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North Carolina Foundations Making Grants of $5,000 - $25,000

These 70 foundations are based in North Carolina and reported a median grant between $5,000 and $25,000 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.

70foundations in this range
$317.7Mgranted between them
3,401funding relationships mapped

A median grant in this range covers a meaningful program cost without asking for the multi-year commitment a capital campaign needs. A lot of general-operating and single-program requests land in this range.

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 Huisking Foundation IncRaleigh$5,000208$8.9M
Hillsdale FundGreensboro$15,000190$5.9M
Bob Barker Foundation IncFuquayvarina$15,000161$5.1M
Anonymous TrustRaleigh$10,000133$65.0M
Nc IdeaDurham$7,500124$14.2M
Steven C Leuthold Family FoundationBrevard$10,000117$11.2M
Southern Bank FoundationMount Olive$5,000117$3.6M
The Mary Duke Biddle FoundationDurham$10,00099$6.1M
Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation IncGreensboro$10,00093$3.1M
Margaret C Woodson Foundation IncCharlotte$8,00089$4.3M
George Foundation IncHickory$10,00087$7.4M
Bertsch Family Charitable Foundation IncChapel Hill$6,00082$2.0M
Broyhill Family Foundation IncLenoir$6,00080$6.6M
The Mary Norris Preyer FundGreensboro$5,00078$810K
Strowd Roses IncChapel Hill$5,00077$1.4M
The Harold H Bate Foundation IncNew Bern$10,00075$7.6M
Santa Fe Natural Tobacco CompanyWinstonsalem$10,00072$1.8M
Seby B Jones Family FoundationRaleigh$5,00068$4.3M
The Cemala Foundation IncGreensboro$15,00067$6.1M
The Edward M Armfield SR Foundation IGreensboro$18,00065$12.2M
First Citizens Foundation Inc Co FirstRaleigh$10,00065$3.6M
Weaver Foundation IncGreensboro$5,11762$6.0M
Louis Dejoy & Aldona Z Wos Family Foundation IncGreensboro$10,00060$10.8M
O Temple Sloan JR FoundationRaleigh$5,00058$6.2M
Gipson Family FoundationRaleigh$10,00054$9.9M
C Hamilton Sloan FoundationRaleigh$5,00047$3.2M
Live Love Serve FoundationCharlotte$5,00046$2.2M
The Mary Lynn Richardson FundGreensboro$7,50045$1.3M
Short Family FoundationCornelius$5,00042$1.7M
Rhi Legacy Foundation IncRutherfordton$14,50040$5.7M
The Leonard G Herring Family FoundationWilkesboro$15,00040$5.6M
Florence Rogers Charitable TrustFayetteville$5,00037$1.1M
Fox Family Foundation IncDurham$15,00036$2.3M
The Curtis FoundationRaleigh$5,00035$5.2M
Evergreen FoundationWaynesville$23,00035$3.5M
Margaret T Petrie FoundationChapel Hill$16,71335$2.5M
Heinemannmark & Judy Foundation-ImDavidson$11,39532$4.5M
Bernhardt Furniture FoundationLenoir$5,00029$1.0M
The Kennedy-Herterich FoundationBlowing Rock$10,00028$1.9M
The Carrie E and Lena V Glenn FoundGastonia$10,00027$1.0M
Samuel L Phillips Family FoundationSpruce Pine$5,00025$3.1M
The Klapper Family Foundation IncChapel Hill$20,00024$3.2M
The Rolander Family FoundationWake Forest$7,00024$1.8M
Dalton-Brand Foundation IncCharlotte$10,00023$1.9M
The Hurley-Trammell FoundationSalisbury$5,00021$2.7M
Ralph S Robinson Family FoundationGastonia$6,85019$720K
The Providence FoundationCharlotte$10,00018$998K
Sears Family Foundation IncRaleigh$5,00018$708K
Stonecutter Foundation IncSpindale$10,00018$3.3M
The Morehead-Cain FoundationChapel Hill$23,76917$24.3M
Mildred Sheffield Wells Char TrustRaleigh$18,68117$1.6M
The Morgan Foundation IncLaurel Hill$5,00016$709K
Mann Foundation IncRaleigh$7,50015$1.3M
The Eirenikos FoundationKittrell$5,00015$3.6M
The Good Samaritan FoundationMount Gilead$6,00014$424K
Chatham Foundation IncRaleigh$13,25014$1.3M
Emily Monk Davidson Foundation IncMorehead City$7,00014$720K
Rocky Mount Community FoundationRocky Mount$11,35014$1.1M
The Monford D and Lucy LLeland$10,57513$484K
King Family FoundationCharlotte$14,50013$813K
Mary E Carnrick FoundationCharlotte$15,00013$2.1M
Feather FoundationPittsboro$5,00012$168K
The Deborah S Harris FoundationCharlotte$5,00012$160K
Cozart Foundation IncRaleigh$5,00012$395K
Kates Foundation IncAsheville$10,00012$1.6M
Rhoda & Henry Frank Family FoundationRaleigh$5,00011$414K
Joanne Cross Coon FoundationWaynesville$5,00011$94K
Stefan & Tanya Gleason Foundation IncCharlotte$5,00011$221K
Jonathan Havens Charitable TrustRaleigh$5,50010$251K
Kathryn Rose FoundationGreensboro$7,50010$443K

Other grant sizes in North Carolina

Under $5,000Foundations in North Carolina$25,000 - $100,000Foundations 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.

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