Foundations that fund nonprofits in Durham, NC

1,420 private foundations reported 3,357 grants to organizations in Durham, North Carolina, on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $429.6M in all. 31 of them are based in Durham.

Foundations1,420

Based in Durham31

Grants on record3,357

Their typical grant$7,000

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Foundations based in Durham

10 of the 31 local foundations that reported grants to Durham organizations: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of such grants on their latest return.

• Durham Merchants Association Charitable Foundation Inc

  Durham, NC · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Durham 35 Total there $153K Typical grant $4,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Urban Ministries of Durham - General support$15,000
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Durham - General support$9,560
  • Caring House - General support$8,500

• Nc Idea

  Durham, NC · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $2.6M in 2024
  Grants in Durham 26 Total there $354K Typical grant $7,500 Describes how to apply
  • Forward Cities - Ecosystem grants$60,000
  • Ab Community - Ecosystem grants$51,667
  • Nc Central University - Ecosystem grants$25,000

• Fox Family Foundation Inc

  Durham, NC · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $523K in 2024
  Grants in Durham 25 Total there $485K Typical grant $17,500 Describes how to apply
  • Senior PharmAssist Inc - General operating support$40,000
  • Durham Technical Community College Foundation Inc - Restricted operating support for Durham Tech Community Health Lab$37,500
  • Families Moving Forward - $20,000 for general operating support and $15,000 restricted for rapid rehousing-related expenses$35,000

• The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Missionpost Pmb #101

  Durham, NC · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $1.5M in 2024
  Grants in Durham 23 Total there $1M Typical grant $15,000 Describes how to apply
  • Duke University Trinity College of Arts & Sciences - Supporting the arts at duke$275,000
  • Duke University - Duke and community affairs tutoring partnerships in durham$119,995
  • Duke University- Nasher Museum of Art - Nasher museum of art: education, internship, exhibitions and permanent collection support$115,000

• Silverback Foundation Inc

  Durham, NC · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $133K in 2024
  Grants in Durham 19 Total there $78K Typical grant $2,000 Describes how to apply
  • Duke Cancer Institute - General support$25,000
  • Duke Children's Hospital - General support$10,000
  • Duke University - Iron Dukes Fund - General support$9,000

• The C M Herndon Foundation

  Durham, NC · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Durham 15 Total there $140K Typical grant $10,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Duke Divinity School - General contribution$15,000
  • Meals on Wheels - General contribution$15,000
  • Caring House - General contribution$10,000

• Adele and Willard Gidwitz Family Foundation

  Durham, NC · latest return: tax year 2025

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  Grants in Durham 15 Total there $36K Typical grant $2,500 Preselected recipients only
  • Beth El Synagogue - General support$5,000
  • Durham Community Land Trustees - General support$4,000
  • Durham Chapel Hill Jewish Federation - General support$3,000

• Evelyn D Schmidt Charitable Trust

  Durham, NC · latest return: tax year 2025

  Gave $206K in 2025
  Grants in Durham 14 Total there $162K Typical grant $12,000 Describes how to apply
  • Meals on Wheels on Durham Inc - General support$22,500
  • Emmanuel Food Pantry - General Support$20,000
  • American Red Crosss - General support$15,000

• Laughing Gull Foundation

  Durham, NC · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Durham 11 Total there $438K Typical grant $50,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Lgbtq Center of Durham - General operating support$70,000
  • Southern Vision Alliance - Queer mobilization fund$60,000
  • Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network - Project suport$50,000

• The Knott Family Foundation Inc

  Durham, NC · latest return: tax year 2025

  Gave $14K in 2025
  Grants in Durham 11 Total there $12K Typical grant $100 Describes how to apply
  • Aging Forward of Durham Inc - Religious, medical or educational$10,000
  • Durham Lions Club - Religious, medical or educational$1,000
  • Temple Baptist Church - Religious, medical or educational$400

Other foundations giving most in Durham

Based elsewhere, by the number of grants to Durham organizations on their latest return; profiles in our foundation directory first. Each shows its largest grants there.

• Amazonsmile Foundation

  Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023

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  Grants in Durham 511 Total there $93K Typical grant $57 Preselected recipients only
  • Carolina Abortion Fund - General support$5,493
  • Chordoma Foundation - General support$3,171
  • Stop Soldier Suicide - General support$3,065

• Fidelity Foundation

  Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $156.2M in 2024
  Grants in Durham 87 Total there $4.2M Typical grant $400 Describes how to apply
  • North Carolina Central University Foundation Inc - Program development / evaluation$470,000
  • Book Harvest - Property care; buildings; renovation$440,000
  • Code the Dream - Technology & equipment$400,000

• The Duke Endowment

  Charlotte, NC · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $251.2M in 2024
  Grants in Durham 72 Total there $88.2M Typical grant $200,000 Describes how to apply
  • Duke University - To commemorate the duke endowment's and duke university's shared centennial (expendable).$6,808,000
  • Duke University Health System - To continue to strengthen dukes capacity and reputation in the sciences by recruiting and retaining…$6,750,000
  • Duke University - To continue to strengthen dukes capacity and reputation in the sciences by recruiting and retaining…$6,750,000

• Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc

  Winstonsalem, NC · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Durham 48 Total there $4.4M Typical grant $50,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Southern Vision Alliance - Durham beyond policing project, for general operating support of its north carolina work only, it's our…$420,000
  • Mdc Inc - Arpa partnership project: promoting accountable, equitable, and community-driven investments of public funds,…$400,000
  • Blueprint Nc - For general operating support$300,000

• The Pfizer Foundation Inc

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Durham 31 Total there $42K Typical grant $200 Preselected recipients only
  • Duke University - Matching gifts$19,563
  • Stop Soldier Suicide - Matching gifts$4,354
  • Triangle Land Conservancy Inc - Matching gifts$3,500

• F M Kirby Foundation Inc

  Morristown, NJ · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Durham 29 Total there $2.3M Typical grant $45,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Fuqua School of Business Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneur - For: toward support of the fred morgan kirby prize for scaling social impact$290,000
  • Fuqua School of Business the - For: support of the annual fund and support of the william boulding endowment$250,000
  • United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc - For: support of the healthy families and cradle to career impact pillars in orange and durham counties and…$200,000

• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  Princeton, NJ · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $622.6M in 2024
  Grants in Durham 26 Total there $9.8M Typical grant $46,950 Describes how to apply
  • Center for Black Health and Equity - Supporting the center for black health and equity as regional hub to advance equitable commercial tobacco…$4,000,000
  • Duke University - Supporting healthy eating research's 2022-2025 commissioned research activities$1,133,333
  • Duke University - Defining family in tax and benefit systems and its implications for resources available to children and…$713,131

• The Leon Levine Foundation

  Charlotte, NC · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $57.9M in 2024
  Grants in Durham 26 Total there $2.7M Typical grant $60,000 Describes how to apply
  • Code the Dream Inc - Apprenticeship Expansion$600,000
  • Code the Dream Inc - North Carolina Benefits Screener$375,000
  • El Futuro Inc - General Support$200,000

• Gates Foundation

  Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $6.3B in 2024
  Grants in Durham 22 Total there $26.3M Typical grant $500,000 Describes how to apply
  • Duke University - Create novel technology platform capabilities; HIV$5,253,010
  • Family Health International - Empower women and girls$2,950,000
  • Family Health International - Maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health$2,008,537

• W K Kellogg Foundation

  Battle Creek, MI · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $303.9M in 2024
  Grants in Durham 17 Total there $929K Typical grant $100,000 Describes how to apply
  • The Center for Black Health and Equity - Health and Health Equity$350,000
  • Southern Vision Alliance - Promise of an Equitable Future$168,000
  • Village of Wisdom - Early Care and Education$150,000

• Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2025

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  Grants in Durham 14 Total there $109K Typical grant $600 Preselected recipients only
  • Ab Community - In support of underserved small business expansion$100,000
  • Duke University - Matching contribution (general operating support)$4,625
  • Bell Durham Inc - Matching contribution (general operating support)$1,000

• The Simons Foundation Inc

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Durham 13 Total there $1.6M Typical grant $72,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Duke University - Collaborative research: transferable, hierarchical, expressive, optimal, robust, interpretable networks…$300,000
  • Duke University - Math+x investigator$300,000
  • Duke University - Simons early career investigator in aquatic microbial ecology and evolution award$270,000

• Arcus Foundation

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $31.3M in 2024
  Grants in Durham 11 Total there $689K Typical grant $75,000 Describes how to apply
  • Equality North Carolina Foundation - General operating support$100,000
  • Equality North Carolina Foundation - General operating support$100,000
  • Friends of Bonobos - Support for strengthening organizational capacity and sustainability.$100,000

• Banc of California Charitable Foundation

  Santa Ana, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $3.2M in 2024
  Grants in Durham 11 Total there $116K Typical grant $5,000 Describes how to apply
  • National Institute of Minority Economic Developmen - The purpose of this grant is to support economic development programs$20,000
  • Durham Children's Initiative - The purpose of this grant is to support community development programs$15,000
  • StepUp Durham - The purpose of this grant is to support community development programs$15,000

• Texas Instruments Foundation

  Dallas, TX · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $22.6M in 2024
  Grants in Durham 11 Total there $26K Typical grant $500 Describes how to apply
  • Habitat for Humanity of Durham Inc - Donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."$16,250
  • Duke University - Donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."$4,500
  • Durham Rescue Mission - Donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."$1,500

• Analog Devices Foundation

  Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $1.9M in 2024
  Grants in Durham 11 Total there $6,231 Typical grant $371 Describes how to apply
  • Rescue Missions Ministries Inc - General support$1,437
  • Immanuel Assembly of God - General support$1,339
  • Porch-Durham - General support$1,108

• Publix Super Markets Charities Inc

  Lakeland, FL · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $52.5M in 2024
  Grants in Durham 10 Total there $151K Typical grant $2,500 Describes how to apply
  • United Way Greater Triangle - Organization's charitable purpose$82,208
  • United Way Greater Triangle - Organization's charitable purpose$26,713
  • Habitat for Humanity of Durham Inc - Organization's charitable purpose$25,000

• The Ford Foundation

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $844.7M in 2024
  Grants in Durham 9 Total there $1.1M Typical grant $104,795 Describes how to apply
  • Southern Coalition for Social Justice - General support$350,000
  • Scalawag - General support$200,000
  • Southern Coalition for Social Justice - General support$200,000

• Wells Fargo Foundation

  Minneapolis, MN · latest return: tax year 2025

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  Grants in Durham 9 Total there $525K Typical grant $35,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Durham Community Land Trustees Inc - CLT plus One$200,000
  • Reinvestment Partners - Harriet Tubman YWCA Historic Renovation$100,000
  • National Institute of Minority Economic Development - Expanding Programming in the Triangle and Eastern NC$60,000

• Annie E Casey Foundation Inc

  Baltimore, MD · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Durham 9 Total there $508K Typical grant $40,000 Preselected recipients only
  • MDC Inc - Support Race Matters training, technical assistance and coaching to Foundation grantees and partners$120,000
  • Center for Responsible Lending - Support to Protect Young Adults from High-Cost Loans in the Southeast and Southwest$99,000
  • MDC Inc - Support the design and execution of the State of the South Convening in Atlanta October 1-3, 2024$75,000

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Durham organizations several of these foundations fund

Organizations in Durham that received grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.

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