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Who funds community development in North Carolina

$903M reached 910 community development organizations in North Carolina, from 1,203 funders, with no single one dominating.

$903M
granted
910
organizations
58%
from in-state

The short version

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.

1The Golden Leaf Inc$216M2National Philanthropic Trust$188M3Foundation for the Carolinas$40M4The Winston-Salem Foundation$34M5Dogwood Health Trust$30M6Truist Foundation Inc$22M7Anc Healthcare Inc$20M8Latino Community Development Center$15M9Center for Community Self-Help$12M10The Joseph M Bryan Foundation$10M

Community development organizations in North Carolina that draw the most

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

900 other community development organizations$392M
Rural Economic Development Center Inc$168MSelf-Help Ventures Fund$127MLatino Community Development Center$77MMountain Bizcapital Inc$64M

How to find community development funders in North Carolina

  1. 1
    Start with the funders already active in North Carolina

    The funders giving the most to community development in North Carolina are The Golden Leaf Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, Foundation for the Carolinas. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.

  2. 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. 3
    Add the out-of-state funders reaching in

    42% 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 The Golden Leaf Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, Foundation for the Carolinas. 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?
The Golden Leaf Inc gives the most to community development organizations in North Carolina, $216M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in North Carolina?
$903M reached 910 community development organizations in North Carolina, from 1,203 funders. 58% 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 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 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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.