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Who funds public health work in North Carolina
14 funders have a record of paying for public health work by North Carolina recipients: 127 grants totaling $34.7M, most recently in 2025 — mostly grantmaking charities, which often run real application cycles. The largest by matched giving are The Duke Endowment ($6.9M), Community Care of North Carolina ($2.8M) and Dogwood Health Trust ($2.8M).
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: $150,000 to VIDANT MEDICAL CENTER — to expand a healthy people, healthy carolinas coalition to increase capacity and improve population health in pitt county.
Community Care of North CarolinaGarner, NCCharity · may take applications
57 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $57,056 to PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY OF CABARRUS COUNTY — helping independent practices expand access to and improve quality of care for vulnerable populations
Largest: $96,570 to WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY — collaborative public university research on health outcomes in western north carolina.
Largest: $75,000 to BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF NC FDN — 77128 evaluating the community-centered health approach in achieving health equity and improving population health in north carolina
The University of North Carolina atChapel Hill, NCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $21.5M · through 2024Largest: $6.9M to UNC GILLINGS SCHOOL OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH — grants are awarded to support scholarships, professorships, faculty and student awards, lectureships, research initiatives, and operating needs of the unc gillings school of global…
Largest: $30,000 to THE PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION — medical research
American Chemistry CouncilWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $100,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION — support ethylene oxide research
Amazing Aven'S Quest for AmoebaWake Forest, NCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $90,000 · through 2024Largest: $90,000 to UNC CHAPEL HILL PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION — fund research on detection of nf
Camber FoundationRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $53,000 · through 2024Largest: $53,000 to MARIUS MAXIMUS FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH INC — a comprehensive strategy to address suicide prevention in cumberland county, engaging with high-risk groups such as youth, veterans and the lgbtq+ population
Largest: $20,000 to THE HUNGER AND HEALTH COALITION INC — deliver healthcare to vulnerable population in
Highlands Cashiers Health FoundationHighlands, NCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to Blue Ridge Mountains Health Project Inc (Blue Ridge Free Dental Clinic) — increasing access to dental care for special populations
Largest: $162,756 to WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES — to conduct research on the use of certificates of public advantage ("copa") in regulating hospital market competition and explore policy options.
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