Stories
June 15, 2026
When Queens University of Charlotte student Rico Evans took an internship with The Leon Levine Foundation, he wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. A business major […]
June 5, 2026
By Jennifer Fernandez, North Carolina Health News When families are in crisis, foster parents often fill in to provide a safe place for children while parents […]
May 20, 2026
Aiden Curry, recent Queens University of Charlotte graduate and former intern for The Leon Levine Foundation, is no stranger to unexpected changes in plans. In fact, […]
February 17, 2026
Basta, a national leader in career navigation for first-generation students, has been awarded $1.2 million in catalytic funding from The Leon Levine Foundation to expand its […]
February 8, 2026
Building Pathways from Classroom to Career for Underserved Students The statistics tell a sobering story: over 80% of high school dropouts cite the disconnect between […]
February 4, 2026
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Thousands of families in North Carolina’s most economically distressed counties will soon have more access to books and literacy supports through $10 million in two new […]
February 2, 2026
When students step into the SparkNC Lab at Southwest Edgecombe High School in the rural town of Pinetops, North Carolina, they’re immediately met with a question […]
January 30, 2026
When Charles Thomas looks back on his earliest memories of being at a library, he can still picture the narrow aisles of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library’s Independence Branch, […]
January 28, 2026
*Names changed to protect privacy. Every time Sarah* saw the school’s number flash on her phone, her heart clenched with dread. In that instant, the world […]