Funding search · EIN 562170220 · Morganton, NC
Community Foundation of Burke County
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 72
- grants reported
- $5.1M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $32,060
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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
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15 grants matching “burke” · $745,849
- $272,676
Burke United Christian Ministries · Morganton, NC · 2025
Human services
- $53,493
Historic Burke Foundation · Morganton, NC · 2025
Art, culture and humanities
- $39,673
History Museum of Burke County · Morganton, NC · 2025
Art, culture and humanities
- $23,920
Habitat for Humanity of Burke County · Morganton, NC · 2025
Human services
- $69,564
Burke United Christian Ministries · Morganton, NC · 2024
Human services
- $25,781
Habitat for Humanity of Burke County · Morganton, NC · 2024
Arts, culture and humanities
- $21,966
Burke Chartiable Properties · Morganton, NC · 2024
Human services
- $21,694
History Museum of Burke County · Morganton, NC · 2024
Arts, culture and humanities
- $39,615
Burke United Christian Ministries · Morganton, NC · 2023
Human services
- $34,907
Burke Council On Alcoholismchem Dep · Morganton, NC · 2023
Health
- $30,000
County of Burke · Morganton, NC · 2023
Human services
- $27,444
History Museum of Burke County · Morganton, NC · 2023
Arts, culture and humanities
- $41,561
Burke United Christian Ministries · Morganton, NC · 2022
Human services
- $22,483
Burke Charitable Properties · Morganton, NC · 2022
Human services
- $21,072
History Museum of Burke County · Morganton, NC · 2022
Arts, culture and humanities
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Waldensian Presbyterian Church of Valdese4 grants · $1.2M
- Amorem4 grants · $900,098
- Burke United Christian Ministries4 grants · $423,416
- First Presbyterian Church - Morganton4 grants · $374,965
- Sabre Society of North Carolina1 grant · $200,000
- Drexel Museum2 grants · $180,000
- Good Samaritan Clinic4 grants · $135,987
- Western Piedmont Foundation4 grants · $124,051
- Open Hearts Place3 grants · $117,921
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina3 grants · $112,513
Giving over time
Grant history
All 72 reported grants, largest first.
- $880,618
Waldensian Presbyterian Church of Valdese · Valdese, NC · 2024
Religion
- $775,262
Amorem · Lenoir, NC · 2023
Health
- $274,967
Waldensian Presbyterian Church of Valdese · Valdese, NC · 2025
Religion
- $272,676
Burke United Christian Ministries · Morganton, NC · 2025
Human services
- $200,000
Sabre Society of North Carolina · Hickory, NC · 2023
Arts, culture, and humanities
- $145,929
First Presbyterian Church - Morganton · Morganton, NC · 2023
Religion
- $135,000
Drexel Museum · Hickory, NC · 2025
Art, culture and humanities
- $110,883
Waldensian Heritage Foundation · Valdese, NC · 2025
Art, culture and humanities
- $109,397
Waldensian Heritage Foundation · Valdese, NC · 2024
Education
- $95,816
First Presbyterian Church - Morganton · Morganton, NC · 2024
Religion
- $70,683
Amorem · Lenoir, NC · 2025
Health
- $70,200
Open Hearts Place · Morganton, NC · 2022
Human services
- $69,564
Burke United Christian Ministries · Morganton, NC · 2024
Human services
- $68,276
First Presbyterian Church - Morganton · Morganton, NC · 2022
Religion
- $64,944
First Presbyterian Church - Morganton · Morganton, NC · 2025
Religion
- $61,237
Asu Foundation · Boone, NC · 2024
Education
- $53,493
Historic Burke Foundation · Morganton, NC · 2025
Art, culture and humanities
- $50,000
McDowell Mission Ministries · Marion, NC · 2022
Human services
- $45,000
Drexel Museum · Morganton, NC · 2024
Education
- $43,599
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina · Morganton, NC · 2024
Arts, culture and humanities
- $43,401
Good Samaritan Clinic · Morganton, NC · 2024
Health
- $42,428
Waldensian Presbyterian Church of Valdese · Valdese, NC · 2022
Religion
- $41,561
Burke United Christian Ministries · Morganton, NC · 2022
Human services
- $41,147
Grow With Drexel · Drexel, NC · 2024
Arts, culture and humanities
- $41,000
Grow With Drexel · Drexel, NC · 2025
Art, culture and humanities
- $41,000
Asu Foundation · Boone, NC · 2023
Education
- $39,673
History Museum of Burke County · Morganton, NC · 2025
Art, culture and humanities
- $39,615
Burke United Christian Ministries · Morganton, NC · 2023
Human services
- $38,360
Blue Ridge Community Action · Morganton, NC · 2024
Human services
- $38,000
Helps International Ministries · Asheville, NC · 2022
Education
- $36,918
Good Samaritan Clinic · Morganton, NC · 2025
Health
- $36,390
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina · Morganton, NC · 2022
Human services
- $34,907
Burke Council On Alcoholismchem Dep · Morganton, NC · 2023
Health
- $33,492
Waldensian Presbyterian Church of Valdese · Valdese, NC · 2023
Religion
- $33,165
First United Methodist Church - Morganton · Morganton, NC · 2023
Religion
- $32,524
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina · Morganton, NC · 2025
Environment/animal
- $31,597
Western Piedmont Foundation · Morganton, NC · 2025
Education
- $31,076
Western Piedmont Foundation · Morganton, NC · 2024
Education
- $31,065
Western Piedmont Foundation · Morganton, NC · 2023
Education
- $30,313
Western Piedmont Foundation · Morganton, NC · 2022
Education
- $30,000
County of Burke · Morganton, NC · 2023
Human services
- $29,739
Amorem · Lenoir, NC · 2024
Health
- $29,377
Good Samaritan Clinic · Morganton, NC · 2023
Health
- $28,859
First United Methodist Church - Morganton · Morganton, NC · 2024
Religion
- $28,671
First United Methodist Church - Morganton · Morganton, NC · 2022
Religion
- $28,000
Church of God Ministries · Anderson, IN · 2025
Religion
- $27,744
Southmountain Children and Family Services · Morganton, NC · 2024
Human services
- $27,600
Mimosa Christian Counseling Center · Morganton, NC · 2025
Health
- $27,444
History Museum of Burke County · Morganton, NC · 2023
Arts, culture and humanities
- $27,000
First Church of God of Drexel · Drexel, NC · 2025
Religion
- $26,515
First United Methodist Church · Morganton, NC · 2025
Religion
- $26,291
Good Samaritan Clinic · Morganton, NC · 2022
Health
- $25,781
Habitat for Humanity of Burke County · Morganton, NC · 2024
Arts, culture and humanities
- $25,368
Options · Morganton, NC · 2025
Human services
- $25,096
Southmountain Children and Family Services · Morganton, NC · 2023
Human services
- $25,000
Rural America Initiatives · Rapid City, SD · 2025
Human services
- $24,593
Open Hearts Place · Morganton, NC · 2024
Human services
- $24,513
Southmountain Children and Family Services · Morganton, NC · 2025
Human services
- $24,414
Amorem · Lenoir, NC · 2022
Health
- $24,100
Grace Episcopal Church · Morganton, NC · 2023
Religion
- $23,920
Habitat for Humanity of Burke County · Morganton, NC · 2025
Human services
- $23,128
Open Hearts Place · Morganton, NC · 2023
Human services
- $22,483
Burke Charitable Properties · Morganton, NC · 2022
Human services
- $21,966
Burke Chartiable Properties · Morganton, NC · 2024
Human services
- $21,743
North Carolina School for the Deaf at Morganton Foundation · Morganton, NC · 2024
Education
- $21,694
History Museum of Burke County · Morganton, NC · 2024
Arts, culture and humanities
- $21,500
The Meeting Place One · Morganton, NC · 2023
Human services
- $21,250
Grace Episcopal Church · Morganton, NC · 2025
Religion
- $21,072
History Museum of Burke County · Morganton, NC · 2022
Arts, culture and humanities
- $20,500
Old Colony Players · Valdese, NC · 2025
Art, culture and humanities
- $20,020
Southmountain Children and Family Services · Morganton, NC · 2022
Human services
- $20,000
Purdue Research Foundation Dba Purdue for Life Foundation · West Layfayette, IN · 2025
Education
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