North Carolina · Grantmakers

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 3 of 4

51. W Byron Wolfe Tri-County Charitable Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $13K · through 2024 · 28.1% of their giving
$35K
52. Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $52K · through 2024 · 10.9% of their giving
$62K
53. Lakeshore Community Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $160K · through 2025 · 2.3% of their giving
$270K
54. Warren County Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $76K · through 2024 · 3.5% of their giving
$172K
55. Association for Community Education Inc DBA Radio Nueva Vida
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $29K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$29K
58. GiveClear Foundation
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $210K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$416K
61. Foundation for the Carolinas
84 grants to 35 organizations · largest $539K · through 2024
$3.3M
62. Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $712K · through 2024
$738K
63. The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc
28 grants to 13 organizations · largest $123K · through 2024
$821K
65. T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
21 grants to 13 organizations · largest $561K · through 2024
$1.5M
66. Greater Washington Community Foundation
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$1.7M
70. Triangle Community Foundation Inc
46 grants to 18 organizations · largest $82K · through 2024
$802K
78. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
22 grants to 9 organizations · largest $579K · through 2025
$2.7M
79. Community Foundation of New Jersey
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $358K · through 2024
$1.1M
81. United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $230K · through 2024
$479K
82. The Signatry Charitable Trust
9 grants to 9 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$1.4M
83. Dayton Foundation Depository
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $210K · through 2024
$585K
85. Eden Bridge Foundation
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $94K · through 2024
$371K
88. The US Charitable Gift Trust
19 grants to 14 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$1.8M
89. Christian Community Foundation of Memphis
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $238K · through 2024
$1.0M
95. The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $253K · through 2024
$366K
98. Charities Aid Foundation America
23 grants to 12 organizations · largest $989K · through 2024
$2.1M
101. American Gift Fund
13 grants to 7 organizations · largest $225K · through 2024
$729K
108. The New Horizons Foundation Inc
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $110K · through 2024
$417K
109. The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $158K · through 2024
$557K

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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