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Foundations That Fund Crime & Legal Aid in North Carolina

Imperigo has identified 295 funders that made 1,562 grants totaling $428.8M to 175 crime & legal aid organizations in North Carolina, with a median grant of $22K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Crime & Legal Aid Funding in North Carolina

Total granted $428.8M
Funders 295
Grants 1,562
Organizations funded 175

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $26.2M · through 2024 · 40.2% of their giving
$79.5M
2. Legal Services Corporation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $19.9M · through 2023 · 3.5% of their giving
$86.5M
3. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $131.6M · through 2024
$134.7M
4. Sandler Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.0M · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$15.2M
5. United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc
19 grants to 6 organizations · largest $375K · through 2024 · 5.9% of their giving
$1.7M
6. United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc
30 grants to 9 organizations · largest $312K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$2.3M
7. The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc
32 grants to 15 organizations · largest $646K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$2.9M
8. Wake County Bar Association Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 90.2% of their giving
$277K
9. Impact Health
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $365K · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$1.2M
10. Moses Cone - Wesley Long Community Health Foundation
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $287K · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$1.0M
11. United Way of Iredell County Inc
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $77K · through 2024 · 9.5% of their giving
$374K
12. New Hanover Community Endowment Inc
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$1.6M
13. Wakemed Group Return
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023 · 13.1% of their giving
$250K
14. United Way of Cleveland County Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $62K · through 2020 · 14.9% of their giving
$200K
15. Walnut Cove Members Association Inc
16 grants to 2 organizations · largest $26K · through 2025 · 7.9% of their giving
$330K
16. Jewish Foundation of Greensboro
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $420K · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$475K
17. Henderson County United Way Inc
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $72K · through 2024 · 6.6% of their giving
$275K
18. Kappa Delta Sorority - Beta Chi Chapter
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $90K · through 2024 · 22.7% of their giving
$90K
19. Veterans Multi-Purpose Center Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $105K · through 2025 · 16.1% of their giving
$105K
20. High Point Community Foundation
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $28K · through 2024 · 7.8% of their giving
$216K
21. Triangle Community Foundation Inc
55 grants to 17 organizations · largest $102K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$1.6M
22. United Way of Greater Greensboro Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $140K · through 2024 · 2.8% of their giving
$587K
23. Abide in Him Ministries Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2023 · 24.2% of their giving
$75K
24. United Way of Greater High Point Inc
14 grants to 3 organizations · largest $41K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$387K
25. Forsyth County Farm Bureau Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2025 · 34.3% of their giving
$51K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to crime & legal aid 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. 10 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 crime & legal aid 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 crime & legal aid funding in North Carolina, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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