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, The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation. 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?

$219M reached 195 environment organizations in North Carolina, from 923 funders. 44% 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 Urban Sustainability Directors Network leads, and the money reaches 195 groups. North Carolina's environment organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$219M

granted

195

organizations

44%

from in-state

The short version

923 funders gave $219M to 195 environment organizations in North Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
44% 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 $65M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Urban Sustainability Directors Network, at $17M.

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$65M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$8M 3The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation$5M 4United States Energy Foundation$5M 5Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$5M 6National Philanthropic Trust$5M 7League of Conservation Voters Education$4M 8American Online Giving Foundation Inc$4M 9Dogwood Health Trust$4M 10New Venture Fund$4M

Environment organizations in North Carolina that draw the most

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

185 other environment organizations$122M

Urban Sustainability Directors Network$17M North Carolina League of Conservation$17M Appalachian Voices$9M Civilization Research Initiative$7M Triangle Land Conservancy Inc$7M

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, The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation. 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
56% 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, The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation. 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, $65M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in North Carolina?: $219M reached 195 environment organizations in North Carolina, from 923 funders. 44% 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.