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Foundations That Fund Human Services in North Carolina

Imperigo has identified 1,085 funders that made 13,533 grants totaling $1.2B to 1,330 human services organizations in North Carolina, with a median grant of $18K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in North Carolina

Total granted $1.2B
Funders 1,085
Grants 13,533
Organizations funded 1,330

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc
228 grants to 70 organizations · largest $653K · through 2024 · 21.0% of their giving
$16.7M
2. Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc DBA Global Refuge
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $17.8M · through 2024 · 6.5% of their giving
$43.5M
3. Foundation for the Carolinas
488 grants to 185 organizations · largest $5.2M · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$64.8M
4. United Way of Greater Greensboro Inc
78 grants to 17 organizations · largest $610K · through 2024 · 44.8% of their giving
$9.5M
5. New Hanover Community Endowment Inc
25 grants to 19 organizations · largest $5.3M · through 2024 · 16.3% of their giving
$11.4M
6. The North Carolina Masonic Foundation Inc
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$8.6M
7. Presbyterian Homes Foundation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$8.4M
8. North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc
31 grants to 6 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 4.2% of their giving
$28.3M
9. North Carolina Community Foundation
310 grants to 134 organizations · largest $2.3M · through 2024 · 9.3% of their giving
$12.5M
10. United Way of Greater High Point Inc
39 grants to 10 organizations · largest $264K · through 2024 · 34.6% of their giving
$5.0M
11. Get Ready Guilford
9 grants to 6 organizations · largest $3.3M · through 2024 · 46.1% of their giving
$4.9M
12. Family Service of Greensboro Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $944K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.8M
13. Moses Cone - Wesley Long Community Health Foundation
41 grants to 19 organizations · largest $583K · through 2024 · 20.2% of their giving
$4.6M
14. The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc
245 grants to 106 organizations · largest $527K · through 2024 · 8.1% of their giving
$10.6M
15. Carolina Pregnancy Care Fellowship
82 grants to 23 organizations · largest $205K · through 2024 · 30.0% of their giving
$4.2M
16. Impact Health
33 grants to 15 organizations · largest $340K · through 2024 · 18.3% of their giving
$4.5M
17. United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc
107 grants to 35 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 16.5% of their giving
$4.8M
18. Triangle Community Foundation Inc
249 grants to 79 organizations · largest $564K · through 2024 · 6.9% of their giving
$10.5M
19. Joseph F Cannon Christmas Tuw
30 grants to 5 organizations · largest $133K · through 2024 · 50.0% of their giving
$3.5M
20. Tuw Joseph C Cannon Jr Grandfather Home
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $577K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.5M
21. The Grand Lodge of Af and AM of NC Group Return
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $715K · through 2024 · 50.0% of their giving
$3.3M
22. Methodist Home for Children Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.1M
23. Family Service of High Point Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $570K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.9M
24. SER Development I Inc (4598-SO1)
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $735K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.8M
25. Healthcare Foundation of Wilson
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2024 · 30.0% of their giving
$2.6M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to human services 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. 19 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 human services 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 human services funding in North Carolina, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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