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Grant Funders in Durham, NC

Bespoke Grants indexes 63 grant-making foundations headquartered in Durham, North Carolina — together $3.10B in indexed annual giving. Their giving most often supports higher education, health care, education and food & agriculture. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Durham nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

63
Foundations in Durham
$3.10B
Indexed annual giving
40
Listed below
NC
State

Foundations headquartered in Durham

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
1Gothic Corporation$1.50B2023
2Duke University$410.8M2024
3Gothic Hsp Corporation$383.7M2023
4The Lord Foundation of North Carolina$266.5M2022
5Family Health International$253.1M2024
6Srcco$48.7M2024
7Triangle Community Foundation Inc$29.0M2023
8The Just Trust for Education$25.8M2024
9Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nc Foundation$22.0M2023
10Goodwill Community Foundation Inc$20.8M2024
11The Just Trust for Action$15.8M2024
12Durham's Partnership for Children$11.2M2024
13Latino Community Development Center$10.4M2024
14Family Health International Foundation$7.6M2024
15United Way of the Greater Triangle$7.0M2024
16North Carolina School of Science and$6.7M2025
17Durham Asset Management Company Inc$6.7M2023
18Rescue Missions Ministries Inc$6.4M2024
19American Institute of Certified Public$4.7M2024
20Laughing Gull Foundation$4.3M2024
21Jacaranda Health$3.8M2022
22Center for Community Self-help$3.5M2024
23Nc Idea$3.5M2023
24Duke Global Inc$3.0M2024
25North Carolina Central University$3.0M2023
26High Point Realty Associates Inc$2.7M2023
27L C Industries Inc$2.2M2024
28L C Industries Foundation$2.2M2024
29The Walking Classroom Institute$2.2M2021
30American Institute of Certified Public$1.8M2022
31Duke University Health System Inc$1.6M2023
32Male Contraception Initiative$1.6M2024
33Goodwill Industries of Eastern North Carolina Inc$1.5M2024
34Dennis and Mireille Gillings Foundation$1.5M2024
35Durham Technical Community College$1.5M2023
36The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Inc$1.4M2024
37Duke University Philanthropies Inc$1.2M2023
38Chordoma Foundation$1.1M2024
39Forward Justice Inc$951K2020
40Bin Charitable Foundation$949K2018

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