North Carolina · Public charity
North Carolina Humanities Council
Nc humanities' mission is to connect north carolinians with cultural experiences that spur dialogue, deepen human connections, and inspire community.
- $70k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 78%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $40k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 98
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 78% of the organizations North Carolina Humanities Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $269k 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 | 2 | $40k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $374k | 78% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $319k | 35% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $135k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 98 | $1.4M | 66% |
| FY2020 | 59 | $728k | 98% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $66k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $75k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $99,857 | 3 | n/a |
| The University of North Carolina at Charlotte | $98,495 | 4 | n/a |
| Museum of the New South Inc | $76,508 | 3 | 2% |
| Alliance for Heritage Conservation | $62,250 | 3 | 28% |
| Appalachian State University | $59,628 | 3 | n/a |
| County of Johnston | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Immersion for Spanish Language Acq | $53,909 | 3 | 4% |
| Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas | $49,600 | 2 | 40% |
| North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources | $48,238 | 2 | n/a |
| Western North Carolina Historical Association Inc | $47,665 | 3 | 11% |
Show all 157 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
North Carolina Humanities Council supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 115 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: North Carolina Community Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Co Tua Marion S Covington Fdn · Foundation for the Carolinas · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Arts & Science Council Charlotte/Mecklenburg Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Golden Leaf Inc · Duke University
How this is measured
About North Carolina Humanities Council
- How much does North Carolina Humanities Council give?
- North Carolina Humanities Council reported 2 itemized grants totaling $39,991, out of $69,830 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 98 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does North Carolina Humanities Council fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (80%), Education (9%), Community Improvement (2%).
- Who are North Carolina Humanities Council's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ($100k), The University of North Carolina at Charlotte ($98k), Museum of the New South Inc ($77k).
- Does North Carolina Humanities Council fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as North Carolina Humanities Council?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include North Carolina Community Foundation, The Cannon Foundation Inc, Co Tua Marion S Covington Fdn.
- Where is North Carolina Humanities Council based?
- North Carolina Humanities Council is based in NC.
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