Who funds Wake Forest University?
Winstonsalem, North Carolina · EIN 56-0532138 · NTEE B430 · 501(c)(3)
269 private foundations paid Wake Forest University 585 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $97.5M in all. Its IRS activity code (NTEE B430) places it in education.
All years on file, including returns before 2022.
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Foundations that funded it
The 200 largest by total, of 272 on file.
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Largest grants since 2022
Largest first. The purpose is what the foundation wrote on its return, for the tax year shown.
- Lilly Endowment Inc · 2025 - Educating character initiative$35,000,000
- Lilly Endowment Inc · 2023 - Leadership & character educ prog$14,142,221
- Lilly Endowment Inc · 2024 - Educating character initiative$12,478,193
- Porter B Byrum Charitable Trust · 2023 - Student scholarship fund$2,950,094
- The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc · 2023 - To support the placement of 1 post-doc for 2 years; embedding em institutionally$2,217,280
- The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc · 2024 - Embedding em institutionally; post-doc support$2,211,875
- Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · 2023 - To increase the management effectiveness of peru's protected areas through a new coalition dedicated to the assessment and production of…$1,500,000
- Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · 2024 - 2027 annual grant, under 1990 contract, for general support, faculty development, and scholarships.$1,200,000
- Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · 2023 - 2024 annual grant, under 1990 contract, for general support, faculty development, and scholarships.per nov 2023 agreement, zsr to make…$1,200,000
- Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · 2023 - 2025 annual grant, under 1990 contract, for general support, faculty development, and scholarships.per nov 2023 agreement, zsr to make…$1,200,000
- Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · 2023 - 2026 annual grant, under 1990 contract, for general support, faculty development, and scholarships.per nov 2023 agreement, zsr to make…$1,200,000
- Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · 2023 - 2024 campaign for wfu. for scholarships: joseph G. gordon, nsr, nc middle income residents, annual awards to faculty members, reynolds…$747,332
- Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · 2023 - 2025 campaign for wfu. for scholarships: joseph G. gordon, nsr, nc middle income residents, annual awards to faculty members, reynolds…$747,332
- Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · 2023 - 2026 campaign for wfu. for scholarships: joseph G. gordon, nsr, nc middle income residents, annual awards to faculty members, reynolds…$747,332
- The Baker Family Foundation Inc · 2025 - Charitable-General support$600,000
- Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · 2024 - To increase the management effectiveness of peru's protected areas through a new coalition dedicated to the assessment and production of…$600,000
- Jenkins Charitable Foundation Inc · 2025 - To further the exempt purpose of the organization$500,000
- The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · 2023 - To support programs in african american studies & environment/sustainability in developing a new humanistic science & technology studies…$500,000
- Carroll Family Foundation Inc · 2023 - Community Benefit & Enrichment$500,000
- John Templeton Foundation · 2023 - The honesty project$440,255
- Scott Family Educational Foundation Inc F/K/A Scott Family Christian Foundation · 2025 - Charitable donation to a 501(C)(3) entity.$376,611
- Flow Foundation Inc · 2024 - General Support$352,666
- Scott Family Educational Foundation Inc F/K/A Scott Family Christian Foundation · 2024 - Charitable donation to a 501(C)(3) entity.$313,843
- The Meredith and Whitney George Family Foundation Inc · 2022 - Capital campaign$307,615
- Legatus Foundation · 2023 - General support, law & medical school support, bell scholarship fund$290,322
Organizations the same foundations fund
Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.
- Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN · 35 shared funders
- Duke UniversityDurham, NC · 50 shared funders
- Spelman CollegeAtl, GA · 21 shared funders
- University of RichmondRichmond, VA · 20 shared funders
- Davidson CollegeDavidson, NC · 22 shared funders
- Elon UniversityElon, NC · 20 shared funders
- Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, PA · 21 shared funders
- University of RochesterRochester, NY · 22 shared funders
By tax year of the funder's return
| Year | Grants | Foundations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 122 | 114 | $39.4M |
| 2024 | 199 | 183 | $22.8M |
| 2023 | 242 | 181 | $34.7M |
| 2022 | 22 | 21 | $700K |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | $17K |
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How this page is made
Each grant comes from a foundation's IRS Form 990-PF and was linked to this EIN only when this was the single organization in the IRS Business Master File with that name in that state. Grants written under a different spelling, or where several organizations share the name, are not counted here, so the real totals can be higher. Government grants and gifts from individuals do not appear on these returns.
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 56-0532138
- IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)
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