Browse grantmakers · North Carolina
Research funders based in North Carolina
853 grantmakers headquartered in North Carolina have substantial grant records in IRS filings, private foundations and grantmaking charities both. Headquarters is not reach — most also give beyond the state, and the search can filter by where the money went instead.
The biggest, by total giving
- Atlantic Coast Conference · Charlotte63 grants · $2.61B
- Foundation for the Carolinas · Charlotte4,352 grants · $1.45B
- The Duke Endowment · Charlotte1,614 grants · $830.3M
- The Bank of America Charitable · Charlotte87,335 grants · $496.1M
- North Carolina Partnership for · Raleigh314 grants · $462.9M
- Family Health International · Durham485 grants · $355.3M
- The Golden Leaf · Rocky Mount346 grants · $338.2M
- Dogwood Health Trust · Asheville1,824 grants · $301.3M
- The Winston-Salem Foundation · Winstonsalem2,369 grants · $241.8M
- The Leon Levine Foundation · Charlotte1,868 grants · $162.9M
- Strategic Victory Fund · Raleigh221 grants · $141.9M
- Atrium Health Foundation · Charlotte108 grants · $135.4M
All 853 North Carolina grantmakers →
Grants in North Carolina, by research topic
Topics where funders have a real record of paying for work in North Carolina.
- conservation and biodiversity$139.6M
- cancer research$95.6M
- student-athlete mental health$73.4M
- women's health$70.5M
- mental health$36.4M
- public health$34.7M
- HIV/AIDS$33.8M
- renewable energy$24.6M
- marine and ocean science$21.6M
- infant and child health$20.5M
- infectious disease$19.7M
- early childhood education$19.7M
- substance use and addiction$18.9M
- health disparities$16.7M
- democracy and civic engagement$14.6M
- Alzheimer's and dementia$13.8M
- criminal justice reform$13.3M
- rural education$13.1M
- primary care access$12.6M
- maternal and infant health$11.7M
- oral health$10.3M
- housing and homelessness$10.0M
- criminal justice reform$9.3M
- workforce development$8.1M
- environmental education$7.6M
- economic mobility and poverty$7.0M
- rural health access$6.8M
- telehealth$5.4M
- domestic violence$5.1M
- food security$4.6M
- environmental justice$3.9M
- physical activity and exercise$3.9M
- water quality and access$3.9M
- historic preservation$3.8M
- literacy$3.7M
- music education$3.6M
- college access and success$3.6M
- higher education access$3.5M
- palliative and hospice care$3.4M
- nutrition and food insecurity$2.6M

