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

Start with the funders already giving to human services in North Carolina, currently The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Foundation for the Carolinas. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Carolina from out of state.

Who is the largest human services funder in North Carolina?

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc gives the most to human services organizations in North Carolina, $222M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to human services in North Carolina?

$1.8B reached 1,683 human services organizations in North Carolina, from 3,358 funders. 69% 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 · Human services

Who funds human services in North Carolina

Human services funding in North Carolina is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Family Childcare & Center Enrichment Foundation Inc leads, and the money reaches 1,683 groups.

$1.8B

granted

1,683

organizations

69%

from in-state

The short version

3,358 funders gave $1.8B to 1,683 human services organizations in North Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
69% of that came from funders also based in North Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of human services in North Carolina is The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, at $222M.
The human services organization drawing the most is Family Childcare & Center Enrichment Foundation Inc, at $216M.

Largest funders of human services in North Carolina

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

1The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc$222M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$88M 3Foundation for the Carolinas$84M 4Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge$46M 5North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc$34M 6Children's Hope Alliance Foundation$33M 7Dogwood Health Trust$32M 8National Philanthropic Trust$32M 9United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc$30M 10The Winston-Salem Foundation$26M

Human services organizations in North Carolina that draw the most

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

1,673 other human services organizations$1.3B

Family Childcare & Center Enrichment Foundation Inc$216M

How to find human services funders in North Carolina

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Start with the funders already active in North Carolina
The funders giving the most to human services in North Carolina are The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Foundation for the Carolinas. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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
31% of human services money in North Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in North Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to human services in North Carolina, currently The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Foundation for the Carolinas. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Carolina from out of state.
Who is the largest human services funder in North Carolina?: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc gives the most to human services organizations in North Carolina, $222M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to human services in North Carolina?: $1.8B reached 1,683 human services organizations in North Carolina, from 3,358 funders. 69% 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.