Funding search · EIN 464006055 · Raleigh, NC

Imagine North Carolina First

Name: Imagine North Carolina First grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

91
grants reported: $29.7M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $150,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

partisan vote nonpartisan election protection voter participation civic

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Nc a Philip Randolph Institute4 grants · $4.2M
Nc Citizens for Protecting Our Schools3 grants · $4.2M
Progress North Carolina4 grants · $3.8M
State Engagement Fund1 grant · $3.0M
North Carolina Association of Educators2 grants · $1.1M
Lead Nc Institute4 grants · $898,000
Nc Black Alliance3 grants · $890,000
Blueprint Nc3 grants · $835,000
Unifour One2 grants · $790,000
North Carolina Asian Americans Together4 grants · $630,000

Giving over time

$2.9M

2021

$7.1M

2022

$2.7M

2023

$16.9M

2024

Grant history

All 91 reported grants, largest first.

$3.0M
State Engagement Fund · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$2.7M
Nc Citizens for Protecting Our Schools · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Funding various C3 programs
$2.3M
Nc a Philip Randolph Institute · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$1.9M
Progress North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Funding For Operations
$1.4M
Nc Citizens for Protecting Our Schools · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$1.0M
North Carolina Association of Educators · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Funding For Nonpartisan Get Out The Vote
$798,000
Nc a Philip Randolph Institute · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Funding for Voter Participation
$795,000
Nc a Philip Randolph Institute · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Funding for Voter Participation
$705,000
Nc Black Alliance · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Funding For Nonpartisan Get Out The Vote
$675,000
Progress North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Funding various 501(c) 3 programs
$642,000
Progress North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Funding various 501(c) 3 programs
$625,000
Rally Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$600,000
Blueprint Nc · Durham, NC · 2024
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$600,000
Michigan Civic Education Fund · Madison Heights, MI · 2024
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$575,000
Progress North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Funding various 501(c) 3 programs
$560,000
Unifour One · Greensboro, NC · 2024
Funding For Nonpartisan Get Out The Vote
$525,000
Democracy North Carolina · Morrisville, NC · 2024
Funding For Nonpartisan Get Out The Vote
$450,000
The Democracy Project Ii · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$400,000
El Pueblo · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Funding For Civic Engagement
$380,000
Real Facts Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Funding various 501(c) 3 programs
$350,000
North Carolina Asian Americans Together · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$350,000
Nc a Philip Randolph Institute · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Funding for Voter Participation
$325,000
Lead Nc Institute · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Funding Nonpartisan Get Out The Vote
$300,000
Action for Climate Emergency · Charlestown, MA · 2024
Funding for Non Partisan Programming
$300,000
New North Carolina Project Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$250,000
Down Home North Carolina · Greensboro, NC · 2024
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$250,000
Progress North Carolina Action · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$245,000
Think North Carolina First · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Funding Nonpartisan Get Out The Vote
$230,000
Unifour One · Greensboro, NC · 2022
Funding for Voter Participation
$225,000
Carolina Federation Fund · Durham, NC · 2024
Funding For Civic Engagement
$225,000
Forward Justice · Morrisville, NC · 2024
Funding For Election Protection
$225,000
Southern Coalition for Social Justice · Durham, NC · 2022
Funding for Election Protection
$211,000
Planned Parenthood Votes South Atlantic · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Funding for Election Protection
$204,000
Lead Nc Institute · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Funding Nonpartisan Get Out The Vote
$200,000
Common Cause · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Funding For Election Protection
$200,000
Lead Nc Institute · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Funding For Operations
$175,000
Hispanic Federation · New York, NY · 2024
Funding For Voter Registration
$175,000
Blueprint Nc · Durham, NC · 2022
Funding for Election Protection
$175,000
Forward Justice · Durham, NC · 2022
Funding for Non-partisan programming
$169,000
Lead Nc Institute · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Funding for Operations
$156,000
Poder Nc Action · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Funding for Non-Partisan Get out the vote
$150,000
America Votes · Washington, DC · 2024
Funding for Operations
$150,000
America Votes · Washington, DC · 2023
Funding for Operations
$150,000
The Democracy Project Ii · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Grant for non partisan programming
$150,000
Action Nc · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Funding for Voter participation
$150,000
America Votes · Washington, DC · 2022
Funding for Operations
$150,000
Fair Elections Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Funding for Nonpartisan Get Out The Vote
$150,000
Nc Black Alliance · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Funding for Election Protection
$150,000
America Votes · Washington, DC · 2021
Funding various 501(c) 3 programs
$150,000
Carolina Federation · Durham, NC · 2021
Funding Voter Participation
$150,000
El Pueblo · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Funding various 501(c) 3 programs
$150,000
Poder Nc Action · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Funding various 501(c) 3 programs
$150,000
We Are Down Home · Greensboro, NC · 2021
Funding various 501(c) 3 programs
$135,000
North Carolina Asian Americans Together · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Funding for Nonpartisan Get Out The Vote
$125,000
New Rural Project · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$125,000
Somos Siembra · Greensboro, NC · 2024
Funding For Nonpartisan Get Out The Vote
$125,000
Southern Coalition for Social Justice · Durham, NC · 2024
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$125,000
Common Cause · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Funding for Election Protection
$100,000
Carolina Federation Fund · Durham, NC · 2023
Civic Engagement
$100,000
Nc League of Conservation Voters Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Civic Engagement
$100,000
Somos Siembra · Greensboro, NC · 2023
Civic Engagement
$100,000
Fair Elections Center · Washington, DC · 2021
Funding various 501(c) 3 programs
$100,000
North Carolina Asian Americans Together · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Funding various 501(c) 3 programs
$100,000
Siembra Nc · Greensboro, NC · 2021
Funding various 501(c) 3 programs
$90,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Funding for Non-Partisan Programming
$72,000
Hispanic Federation · New York, NY · 2022
Funding for Voter Participation
$70,000
Mi Familia Vota · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$60,000
Disability Rights North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Funding For Election Protection
$60,000
North Carolina Association of Educators · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Non-Partisan Programming
$60,000
Blueprint Nc · Durham, NC · 2021
Funding various 501(c) 3 programs
$50,000
Democracy North Carolina · Morrisville, NC · 2022
Funding for Election Protection
$50,000
Nc Pirg Education Fund · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Funding various 501(c) 3 programs
$45,000
Alliance for a Just Society · Seattle, WA · 2023
Funding for All Hands Brigade project
$45,000
Nc Citizens for Protecting Our Schools · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Funding various C3 programs
$45,000
North Carolina Asian Americans Together · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Funding for Nonpartisan Get Out The Vote
$44,000
Equis Research Llc · Washington, DC · 2022
Funding for Nonpartisan Get Out The Vote
$43,000
Siembra Nc · Greensboro, NC · 2023
Funding for C3 operations
$43,000
Red Wine and Blue Education Fund · Shaker Heights, OH · 2022
Funding for Nonpartisan Get Out The Vote
$39,000
We Are Down Home · Greensboro, NC · 2022
Funding for Nonpartisan Get Out The Vote
$38,000
Community News Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$35,000
Nc Black Alliance · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$30,000
Hate Free Schools Coalition · Mebane, NC · 2023
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$28,000
New Rural Project · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$25,000
Nc Counts Coalition · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$20,000
Common Cause · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Funding Election Protection
$20,000
New Rural Project · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Funding for C3 Operations
$20,000
Siembra Nc · Greensboro, NC · 2022
Funding for C3 operations
$18,000
We Are Down Home · Greensboro, NC · 2023
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$15,000
Poder Nc Action · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Funding Non-Partisan Programming
$10,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Funding For Hurricane Helene Response
$10,000
Nc Counts Coalition · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Funding for Hurricane Helene Relief

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