creativity and culture in our communityyou can make a lasting impact and make art happen!

Support our Annual Arts Fund and help DAC continue to deliver arts programs and experiences that enrich Durham’s cultural landscape.

A small recurring gift makes a lasting impact by providing reliable, ongoing support that allows us to plan for the future!

Connect your brand with Durham’s vibrant arts community, and showcase your commitment to creativity by sponsoring our festivals, events, or exhibitions.

MORE WAYS TO SUPPORT DAC:

Do you work for Apple, Bank of America, Cisco, America Online, GSK, Red Hat, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Duke Energy, Lenovo, Deloitte, Citrix, Microsoft, Pfizer, Wake Med, or Clorox? Many companies offer generous, employer-sponsored matching gift programs that can double your impact! Learn more from your company’s human resources department.

Support DAC through an IRA Distribution or a Donor Advised Fund.

Leave a lasting impact and ensure the transformative power of the arts  are accessible to future generations. 

Designated Donations

Support specific initiatives or programs:

  • Emerging Artists Grants
  • DAC School Scholarships

Become a Volunteer

DAC volunteers are the heart of events like CenterFest and Art Walk They bring energy, dedication, and vital support that ensure exciting experiences for all. Subscribe to our Enews to learn about current opportunities.

WHAT YOUR GIFT CAN DO

Your donation, no matter the size, directly fuels the growth of the arts in Durham. With your support, we can:

  • Award even more grants to help creatives thrive and continue making Durham a vibrant and unique place to live
  • Expand our arts education programs, ensuring every child in Durham has access to transformative arts experiences
  • Continue offering free events like CenterFest, Art Walk, and Third Fridays that celebrate our culture of creative community
Donate today and support the arts and culture of Durham!
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Your generosity brings the arts to all in Durham!

To mail your gift, please use the following address:

Attention: Development
Durham Arts Council
120 Morris St.
Durham, NC 27701

For questions please reach out to Laura Montgomery, Director of Development and Communications at 919-560-2707 or lmontgomery@durhamarts.org

Thank You to All of Our Generous Supporters!

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Fletcher Performing Arts Fund at Triangle Community Foundation
Cavett and William French
Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau
Durham Arts Council Endowment Fund at Triangle Community Foundation
Duke University Arts
Google Community Grants Fund
Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
Gosnell Foundation
Brenda Brodie
Wade and Kay Gresham
Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Company

America Online Giving
Susan Gidwitz
Marjorie and David Pierson
Anika James Foundation
Bull McCabe’s Irish Pub
Lorena Blackman
Downtown Durham Inc.
Ian Brown
Chandra Guinn*
Rick Grant
State Employees Combined Campaign
Corning Foundation
The Deer Creek Charitable Foundation
The Raymond E. and Ellen F. Crane Foundation
Janene and Peter Tompkins
John and Virginia Bowman
Mindy and Guy Solie
Durham Merchants Association
Frances Rollins
Norman E. Pendergraft
Susan L. Van Eyck
Sarah and Mike Woodard*
Alexander and Kathy Silbiger
Lisa E. Powell and Stephen Hancock
Kathryn and Jay Peters
Kathleen Jensen*
Sherry DeVries and Mykola Pawlenko
Jean and Charles Wilson
TRUIST Bank
Elisabeth Wiener
Susan Amey
Constanza Gomez-Joines*
Lucy and John Grant
Ellen Gartrell McGeorge
Sara Webb
Kim Fraser
Benjamin Crawford
Tabitha Concepcion
Mark T. Higgins
BJ and Steve Suttle
Stephen and Anna Wilson
Backyard Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
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Margaret Rich
Mary Ann Dotson


The Truist Foundation
Peter Wooldridge*
Kenneth Hinton
Rebecca and Fred Kameny
Annabel J. Wharton*
Give Lively
Nancy Clapp-Channing*
Adam Allegrini*
Pantheon Analytics
Kathleen McGraw & Harry Phillips Charitable Fund
Ben F. Speller
Pamela J. Trent
Diane Satriano*
Andrea Kristen Mullen
Michael & Beth Rowe
5 Points Gallery
Anna Jones
Kathleen and Tucker Bartlett
Lewis Carson and Karen Prus
Douglas Young and Patricia Petersen
Signe and Eugene Brown
Richard and Scott Hill
John and Ellen Dagenhart
Jenny Warburg
Christina and Stephen Pogoloff
Heidi Carter
Maryah Smith-Overman*
Catherine Dorsey Riggs
Mary-Frances Poarch
John Hodges-Copple
Karen and Alvin Crumbliss
David and Barbara Rohde
Ruth and Robert Buchanan
Barbara H. Dickinson*
Jen McConnel*
James Denney and Daniel Ellison
Lee Ann and William “Larry” Tilley
Judith Snyderman
Cristi Harkins*
Barry Howard*
Garrett Daniel Sparks*
Pamela George Ph.D.
Judith Bond Bradley
Susie Abernathy*
Patrick Mucklow*
Kathleen and F. Reed Johnson
Lynda Rush Myers*
Lori White*
Victoria Schwartz

Lois Ballen
Alison Stuebe
Katherine Gabriel
John & Kelli St. Clair
Emric Jorgensen
Jenny Levine
Bob Batura
E. Jane Seeley
Suzanne Rousso
Susan Booth*
Beverly Atwood
Lori Rauch
Geraud Staton
Ted Conner
Mr. R. Anthony Rall and Ms. Susan F. Olive
Patricia and William Armistead
Jane and James Finch
Sandhya Lagoo-Deenadayalan and Anand Lagoo
Mary Beth Dugan and Kenneth Dalsheimer
Christine Hunt and Gregg Stave
James and Margaret Johnston
Ralph and Susan McCaughan
Karl Gottschalk and Dorothy Pugh
Theodora and Curtiss Devereux
Wendy and H. Gilbert Smith
Harriette Frank
Henry Majestic
Carol and Eric Meyers
Lizzie and Sampson Harrell
Jill and Thomas Bashore
Anne and Richard Berkley
Shirley Few
Thomas Hadzor and Susan Ross
Beth Craddock Smith
Ugo Goetzl
Maidi Hall
Virginia Tyler
Nancy Bierman
Diane Markoff
Dana L. Smith
Elias Torre
Margaret J. DeMott
Helena Openshaw
Charles Clemmons
The Durham Productions Company
Kathleen and F. Reed Johnson
Wentworth and Leggett
Bright Funds
Tim Scales*
Paul Feldblum and Mary Boatwright

PayPal Giving Fund
Kenneth Olden and Sandra White-Olden
Robert and Martha Brame
Betty L. Wolfe
David and Kathy Bartlett
Kendall Alford-Madden and Richard Madden
Steven Unruhe and Jennifer McGovern
Lucinda Kahler
Barbara and Jonathan Sheline
Judith Rissman Jonathan Weinberg
Ryan Bradshaw
Donald Rush
Sam Tobbe
Heather Brown
Charlotte Shoneman
Kerry Sykes
Carolyn Wilborn
Jennifer Triplehorn
Anne Emler
Stephen Pysnick
Joan Peck
Mary Mehrer
Herbert Juli
Frances and Wesley Cook
Lori Blake-Reid
Gerri Houlihan
Jessica Burroughs
Glenn Gillen
Katherine A. Kantner
Pearline Washington
Douglas Hensel
Karen Chiswell
Nancy H. Myers
David Wong and Laura Weisberg
Marianne Bouvier and Burton Scott
Stephen and Patricia Bocckino
John and Cynthia Aldrich
Michael Novak and Martha Gagliano
Dorothy and Joseph Kitchen
Faye and Thomas Shaffer
Rodney Wynkoop
John Tullo and Lucy Harber
Helen and James Theodore Compton
Sue and Carl Hamill
Thomas Lockwood and Deborah Stumpo
Karen and Mark Webbink
Michael Rychener
Judith Dearlove

* Monthly Sustainer