We build community around humanitarian nonprofits and the people they impact

 

Mission & Vision

Ways to Get Help

We encourage people to start in our Help Hub, whether the need is access to resources, health care, or financial assistance.

Our campus connects individuals and families to additional nonprofit services.

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Ways to Give & Support

A gift to the Harrelson Center empowers this collaborative campus: where nonprofits share common ground to discover shared solutions.

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Stories of Hope, Opportunity & Empowerment

Be inspired by the people who courageously take action for themselves and for others.

It takes courage

It takes courage

Apr 2, 2025

One of Hope Community Church’s mission partners is the Help Hub at the Harrelson Center. Last Sunday, we built blessing bags to support their work. The Help Hub offers emergency financial assistance...

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A safe and loving home

A safe and loving home

Sep 5, 2024

A young woman, raised locally by her grandparents after her mom died when she was 12, is now raising her 2 children with her husband, an electrician, in that same home. Her...

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Invaluable connections to resources

Invaluable connections to resources

Jun 19, 2024

Melinda, a hardworking, single-mother of three, faced eviction after her long-standing job through a temp agency suddenly ended. It took Melinda two weeks to find a comparable position that would pay enough...

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Our Nonprofit Partners

Our Nonprofit Partners

The Harrelson Center provides centralized humanitarian services to the Cape Fear Region. Together, with over 40 nonprofit partners both on our campus and throughout the community, we make a measurable impact in the lives of community members.

  • Accessibility & Inclusivity
  • Career & Economic Development
  • Childhood & Family Support
  • Crisis Response
  • Equity & Access
  • Food Security
  • Health & Well-being
  • Housing Security
  • Interpersonal Safety
  • Youth Enrichment
Value of Partnership

Value of Partnership

Our campus brings stability, opportunity, and growth to our nonprofit partners. With added administrative efficiencies, education, networking, and promotions, Harrelson Center Partners find they are stronger because they are here together.

Making an Impact Since 2007

Making an Impact Since 2007

The Harrelson Center is a nonprofit organization in downtown Wilmington that provides hope, opportunity, and empowerment for the nonprofit network and the people of the greater Cape Fear Region.

Our campus delivers resources to address accessibility and inclusivity, economic development, childhood and family support, crisis response, equity and access, food and housing security, health and well-being, interpersonal safety, and youth enrichment.

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