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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 2 of 4

26. Bluelight Heals Corporation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $277K · through 2025 · 3.5% of their giving
$504K
27. Rotary International 25 Rotary Club
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $86K · through 2021 · 72.6% of their giving
$86K
28. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
16 grants to 6 organizations · largest $591K · through 2024
$2.3M
29. Speedway Children's Charities
7 grants to 5 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$447K
30. Give Lively Foundation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $595K · through 2025 · 1.2% of their giving
$1.3M
31. Tim Tebow Foundation Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $569K · through 2023 · 2.6% of their giving
$580K
32. North Carolina Community Foundation
31 grants to 16 organizations · largest $769K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$1.4M
33. Hunt for Life Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2023 · 8.4% of their giving
$150K
34. United Way of Wilkes County Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $29K · through 2023 · 10.3% of their giving
$110K
35. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
65 grants to 35 organizations · largest $2.4M · through 2024
$4.8M
36. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $375K · through 2019 · 2.8% of their giving
$375K
37. Dallas Seminary Foundation
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $264K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$712K
38. Kentucky Realtors Relief Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 20.9% of their giving
$50K
39. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
22 grants to 14 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024
$4.1M
40. Catholic Education Support Foundation of Tampa
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 19.7% of their giving
$50K
41. Communities Foundation of Texas Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024
$3.0M
42. Carolina Pregnancy Care Fellowship
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $136K · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$359K
43. Korban International Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2023 · 12.8% of their giving
$70K
44. Talon Eagle S Wing Ministry Corp
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 17.4% of their giving
$50K
45. Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc
27 grants to 9 organizations · largest $113K · through 2024
$927K
46. Grounds for Grace Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 2.8% of their giving
$286K
47. Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation
20 grants to 7 organizations · largest $391K · through 2024
$953K
48. Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax
28 grants to 1 organization · largest $110K · through 2024
$1.2M
49. North Carolina Baptist Hospital Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2022 · 3.7% of their giving
$189K
50. TBC Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2025 · 39.5% of their giving
$35K

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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