The North Carolina Community Foundation serves philanthropic donors and supports not-for-profit organizations throughout North Carolina. The NCCF makes grants from charitable funds established by individuals, families, corporations, and non-profit organizations.


Grants Available

The North Carolina Community Foundation serves philanthropic donors and supports not-for-profit organizations throughout North Carolina. The NCCF makes grants from charitable funds established by individuals, families, corporations, and non-profit organizations. Our donors make grants from over 800 funds that serve the following areas of interest:

• Arts and Humanities
• Community Service
• Education
• Environment
• Health
• Historic Preservation
• Religion
• Science
• Social Services
• Youth

The Foundation makes the following types of Grants:

• Donor Advised Grant: Donor Advised Funds make distributions based on recommendations from the donor. These grants support organizations and causes that are important to individual donors, with most of the gifts committed to a specific county or region within the state.
• Designated Grant: Each year the NCCF makes distributions from Designated Funds to benefit the non-profit organization for which each fund was established. Such endowments provide a source of perpetual support for upkeep and daily operations of the organizations.
• Scholarship Funds: The NCCF administers a variety of scholarship opportunities to aid North Carolinians seeking to further their education. For further information about scholarships, please see the Scholarships section of the website.
• Affiliate Unrestricted Grants: Competitive grants from Affiliate Unrestricted Funds are disbursed annually in 59 North Carolina counties. Grant Committees from each Community Affiliate Board select recipients from a pool of applicants. To qualify, organizations must have non-profit status and submit an application. (Please see the Grants Calendar for further information about applying for these grants.)

Grants Calendar

Affiliate Unrestricted Funds of the North Carolina Community Foundation accepting applications from non-profit organizations for grants in the spring of each year. For more information, please see the “Applying for Grants” section of an affiliate webpage.