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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “edgecombe”
Where the money went
Largest: $230,000 to EDGECOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDA — edgecombe county public schools early literacy fund
North Carolina Community FoundationRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $209,450 · through 2024Largest: $9,910 to EDGECOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS — grants to institutions for scholarships
Arkansas Community FoundationLittle Rock, ARCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $775,724 · through 2024Largest: $691,000 to WATERSHED CENTER FOR CERAMIC ARTS INC - 103 COCHRAN ROAD EDGECOMB ME 0455 — to support programs and operations at watershed center for the ceramic arts
Largest: $195,000 to EDGECOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION — grants for general operating support (175,000 outright; 20,000 challenge)
Down East Partnership for ChildrenRocky Mount, NCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $178,428 · through 2024Largest: $44,607 to Edgecombe County Public Schools — early childhood transition
Largest: $250,000 to EAST CAROLINA HEALTH — to expand a community network of care for the low-income, uninsured in edgecombe and hertford counties.
Largest: $150,000 to HEALTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EASTERN NC — edgecombe county resilience collaborative project
Largest: $75,000 to Edgecombe Community College — support for nc reconnect
Largest: $111,016 to EDGECOMBE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — educational scholarship
Edgecombe County Public Schools Educational FoundaTarboro, NCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $946,096 to EDGECOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS — multi county schools grants
New Schools FundOakland, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $530,000 · through 2024Largest: $315,000 to EDGECOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS — innovative schools
Patriot FoundationPinehurst, NCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $18,700 · through 2025Largest: $12,000 to EDGECOMBE COMMUNITY COLLEGE — scholarship funding
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →