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

Start with the funders already giving to science in North Carolina, currently Johns Hopkins University, Gates Foundation, Laura and John Arnold Foundation. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Carolina from out of state.

How much grant money goes to science in North Carolina?

$319M reached 103 science organizations in North Carolina, from 474 funders. 16% 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 · Science

Who funds science in North Carolina

Most of it comes from outside North Carolina: only 16% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: Research Triangle Institute alone draws 61% of every science grant dollar in North Carolina.

$319M

granted

103

organizations

16%

from in-state

The short version

474 funders gave $319M to 103 science organizations in North Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
16% of that came from funders also based in North Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in North Carolina is Johns Hopkins University, at $60M.
The science organization drawing the most is Research Triangle Institute, at $196M.

Largest funders of science in North Carolina

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

1Johns Hopkins University$60M 2Gates Foundation$44M 3Laura and John Arnold Foundation$18M 4Foundation for the Carolinas$14M 5Jsi Research & Training Institute Inc$10M 6University of Pittsburgh$9M 7The Chicago Community Trust$7M 8Emory University$7M 9Trustees of Boston University$7M 10Nc State Investment Fund Inc$6M

Science organizations in North Carolina that draw the most

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

Research Triangle Institute$196M Discovery Place Inc$23M Duke University$22M

93 other science organizations$21M

Nc State Engineering Foundation Inc$18M

How to find science funders in North Carolina

1
Start with the funders already active in North Carolina
The funders giving the most to science in North Carolina are Johns Hopkins University, Gates Foundation, Laura and John Arnold Foundation. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
84% of science money in North Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in North Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to science in North Carolina, currently Johns Hopkins University, Gates Foundation, Laura and John Arnold Foundation. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Carolina from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in North Carolina?: Johns Hopkins University gives the most to science organizations in North Carolina, $60M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in North Carolina?: $319M reached 103 science organizations in North Carolina, from 474 funders. 16% 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.