Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in North Carolina

1,748
foundations
$3.12B
grants paid, FY2022–FY2025
415
say they accept unsolicited
$6,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 1,748 foundations based in North Carolina — 1,592 private foundations and 156 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2022–FY2025. Together they paid out $3.12 billion in grants in their latest filing year, and 415 of them (24%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Charlotte (232), Raleigh (220) and Greensboro (134).

415 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in North Carolina.

Top 25 of 1,748 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 390 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in North Carolina
The Duke EndowmentCharlotte, NC$200,000$251.2M$5,000–$21.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC$216.3M$216.3M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Dogwood Health TrustAsheville, NC$37,500$148.2M$2,000–$21MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Leon Levine FoundationCharlotte, NC$60,000$57.9M$10,000–$2.1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Burroughs Wellcome FundDurham, NC$38.8M$39.9M$37.7M–$39.9MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Duke Energy FoundationCharlotte, NC$25,000$25.6M$2,500–$14.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nc FoundationDurham, NC$23M$24.6M$21.4M–$24.6MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Smith Richardson Foundation IncGreensboro, NC$49,715$22.9M$1,000–$400,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Anonymous TrustRaleigh, NC$3,472$20.3M$150–$2.5MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Mary Reynolds Babcock FoundationWinstonsalem, NC$202,500$17.7M$15,000–$1.3MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
State Employees Credit Union FoundationRaleigh, NC$2,500$17.4M$1,250–$1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Merancas Foundation IncCharlotte, NC$60,000$16.2M$5,000–$2MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
John William Pope FoundationRaleigh, NC$25,000$15.2M$2,473–$666,665FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Morehead-Cain FoundationChapel Hill, NC$27,344$14.9M$23–$4.7MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Cannon Foundation IncConcord, NC$50,000$14.6M$2,500–$550,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Trane Technologies Charitable FoundationDavidson, NC$112,500$7.4M$8,766–$1.1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Ally Charitable FoundationCharlotte, NC$20,000$6.9M$2,500–$1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Food Lion Feeds Charitable FoundatiSalisbury, NC$4.7M$4.7M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Dickson Foundation IncCharlotte, NC$2,000$3.8M$1,000–$301,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
George and Sarah Buchanan FoundationGreensboro, NC$30,000$3.7M$5,000–$150,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Albemarle FoundationCharlotte, NC$734$3.7M$10–$1.4MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Reynolds American FoundationWinston Salem, NC$461$3.5M$3–$475,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Steven C Leuthold Family FoundationBrevard, NC$10,000$3M$2,500–$1MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Cape Fear Memorial FoundationWilmington, NC$60,000$2.9M$1,000–$275,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
North Carolina GskDurham, NC$74,364$2.8M$40,000–$616,961FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2022–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.