Funding search · cancer research · North Carolina
Who funds cancer research work in North Carolina
15 funders have a record of paying for cancer research work by North Carolina recipients: 102 grants totaling $95.6M, most recently in 2025 — mostly grantmaking charities, which often run real application cycles. The largest by matched giving are Pledge the Pink Foundation ($289,098), Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology ($2.4M) and Alliance Nctn Foundation ($406,583).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to North Carolina recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Pledge the Pink FoundationBluffton, SCCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $289,098 · through 2025Largest: $7,306 to CANCER SERVICES OF EASTERN NC — breast cancer research
Alliance for Clinical Trials in OncologyChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $103,873 to SOUTHEAST CANCER CONTROL CONSORTIUM INC — cancer research
Alliance Nctn FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $406,583 · through 2024Largest: $135,000 to SOUTHEAST CLINICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH CONSORTIUM INC — institutional support for cancer research
The V FoundationCary, NCCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $4.9M · through 2024Largest: $2.3M to DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE — cancer research
Swim Across AmericaCharlotte, NCCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $912,000 · through 2024Largest: $235,000 to Levine Cancer Institute — cancer research
Largest: $75,000 to THE V FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH — cancer research
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic CancerUniondale, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $605,443 to DUKE UNIVERSITY — pancreatic cancer research
Largest: $325,000 to DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE — hematology-oncology research
Don'T Ever Give UpCary, NCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $80.2M · through 2024Largest: $24.2M to THE V FOUNDATION — to promote cancer research and related programs of the v foundation.
St Baldrick'S FoundationMonrovia, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $497,084 · through 2024Largest: $199,909 to DUKE UNIVERISTY — pediatric cancer research
Atrium Health FoundationCharlotte, NCCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $14.4M · through 2024Largest: $5.1M to ATRIUM HEALTH — cancer programs & research
Alexs Lemonade Stand FoundationWynnewood, PACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $650,619 · through 2025Largest: $283,000 to DUKE UNIVERSITY — pediatric cancer research
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