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Grant Funders in Charlotte, NC

Bespoke Grants indexes 118 grant-making foundations headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina — together $1.56B in indexed annual giving. Their giving most often supports higher education, health care, education and arts & culture. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Charlotte nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

118
Foundations in Charlotte
$1.56B
Indexed annual giving
40
Listed below
NC
State

Foundations headquartered in Charlotte

Ranked by giving in available IRS summaries. Filings may cover different years; these totals are not a current-year funding pool. Each links to a public overview and up to three sample grants. Full grant history and research tools require All access at $19/month.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1Foundation for the Carolinas$427.6M2024
2The Bank of America Charitable$309.1M2024
3The Duke Endowment$171.7M2024
4Second Harvest Food Bank of$86.1M2024
5E4e Relief LLC$71.4M2024
6Atrium Health Foundation$41.2M2024
7Duke Energy Foundation$33.0M2024
8Tiaa Charitable Inc$31.8M2021
9The Leon Levine Foundation$25.2M2024
10United Way of Central Carolinas Inc$24.5M2024
11C D Spangler Foundation Inc$18.1M2024
122040 Foundation Inc$17.3M2024
13Community Investments Foundation$17.3M2024
14Mecklenburg Partnership for Children$16.2M2025
15John M Belk Endowment$15.7M2024
16Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish$14.0M2024
17Greater Charlotte Cultural Trust$13.7M2023
18Samaritan's Feet International$13.0M2024
19Queens University of Charlotte Endowment$11.3M2024
20Foundation of the University of$11.1M2024
21Arts & Science Council$11.0M2024
22Harborpath Inc$9.8M2024
23The Ezrah Charitable Trust$9.6M2024
24Merancas Foundation Inc$8.8M2024
25Skeebo Foundation$7.3M2024
26The Gambrell Foundation$6.4M2024
27Fftc Partners for Empowering Communities$5.8M2024
28Albemarle Foundation$5.7M2024
29Burnett Charitable Trust$5.6M2017
30Central Piedmont Community College$4.0M2023
31Dowd Foundation Inc$4.0M2024
32The Weatherspoon Foundation$3.8M2024
33Make-a-wish Foundation of Central$3.7M2018
34Nucor Charitable Foundation$3.6M2024
35The Dickson Foundation Inc$3.3M2024
36United Jewish Charities of Greater$3.1M2024
37Crane Family Foundation$2.9M2022
38United Way Legacy Foundation$2.8M2024
39Wayland Henry Cato Jr Foundation$2.5M2024
40Clt Host 2020 Inc$2.4M2022

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