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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in North Carolina

Imperigo has identified 466 funders that made 2,398 grants totaling $671.0M to 385 community improvement organizations in North Carolina, with a median grant of $22K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in North Carolina

Total granted $671.0M
Funders 466
Grants 2,398
Organizations funded 385

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
24 grants to 18 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024
$3.8M
27. North Carolina Community Foundation
50 grants to 26 organizations · largest $163K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$1.5M
28. Davie Community Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $304K · through 2021 · 4.5% of their giving
$377K
29. The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc
42 grants to 19 organizations · largest $120K · through 2024
$1.3M
30. Speedway Children's Charities
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $110K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$385K
31. Forward High Point Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $39K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$61K
32. World Tang Soo Do Association
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $26K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$50K
33. New Hanover Community Endowment Inc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $526K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$827K
34. Talon Eagle S Wing Ministry Corp
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $52K · through 2024 · 18.1% of their giving
$52K
35. Women Donors Network Action
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$550K
36. The Peninsula Community Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $42K · through 2024 · 8.1% of their giving
$100K
37. National Council of Nonprofits
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2025 · 5.1% of their giving
$156K
38. Seiu National Fast Food Workers Union
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2022 · 84.6% of their giving
$40K
39. Camber Foundation
15 grants to 8 organizations · largest $50K · through 2025 · 1.6% of their giving
$490K
40. Izumi Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $162K · through 2020 · 4.6% of their giving
$162K
41. Reemprise Fund
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $35K · through 2023 · 10.7% of their giving
$65K
42. St Joseph of the Pines Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2024 · 46.4% of their giving
$32K
47. Community Foundation of Henderson County Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $286K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$348K
48. Grove Action Fund
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $175K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$365K
54. Cwi Works Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $439K · through 2021
$860K
55. United States Endowment for Forestry
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $158K · through 2024
$381K
67. Comerica Charitable Trust
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $345K · through 2024
$351K
69. Tides Foundation
13 grants to 6 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$1.9M
75. Impactassetsinc
15 grants to 8 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024
$1.2M
79. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
36 grants to 15 organizations · largest $853K · through 2024
$3.0M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement work in North Carolina, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 12 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering community improvement work, with an address in North Carolina. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable community improvement funding in North Carolina, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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