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North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation Inc

Grantmaking foundation in Chapel Hill, North Carolina · EIN 56-6076622

Total giving
$1.4MTax year 2025
Total assets
$14MLatest reported
Latest IRS filing
2025Form 990 / 990-PF

Mission

ESTABLISHED THE SAME YEAR AS THE GARDEN, THE NORTH CAROLINA BOTANICAL GARDEN FOUNDATION EXISTS TO BRING INDIVIDUAL AND PRIVATE SECTOR SUPPORT TO THE GARDEN'S MISSION OF EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION. THE FOUNDATION RAISES MONEY THROUGH ITS MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM, THE GENEROSITY OF ITS BOARD, FUNDRAISING EVENTS AND MORE. INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS WHO ANNUALLY JOIN OR RENEW THEIR MEMBERSHIP IN THE FOUNDATION ARE MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION. EQUALLY IMPORTANT, THE FOUNDATION SERVES AS A LAND TRUST TO PROTECT ECOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT LANDS NEAR THE GARDEN AND BEYOND. IT OWNS AND HOLDS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON OVER 300 ACRES OF LAND ADJACENT TO LANDS ALREADY PROTECTED BY THE GARDEN AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL.

Quoted from the foundation's IRS filing.

Giving by year

$1.1M2021
$970K2022
$1.3M2023
$1.6M2024
$1.4M2025

Totals by tax year, rounded to two significant figures. Years without a reported total show the sum of grants itemized on the filing.

Top recipients

RecipientAmountTax year
Unc at Chapel Hill$970K2021

Amounts are rounded. The full grantee list is available with a free account.

Website: ncbg.unc.edu/botanical-garden-foundation

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Source: IRS Form 990 and 990-PF filings, tax year 2025. Also see this organization on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.