Private foundations · 990-PF data

Foundations accepting grant applications in North Carolina

331
foundations
$778.2M
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
$5,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 331 private foundations based in North Carolina whose latest 990-PF says they accept unsolicited requests, from filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $778.2 million in grants in their latest filing year. The most common cities are Raleigh (43), Charlotte (34) and Fayetteville (19).

“Accepts unsolicited requests” is a box the foundation ticked on its 990-PF — not a promise to read your letter. Check the foundation’s own site before you write.

See all 1,287 foundations in North Carolina, including the ones that give by invitation only.

Top 25 of 331 foundations

Ranked by how many grants they made last year, most first. Another 306 are not shown.

Foundations accepting grant applications in North Carolina
State Employees Credit Union FoundationRaleigh, NC1,806$2,500$17.4M$1,250–$1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Leon Levine FoundationCharlotte, NC478$60,000$57.9M$10,000–$2.1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Morehead-Cain FoundationChapel Hill, NC422$27,004$14.9M$23–$4.7MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Duke EndowmentCharlotte, NC365$205,535$222.5M$5,000–$21.5MFY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
Anonymous TrustRaleigh, NC347$3,000$20.3M$150–$2.5MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Maxwell Corpening Jr MemorialMarion, NC322$500$612,403$100–$444,139FY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
Reynolds American FoundationWinston Salem, NC280$461$3.5M$3–$475,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
John William Pope FoundationRaleigh, NC259$25,000$15.2M$2,500–$500,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Filotimo FoundationRaleigh, NC206$555$591,677$40–$49,036FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Cannon Foundation IncConcord, NC200$50,000$14.6M$2,500–$550,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
O Temple Sloan Jr FoundationRaleigh, NC199$6,500$2.6M$67–$200,000FY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
Nc IdeaDurham, NC190$7,500$2.6M$1,050–$65,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Huisking Foundation IncRaleigh, NC181$5,000$1.8M$2,000–$87,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Merancas Foundation IncCharlotte, NC140$50,000$16.2M$10,000–$1.8MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Harold H Bate Foundation IncNew Bern, NC113$10,000$2.4M$150–$579,424FY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
Strickland Family FoundationWinston Salem, NC109$2,500$2.2M$250–$304,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
George and Frances LondonRaleigh, NC86$4,250$548,500$4,250–$100,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Steven C Leuthold Family FoundationBrevard, NC84$14,750$3M$2,500–$1MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
George and Sarah Buchanan FoundationGreensboro, NC82$30,000$3.7M$5,000–$150,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Seby B Jones Family FoundationRaleigh, NC80$5,500$1.2M$1,000–$250,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Bertsch Family Charitable Foundation IncChapel Hill, NC80$6,000$517,500$2,500–$26,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Bob Barker Foundation IncFuquayVarina, NC74$13,000$1.2M$5,000–$25,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Marc & Mattye Silverman FamilyCharlotte, NC72$360$108,052$36–$32,534FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Gipson Family FoundationRaleigh, NC71$10,000$2.7M$1,000–$1MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Wake Electric Care IncYoungsville, NC70$1,691$142,019$70–$10,800FY2025Locked: 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 filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated September 27, 2026.