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Foundations That Fund Religion in North Carolina

Imperigo has identified 675 funders that made 5,128 grants totaling $734.5M to 566 religion organizations in North Carolina, with a median grant of $16K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Religion Funding in North Carolina

Total granted $734.5M
Funders 675
Grants 5,128
Organizations funded 566

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
698 grants to 209 organizations · largest $33.1M · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$197.8M
2. National Charitable Endowment Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 40.9% of their giving
$12.0M
3. Community Investments Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $8.9M · through 2024 · 14.2% of their giving
$14.6M
4. The Winston-Salem Foundation
52 grants to 22 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2023 · 2.3% of their giving
$9.8M
5. Angie and Leo Wells Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2022 · 13.1% of their giving
$1.1M
6. Christian Community Foundation Inc
40 grants to 19 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$9.8M
7. Illinois Prairie Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 10.6% of their giving
$1.0M
8. Jewish Community Center Foundation of Asheville Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $85K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$380K
9. Ccf-LA Supporting Organization
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$3.7M
10. The Re-Store Warehouse Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $65K · through 2023 · 62.7% of their giving
$245K
11. Cumberland Community Foundation Inc
26 grants to 9 organizations · largest $219K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$1.2M
12. Crossroads Fellowship Foundation C/O Crossroads Fellowship Church
21 grants to 6 organizations · largest $61K · through 2024 · 16.9% of their giving
$277K
13. Upward Bound Youth
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$1.1M
14. It Works Gives Back Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $85K · through 2024 · 18.4% of their giving
$191K
15. Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$2.8M
16. Hope Through Healing Hands
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $160K · through 2022 · 45.1% of their giving
$160K
17. Waccamaw Community Foundation
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $350K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$780K
18. Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2023 · 1.7% of their giving
$1.6M
19. Wake Forest Firefighters Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $112K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$112K
20. Community Foundation of Henderson County Inc
17 grants to 7 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$705K
21. Josephs Resource Center
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2020 · 38.5% of their giving
$100K
22. Southeastern Section of the Aua
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 26.0% of their giving
$100K
23. Quantum Future Group
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $57K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$99K
24. The Bessemer Giving Fund C/O Bessemer Trust Company Trustee
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024
$3.3M
25. Hendrick Family Foundation
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $352K · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$488K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to religion 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. 20 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 religion 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 religion funding in North Carolina, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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