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

Start with the funders already giving to mental health in North Carolina, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Dogwood Health Trust. Then look at who funds the mental 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 mental health funder in North Carolina?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to mental health organizations in North Carolina, $8M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to mental health in North Carolina?

$104M reached 215 mental health organizations in North Carolina, from 644 funders. 54% 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 · Mental health

Who funds mental health in North Carolina

$104M reached 215 mental health organizations in North Carolina, from 644 funders, with no single one dominating.

$104M

granted

215

organizations

54%

from in-state

The short version

644 funders gave $104M to 215 mental health organizations in North Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
54% of that came from funders also based in North Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of mental health in North Carolina is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $8M.
The mental health organization drawing the most is Charlotte Rescue Mission, at $15M.

Largest funders of mental health in North Carolina

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$8M 2Paypal Charitable Giving Fund$5M 3Dogwood Health Trust$5M 4The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$5M 5Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$4M 6Catawba County Partnership for Children$4M 7American Online Giving Foundation Inc$3M 8Foundation for the Carolinas$3M 9Nucor Charitable Foundation$3M 10The Winston-Salem Foundation$3M

Mental health organizations in North Carolina that draw the most

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

205 other mental health organizations$36M

Charlotte Rescue Mission$15M Crossnore Communities for Children$15M Stop Soldier Suicide Inc$10M Haven at Blue Creek Inc$4M

How to find mental health funders in North Carolina

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Start with the funders already active in North Carolina
The funders giving the most to mental health in North Carolina are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Dogwood Health Trust. A funder already writing mental health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the mental 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
46% of mental health money in North Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national mental health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a mental health nonprofit in North Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to mental health in North Carolina, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Dogwood Health Trust. Then look at who funds the mental 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 mental health funder in North Carolina?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to mental health organizations in North Carolina, $8M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to mental health in North Carolina?: $104M reached 215 mental health organizations in North Carolina, from 644 funders. 54% 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.