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

Start with the funders already giving to social science in North Carolina, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Board for Certified, Foundation for the Carolinas. Then look at who funds the social 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 social science funder in North Carolina?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to social science organizations in North Carolina, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to social science in North Carolina?

$24M reached 10 social science organizations in North Carolina, from 58 funders. 40% 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 · Social science

Who funds social science in North Carolina

Funding is concentrated: Imagine North Carolina First alone draws 73% of every social science grant dollar in North Carolina. North Carolina's social science organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 6 funders each.

$24M

granted

organizations

40%

from in-state

The short version

58 funders gave $24M to 10 social science organizations in North Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
40% of that came from funders also based in North Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of social science in North Carolina is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $6M.
The social science organization drawing the most is Imagine North Carolina First, at $17M.

Largest funders of social science in North Carolina

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$6M 2National Board for Certified$4M 3Foundation for the Carolinas$4M 4Telescope Fund$1M 5Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc$950k 6Tides Foundation$940k 7The Ford Foundation$650k 8Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$483k 9The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund$370k 10Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$369k

Social science organizations in North Carolina that draw the most

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

Imagine North Carolina First$17M Nbcc Foundation Inc$4M Institute for Southern Studies Inc$1M

How to find social science funders in North Carolina

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Start with the funders already active in North Carolina
The funders giving the most to social science in North Carolina are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Board for Certified, Foundation for the Carolinas. A funder already writing social science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the social 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
60% of social science money in North Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national social science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a social science nonprofit in North Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to social science in North Carolina, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Board for Certified, Foundation for the Carolinas. Then look at who funds the social 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 social science funder in North Carolina?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to social science organizations in North Carolina, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to social science in North Carolina?: $24M reached 10 social science organizations in North Carolina, from 58 funders. 40% 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.