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Foundations / Science and research

Foundations that fund science and research in North Carolina

501 private foundations gave $105 million for science and research to organizations in North Carolina in their latest year. The largest was The Duke Endowment, with $23.1 million in 25 grants.

Foundations ranked by science and research grants to recipients in North Carolina, latest year
FoundationGrantsAmountAccepts applications
The Duke Endowment25$23.1 millionYes
Gates Foundation (Washington)14$17.6 millionYes
Clark Charitable Foundation Inc DBA A James & Alice B Clark Foundation (Maryland)1$9.0 millionNo
Laura and John Arnold Foundation (Texas)15$3.8 millionNo
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (New Jersey)22$2.7 millionYes
H Smith Richardson Charitable Trust1$2.7 millionNo
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation (California)2$2.5 millionNo
John S and James L Knight Foundation (Florida)4$1.9 millionYes
The William R Kenan Jr Fund for Engineering Technology and Science1$1.9 millionNo
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation (New York)2$1.6 millionYes
Good Ventures Foundation (California)2$1.5 millionNo
Fidelity Foundation (Massachusetts)19$1.4 millionYes
Dogwood Health Trust11$1.4 millionYes
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation (California)2$1.3 millionNo
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (California)8$1.3 millionYes
Wellcome Leap Inc (California)2$1.3 millionNo
The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust (New York)2$1.1 millionNo
The Goodnight Educational Foundation3$1.1 millionNo
Edna and Fred Mandel Jr Foundation (Illinois)1$1.1 millionNo
Lilly Endowment Inc (Indiana)1$1.0 millionYes
Wilemal Fund (Illinois)10$997,500No
The Leon Levine Foundation3$950,000Yes
Imaginable Futures Foundation (California)1$750,000No
Charles A Cannon Trust No 15$731,076No
Alfred P Sloan Foundation (New York)6$537,014Yes

Amounts count grants whose purpose or recipient matches science and research, paid to recipients in North Carolina. A foundation based in another state appears when it gives here.

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