North Carolina · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Food, Agriculture & Nutrition in North Carolina

Imperigo has identified 371 funders that made 2,885 grants totaling $237.8M to 215 food, agriculture & nutrition organizations in North Carolina, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Food, Agriculture & Nutrition Funding in North Carolina

Total granted $237.8M
Funders 371
Grants 2,885
Organizations funded 215

Top Funders — page 4 of 4

214. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
68 grants to 31 organizations · largest $548K · through 2024
$4.2M
215. Network for GoodDonor-advised
52 grants to 19 organizations · largest $254K · through 2024
$1.6M
216. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
45 grants to 18 organizations · largest $117K · through 2024
$1.1M
217. Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundDonor-advised
33 grants to 18 organizations · largest $101K · through 2024
$492K
218. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
32 grants to 14 organizations · largest $215K · through 2024
$736K
219. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
37 grants to 17 organizations · largest $123K · through 2024
$1.3M
221. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncDonor-advised
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $166K · through 2024
$281K
225. Feeding AmericaRegrantor
42 grants to 6 organizations · largest $5.2M · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$58.0M
226. Carolina Farm Stewardship AssociationRegrantor
25 grants to 8 organizations · largest $316K · through 2024 · 39.2% of their giving
$2.3M
227. Manna Food Bank IncRegrantor
25 grants to 17 organizations · largest $65K · through 2024 · 19.4% of their giving
$418K
228. Flower Hill InstituteRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $320K · through 2024 · 53.6% of their giving
$371K
229. Pisgah Health FoundationRegrantor
6 grants to 5 organizations · largest $339K · through 2023 · 11.1% of their giving
$652K
230. Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC IncRegrantor
9 grants to 6 organizations · largest $642K · through 2024 · 10.6% of their giving
$668K
231. Triangle Land Conservancy IncRegrantor
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $108K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$342K
232. Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community IncRegrantor
14 grants to 3 organizations · largest $113K · through 2023 · 12.7% of their giving
$401K
233. Mountain Air Community Fund IncRegrantor
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $108K · through 2025 · 32.4% of their giving
$243K
234. United Way of Haywood County IncRegrantor
16 grants to 4 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 27.4% of their giving
$232K
235. Rural CoalitionRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $177K · through 2023 · 7.3% of their giving
$470K
236. Lutheran Retirement Ministries of Alamance County North CarolinaRegrantor
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $43K · through 2024 · 20.2% of their giving
$150K
237. Retail Consumer Alliance FoundationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2022 · 32.5% of their giving
$150K
238. The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit CorporationRegrantor
61 grants to 28 organizations · largest $155K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$2.0M
239. Gateway Wellness FoundationRegrantor
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $182K · through 2025 · 7.2% of their giving
$311K
240. Womens Impact FundRegrantor
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $48K · through 2022 · 7.9% of their giving
$248K
241. Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC IncRegrantor
16 grants to 9 organizations · largest $88K · through 2024 · 7.6% of their giving
$254K
242. Caldwell County United Fund IncRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $29K · through 2024 · 12.2% of their giving
$157K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to food, agriculture & nutrition 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. 14 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 food, agriculture & nutrition 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 food, agriculture & nutrition funding in North Carolina, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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