How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in North Carolina?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in North Carolina, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Foundation for the Carolinas, Greater Charlotte Cultural Trust. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Carolina from out of state.

Who is the largest arts and culture funder in North Carolina?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to arts and culture organizations in North Carolina, $69M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in North Carolina?

$295M reached 731 arts and culture organizations in North Carolina, from 1,189 funders. 48% came from funders also based in North Carolina.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · North Carolina · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in North Carolina

$295M reached 731 arts and culture organizations in North Carolina, from 1,189 funders, with no single one dominating.

$295M

granted

731

organizations

48%

from in-state

The short version

1,189 funders gave $295M to 731 arts and culture organizations in North Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
48% of that came from funders also based in North Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in North Carolina is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $69M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is States Newsroom, at $64M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in North Carolina

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in North Carolina, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$69M 2Foundation for the Carolinas$33M 3Greater Charlotte Cultural Trust$11M 4Arts & Science Council$6M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$6M 6C D Spangler Foundation Inc$4M 7American Online Giving Foundation Inc$4M 8Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc$4M 9Dogwood Health Trust$4M 10The Pew Charitable Trusts$3M

Arts and culture organizations in North Carolina that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

721 other arts and culture organizations$160M

States Newsroom$64M Roof Above Inc$13M Discovery Place Inc$12M

How to find arts and culture funders in North Carolina

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Start with the funders already active in North Carolina
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in North Carolina are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Foundation for the Carolinas, Greater Charlotte Cultural Trust. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
52% of arts and culture money in North Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in North Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in North Carolina, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Foundation for the Carolinas, Greater Charlotte Cultural Trust. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Carolina from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in North Carolina?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to arts and culture organizations in North Carolina, $69M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in North Carolina?: $295M reached 731 arts and culture organizations in North Carolina, from 1,189 funders. 48% came from funders also based in North Carolina.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.