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

Start with the funders already giving to health in North Carolina, currently Gothic Hsp Corporation, The Duke Endowment, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Carolina from out of state.

Who is the largest health funder in North Carolina?

Gothic Hsp Corporation gives the most to health organizations in North Carolina, $825M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to health in North Carolina?

$1.4B reached 413 health organizations in North Carolina, from 1,178 funders. 85% 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 · Health

Who funds health in North Carolina

Funding is concentrated: Duke University Health System Inc alone draws 63% of every health grant dollar in North Carolina. One funder dominates the giving, Gothic Hsp Corporation, at 60% of the total.

$1.4B

granted

413

organizations

85%

from in-state

The short version

1,178 funders gave $1.4B to 413 health organizations in North Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
85% of that came from funders also based in North Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of health in North Carolina is Gothic Hsp Corporation, at $825M.
The health organization drawing the most is Duke University Health System Inc, at $876M.

Largest funders of health in North Carolina

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

1Gothic Hsp Corporation$825M 2The Duke Endowment$54M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$49M 4The Foundation of Firsthealth Inc$28M 5Foundation for the Carolinas$27M 6Dogwood Health Trust$23M 7Gates Foundation$17M 8Presbyterian Hospital Foundation$15M 9North Carolina Association of Free$14M 10Nc State Investment Fund Inc$13M

Health organizations in North Carolina that draw the most

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

Duke University Health System Inc$876M

403 other health organizations$253M

Atrium Health Foundation$76M Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc$58M

How to find health funders in North Carolina

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Start with the funders already active in North Carolina
The funders giving the most to health in North Carolina are Gothic Hsp Corporation, The Duke Endowment, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the health 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
15% of health money in North Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in North Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to health in North Carolina, currently Gothic Hsp Corporation, The Duke Endowment, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Carolina from out of state.
Who is the largest health funder in North Carolina?: Gothic Hsp Corporation gives the most to health organizations in North Carolina, $825M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to health in North Carolina?: $1.4B reached 413 health organizations in North Carolina, from 1,178 funders. 85% 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.