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, Anc Healthcare Inc, Foundation for the Carolinas. 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, $4.2B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to health in North Carolina?

$7.6B reached 1,919 health organizations in North Carolina, from 4,863 funders. 80% 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 57% of every health grant dollar in North Carolina. One funder dominates the giving, Gothic Hsp Corporation, at 55% of the total.

$7.6B

granted

1,919

organizations

80%

from in-state

The short version

4,863 funders gave $7.6B to 1,919 health organizations in North Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
80% 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 $4.2B.
The health organization drawing the most is Duke University Health System Inc, at $4.3B.

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$4.2B 2Anc Healthcare Inc$324M 3Foundation for the Carolinas$190M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$133M 5Novant Health Inc$122M 6The Duke Endowment$119M 7Don'T Ever Give Up Inc$115M 8Dogwood Health Trust$72M 9Presbyterian Hospital Foundation$63M 10The Foundation of Firsthealth Inc$44M

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$4.3B

1,909 other health organizations$2.0B

How to find health funders in North Carolina

1
Start with the funders already active in North Carolina
The funders giving the most to health in North Carolina are Gothic Hsp Corporation, Anc Healthcare Inc, Foundation for the Carolinas. 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
20% 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, Anc Healthcare Inc, Foundation for the Carolinas. 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, $4.2B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to health in North Carolina?: $7.6B reached 1,919 health organizations in North Carolina, from 4,863 funders. 80% 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.