FundersNorth Carolina

North Carolina Foundations Making Grants of $25,000 - $100,000

These 26 foundations are based in North Carolina and reported a median grant between $25,000 and $100,000 on their most recent Form 990-PF filing. A typical grant is not a promise about any single gift -- some of a foundation's grants are smaller than its median, some are larger -- but it is a reasonable signal for whether an application here fits the size of your ask.

26foundations in this range
$1.0Bgranted between them
2,993funding relationships mapped

A median grant this size is a substantial commitment for most foundations, so a detailed proposal is worth the extra time it takes -- and worth confirming the foundation takes unsolicited requests at all before you start writing.

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars -- the same convention as every list on this site. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific foundation is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

FoundationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
The Cannon Foundation IncConcord$50,000592$62.0M
Dogwood Health TrustAsheville$73,012466$378.0M
The Leon Levine FoundationCharlotte$50,000340$133.9M
Smith Richardson Foundation IncGreensboro$50,000288$93.2M
Ally Charitable FoundationCharlotte$25,000243$28.8M
John William Pope FoundationRaleigh$25,000196$57.9M
State Employees Credit Union FoundationRaleigh$25,000144$47.1M
Merancas Foundation IncCharlotte$50,000140$66.5M
Ta John W and Anna HWinston Salem$30,00078$7.6M
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nc FoundationDurham$65,00065$79.5M
Cape Fear Memorial FoundationWilmington$45,00061$11.8M
George and Sarah Buchanan FoundationGreensboro$25,00056$4.1M
The Lb Research and EducationAsheville$35,00044$6.0M
The Foundation for a Healthy High PointHigh Point$40,00036$7.4M
The Greg and India Keith FoundationCharlotte$25,00035$10.5M
Richmond Community FoundationCharlotte$50,00030$6.0M
James G Hanes Memorial FundWinston Salem$50,00026$6.6M
James J & Mamie Richardson PerkinsRaleigh$25,00025$3.4M
The Jandy Ammons Foundation IncRaleigh$25,00021$1.6M
Pisgah Investments Foundation IncAsheville$25,00019$1.7M
Thomas R & Elizabeth E McleanFayetteville$30,00018$4.9M
Tom Davis FundWinstonsalem$25,00016$1.6M
Lenovo FoundationMorrisville$35,00015$4.4M
Tr Uw Vivian S West -Raleigh$25,00015$1.4M
Kathleen Kennedy FoundationBoone$25,00013$2.6M
Sunshine Now FoundationAsheville$90,00011$2.7M

Other grant sizes in North Carolina

Under $5,000Foundations in North Carolina$5,000 - $25,000Foundations in North Carolina

Grantmaking Charities report their grants differently, so their median grants are not directly comparable to the ones on this page -- Schedule I only requires listing recipients paid over $5,000, so a Schedule I filer's median runs higher than a private foundation's would for the same underlying giving. See grantmaking charities in the same range anyway.

New North Carolina foundations, as they file

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