Funding search · music education · North Carolina
Who funds music education work in North Carolina
15 funders have a record of paying for music education work by North Carolina recipients: 37 grants totaling $3.6M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are The Lewis Prize Foundation ($68,000), North Carolina Symphony Foundation ($3.1M) and Ruth McC Tankersley Charitable Fnd ($30,000).
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.
Largest: $1,000 to MUSICAL EMPOWERMENT INC — fund music education
North Carolina Symphony FoundationRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2024Largest: $1.2M to NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC — to support statewide service and music education
John & Carolyn Peterson Charitable FoundationBrookfield, WI
3 matching grants · $66,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to BREVARD MUSIC CENTER INC — music education
Largest: $10,000 to GREENVILLE CHORAL SOCIETY — community support for concerts and music education
Largest: $10,000 to The Carolina Philharmonic — grant music education
Largest: $7,500 to NC SYMPHONY — music education programs
Largest: $3,500 to NEXT FESTIVAL OF EMERGING ARTISTS — to further music education
Largest: $100,000 to ASHEVILLE JUNIOR THEATER FOUNDATION — musical theater education
Largest: $10,000 to Brevard Music Center — music education
Foundation for the CarolinasCharlotte, NCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to NORTH CAROLINA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION — charitable gift
Largest: $30,000 to NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC — cumberland co music education programs
Largest: $90,000 to DUKE UNIVERSITY - DIVINTY SCHOOL — education - theology/arts - theology & music fellowships
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