Funding search · workforce development · North Carolina
Who funds workforce development work in North Carolina
15 funders have a record of paying for workforce development work by North Carolina recipients: 101 grants totaling $8.1M, most recently in 2025 — mostly grantmaking charities, which often run real application cycles. The largest by matched giving are Ally Charitable Foundation ($3.5M), Dogwood Health Trust ($2.3M) and Merancas Foundation ($825,000).
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: $1.0M to Atrium Health Foundation — workforce development center of excellence and scholarship fund
Largest: $50,000 to WINSTON-SALEM INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND INC DBA IFB SOLUTIONS — a grant to support job training and workforce development for individuals who are blind, visually impaired and/or low-income.
Largest: $100,000 to CHARLOTTE BILINGUAL PRESCHOOL — preschool and workforce development
Largest: $20,000 to CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — workforce development
Bioindustrial Manufacturing and DesignEmeryville, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $501,086 · through 2023Largest: $380,399 to NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY - RALEIGH — education and workforce development research and service delivery
Journey for Good FoundationBethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2025Largest: $50,000 to GRACE-MAR SERVICES INC — to provide social capital and job training to low-income individuals and families in the charlotte, nc region
The Chapel Hill Residential RetirementChapel Hill, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $142,400 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to UNC SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — geriatric medicine workforce development
Camber FoundationRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $123,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to TAR RIVER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — general operating support, for outcomes related to workforce development and entrepreneurial support work
Twin City Development FoundationWinstonsalem, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $52,000 · through 2025Largest: $20,000 to SOUTHSIDE RIDES FOUNDATION INC — workforce develop.
United Way of Greater CharlotteCharlotte, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $65,000 · through 2024Largest: $32,500 to JENNINGS O'NEIL CAREER ACADEMY & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT — program operating cost
United Way of Lincoln CountyLincolnton, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $42,310 · through 2024Largest: $22,000 to Salem Industries — vocational training
Largest: $15,000 to STUDENT U — comminity approach to workforce development & economic mobility
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