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North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation
The NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded in 1986 to support the mission of the nc community college system.
- $4.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 36
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 49
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $4.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $19,305
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $467,479
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 49
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $132k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationPhilanthropyPublic BenefitOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 33 | $4.4M | 27% |
| FY2024 | 49 | $1.0M | 41% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $1.0M | 8% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $1.0M | 62% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $134k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $1.0M | 95% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $1.0M | 80% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $16k | 100% |
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What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Education$9.6MPublic Benefit$94k
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Foundation of Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute Inc | $546,102 | 2 | 12% |
| Cape Fear Community College | $485,739 | 4 | n/a |
| Central Piedmont Community College | $483,932 | 4 | n/a |
| Alamance Community College | $476,432 | 4 | n/a |
| Johnston Community College | $470,059 | 2 | n/a |
| Forsyth Tech Comm College | $462,932 | 2 | n/a |
| Wake Technical Community College | $462,932 | 2 | n/a |
| Isothermal Community College Foundation Inc | $428,089 | 5 | 63% |
| Halifax Community College Foundation Inc | $414,260 | 5 | 88% |
| Southwestern Community College Foundation Inc | $392,765 | 5 | 18% |
Show all 76 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Foundation of Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute Inc | $546,102 | 2 | 12% |
| Cape Fear Community College | $485,739 | 4 | n/a |
| Central Piedmont Community College | $483,932 | 4 | n/a |
| Alamance Community College | $476,432 | 4 | n/a |
| Johnston Community College | $470,059 | 2 | n/a |
| Forsyth Tech Comm College | $462,932 | 2 | n/a |
| Wake Technical Community College | $462,932 | 2 | n/a |
| Isothermal Community College Foundation Inc | $428,089 | 5 | 63% |
| Halifax Community College Foundation Inc | $414,260 | 5 | 88% |
| Southwestern Community College Foundation Inc | $392,765 | 5 | 18% |
| Cleveland Community College Foundation | $380,239 | 5 | 29% |
| The Vance-Granville Community College Foundation Inc | $374,853 | 5 | 19% |
| North Carolina Community College System | $350,656 | 3 | n/a |
| McDowell Technical Community College | $335,453 | 4 | n/a |
| Nash Community College | $325,760 | 3 | n/a |
| Surry Community College Foundation Inc | $265,250 | 2 | 12% |
| Wilkes Community College Foundation Inc | $232,465 | 4 | 4% |
| South Piedmont Community College Foundation Inc | $211,500 | 3 | 37% |
| Rockingham Community College Foundation Inc | $205,825 | 2 | 17% |
| Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Foundation | $200,911 | 1 | 8% |
| Lenoir Community College Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brunswick Community College Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Richmond Community College Foundation Inc | $132,029 | 5 | 14% |
| Blue Ridge Community College Educational Foundation Inc | $110,940 | 2 | 2% |
| Beaufort County Community College Foundation Inc | $110,260 | 4 | 8% |
| The Rand Corporation | $93,710 | 1 | 0% |
| Wilson Community College Foundation Inc | $80,953 | 4 | 7% |
| The College of the Albemarle Foundation Inc | $80,953 | 5 | 1% |
| Western Piedmont Foundation Inc | $75,256 | 1 | 8% |
| Stanly Community College Foundation Inc | $72,453 | 4 | 5% |
| Sandhills Community College | $72,304 | 3 | n/a |
| Central Carolina Community College Found | $66,250 | 3 | 5% |
| McDowell Technical Community College Foundation Inc | $62,244 | 1 | 10% |
| Haywood Community College Found | $57,960 | 1 | 4% |
| Robeson Community College Foundation | $51,500 | 1 | 11% |
| Bladen Community College Foundation Inc | $50,500 | 1 | 53% |
| James Sprunt Foundation Inc | $50,500 | 1 | 21% |
| Nash Community College Foundation Inc | $50,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Montgomery Community College Foundation Inc | $50,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation of Wayne Community College | $50,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Mayland Community College Foundation Inc | $48,561 | 1 | 3% |
| Asheville Buncombe Community College | $33,953 | 4 | n/a |
| Gaston College Foundation | $26,400 | 3 | 1% |
| Catawba Valley Community College | $25,453 | 3 | n/a |
| Blue Ridge Community College | $21,453 | 3 | n/a |
| Carteret Community College | $20,453 | 3 | n/a |
| Guilford Tech Comm College | $20,260 | 3 | n/a |
| Davidson-Davie Community College | $18,953 | 3 | 0% |
| Fayetteville Technical Community College Foundation Inc | $18,455 | 3 | 1% |
| Lenoir Community College | $18,453 | 2 | n/a |
| Haywood Community College | $18,227 | 2 | n/a |
| Catawba Valley Community College Foundation Inc | $17,523 | 1 | 0% |
| Durham Technical Community College | $17,453 | 2 | n/a |
| Robeson Community College | $16,453 | 3 | n/a |
| Western Piedmont Community College | $15,453 | 2 | n/a |
| Rowan-Cabarrus Community College | $13,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Bladen Community College | $13,453 | 1 | n/a |
| Tri-County Community College Foundation | $13,009 | 1 | 1% |
| James Sprunt Community College | $11,453 | 2 | n/a |
| Tri-County Community College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Carolina State University Foundation Inc | $8,318 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Carolina Community College | $7,453 | 1 | n/a |
| Gaston College | $7,453 | 1 | n/a |
| Coastal Carolina Community College | $7,260 | 1 | n/a |
| Craven Community College | $6,453 | 1 | n/a |
| Piedmont Community College | $6,453 | 1 | n/a |
| Roanoke-Chowan Community College | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cape Fear Community College Foundation Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wayne Community College | $5,454 | 1 | n/a |
| Surry Community College | $5,453 | 1 | n/a |
| Mitchell Community College | $5,453 | 1 | n/a |
| South Piedmont Community College | $5,453 | 1 | n/a |
| Brunswick Community College | $5,453 | 1 | n/a |
| PItt Community College | $5,453 | 1 | n/a |
| Randolph Community College Foundation Inc | $5,453 | 1 | 0% |
| Sampson Community College | $5,453 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.
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.
The Golden Leaf IncNC72.6× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: The Golden Leaf Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Patriot Foundation · Charles a Cannon Trust No 1 · North Carolina Community Foundation · John M Belk Endowment · State Employees Credit Union Foundation · I Car Education Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Dogwood Health Trust
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.
Compare North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation with peer funders
About North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation
- How much does North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation give?
- North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation reported 36 itemized grants totaling $4,445,317, out of $4,560,669 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 49 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (99%), Public Benefit (1%).
- Who are North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Foundation of Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute Inc ($546k), Cape Fear Community College ($486k), Central Piedmont Community College ($484k).
- Does North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Golden Leaf Inc, Foundation for the Carolinas, The Cannon Foundation Inc.
- Where is North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation based?
- North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation is based in NC.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home