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North Carolina Biotechnology Center

The NORTH CAROLINA BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER aids the biotechnology-related efforts of researchers, businesses, state and federal governments, and other agencies primarily through awards of grants and loans related to specific programs and other services to grow [or advance] the industry in north carolina.

$6.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$711k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Science & Tech$16MEducation$6.7MHealth$4.1MCommunity Improvement$2.0MFood & Nutrition$20kEnvironment$19k
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $3,036,426, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,640,295 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,603,869 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $123k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $612k
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.3M
$50,896
Median grant
2
States reached
$42M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNC-CHAPEL HILL$711,065
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$486,254
DUKE UNIVERSITY$451,043
UNC-WILMINGTON$311,144
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH$293,627
UNC-CHARLOTTE$185,280
WILSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL$100,000
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY$61,697
UNC-ASHEVILLE$57,632
HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY$54,522
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY - OFFICE OF RESEARCH$52,337
CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE$50,896
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$50,000
RTI INTERNATIONAL$49,672
FAYETTEVILLE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE$32,046
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 42% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%JOHNSTON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEV: $100k → 10%UNC-CHARLOTTE: $185k → 10%DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER: $846k → 11%UNC-CHAPEL HILL: $1.1M → 13%LEE COUNTY: $100k → 16%WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY: $138k → 18%UNC-CHARLOTTE: $150k → 10%DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER: $599k → 11%UNC-WILMINGTON: $311k → 12%UNC-CHAPEL HILL: $1.1M → 13%UNC-CHARLOTTE: $136k → 10%Duke University Medical Center: $595k → 11%UNC-WILMINGTON: $245k → 12%UNC-CHAPEL HILL: $1.0M → 13%UNC-CHARLOTTE: $105k → 10%DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER: $523k → 11%UNC-WILMINGTON: $157k → 12%UNC-CHAPEL HILL: $872k → 13%WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH: $294k → 15%EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY: $355k → 20%DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER: $464k → 11%UNC-Chapel Hill: $802k → 13%WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH: $254k → 15%EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY: $196k → 20%TOWN OF HOLLY SPRINGS: $275k → 8%DUKE UNIVERSITY: $433k → 11%WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH: $245k → 15%NC Agricultural & Technical State University: $162k → 16%EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY: $142k → 20%NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $885k → 8%DUKE UNIVERSITY: $390k → 11%WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH: $168k → 15%EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY: $133k → 20%NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $827k → 8%DUKE UNIVERSITY: $335k → 11%EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY: $109k → 20%NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $563k → 8%Duke University: $275k → 11%NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $543k → 8%DUKE UNIVERSITY: $271k → 11%NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $535k → 8%NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $486k → 8%NCSU: $391k → 8%DURHAM COUNTY: $300k → 11%NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $343k → 8%Durham County: $250k → 11%NCSU: $275k → 8%RTI INTERNATIONAL: $106k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$27M · 24 repeat orgs$2.6M to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
45

Total granted

$27M
$2.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+18%

Still filing today

38%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $181k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthCommunity ImprovementSocial ScienceEnvironmentScience & TechOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $7.3M · revenue +51%
  • WF
    WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +60%
  • RT
    Research Triangle Institute
    5× · 2021–2025 · $231k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $487k · revenue +30%
  • TO
    Town of Holly Springs
    one grant, 2022 · $275k
  • CO
    CITY OF GREENVILLE
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law
Crime & Legal
2
North Carolina Biotechnology Center

The north carolina biotechnology center aids the biotechnology-related efforts of researchers, businesses, state and federal governments, and other agencies primarily through awards of grants and loans related to specific programs and…

Science & Tech
3
North Carolina State University Foundation Inc

Supports, by financial assistance and otherwise, the various colleges within the university, the libraries, and other university-connected functions.

Education
4
The University of North Carolina At Greensboro Investment Fund Inc

To accept the transfer of assets from the uncg endowment fund and the affiliated foundations, which benefit the university, and to manage the investment of those assets.

Education
5
Wingate University

The mission of wingate university is to develop educated, ethical, and productive global citizens. following its judeo-christian heritage, the university seeks to cultivate the following in its students: knowledge, faith, and service.

Education
6
North Carolina State University College of Sciences Foundation Inc

Provide financial support for all types of education and research within the college of sciences at north carolina state university.

Philanthropy
7
Carolina University

A christ-centered university committed to exceptional teaching, scholarly research, creative innovation, and professional collaboration.

Education
8
North Carolina Educational Scholarship Fund Inc

To fund academic scholarships for the young people in the state of north carolina to pursue post-secondary education trade and technical studies, undergraduate studies and graduate studies.

Education
9
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
10
Foundation of the University of North Carolina At Charlotte

The foundation of unc charlotte receives contributions to promote and develop the academic and educational purpose of unc charlotte by providing support for operations, educational programs, and scholarships for the university and its…

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11
North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc

To support, represent and advocate for north carolina independent higher education.

Education
12
Coastal Educational Foundation

To provide support to coastal carolina university through charitable donations received primarily from individual donors.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Campbell University; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 78 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
14/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $7,413,142 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLNC STATE UNIVERSITY: $4,848,354 · OtherNC STATE UNIVERSITYEAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY: $1,187,785 · OtherEAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITYUniversity of North Carolina at Wilmington - College of Health & Human Serv: $847,100 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE: $820,500 · Other+53 more: $4,196,092 · Other+53 moreDUKE UNIVERSITY: $7,261,164 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES: $1,091,554 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE…WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $487,400 · Education+10 more: $781,636 · Education+10 moreResearch Triangle Institute: $230,801 · Science & TechFIRST FLIGHT VENTURE CENTER INC: $75,000 · Community ImprovementNORTH CAROLINAS EASTERN ALLIANCE CORPORATION: $63,000 · Community ImprovementNORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: $43,670 · HealthWakeMed: $17,820 · HealthTHE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION: $19,441 · EnvironmentSOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY: $10,000 · Social Science
Other$19,312,973Education$9,621,754Science & Tech$230,801Community Improvement$138,000Health$61,490Environment$19,441Social Science$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $7,261,164 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES: $1,091,554 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $487,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetResearch Triangle Institute: $230,801 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY: $196,722 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCAMPBELL UNIVERSITY: $190,965 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetElon University: $90,509 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAYETTEVILLE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $75,713 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetFIRST FLIGHT VENTURE CENTER INC: $75,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUND: $57,006 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: $43,670 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetTHE SOUTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP INC: $35,833 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIV FOUNDATION: $23,310 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDavidson College: $22,830 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION: $19,441 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWakeMed: $17,820 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $13,644 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetMARINE BIO-TECHNOLOGIES CENTER OF INNOVATION (MBCOI): $8,189 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY NC SECTION: $8,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetWAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $7,720 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPitt Community College Foundation Inc: $5,801 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Research Triangle Institute ↗
  • Who funds HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Elon University ↗
  • Who funds The University of North Carolina at Asheville Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds FAYETTEVILLE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST FLIGHT VENTURE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINAS EASTERN ALLIANCE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUND ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH ↗

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.

North Carolina Commun…The Golden Leaf IncFoundation for the Ca…Patriot FoundationNational Collegiate A…Community Foundation …Ncinnovation IncFolds of Honor Founda…The Cannon Foundation…Triangle Community Fo…North Carolina Public…North Carolina Commun…
North Carolina Community FoundationNC23.9× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: North Carolina Community Foundation · The Golden Leaf Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Patriot Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · Ncinnovation Inc · Folds of Honor Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · North Carolina Public Health Association · North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization North Carolina Biotechnology Center funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from North Carolina Biotechnology Center. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • Society for in Vitro Biology: 20% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 78 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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