Giving Opportunities

The Gift Fund helps the Stone Center respond to pressing programmatic needs and pursue new opportunities. Through this important and increasingly popular form of giving, you can enable the Center to support in-house initiatives such as the Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film, as well as collaborate on innovative projects with faculty, students, and staff.

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The Seat Naming Campaign offers donors the opportunity to inscribe their name, a loved one’s name, their business, or in memoriam, to create a lasting legacy. A permanent brass plate with your inscription will be installed on the seat you select in the Stone Center Auditorium. Your named seat serves as a reminder of your commitment to the Stone Center’s mission.

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Communiversity Youth Programs (CYP) is the Stone Center’s longest-running outreach program. CYP, founded by UNC students in 1992, serves as a literacy and cultural enrichment program for K-12 scholars. Communiversity Youth Programs is supported by volunteers from the campus community and takes place after school, four days per week during the academic year.

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20-for-20 celebrates the 20-year anniversary of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center building (2004-2024). The opportunity invites a monthly recurring gift of $20 for 20 years (pledged in 5-year increments) to the Stone Center Gift Fund.

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Calling all affinity groups! With a monthly recurring gift of $100, engage in some friendly, affinity competition. Each month, the affinity group (fraternities, sororities, intramural clubs, varsity sports, signature student groups such as EROT, Black Ink, and Black Student Movement) with the most combined giving total will have a banner flown outside of the SHSC and have bragging rights banners to post to social media.  

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The Sean Douglas Fellowship supports professional development experiences for students through internships with the Stone Center. The Fellowship, named for UNC at Chapel Hill alum Sean Douglas, a U.S. Army veteran, aviator, and community leader, provides semester-long paid internships. Students work directly with Stone Center staff to develop meaningful service and engagement experiences on campus and in the surrounding communities. 

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The Undergraduate International Studies Fellowship is awarded to students from under-represented groups who desire to travel abroad for a minimum of one semester. These students choose their own plans of study and report back to us upon completion of study. Fellowships awards range up to $2500 and are offered once per year.

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The Pamela Nicole Cummings fund supports visiting artists, scholars, and cultural workers while they are in residence with the Stone Center. This fellowship offsets expenses for scholars during their time with us as they facilitate workshops, lectures, and forums on relevant topics from their respective fields.

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The Weiss Endowment for Creativity in the Performing Arts supports various performing arts initiatives of UNC faculty, students, and staff who work in collaboration with the Stone Center in fulfilling its mission.

The Beth and Daniel Okun Collegium Fund is a recurring award endowed by a generous gift by Beth and husband Daniel Okun, Kenan professor emeritus in the Department of Environmental Sciences. The Collegium Fund supports a term-long study/research project by a diverse team made up of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and community members, if applicable.

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The Stone Center Art Fund supports visual arts programs and initiatives in the Brown Gallery and other spaces in the Stone Center building.

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The Cross-Cultural Communications Institute (CCCI) was founded in 1990 as a campus forum for the discussion of ideas, issues, and initiatives about ethnic, cultural, racial, and other self-defined communities. The CCCI explores ways to bridge differences, both real and perceived, through constructive dialogue and the proposal of active solutions