110 private foundations reported health & medical grants in North Carolina on their IRS Form 990-PF filings for tax years 2022–2025. Historical giving records — not an open application portal.
Themes are derived from the free-text purpose each foundation wrote on its own Part XV filing, so a grant is classified by what the funder said it was for. Grants paid directly to named individuals are excluded from recipient counts and tables.
Across tax years 2022–2025, 110 private foundations reported 445 grants for health & medical totaling $93,954,727 to 283 organizations in North Carolina. The most-funded North Carolina communities were Charlotte, Greenville, Durham. The Duke Endowment reported the most health & medical giving — $51,360,165 across 163 grants. The median grant was $50,000.
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| Foundation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| The Duke Endowment | 163 | $51,360,165 |
| Gates Foundation | 19 | $25,692,589 |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | 1 | $5,805,000 |
| Estramonte Family Foundation | 1 | $2,000,219 |
| Margaret a Cargill Foundation | 1 | $1,000,000 |
| Roanoke-chowan Foundation Inc | 8 | $940,001 |
| Osprey Relief Foundation | 1 | $662,095 |
| RHI Legacy Foundation Inc | 20 | $604,337 |
| Merancas Foundation Inc | 6 | $475,000 |
| DR Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Medical Research Foundation | 1 | $377,004 |
| Douglas S Witcher Family Foundation | 5 | $347,500 |
| John REX Endowment | 4 | $265,000 |
| Recipient | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Duke University Health System | 12 | $15,849,000 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 7 | $14,074,945 |
| Duke University | 8 | $5,001,338 |
| North Carolina Healthcare Foundation | 4 | $4,350,000 |
| Family Health International | 3 | $3,894,371 |
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11 | $3,641,500 |
| Research Triangle Institute | 1 | $3,464,239 |
| Atrium Health Foundation | 17 | $3,195,000 |
| Intrahealth International Inc | 3 | $2,650,000 |
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences | 16 | $2,600,670 |
| Jacaranda Health | 2 | $2,117,584 |
| The Katie Blessings Foundation | 1 | $2,000,219 |
| North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services | 2 | $1,967,515 |
| Duke University School of Medicine | 2 | $1,700,000 |
| Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Foundation | 8 | $1,355,000 |
110 private foundations reported health & medical grants in North Carolina on their IRS Form 990-PF filings, totaling $93,954,727. The largest by reported dollars were The Duke Endowment, Gates Foundation, The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc. These are historical filings, not open application portals — check each foundation's own guidelines before approaching them.
283 distinct organizations appear as recipients in North Carolina, led by Duke University Health System, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University. Grants paid directly to named individuals are excluded from these figures.
The median reported health & medical grant in North Carolina was $50,000, and the largest single reported grant was $6,750,000. Amounts are as reported by the filing foundation for a historical tax year.
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Source: public IRS Form 990-PF Part XV filings (tax years 2022–2025). Theme classification is derived from the funder’s own purpose text and is a summary, not a legal categorization. UseGrants is an independent aggregator, not affiliated with any foundation listed.
