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

Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in North Carolina, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, John William Pope Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Carolina from out of state.

Who is the largest public benefit funder in North Carolina?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to public benefit organizations in North Carolina, $33M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to public benefit in North Carolina?

$419M reached 284 public benefit organizations in North Carolina, from 750 funders. 38% 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 · Public benefit

Who funds public benefit in North Carolina

Public benefit funding in North Carolina is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Southern Vision Alliance leads, and the money reaches 284 groups.

$419M

granted

284

organizations

38%

from in-state

The short version

750 funders gave $419M to 284 public benefit organizations in North Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
38% of that came from funders also based in North Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of public benefit in North Carolina is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $33M.
The public benefit organization drawing the most is Southern Vision Alliance, at $47M.

Largest funders of public benefit in North Carolina

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$33M 2John William Pope Foundation$26M 3Foundation for the Carolinas$26M 4Imagine North Carolina First$21M 5Voter Registration Project$14M 6Strategic Victory Fund$13M 7Tides Foundation$10M 8Open Society Action Fund Inc$10M 9America Votes$10M 10National Education Association of the United States$9M

Public benefit organizations in North Carolina that draw the most

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

274 other public benefit organizations$140M

Southern Vision Alliance$47M Imagine North Carolina First$44M Blueprint North Carolina$40M State Leadership Project$34M State Engagement Fund$29M The John Locke Foundation Inc$28M Democracy North Carolina$21M

How to find public benefit funders in North Carolina

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Start with the funders already active in North Carolina
The funders giving the most to public benefit in North Carolina are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, John William Pope Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas. A funder already writing public benefit checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the public benefit 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
62% of public benefit money in North Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national public benefit funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in North Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in North Carolina, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, John William Pope Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Carolina from out of state.
Who is the largest public benefit funder in North Carolina?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to public benefit organizations in North Carolina, $33M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to public benefit in North Carolina?: $419M reached 284 public benefit organizations in North Carolina, from 750 funders. 38% 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.

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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.