The Larry King Center launched in 2009 after the community mobilized to create an intermediary organization to work for long-term change for children. After a lengthy community discussion, the Council for Children’s Rights was identified as the best home for the new intermediary organization.
Timeline for LKC
The need for a children’s intermediary was highlighted after the sustained community effort to prioritize children’s issues through the United Agenda for Children. To learn more about the United Agenda for Children and its connection to the Larry King Center, click here.
Five Charlotte-based foundations provided the initial funding for the Larry King Center:
Bank of America Foundation
The Duke Endowment
Wells Fargo Wachovia Foundation
The Knight Foundation
Foundation for the Carolinas
The Larry King Center was named after Larry King, a long time child advocate in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community and former executive director of the Council for Children, who passed away from cancer in 2005.