How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in North Carolina?

Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in North Carolina, currently Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Legal Services Corporation, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy. Then look at who funds the crime and legal 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 crime and legal in North Carolina?

$627M reached 325 crime and legal organizations in North Carolina, from 919 funders. 25% 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 · Crime and legal

Who funds crime and legal in North Carolina

Most of it comes from outside North Carolina: only 25% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$627M

granted

325

organizations

25%

from in-state

The short version

919 funders gave $627M to 325 crime and legal organizations in North Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
25% of that came from funders also based in North Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of crime and legal in North Carolina is Silicon Valley Community Foundation, at $133M.
The crime and legal organization drawing the most is The Just Trust for Education, at $154M.

Largest funders of crime and legal in North Carolina

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

1Silicon Valley Community Foundation$133M 2Legal Services Corporation$109M 3Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy$85M 4Children's Advocacy Centers of North Carolina Inc$26M 5Sandler Foundation$24M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$14M 7Dogwood Health Trust$14M 8Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc$11M 9New Venture Fund$11M 10Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation$10M

Crime and legal organizations in North Carolina that draw the most

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

The Just Trust for Education$154M

315 other crime and legal organizations$141M

Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc$124M The Just Trust for Action$84M Center for Responsible Lending$46M

How to find crime and legal funders in North Carolina

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Start with the funders already active in North Carolina
The funders giving the most to crime and legal in North Carolina are Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Legal Services Corporation, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy. A funder already writing crime and legal checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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See who funds organizations like yours
Open the crime and legal 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
75% of crime and legal money in North Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national crime and legal funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in North Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in North Carolina, currently Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Legal Services Corporation, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Carolina from out of state.
Who is the largest crime and legal funder in North Carolina?: Silicon Valley Community Foundation gives the most to crime and legal organizations in North Carolina, $133M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to crime and legal in North Carolina?: $627M reached 325 crime and legal organizations in North Carolina, from 919 funders. 25% 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.