North Carolina · Public charity
North Carolina Bar Foundation
The purpose of the foundation is to foster and support statewide public service and pro bono programs and projects that promote access to justice, civic education, service, and professionalism.
- $276k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $205k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $126,986
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 9
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $33M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations North Carolina Bar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $243k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $205k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $468k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $221k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $213k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $187k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc | $573,496 | 5 | 0% |
| Campbell University | $243,466 | 1 | 0% |
| North Carolina Bar Association | $147,697 | 5 | 0% |
| Pisgah Legal Services | $94,359 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Law Center of Central North Carolina | $54,801 | 5 | 2% |
| Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy Inc | $54,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Council for Childrens Rights Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Safe Alliance Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Women's Center Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget North Carolina Bar Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
About North Carolina Bar Foundation
- How much does North Carolina Bar Foundation give?
- North Carolina Bar Foundation reported 9 itemized grants totaling $205,230, out of $276,054 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 9 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does North Carolina Bar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (81%), Education (19%).
- Who are North Carolina Bar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc ($573k), Campbell University ($243k), North Carolina Bar Association ($148k).
- Does North Carolina Bar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as North Carolina Bar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blackbaud Giving Fund, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is North Carolina Bar Foundation based?
- North Carolina Bar Foundation is based in NC.
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