Funding search · EIN 200721133 · Charlotte, NC

The Bank of America Charitable

Name: The Bank of America Charitable grants, 2022–2023
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

87,335
grants reported: $496.1M
total given: 2022–2023
filing years: $500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Workforce development and job training for underserved adults
Affordable housing, CDFIs, and community development finance
Health nonprofits: heart, cancer, diabetes, hospital foundations
Community colleges, HBCUs, and postsecondary access programs
Civil rights and Hispanic/Black community organizations
Arts, museums, and hunger relief in bank-market cities

Typical grant

The median grant is $500 and half of everything falls between $105 and $1,100, which reflects tens of thousands of employee matching gifts and small local checks. Real institutional money sits at $250,000, a very common ceiling for national programs, community colleges, and CDFIs, with a handful of $1M to $2.5M awards to national health charities and Charlotte anchors. Large recipients recur year over year and often appear more than once in a single year with separate awards.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT”
“workforce development”
“community development”
“economic mobility”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor the ask to jobs, skills, or economic mobility outcomes rather than to research findings alone.
Ask $250,000 for a named program; that is their standard institutional grant size.
Partner with a community college, CDFI, or health nonprofit already in their portfolio.
Emphasize Charlotte, or a major bank market like NY, CA, TX, FL, MA.

Worth knowing: This is corporate giving run through a foundation, so decisions track bank markets and existing relationships, not open review; Charlotte is heavily favored relative to its size. The 34,000-recipient tail is mostly matching gifts and disaster or United Way giving, so the count of grants overstates how many organizations have a real funding relationship.

62 grants matching “botanical” · $301,076

$75,000
New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2023
Program/operating support
$50,000
Missouri Botanical Garden Board O · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
Program/operating support
$15,000
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in · Richmond, VA · 2023
Program/operating support
$10,000
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden · Coral Gables, FL · 2023
Program/operating support
$5,000
National Tropical Botanical Garde · Kalaheo, HI · 2023
Program/operating support
$5,000
Memphis Botanic Garden Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program/operating support
$5,000
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden · Oakdale, PA · 2023
Program/operating support
$5,000
Peace River Botanical & Sculpture · Punta Gorda, FL · 2023
Program/operating support
$3,700
Missouri Botanical Garden Board O · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
Program/operating support
$1,500
New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2023
Program/operating support
$1,250
Memphis Botanic Garden Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program/operating support
$1,250
The Columbus Botanical Gardens in · Columbus, GA · 2023
Program/operating support
$1,000
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden · Coral Gables, FL · 2023
Program/operating support
$1,000
Friends of Honolulu Botanical Gar · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Program/operating support
$1,000
Mead Botanical Garden · Winter Park, FL · 2023
Program/operating support
$1,000
Dallas Arboretum & Botanical · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program/operating support
$750
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in · Richmond, VA · 2023
Program/operating support
$500
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Mu · Nashville, TN · 2023
Program/operating support
$500
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporati · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Program/operating support
$500
Missouri Botanical Garden Board O · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
Program/operating support
$500
Dallas Arboretum & Botanical · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program/operating support
$461
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporati · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Program/operating support
$250
Cape Fear Botanical Garden · Fayetteville, NC · 2023
Program/operating support
$210
Houston Botanic Garden · Houston, TX · 2023
Program/operating support
$200
Missouri Botanical Garden Board O · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
Program/operating support
$200
Norfolk Botanical Garden · Norfolk, VA · 2023
Program/operating support
$200
North Carolina Botanical Garden F · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Program/operating support
$180
Missouri Botanical Garden Board O · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
Program/operating support
$125
Missouri Botanical Garden Board O · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
Program/operating support
$102
Dallas Arboretum & Botanical · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program/operating support
$100
Missouri Botanical Garden Board O · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
Program/operating support
$75
New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2023
Program/operating support
$30,000
San Antonio Botanical Garden Socie · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Program/operating support
$25,000
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Program/operating support
$15,625
Memphis Botanic Garden Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program/operating support
$15,000
San Antonio Botanical Garden Socie · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Program/operating support
$10,000
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden · Coral Gables, FL · 2022
Program/operating support
$5,000
National Tropical Botanical Garden · Kalaheo, HI · 2022
Program/operating support
$5,000
Norfolk Botanical Garden · Norfolk, VA · 2022
Program/operating support
$1,540
New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
$1,000
Memphis Botanic Garden Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program/operating support
$750
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Foun · Richmond, VA · 2022
Program/operating support
$539
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Program/operating support
$500
Dallas Arboretum & Botanical · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program/operating support
$500
Desert Botanical Garden · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Program/operating support
$500
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden · Coral Gables, FL · 2022
Program/operating support
$500
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Program/operating support
$500
Atlanta Botanical Garden · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Program/operating support
$375
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Program/operating support
$325
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Program/operating support
$265
Naples Botanical Garden · Naples, FL · 2022
Program/operating support
$250
Cape Fear Botanical Garden · Fayetteville, NC · 2022
Program/operating support
$250
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Program/operating support
$200
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Program/operating support
$180
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Program/operating support
$150
North Carolina Botanical Garden Fo · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Program/operating support
$143
Dallas Arboretum & Botanical · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program/operating support
$120
New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
$100
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Program/operating support
$100
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden · Richmond, VA · 2022
Program/operating support
$61
Desert Botanical Garden · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Program/operating support
$50
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden · Coral Gables, FL · 2022
Program/operating support

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Charities Aid Foundation America110 grants · $10.1M
Atrium Health Foundation18 grants · $5.0M
National Urban League16 grants · $3.2M
American Heart Association102 grants · $3.0M
Unidosus25 grants · $2.9M
Special Olympics18 grants · $2.8M
American National Red Cross137 grants · $2.8M
American Heart Association63 grants · $2.7M
Enterprise Community Partners7 grants · $2.7M
Habitat for Humanity International60 grants · $2.6M

Giving over time

$284.6M

2022

$211.5M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 87,335 grants.

$2.5M
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program/operating support
$2.5M
Atrium Health Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Program/operating support
$2.5M
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program/operating support
$2.5M
Atrium Health Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Program/operating support
$2.5M
Morehouse College · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Program/operating support
$2.5M
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Program/operating support
$2.0M
Habitat for Humanity International · Americus, GA · 2022
Program/operating support
$2.0M
Johnson C Smith University Incorpo · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Program/operating support
$1.8M
Special Olympics · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
$1.7M
Close Up Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program/operating support
$1.6M
American Cancer Society - Georgia · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Program/operating support
$1.6M
American Diabetes Association a · Merrifield, VA · 2023
Program/operating support
$1.6M
American Cancer Society Inc - Geor · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Program/operating support
$1.6M
American Diabetes Association Ar · Merrifield, VA · 2022
Program/operating support
$1.4M
Unidosus · Washington, DC · 2023
Program/operating support
$1.3M
Local Initiatives Support Corpora · New York, NY · 2023
Program/operating support
$1.3M
Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2023
Program/operating support
$1.3M
Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2022
Program/operating support
$1.3M
Local Initiatives Support Corporat · New York, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
$1.2M
Unidosus · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
$1.0M
Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Program/operating support
$1.0M
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Soci · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Program/operating support
$1.0M
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program/operating support
$1.0M
Johnson C Smith University Incorp · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Program/operating support
$1.0M
Naacp Empowerment Programs · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Program/operating support
$1.0M
National Urban League · New York, NY · 2023
Program/operating support
$1.0M
The Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program/operating support
$1.0M
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Program/operating support
$1.0M
Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Program/operating support
$1.0M
Naacp Empowerment Programs · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Program/operating support
$1.0M
National Urban League · New York, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
$1.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
$1.0M
Smithsonian Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
$1.0M
Special Olympics · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
$1.0M
The Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program/operating support
$1.0M
World Trade Center Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
$800,000
Close Up Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Program/operating support
$800,000
World Central Kitchen Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
$780,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
$750,000
Robert F Kennedy Center for Justic · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
$750,000
Water Org · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Program/operating support
$715,000
Foundation for the Carolinas · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Program/operating support
$700,000
American Friends of Magen David a · New York, NY · 2023
Program/operating support
$700,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Program/operating support
$700,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
$700,000
Friends of the World Food Program · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
$700,000
Urban Alliance Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
$689,228
Npower · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
$637,500
Loaves & Fishes Inc Dba Loaves & F · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Program/operating support
$637,500
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrol · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Program/operating support
$625,000
Regents of the University of Mich · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Program/operating support
$625,000
Regents of the University of Michi · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Program/operating support
$600,000
Education Development Center · Waltham, MA · 2023
Program/operating support
$600,000
Generation - You Employed · Washington, DC · 2023
Program/operating support
$600,000
National Urban League · New York, NY · 2023
Program/operating support
$600,000
Education Development Center · Waltham, MA · 2022
Program/operating support
$600,000
Generation You Employed · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
$539,933
Npower · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
$525,000
National Urban League · New York, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
$500,000
Lawrence Catholic Academy of Lawr · Lawrence, MA · 2023
Program/operating support
$500,000
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2023
Program/operating support
$500,000
American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
$500,000
Black Economic Alliance Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
$500,000
Children'S Hospital of the King'S · Norfolk, VA · 2022
Program/operating support
$500,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program/operating support
$500,000
George W Bush Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program/operating support
$500,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
$500,000
National Center for State Courts · Williamsburg, VA · 2022
Program/operating support
$500,000
The Nature Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
$500,000
University of South Carolina Educa · Columbia, SC · 2022
Program/operating support
$500,000
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2022
Program/operating support
$450,000
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp · Washington, DC · 2023
Program/operating support
$450,000
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
$425,000
City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
$425,000
Community Food Bank of New Jersey · Hillside, NJ · 2022
Program/operating support
$425,000
Food Bank for New York City · New York, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
$420,000
North Texas Food Bank · Plano, TX · 2022
Program/operating support
$400,000
American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023
Program/operating support
$400,000
North Carolina Zoological Society · Asheboro, NC · 2023
Program/operating support
$400,000
Partners Healthcare System · Boston, MA · 2023
Program/operating support
$400,000
Crossroads Community Services · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program/operating support
$400,000
Kiva Microfunds · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program/operating support
$400,000
North Carolina Zoological Society · Asheboro, NC · 2022
Program/operating support
$400,000
United States Hispanic Chamber of · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
$375,000
The Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
$375,000
United Way of the Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program/operating support
$350,000
Community Reinvestment Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program/operating support
$350,000
United Way of the Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program/operating support
$350,000
American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
$350,000
Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Program/operating support
$350,000
Community Development Finance · Oakland, CA · 2022
Program/operating support
$350,000
Food Bank of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2022
Program/operating support
$350,000
National Community Reinvestment Co · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
$350,000
Radical Hope · Concord, MA · 2022
Program/operating support
$350,000
United Way · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program/operating support
$335,000
Stephen C Rose Legacy Foundation · Providence, RI · 2022
Program/operating support
$333,334
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Program/operating support
$333,333
Ashoka · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program/operating support
$333,333
Ashoka · Arlington, VA · 2022
Program/operating support
$333,333
Charmeck Family Justice Center · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Program/operating support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.