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Grant Funders in Chapel Hill, NC

Bespoke Grants indexes 50 grant-making foundations headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina — together $283.8M in recent annual giving. Their giving most often supports higher education, arts & culture, food & agriculture and health care. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Chapel Hill nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

50
Foundations in Chapel Hill
$283.8M
Combined annual giving
40
Listed below
NC
State

Foundations headquartered in Chapel Hill

Ranked by annual giving. Each links to a full profile — giving history, grant recipients, focus areas, and how to apply.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1The Educational Foundation Inc$28.4M2024
2The Kenan-flagler Business School$24.4M2025
3Child Care Services Association$23.9M2025
4Unc Health Foundation Inc$23.8M2025
5The University of Nc at Chapel Hill$20.3M2025
6National College Advising Corps Inc$16.7M2024
7The University of North Carolina$16.6M2023
8The University of North Carolina at$15.6M2019
9The School of Social Work Foundation$14.2M2018
10The Morehead-cain Foundation$13.8M2024
11Educational Foundation$11.7M2024
12The University of North Carolina at$7.0M2025
13Bridge to Turkiye$7.0M2023
14Unc Management Company Inc$6.0M2022
15Ipas$4.4M2023
16University of North Carolina at Chapel$4.3M2017
17The School of Government$4.0M2024
18The William R Kenan Jr Fund$3.6M2025
19Bill & Peggy Britt Foundation Inc$3.0M2024
20Unc Law Foundation Inc$2.6M2024
21Morehead-cain Scholarship Fund$2.5M2025
22Dental Foundation of North Carolina Inc$2.4M2025
23Unc Eshelman School of Pharmacy$2.2M2025
24American Board of Pediatrics Inc$1.8M2024
25Randleigh Foundation$1.8M2025
26School of Journalism and Mass$1.6M2024
27Carlson Family Foundation Inc$1.3M2024
28The William R Kenan Jr Fund for Arts$1.3M2025
29Bryson Foundation Limited$1.2M2024
30Botanical Garden Foundation Inc$1.1M2023
31The William R Kenan Jr Fund for$1.1M2025
32The Chapel Hill Residential Retirement$1.1M2024
33The Corda Foundation$1.0M2025
34North Carolina High School Athletic$964K2024
35Kohn Charitable Trust$930K2024
36The William R Kenan Jr Fund for Ethics$840K2025
37Beta Chapter of Pdt Inc$820K2023
38States Newsroom$785K2022
39The Hesburgh-yusko Scholars Foundation$750K2024
40Pan-american Catholic Health Care$739K2024

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a Chapel Hill, NC address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund Chapel Hill nonprofits; the free funder match accounts for both.