Funding search · EIN 200721133 · Charlotte, NC
The Bank of America Charitable
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.
135 grants matching “marching” · $83,163
- $6,209
March of Dimes · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $4,424
March of Dimes · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $2,970
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $2,707
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $2,400
March of Dimes · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $2,200
March of Dimes · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $1,938
March of Dimes · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $1,861
March of Dimes · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $1,239
March of Dimes · Greenville, SC · 2023
Program/operating support
- $1,000
Marching Eagle Parent Association · Coral Springs, FL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $1,000
March of Dimes · Johns Island, SC · 2023
Program/operating support
- $1,000
Belleville East Marching Lancers · Belleville, IL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $1,000
Friends of the March of the Livng · Miami, FL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $780
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $705
March of Dimes · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $577
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $553
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $533
March of Dimes · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $516
March of Dimes · Reno, NV · 2023
Program/operating support
- $500
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $500
Plainfield Marching Arts Boosters · Plainfield, IL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $500
Belleville East Marching Lancers · Belleville, IL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $500
Unionville Marching Band Boosters · Mendenhall, PA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $411
March of Dimes · Reno, NV · 2023
Program/operating support
- $382
March of Dimes · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Program/operating support
- $377
March of Dimes · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Program/operating support
- $300
Belleville East Marching Lancers · Belleville, IL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $296
March of Dimes · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $255
March of Dimes · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program/operating support
- $252
March of Dimes · Glendale, CA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $250
Belleville East Marching Lancers · Belleville, IL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $206
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $200
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $180
March of Dimes · Glendale, CA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $175
March of Dimes · Reno, NV · 2023
Program/operating support
- $165
March of Dimes · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $160
March of Dimes · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $156
March of Dimes · Greenville, SC · 2023
Program/operating support
- $155
March of Dimes · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $150
Belleville East Marching Lancers · Belleville, IL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $150
March of Dimes · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $140
March of Dimes · Greenville, SC · 2023
Program/operating support
- $127
March of Dimes · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $125
March of Dimes · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $110
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $100
March of Dimes · Savannah, GA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $100
March for Our Lives Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Program/operating support
- $90
March of Dimes · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $80
March of Dimes · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $75
March of Dimes · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $70
March of Dimes · Maryland Heights, MO · 2023
Program/operating support
- $62
March of Dimes · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $60
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $59
March of Dimes · Miami, FL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $50
March of Dimes · Reno, NV · 2023
Program/operating support
- $48
March of Dimes · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $45
March of Dimes · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $40
March of Dimes · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $35
March of Dimes · Miami, FL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $31
March of Dimes · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $30
March of Dimes · Edina, MN · 2023
Program/operating support
- $28
March of Dimes · Miami, FL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $26
March of Dimes · San Diego, CA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $25
March of Dimes · Holt, MI · 2023
Program/operating support
- $24
March of Dimes · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $24
March for Life Education and Defe · Washington, DC · 2023
Program/operating support
- $14
March of Dimes · Miami, FL · 2023
Program/operating support
- $12
March of Dimes · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Program/operating support
- $6,544
March of Dimes · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $5,250
March of Dimes · New York, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
- $2,500
March of Dimes · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $2,000
March of Dimes · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $1,980
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $1,934
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $1,620
March of Dimes · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $1,277
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $1,200
March of Dimes · Houston, TX · 2022
Program/operating support
- $1,180
March of Dimes · New York, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
- $1,000
Belleville East Marching Lancers B · Belleville, IL · 2022
Program/operating support
- $1,000
Marching Eagle Parent Association · Coral Springs, FL · 2022
Program/operating support
- $1,000
March of Dimes · New York, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
- $927
March of Dimes · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $877
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $828
March of Dimes · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $750
Belleville East Marching Lancers B · Belleville, IL · 2022
Program/operating support
- $700
March of Dimes · New York, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
- $650
Belleville East Marching Lancers B · Belleville, IL · 2022
Program/operating support
- $500
Marching Bears · Norwalk, CT · 2022
Program/operating support
- $500
March of Dimes · Johns Island, SC · 2022
Program/operating support
- $500
Belleville East Marching Lancers B · Belleville, IL · 2022
Program/operating support
- $495
March of Dimes · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $416
March of Dimes · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $410
March of Dimes · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Program/operating support
- $405
March of Dimes · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Program/operating support
- $400
March of Dimes · Leawood, KS · 2022
Program/operating support
- $392
March of Dimes · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $363
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $300
March of Dimes · Wayne, PA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $287
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $281
March of Dimes · Glendale, CA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $276
March of Dimes · Glendale, CA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $275
March of Dimes · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $250
March of Dimes · New York, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
- $200
March of Dimes · New York, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
- $181
March of Dimes · Maryland Heights, MO · 2022
Program/operating support
- $171
March of Dimes · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Program/operating support
- $150
March of Dimes · Johns Island, SC · 2022
Program/operating support
- $144
March of Dimes · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program/operating support
- $132
March of Dimes · Glendale, CA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $131
March of Dimes · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Program/operating support
- $127
March of Dimes · Grand Blanc, MI · 2022
Program/operating support
- $125
March of Dimes · Westborough, MA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $110
March of Dimes · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Program/operating support
- $103
March of Dimes · New York, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
- $100
March of Dimes · Wayne, PA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $75
March of Dimes · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $72
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $60
March of Dimes · Portland, OR · 2022
Program/operating support
- $55
March of Dimes · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $52
March of Dimes · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Program/operating support
- $50
March of Dimes · Westborough, MA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $49
March of Dimes · Greenville, SC · 2022
Program/operating support
- $48
March of Dimes · Maryland Heights, MO · 2022
Program/operating support
- $40
March of Dimes · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $36
March of Dimes · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $35
March of Dimes · Maryland Heights, MO · 2022
Program/operating support
- $30
March of Dimes · Brewer, ME · 2022
Program/operating support
- $27
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $25
March of Dimes · New York, NY · 2022
Program/operating support
- $24
March of Dimes · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $24
March for Life Education and Defen · Washington, DC · 2022
Program/operating support
- $20
March of Dimes · Miami, FL · 2022
Program/operating support
- $16
March of Dimes · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $12
March of Dimes · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Program/operating support
- $10
March of Dimes · Miami, 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
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
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- The Duke Endowment1,614 grants · $830.3M
- Atlantic Coast Conference63 grants · $2.61B
- Foundation for the Carolinas4,352 grants · $1.45B
Similar grant size
- Verizon Foundation24,414 grants · $20.4M
- Shell USA Company Foundation24,663 grants · $80.1M
- Jpmorgan Chase Foundation29,571 grants · $637.4M
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