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Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in North Carolina

Imperigo has identified 390 funders that made 3,068 grants totaling $366.5M to 249 environment & conservation organizations in North Carolina, with a median grant of $22K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in North Carolina

Total granted $366.5M
Funders 390
Grants 3,068
Organizations funded 249

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. The Winston-Salem Foundation
35 grants to 15 organizations · largest $580K · through 2023
$1.6M
27. Aj Fletcher Foundation
11 grants to 6 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$501K
28. Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$250K
29. Tryon Riding & Hunt Club Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2022 · 67.6% of their giving
$27K
30. Wnc Bridge Foundation
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $92K · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$276K
31. Community Foundation of Burke County
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $44K · through 2025 · 2.3% of their giving
$174K
32. Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $78K · through 2021 · 1.8% of their giving
$218K
33. NC Foundation for Soil and Water Conservation Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $27K · through 2024 · 5.6% of their giving
$65K
38. Impactassetsinc
18 grants to 8 organizations · largest $705K · through 2024
$1.6M
40. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
17 grants to 11 organizations · largest $225K · through 2024
$1.2M
41. Solidaire Network Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$312K
42. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
8 grants to 6 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$1.5M
43. Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc
12 grants to 6 organizations · largest $169K · through 2024
$425K
45. United States Endowment for Forestry
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $71K · through 2022
$255K
48. Arkansas Community Foundation Inc
12 grants to 1 organization · largest $48K · through 2024
$565K
49. New Hanover Community Endowment Inc
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$297K
51. The Golden Leaf Inc
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $478K · through 2024
$820K
52. The Miami Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $119K · through 2024
$675K
53. Tides Foundation
23 grants to 10 organizations · largest $345K · through 2024
$1.7M
55. Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $50K · through 2022
$334K
58. T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
24 grants to 8 organizations · largest $102K · through 2024
$652K
59. The Bessemer Giving Fund C/O Bessemer Trust Company Trustee
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $700K · through 2024
$706K
63. Charities Aid Foundation America
11 grants to 10 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$1.2M
72. The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $359K · through 2023
$359K
74. The Pew Charitable Trusts
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $160K · through 2024
$599K

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

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