Michael founded the Michael G. Curran Family Foundation (Foundation), a private 501(c)(3) family Foundation in 2003 and retired from the Principal Financial Group in 2005 to pursue the Foundation’s mission, “to positively impact the lives of children and young adults.” The first project of the Foundation was to lead and fund the construction of the Triangle Aquatic Center (TAC), a nonprofit public aquatic facility in Cary, N.C.. The first TAC facility opened to the public October 28, 2007 and is now actively pursuing its health, safety and competition aquatic programming mission throughout the Triangle, N.C. Region.