For more than 23 years, the Curran Foundation has sponsored and supported programs that positively impact the lives of children and young adults in Wake County North Carolina with an emphasis in the Town of Cary. With the Founder’s retirement and move to Lakewood Ranch Florida in 2021, and as part of the Foundation’s family succession planning to transfer leadership of the Foundation to the next generation, the Foundation opened a new chapter of giving in Manatee County Florida with an emphasis in Lakewood Ranch beginning in 2026.

Our mission is simple — We help children and young adults learn, compete, and grow healthier with the goal of helping them learn, earn, and return value to their family, community, and society. We are driven by the belief that the children we positively impact today, or don’t impact today will become the leaders or burdens of our communities tomorrow.

Flagship Project – The nonprofit Triangle Aquatic Center “TAC” is a 110,000-sf public aquatic facility that opened in the Wake County community on October 28, 2007. TAC was designed, constructed, and funded by the Foundation, and is operated under the governance of the Foundation. TAC will soon be celebrating 20 years of service to the Wake County community. The Foundation’s vision for the facility remains the same, to promote swimming and to help children and young adults become healthy, learn the benefits of competition, and provide lifesaving learn-to-swim programs. Drowning is the second leading cause of accidental death in children 14 and under, and the number one cause for children 4 and under. TAC offers over 2,000 swim lessons per year and supports a Make-A-Splash program that offers free and reduced cost swim lessons for families in need. TAC also sponsors the TAC Titans, a 1,300-swimmer year-round USA Swim team. The Titans are perennially ranked # 1-3 in the country by USA Swimming and has trained Olympians, Paralympians and college swimmers.