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

Start with the funders already giving to environment in North Carolina, currently Foundation for the Carolinas, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Windward Fund. Then look at who funds the environment 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 environment in North Carolina?

$723M reached 527 environment organizations in North Carolina, from 1,686 funders. 51% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in North Carolina

Environment funding in North Carolina is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy leads, and the money reaches 527 groups. One funder dominates the giving, Foundation for the Carolinas, at 34% of the total.

$723M

granted

527

organizations

51%

from in-state

The short version

1,686 funders gave $723M to 527 environment organizations in North Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
51% of that came from funders also based in North Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in North Carolina is Foundation for the Carolinas, at $247M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, at $51M.

Largest funders of environment in North Carolina

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

1Foundation for the Carolinas$247M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$20M 3Windward Fund$16M 4National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$14M 5United States Energy Foundation$14M 6New Venture Fund$13M 7Triangle Community Foundation Inc$11M 8The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc$11M 9Conservation Trust for North Carolina$11M 10Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research$10M

Environment organizations in North Carolina that draw the most

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

517 other environment organizations$434M

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy$51M North Carolina League of Conservation Voters Foundation$49M Urban Sustainability Directors Network$36M Soil Health Institute$33M

How to find environment funders in North Carolina

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Start with the funders already active in North Carolina
The funders giving the most to environment in North Carolina are Foundation for the Carolinas, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Windward Fund. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
49% of environment money in North Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in North Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in North Carolina, currently Foundation for the Carolinas, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Windward Fund. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Carolina from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in North Carolina?: Foundation for the Carolinas gives the most to environment organizations in North Carolina, $247M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in North Carolina?: $723M reached 527 environment organizations in North Carolina, from 1,686 funders. 51% 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 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.