How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in North Carolina?

Start with the funders already giving to community development in North Carolina, currently Foundation for the Carolinas, Love Thy Neighbor Too, Dogwood Health Trust. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Carolina from out of state.

How much grant money goes to community development in North Carolina?

$171M reached 341 community development organizations in North Carolina, from 581 funders. 64% 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 · Community development

Who funds community development in North Carolina

Community development funding in North Carolina is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Fftc Partners for Empowering Communities leads, and the money reaches 341 groups.

$171M

granted

341

organizations

64%

from in-state

The short version

581 funders gave $171M to 341 community development organizations in North Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
64% of that came from funders also based in North Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of community development in North Carolina is Foundation for the Carolinas, at $25M.
The community development organization drawing the most is Fftc Partners for Empowering Communities, at $19M.

Largest funders of community development in North Carolina

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

1Foundation for the Carolinas$25M 2Love Thy Neighbor Too$16M 3Dogwood Health Trust$13M 4The Joseph M Bryan Foundation$9M 5Center for Community Self-Help$8M 6The Golden LEAF Inc$6M 7Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$3M 8Samaritan's Purse$3M 9Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 10The Winston-Salem Foundation$3M

Community development organizations in North Carolina that draw the most

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

331 other community development organizations$84M

Fftc Partners for Empowering Communities$19M Self-Help Ventures Fund$16M Faith Driven Movements$16M Greensboro-Randolph Megasite Foundation$8M

How to find community development funders in North Carolina

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Start with the funders already active in North Carolina
The funders giving the most to community development in North Carolina are Foundation for the Carolinas, Love Thy Neighbor Too, Dogwood Health Trust. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the community development 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
36% of community development money in North Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national community development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in North Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to community development in North Carolina, currently Foundation for the Carolinas, Love Thy Neighbor Too, Dogwood Health Trust. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Carolina from out of state.
Who is the largest community development funder in North Carolina?: Foundation for the Carolinas gives the most to community development organizations in North Carolina, $25M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in North Carolina?: $171M reached 341 community development organizations in North Carolina, from 581 funders. 64% 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.

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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.