Religion Funding in North Carolina
Total granted
$734.5M
Funders
675
Grants
5,128
Organizations funded
566
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.
Top Funders — page 4 of 4
$458K
$400K
$1.1M
$426K
148.
United Way Worldwide
$414K
$472K
$3.0M
177.
Greater Horizons
$929K
$752K
$1.4M
198.
Columbus Foundation
$533K
$590K
219.
Donors Trust Inc
$447K
$153.5M
$81.8M
$17.3M
$8.7M
$23.9M
$11.7M
$23.9M
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.
Other Causes Funded in North Carolina
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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