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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
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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.

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We invite you to become a sustaining donor so we can carry this work forward and be prepared for whatever comes next.

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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.

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