Foundations
Private foundations in North Carolina
1,683 private foundations based in North Carolina gave $1.7 billion in 31,726 grants in their latest year, and 430 of them accept applications.
Foundations that fund causes in North Carolina
These count grants to recipients in North Carolina, including from foundations based elsewhere.
Foundations by city in North Carolina
Also: Matthews, Pittsboro, Morrisville, Hendersonville, Boone, Dunn, Marion, Statesville, Newton, Belmont, Highlands, Kernersville, Morganton, Mount Airy, Clayton, Asheboro, Fuquay Varina, Franklin.
North Carolina foundations that accept applications
- The Duke Endowment · Charlotte
Accepts applications $251 million a year · typical grant $200,000 · Education - The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charlotte
Accepts applications $216 million a year · typical grant $216 million - Dogwood Health Trust · Asheville
Accepts applications $158 million a year · typical grant $37,500 · Community development - The Leon Levine Foundation · Charlotte
Accepts applications $57.9 million a year · typical grant $60,000 · Health - Burroughs Wellcome Fund · Durham
Accepts applications $30.2 million a year · typical grant $39.9 million - Smith Richardson Foundation Inc · Greensboro
Accepts applications $25.8 million a year · typical grant $49,715 · Education - State Employees Credit Union Foundation · Raleigh
Accepts applications $25.7 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Education - Duke Energy Foundation · Charlotte
Accepts applications $25.6 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Human services - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC Foundation · Durham
Accepts applications $25.3 million a year · typical grant $24.6 million - Anonymous Trust · Raleigh
Accepts applications $20.3 million a year · typical grant $3,000 · Education - Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation · Winstonsalem
Accepts applications $19.1 million a year · typical grant $202,500 · Community development - Merancas Foundation Inc · Charlotte
Accepts applications $16.2 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education - John William Pope Foundation · Raleigh
Accepts applications $15.2 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education - The Morehead-Cain Foundation · Chapel Hill
Accepts applications $14.9 million a year · typical grant $27,004 · Education - The Cannon Foundation Inc · Concord
Accepts applications $13.3 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Faith communities - Trane Technologies Charitable Foundation · Davidson
Accepts applications $7.4 million a year · typical grant $112,500 · Education - North Carolina GSK Foundation Inc · Durham
Accepts applications $4.9 million a year · typical grant $67,785 · Education - Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundati · Salisbury
Accepts applications $4.7 million a year · typical grant $4.7 million · Food and hunger - Ally Charitable Foundation · Charlotte
Accepts applications $4.3 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education - The Dickson Foundation Inc · Charlotte
Accepts applications $3.8 million a year · typical grant $2,000 · Education - George and Sarah Buchanan Foundation · Greensboro
Accepts applications $3.7 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Youth programs - Albemarle Foundation · Charlotte
Accepts applications $3.7 million a year · typical grant $1,000 · Education - Reynolds American Foundation · Winston Salem
Accepts applications $3.5 million a year · typical grant $460 · Human services - Cape Fear Memorial Foundation · Wilmington
Accepts applications $3.2 million a year · typical grant $60,000 · Health - The Edward M Armfield Sr Foundation I · Greensboro
Accepts applications $3.1 million a year · typical grant $14,000 · Education - Steven C Leuthold Family Foundation · Brevard
Accepts applications $3.0 million a year · typical grant $14,750 · Environment and conservation - Nucor Foundation Inc · Charlotte
Accepts applications $2.8 million a year · typical grant $2.8 million · Education - Louis DeJoy & Aldona Z Wos Family Foundation Inc · Greensboro
Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $18,151 · Education - Hyatt Memorial Foundation · Mocksville
Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $2.7 million · Education - Gipson Family Foundation · Raleigh
Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Environment and conservation - The Blanche and Julian Robertson Family Foundation Inc · Salisbury
Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $2.7 million - The Foundation for A Healthy High Point · High Point
Accepts applications $2.6 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Faith communities - NC Idea · Durham
Accepts applications $2.6 million a year · typical grant $7,500 · Community development - O Temple Sloan Jr Foundation · Raleigh
Accepts applications $2.6 million a year · typical grant $6,500 · Education - Catawba Indian Nation Foundation Inc · Shelby
Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $95,000 · Education - Ta John W and Anna H Hanes Foundation · Winston Salem
Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $27,500 · Education - The Greg and India Keith Foundation · Charlotte
Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education - Tzedek Social Justice Fund · Asheville
Accepts applications $2.4 million a year · typical grant $1.2 million - James G Hanes Memorial Fund · Winston Salem
Accepts applications $2.2 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education - Strickland Family Foundation · Winston Salem
Accepts applications $2.2 million a year · typical grant $3,500 · Education - Richmond Community Foundation · Charlotte
Accepts applications $2.2 million a year · typical grant $52,500 · Youth programs - The Harold H Bate Foundation Inc · New Bern
Accepts applications $1.9 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - Dale Earnhardt Foundation Inc · Mooresville
Accepts applications $1.8 million a year · typical grant $600,000 · Education - The Huisking Foundation Inc · Raleigh
Accepts applications $1.8 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education - Broyhill Family Foundation Inc · Lenoir
Accepts applications $1.7 million a year · typical grant $6,000 · Faith communities - The LB Research and Education Foundation · Asheville
Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education - The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation · Durham
Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Arts and culture - Thomas R & Elizabeth E McLean Foundation Inc · Fayetteville
Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $21,000 · Education - Hillsdale Fund · Greensboro
Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education - The Fund for Democratic Communities · Greensboro
Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $1.4 million
Largest foundations in North Carolina
- The Duke Endowment · Charlotte
Accepts applications $251 million a year · typical grant $200,000 · Education - The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charlotte
Accepts applications $216 million a year · typical grant $216 million - Dogwood Health Trust · Asheville
Accepts applications $158 million a year · typical grant $37,500 · Community development - The Leon Levine Foundation · Charlotte
Accepts applications $57.9 million a year · typical grant $60,000 · Health - Sall Family Foundation · Cary
Preselected only $35.6 million a year · typical grant $125,000 · Environment and conservation - Burroughs Wellcome Fund · Durham
Accepts applications $30.2 million a year · typical grant $39.9 million - C D Spangler Foundation Inc · Charlotte
Preselected only $27.6 million a year · typical grant $27,500 · Human services - Smith Richardson Foundation Inc · Greensboro
Accepts applications $25.8 million a year · typical grant $49,715 · Education - State Employees Credit Union Foundation · Raleigh
Accepts applications $25.7 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Education - Duke Energy Foundation · Charlotte
Accepts applications $25.6 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Human services - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC Foundation · Durham
Accepts applications $25.3 million a year · typical grant $24.6 million - Bill & Peggy Britt Foundation Inc · Chapel Hill
Preselected only $25.0 million a year · typical grant $5.0 million · Animals - The Bolick Foundation · Conover
Preselected only $22.5 million a year · typical grant $39,787 · Faith communities - Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · Winstonsalem
Preselected only $21.7 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education - Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation Inc · Greenville
Preselected only $20.7 million a year · typical grant $5,492 · Health - Anonymous Trust · Raleigh
Accepts applications $20.3 million a year · typical grant $3,000 · Education - Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation · Winstonsalem
Accepts applications $19.1 million a year · typical grant $202,500 · Community development - The Ezrah Charitable Trust · Charlotte
Preselected only $18.9 million a year · typical grant $500,000 · Faith communities - Charles A Cannon Trust No 1 · Concord
Preselected only $16.9 million a year · typical grant $48,000 · Health - Merancas Foundation Inc · Charlotte
Accepts applications $16.2 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education - John William Pope Foundation · Raleigh
Accepts applications $15.2 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education - The Morehead-Cain Foundation · Chapel Hill
Accepts applications $14.9 million a year · typical grant $27,004 · Education - John M Belk Endowment · Charlotte
Preselected only $14.7 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education - The Cannon Foundation Inc · Concord
Accepts applications $13.3 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Faith communities - The Goodnight Educational Foundation · Cary
Preselected only $9.2 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Arts and culture - The David Belk Cannon Foundation · Gastonia
Preselected only $9.2 million a year · typical grant $52,500 · Community development - RB Terry Charitable Foundation Inc · High Point
Preselected only $9.0 million a year · typical grant $4.5 million · Education - Trane Technologies Charitable Foundation · Davidson
Accepts applications $7.4 million a year · typical grant $112,500 · Education - The Robb and Veda Kaufman Holiness Advancement Foundation · Lexington
Preselected only $7.0 million a year · typical grant $14,000 · Faith communities - Laughing Gull Foundation · Durham
Preselected only $6.1 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education - The Robert P Holding Foundation Inc · Smithfield
Preselected only $6.0 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Community development - Porter B Byrum Charitable Trust · Charlotte
Preselected only $6.0 million a year · typical grant $1.5 million · Education - The Gambrell Foundation · Charlotte
Preselected only $5.2 million a year · typical grant $110,000 · Youth programs - Nucor Charitable Foundation · Charlotte
Preselected only $5.2 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Human services - Berry Charitable Foundation (F/K/A the Paiko Foundation) · Greensboro
Preselected only $5.1 million a year · typical grant $250,000 · Arts and culture - The W Duke Kimbrell Family Foundation · Gastonia
Preselected only $5.0 million a year · typical grant $500,000 · Education - North Carolina GSK Foundation Inc · Durham
Accepts applications $4.9 million a year · typical grant $67,785 · Education - Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundati · Salisbury
Accepts applications $4.7 million a year · typical grant $4.7 million · Food and hunger - Dowd Foundation Inc · Charlotte
Preselected only $4.4 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education - Ally Charitable Foundation · Charlotte
Accepts applications $4.3 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education - North Carolina Sports Legacy Foundation Fka Promote the Youth Foundation · Charlotte
Preselected only $4.0 million a year · typical grant $262,500 · Youth programs - The Dickson Foundation Inc · Charlotte
Accepts applications $3.8 million a year · typical grant $2,000 · Education - The William R Kenan Jr Fund · Chapel Hill
Preselected only $3.8 million a year · typical grant $3.8 million · Education - The Asha and Sajjan Agarwal Foundation · Raleigh
Preselected only $3.7 million a year · typical grant $62,500 · Faith communities - George and Sarah Buchanan Foundation · Greensboro
Accepts applications $3.7 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Youth programs - Albemarle Foundation · Charlotte
Accepts applications $3.7 million a year · typical grant $1,000 · Education - PMH Legacy · Roxboro
Preselected only $3.5 million a year · typical grant $3.5 million · Community development - Reynolds American Foundation · Winston Salem
Accepts applications $3.5 million a year · typical grant $460 · Human services - The Katherine and Thomas Belk Foundation Inc · Charlotte
Preselected only $3.4 million a year · typical grant $350,000 - David R Hayworth Foundation · Winston Salem
Preselected only $3.3 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Community development
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