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Grant Funders in Raleigh, NC

Bespoke Grants indexes 120 grant-making foundations headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina — together $1.18B in indexed annual giving. Their giving most often supports higher education, education, health care and arts & culture. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Raleigh nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

120
Foundations in Raleigh
$1.18B
Indexed annual giving
40
Listed below
NC
State

Foundations headquartered in Raleigh

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
1North Carolina Teachers and State$458.4M2022
2Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc$137.2M2025
3North Carolina Partnership for$99.4M2023
4Nc State Investment Fund Inc$53.7M2024
5Strategic Victory Fund$52.6M2024
6North Carolina Community Foundation$31.5M2025
7North Carolina Medical Society$25.1M2024
8Inter-faith Food Shuttle$20.8M2025
9Nc State Student Aid Association$19.2M2024
10State Employees Credit Union Foundation$17.3M2024
11North Carolina State University$16.8M2025
12Wake County Smart Start Inc$16.5M2025
13State Engagement Fund$14.2M2024
14John William Pope Foundation$11.2M2024
15Anonymous Trust$9.4M2023
16A J Fletcher Foundation$8.3M2024
17Capital Community Foundation Inc$6.8M2024
18The Raleigh Rescue Mission Inc$6.2M2024
19The North Carolina Agricultural$6.0M2025
20Maynard Family Foundation$5.9M2024
21Make North Carolina First$5.8M2024
22Nc State University Partnership$5.6M2025
23Imagine North Carolina First$5.1M2024
24East Coast Migrant Head Start Project$5.0M2020
25Saint Augustine's University$4.9M2020
26North Carolina Medical Society$4.8M2024
27The Shaw University$4.8M2023
28Telamon Corporation$4.7M2024
29Carolina Partnership for Reform Inc$4.5M2024
30Nc State Engineering Foundation Inc$4.5M2025
31American Kennel Club$3.3M2024
32Thread Capital Inc$3.3M2025
33State Employees' Credit Union$3.2M2024
34The Stewards Fund$2.8M2020
35Boys Club of Wake County Inc$2.7M2020
36Rural Economic Development Center Inc$2.5M2025
37North Carolina Community$2.5M2017
38North Carolina Alliance of Ymcas$2.4M2024
39Dorothea Dix Park Conservancy$2.3M2024
40North Carolina Textile Foundation Inc$2.3M2025

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