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Latino Educational Achievement Partnership (LEAP) empowers Durham children to achieve academic success by providing a high-quality, culturally affirming, dual-language preschool and ongoing support through 8th grade. Through strong relationships with families and a deep commitment to community care, LEAP ensures children grow in environments where their language, culture, and identity are valued.
Today, LEAP is also on a bold path toward the future. By 2028, we aim to become Durham Pre-K’s first dual-language program offering a free, full-day licensed preschool through Durham County’s universal Pre-K initiative. This transformation will strengthen long-term sustainability while expanding access to high-quality early education for Durham families. Along the way, we are investing in curriculum alignment, educator development, and improvements to our learning spaces and transportation so that more children can thrive. Regular donations from supporters like you make all of this possible. Your gift helps sustain LEAP’s programs today while building a stronger, more accessible future for Durham’s children and families.
COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE

While we are building toward the future, many families in our community are navigating urgent challenges today. In moments of crisis, organizations like LEAP are essential, providing frontline support and connecting critical resources to our most vulnerable neighbors. This has proven true during COVID and recently when ICE showed up in Durham, forcing working parents to stay home leaving them unable to provide for their families. LEAP responded to ICE entering our community quickly: ensuring our preschoolers arrived at school safely, providing cash assistance to core families who were unable to work, and—together with our larger networks—delivering food assistance to more than 300 families across Durham. This work is only possible because of our deep relationships with those most impacted.
We invite you to become a sustaining donor so we can carry this work forward and be prepared for whatever comes next.

Sustaining Donors
Thank you for providing reliable financial support every month!
Robin Reetz
Philip Azar
Kristina and Jacob Baldridge
Kristi Duke
Constanza Jaramillo
Jennifer March
Mandy Monroe
Burt Monroe
Janice Monroe
Sarah Packard
Marlys Ray
Elodie Bentley
Kathleen Dalton
Ari Lindenbaum
Mary Pratt
Robert Armstrong
Laura Branton
Virginia Bristol
Ellen Duda
Robert Kellogg
Cynthia Luby
John Moses
Jennifer Murphy
Margot Swann
Alexa McKerrow
Tracy Cox
Elliot Berger & Gina Rose
Diane Satriano
Jill Stanton Bullard
Megan Toben
Jean Willard
Carmen Williams
Michael Mccurley
Tony Macias
Megan Board
Sarah Hodges-Copple
Natasha McCurley
Laura Ritchie
Paula Lombardi
Sarah Wood
Anne Pilgrim
Susan Ficks
Rhonda Lee
Jennifer and Kevin Trapani
Katie DeGraff
Major Contributing Donors
Thank you for your meaningful financial support!
Ana Santibanez
Bob & Mary Etta King
Steve Ayala
Episcopal Diocese of
North Carolina
Giarla, Michelson & Carr Charitable Foundation
Taxes Plus Inc
Laura and Drayton Virkler
Sarah Francis
Connie Johnson
St. Philip's
Episcopal Church
Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church of Durham
Steve Dedrick
Copple Family
Durham Merchants' Association Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Southern Vision Alliance
Harmonia Mundi Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation
Tom Russell Charitable Foundation, Inc.
James & Mieke Rose
Triangle Community Foundation
F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc
NC Latinx Collaborative.
