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When you support Redbud, you’re supporting creative writing—and you’re also supporting so much more. Wellness. Catharsis. Community. Connection. Social change.
Whether our students participate in our tuition-based classes or our free Community Courses Program, they all say the same thing. Redbud opened up my world. Redbud made writing my story feel possible. Redbud introduced me to new beloved authors, taught me game-changing craft advice. I met my new best friend in a Redbud class. Redbud healed me from trauma, or gave me the courage to speak out.
We believe that everybody deserves access to our programming. And that’s why we need your help. We rely on donations, grants, and corporate support for two reasons:
We operate our tuition-based classes at a financial loss. We offer these classes on a sliding scale, and ninety-five percent of Redbud students choose our subsidized price at check-out. We are committed to keeping class costs low. But that means that in order to pay a living wage to our instructors and staff, we need to fundraise for the difference between what we make on the class and what the class actually costs.
Every six-week round, we offer four classes, events, or opportunities that are completely free to participants. Maybe that’s a class for unhoused Raleighites or a class for survivors of domestic violence as part of our Community Courses Program. Maybe that’s an issue of our student-run literary magazine, or a Speaker Series event, or our yearly short story competition. We’re committed to offering this panoply of high-quality literary programming to bring together everyone in our community, not just those who can afford it.
Contributing to Redbud means contributing to all of the above. If that sounds good, and you’d like to help us open up someone’s world today, then—
Please note that while Redbud is an official 501c3 nonprofit, we are currently waiting for our documentation letter from the IRS. This means that we’re still fundraising through Fractured Atlas, another arts nonprofit that sponsors smaller organizations like ours so that we can participate in tax-deductible fundraising.
A big thank you to our 2025 supporters
Institutions
Quail Ridge Books
United Arts of Wake County
North State Bank
Individuals
Amanda Heironimus
Jennifer Johnson
Melissa Smith
Lauren Warner
Jenny Weiss
Zoe Verboon
Julia Sull
Ashley Parker
Kristin Collins
Hannah Fennell
Olivia Testa
Kelsey Housman
Gwendolyn North
Rachel Jordan
Scott Parker
Jessica Hobbs-Mullins
Nelson Wetmore
Phil Locey
Arthur Iannacone
Cassidy Riordan
Roberto Cofresi
Monica Hoh
Jesse White
Carol Torian
In honor of Lanae Blethen Kawa
Orlando Watson
Julia Carter
The Fried-Guerin family
Rachel Woods
Amanda Teal
Kyle Sutton
Christina Anglin
Charlene Newsom
Julie Mell, in memorial of Myrtle Mell McDonnell
Justine Knight
Juana Gibson
Molly Riviera
Tammy Blackard Cook
William Ridley
David Thoenen
Pamela Gonzalez
Shelby Weisburg + book club
Amanda Kouri
David Meeker
Jen Julian
Yuvitza Gonzalez
Yasmin Ali
Scott Lane
Joanna Pearson
Matt Carter
Ashley Roddy
Alayna Rasmussin
Jill McCorkle
The Murgitroyd family