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Grantmaking foundations in North Carolina

3,420 grantmaking foundations in North Carolina, ranked by recent giving reported to the IRS (about $12B combined).

Top foundations by giving

  1. Gothic Corporation
    Durham, NC · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $2B (2025)
  2. Foundation for the Carolinas
    Charlotte, NC · Mental Health and Crisis Intervention
    $800M (2024)
  3. Atlantic Coast Conference
    Charlotte, NC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $740M (2025)
  4. Gothic Hsp Corporation
    Durham, NC · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $570M (2025)
  5. Duke University
    Durham, NC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $520M (2025)
  6. Samaritans Purse
    Boone, NC · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $520M (2025)
  7. Cliftonlarsonallen Llp
    Raleigh, NC · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $460M (2022)
  8. Summit Foundation
    Charlotte, NC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $450M (2023)
  9. Governing Council of the University of Toronto
    Chapel Hill, NC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $370M (2025)
  10. Duke Endowment
    Charlotte, NC
    $270M (2024)
  11. Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
    Charlotte, NC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $220M (2024)
  12. Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina Inc
    Raleigh, NC · Health Care
    $210M (2025)
  13. Family Health International
    Durham, NC · Mental Health and Crisis Intervention
    $160M (2025)
  14. The Golden L E a F Long-Term Economic Advancement Foundation in
    Rocky Mount, NC · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $160M (2025)
  15. Wake Forest University
    Winstonsalem, NC · Public and Societal Benefit
    $160M (2025)
  16. The Leon Levine Foundation
    Charlotte, NC
    $140M (2025)
  17. North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc
    Raleigh, NC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $130M (2025)
  18. High Point University
    High Point, NC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $110M (2025)
  19. Winston-Salem Foundation
    Winstonsalem, NC · Environment
    $93M (2024)
  20. Dogwood Health Trust
    Asheville, NC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $88M (2024)
  21. Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina Inc
    Winston Salem, NC · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $83M (2025)
  22. Wake Forest University Health Sciences
    Winstonsalem, NC · Crime and Legal-Related
    $80M (2024)
  23. Davidson College
    Davidson, NC · Science and Technology
    $77M (2025)
  24. Nc State Investment Fund Inc
    Raleigh, NC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $74M (2024)
  25. The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc
    Asheville, NC · Human Services
    $62M (2025)

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