Foundations that fund organizations in Raleigh, North Carolina
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Raleigh nonprofits
1,381 private foundations gave $185M to Raleigh organizations in their latest filings; 38 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
4,245 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Raleigh around $150K. 59 of these funders are based in North Carolina; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 1,381
- Accept applications
- 38
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Raleigh
- $185M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 4,245
- Typical median grant
- $150K
- Based in NC
- 59%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Raleigh organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Duke Endowment | Charlotte, NC | 20 | $10M | $319K | Yes | To provide immediate relief in western north carolina in th…; To support an implementation pilot of safe babies court.; To establish the carolinas health innovation institute. |
| Bill & Peggy Britt Foundation Inc | Chapel Hill, NC | 2 | $7.0M | $3.5M | Preselected only | Care & adoption of pets; Religious |
| John William Pope Foundation | Raleigh, NC | 98 | $6.9M | $25K | Yes | Unrestricted grant; Restricted - hurricane helene relief in nc; Restricted - wake and vance county clients |
| The Goodnight Educational Foundation | Cary, NC | 16 | $6.8M | $50K | Preselected only | Charitable; Charitablw |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 6 | $6.6M | $507K | Yes | K-12 education; Early learning; Postsecondary education |
| The Leon Levine Foundation | Charlotte, NC | 40 | $6.1M | $83K | Yes | General Support; Capital Campaign; King's Ridge |
| Anonymous Trust U/A Dated 2-4-2008 | Raleigh, NC | 26 | $6.0M | $73K | Yes | Grant for general operating support; Challenge grant for general operating support; Challenge grant for coastal dynamics designs lab |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | Winstonsalem, NC | 56 | $5.4M | $70K | Preselected only | For general operating support; For general operating support of its north carolina work on…; Ipa project |
| The Kraft Heinz Company Foundation | Chicago, IL | 2 | $5.1M | $2.6M | Preselected only | Support general operations |
| Rb Terry Charitable Foundation Inc | High Point, NC | 1 | $4.5M | $4.5M | Preselected only | Unrestricted support to promote educational activities in t… |
| Dogwood Health Trust | Asheville, NC | 27 | $3.8M | $125K | Yes | General operating support for advocacy efforts.; Technical assistance and capital access for entrepreneurs; Education journalism covering pre-k to k-12 in wnc and qual… |
| Pmh Legacy | Roxboro, NC | 1 | $3.5M | $3.5M | Preselected only | Support foundation mission |
| State Employees Credit Union Foundation | Raleigh, NC | 13 | $3.4M | $105K | Yes | Capacity building program; Capital grant; Programmatic grant |
| Luddy Charitable Foundation | Raleigh, NC | 1 | $3.0M | $3.0M | Preselected only | General mission |
| The Robert P Holding Foundation Inc | Smithfield, NC | 17 | $2.8M | $25K | Preselected only | General support |
| John M Belk Endowment | Charlotte, NC | 4 | $2.7M | $685K | Preselected only | General Operating Support; General operating support |
| R J Samulski Innovation Foundation Inc | Chicago, IL | 2 | $2.6M | $1.3M | Preselected only | Roberts and mikhail distinguished chair in plant genome edi… |
| David and Nicole Tepper Charitable Foundation | Short Hills, NJ | 2 | $2.5M | $1.2M | Preselected only | General support |
| Gipson Family Foundation | Raleigh, NC | 31 | $2.0M | $23K | Yes | General activities; General activies; General activites |
| Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Incorporated | Winstonsalem, NC | 6 | $2.0M | $289K | Yes | General operating/regranting; General operating |
| John Rex Endowment | Raleigh, NC | 36 | $1.9M | $25K | Preselected only | Small grassroots organizational development grant; Stipend partners in capacity building and impact rfp 2024 -…; The kaleidoscope project expansion ii |
| The William R Kenan Jr Fund for Engineering Technology and Science | Chapel Hill, NC | 1 | $1.9M | $1.9M | Preselected only | Support for the kenan institute for eng., tech., and science |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | 1 | $1.8M | $1.8M | Preselected only | To support general operations. |
| Good Ventures Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 2 | $1.8M | $891K | Preselected only | Development of benchmark related to large language model ag…; Farm animal welfare |
| Catawba Indian Nation Foundation Inc | Shelby, NC | 1 | $1.7M | $1.7M | Yes | Per nc compact |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $1.5M | $738K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Andrew L Clark Foundation | Garner, NC | 3 | $1.4M | $30K | Preselected only | Protect Wake County historic resources; Children's Christian Camp; Community Campaign to construct educational facility |
| The Yeargan Foundation Charitable Trust | Garner, NC | 3 | $1.3M | $325K | Preselected only | Hospice and Palliative Care, Bereavement Services; Courage to Confront Crisis Campaign |
| Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation Inc | Greenville, NC | 32 | $1.2M | $7,929 | Preselected only | Fund drive; Community support; Annual funding |
| Catena Foundation | Carbondale, CO | 1 | $1.1M | $1.1M | Preselected only | Community engagement |
| O Temple Sloan Jr Foundation | Raleigh, NC | 38 | $1.1M | $11K | Yes | General operation expenses |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 18 | $1.1M | $38K | Preselected only | Vivid Digital Classroom; RUSH REQUEST - DISASTER GRANT Hurricane Chantal - SB Develo…; 15 Summit Ave - Veteran Housing |
| Coastal Credit Union Foundation | Raleigh, NC | 1 | $1.1M | $1.1M | Yes | Community support |
| Pan-Educational Services Inc | Apex, NC | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | Ministry and Education to Chinese and other Christian commu… |
| D Michael Warner-Elizabeth Craven Foundation Trust | Chapel Hill, NC | 2 | $974K | $487K | Yes | To provide support |
| Childtrust Foundation | Raleigh, NC | 16 | $965K | $45K | Preselected only | To provide families with the tools to be successful; To prepare young people to make ethical choices by teaching…; Designed solely for youth development purposes. |
| A E Finley Foundation Inc | Raleigh, NC | 35 | $928K | $5,000 | Preselected only | Operating support; Facility maintenance; Facility maintenance and financial aid |
| The Angel Family Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $925K | $925K | Preselected only | General support |
| Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc | Little Rock, AR | 3 | $923K | $300K | Preselected only | Art education improvement |
| Skyline Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 4 | $900K | $200K | Preselected only | General support |
| Turrentine Jw Mem Ed Fdn - Tuw | St Louis, MO | 1 | $875K | $875K | Preselected only | General operating |
| W Trent Ragland Jr Foundation | High Point, NC | 45 | $870K | $10K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Mann Foundation Inc | Raleigh, NC | 7 | $800K | $10K | Yes | Charitable |
| Fidelity Foundation | Boston, MA | 132 | $788K | $150 | Yes | Fidelity matching gifts to education; Specialized equipment; Program pilot |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 2 | $755K | $378K | Yes | For general operating support; For support of the dudley flood center for educational equi… |
| The Cannon Foundation Inc | Concord, NC | 11 | $755K | $55K | Yes | Sylva office renovation; Marbles kids museum expansion; Capital improvement and training equipment: ethos raleigh |
| The Joanne W Gauntt Foundation Dated | Chicago, IL | 1 | $700K | $700K | Preselected only | General support |
| Merancas Foundation Inc | Charlotte, NC | 3 | $675K | $150K | Yes | Living without limits-supportive hou; Eviction diversion as housing justic; Charlotte reproductive and sexual he |
| Seby B Jones Family Foundation | Raleigh, NC | 34 | $673K | $9,250 | Yes | Community support; General support; Medical |
| C3 Foundation Inc | Raleigh, NC | 4 | $658K | $154K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Jerry & Marilyn Cook Foundation Inc | Wrightsville Beach, NC | 6 | $628K | $500 | Preselected only | Financial support |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 6 | $622K | $15K | Yes | Matching gifts; 82509 cultivating a new generation of black worker leaders…; 82105 general operating support for the north carolina clea… |
| Wk Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | 13 | $611K | $1,320 | Yes | Matching Grant; Early Care and Education; Promise of an Equitable Future |
| Democracy Fund Inc | Washington, DC | 2 | $600K | $300K | Preselected only | General support; Program support to bring new funding to nonpartisan civic e… |
| The W Duke Kimbrell Family Foundation Co Julia B Singh | Gastonia, NC | 1 | $600K | $600K | Preselected only | To advance textile industry education through wilson colleg… |
| North Carolina Gsk Foundation Inc | Durham, NC | 3 | $586K | $140K | Yes | Charitable |
| Publix Super Markets Charities Inc | Lakeland, FL | 25 | $581K | $5,000 | Yes | Organization's charitable purpose |
| Townebank Foundation | Suffolk, VA | 13 | $580K | $50K | Yes | Gen. charitable |
| Mead Family Foundation C/O Intentional Philanthropy LLC | Bethesda, MD | 5 | $568K | $90K | Yes | Poe center capital/operating proposal; General operating support; Scaling for growth |
| C D Spangler Foundation Inc | Charlotte, NC | 3 | $550K | $250K | Preselected only | To assist in educational opportunities; Program support |
| The Wallace Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $550K | $550K | Preselected only | To develop a tool to help equitably recruit and prepare tea… |
| The Zelnak Private Foundation | Raleigh, NC | 4 | $540K | $80K | Preselected only | Charitable general support |
| Bill & Agnes Monk Family Foundation | Greenville, NC | 3 | $533K | $167K | Preselected only | Various programs |
| Maynard Family Foundation | Raleigh, NC | 2 | $508K | $254K | Preselected only | Provide meaningful camp experiences for military children; General support |
| Wallace H Coulter Trust | Sebastian, FL | 2 | $501K | $250K | Preselected only | General Support |
| Clay Foundation - East | Raleigh, NC | 17 | $500K | $25K | Preselected only | Charitable purposes; Charity; Housing |
| Williams Family Private Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | General & unrestricted |
| The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| The Schooner Foundation C/O Schooner Capital LLC | Boston, MA | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | Strategic Victory Fund |
| The Laura Ellen & Robert Muglia Family Foundation | Pennington, NJ | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | Year 2 of 2 Year Commitment |
| Bryan Foundation Inc Co FIRST Citizens | Raleigh, NC | 4 | $490K | $70K | Yes | Scholarships for students; Scholarships for north; Endowment funds for |
| R a Bryan Foundation Inc | Goldsboro, NC | 10 | $477K | $7,500 | Preselected only | Human services; Education; Health care |
| The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 3 | $470K | $110K | Preselected only | Bridge loan program pre-development; General operating support; Fuel cost sharing in north carolina |
| Laughing Gull Foundation | Durham, NC | 9 | $465K | $50K | Preselected only | General operating support; Rapid response funding for conv; Cbf for ramp in renovation |
| Carlyle Adams Foundation | Raleigh, NC | 15 | $441K | $15K | Preselected only | Operating support; Operationg support |
| William C Ethridge Foundation Inc | Raleigh, NC | 40 | $439K | $5,000 | Yes | To fund operational expenses; Capital Gifts/Special Programs; To fund operating expenses |
| Truist Foundation Inc | Orlando, FL | 9 | $416K | $60K | Yes | Building career pathways to; Thriving communities; Presidential honors |
| Ella Ann L and Frank B Holding Foundatio | Smithfield, NC | 29 | $408K | $5,000 | Preselected only | General support; General supprot |
| The Teagle Foundation | New York, NY | 3 | $400K | $175K | Preselected only | Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts initiative; Disaster relief; Cornerstone: Learning for Living initiative |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | New York, NY | 1 | $400K | $400K | Yes | As a final grant to conduct reviews of high school and elem… |
| Duke Energy Foundation | Charlotte, NC | 1 | $390K | $390K | Yes | Public assistance stlf |
| Enoch Trust | Dallas, TX | 1 | $389K | $389K | Preselected only | Charitable contribution |
| Park Foundation Inc | Ithaca, NY | 3 | $370K | $150K | Yes | General operating support |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 9 | $369K | $8,400 | Preselected only | Collaborations in applied analysis; Generalizations of symmetric polynomials and their combinat…; Pde-principled data-driven learning framework for droplet d… |
| Advance Auto Parts Foundation Fka the Advance Cares Foundation | Raleigh, NC | 5 | $357K | $80K | Preselected only | Rx assist & mobile health unit; Community Connection; Scholarships & Community Connection |
| Wal-Mart Foundation | Bentonville, AR | 1 | $350K | $350K | Yes | Waste |
| The Kresge Foundation | Troy, MI | 1 | $350K | $350K | Yes | Project support grant to address the economic gap facing wo… |
| C Hamilton Sloan Foundation | Raleigh, NC | 25 | $349K | $10K | Yes | Charity; Arts; Educational |
| Jacques M Littlefield Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 3 | $338K | $100K | Preselected only | Voter engagement |
| Barnhill Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 15 | $334K | $15K | Preselected only | Fox Road Basketball Courts; Great Futures; B.E.S.T. - Behavioral & Emotional Support Team |
| The Yardi Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | 3 | $320K | $80K | Preselected only | Support for education. |
| Nc Idea | Durham, NC | 23 | $318K | $10K | Yes | Micro grants; Seed grants; Engage grants |
| The Dickson Foundation Inc | Charlotte, NC | 12 | $318K | $2,500 | Yes | General support |
| Bell Koonce Burnette Foundation | Raleigh, NC | 31 | $311K | $1,000 | Preselected only | General support; Capital campaign; Endowments |
| Jimmy Woodard Garrell Foundation | Whiteville, NC | 1 | $300K | $300K | Yes | Religion |
| The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $300K | $300K | Preselected only | Understanding what processes are responsible for the format… |
| Summer Rest Foundation | Raleigh, NC | 7 | $298K | $33K | Preselected only | General support; Religious; The danny lotz scholarship fund |
| Evernham Family - Racing for a Reason | Mooresville, NC | 1 | $297K | $297K | Preselected only | Contribution |
| Puffin Foundation West Ltd C/O Judith Kitrick | Raleigh, NC | 4 | $290K | $38K | Yes | Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt pur… |
| The Phil & Gerry Rominger Foundatio | Efland, NC | 1 | $281K | $281K | Preselected only | Organization support funding |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Raleigh, North Carolina?
The Duke Endowment, Bill & Peggy Britt Foundation Inc, John William Pope Foundation, The Goodnight Educational Foundation, Gates Foundation and 95 others reported grants to Raleigh organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Raleigh. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.