North Carolina · Grantmakers

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 4 of 4

527. Burke County Smart Start IncRegrantor
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 46.0% of their giving
$8.9M
528. L C Industries IncRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.8M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$8.4M
529. Baptist Retirement Homes FoundationRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.9M · through 2023 · 99.8% of their giving
$7.7M
530. United Way of Forsyth County IncRegrantor
45 grants to 10 organizations · largest $488K · through 2024 · 38.9% of their giving
$7.4M
531. Ready for School Ready for LifeRegrantor
25 grants to 11 organizations · largest $3.7M · through 2024 · 67.1% of their giving
$6.1M
532. The Hospice FoundationRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.5M
533. Association of Farmworker Opportunity ProgramsRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $4.4M · through 2020 · 85.0% of their giving
$4.4M
534. Authoracare FoundationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.9M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.3M
535. Grandfather Home for Children IncRegrantor
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.3M
536. Alternate RootsIncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.2M · through 2023 · 91.1% of their giving
$4.0M
537. Wilson County Partnership for Children IncRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $676K · through 2024 · 38.2% of their giving
$3.8M
538. Forsyth Memorial Hospital IncRegrantor
26 grants to 14 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 40.2% of their giving
$3.1M
539. Smart Start Rowan IncRegrantor
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $395K · through 2024 · 21.8% of their giving
$3.0M
540. Cabarrus County Partnership for Children IncRegrantor
14 grants to 4 organizations · largest $549K · through 2024 · 24.0% of their giving
$3.0M
541. Consumer Education Services IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 61.1% of their giving
$3.0M
542. Smart Start of Forsyth CountyRegrantor
18 grants to 3 organizations · largest $787K · through 2024 · 11.4% of their giving
$5.2M
543. Navy Seal Foundation IncRegrantor
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $650K · through 2024 · 19.5% of their giving
$2.5M
544. Rowan County United Way IncRegrantor
20 grants to 5 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 37.5% of their giving
$2.4M
545. L C Industries FoundationRegrantor
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2022 · 22.8% of their giving
$2.2M
546. Well-Spring Retirement Community IncRegrantor
16 grants to 8 organizations · largest $404K · through 2024 · 58.8% of their giving
$2.0M
547. Wake County Smart Start IncRegrantor
17 grants to 6 organizations · largest $917K · through 2024 · 7.1% of their giving
$5.3M
548. Anson County Partnership for ChildrenRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $409K · through 2024 · 55.8% of their giving
$1.9M
549. Blueprint North CarolinaRegrantor
99 grants to 25 organizations · largest $320K · through 2025 · 14.0% of their giving
$2.6M
550. Se Raleigh Promise IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.8M · through 2019 · 99.3% of their giving
$1.8M
551. Cumberland County Hospital System IncRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $468K · through 2024 · 66.8% of their giving
$1.8M

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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