How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in North Carolina?

Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in North Carolina, currently Feeding America, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture 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 food and agriculture in North Carolina?

$112M reached 183 food and agriculture organizations in North Carolina, from 908 funders. 39% 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 · Food and agriculture

Who funds food and agriculture in North Carolina

North Carolina's food and agriculture organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$112M

granted

183

organizations

39%

from in-state

The short version

908 funders gave $112M to 183 food and agriculture organizations in North Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
39% of that came from funders also based in North Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of food and agriculture in North Carolina is Feeding America, at $20M.
The food and agriculture organization drawing the most is Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc, at $25M.

Largest funders of food and agriculture in North Carolina

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

1Feeding America$20M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$8M 3American Online Giving Foundation Inc$7M 4Dogwood Health Trust$6M 5Impact Health$4M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$3M 7The Blackbaud Giving Fund$2M 8David and Nicole Tepper Charitable$2M 9The Community Foundation$2M 10The Cannon Foundation Inc$2M

Food and agriculture organizations in North Carolina that draw the most

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

173 other food and agriculture organizations$37M

Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc$25M Manna Food Bank Inc$14M Second Harvest Food Bank of$12M Second Harvest Food Bank$11M

How to find food and agriculture funders in North Carolina

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Start with the funders already active in North Carolina
The funders giving the most to food and agriculture in North Carolina are Feeding America, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. A funder already writing food and agriculture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the food and agriculture 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
61% of food and agriculture money in North Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national food and agriculture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in North Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in North Carolina, currently Feeding America, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Carolina from out of state.
Who is the largest food and agriculture funder in North Carolina?: Feeding America gives the most to food and agriculture organizations in North Carolina, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in North Carolina?: $112M reached 183 food and agriculture organizations in North Carolina, from 908 funders. 39% 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.