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Arnold Foundation

Wilkes-Barre, PA

The Arnold Foundation funds community welfare, scholarships, and charitable organizations, including human services, housing, animal welfare, and health causes. Its 2025 grants ranged from $2,000 to $7,000, with a median of $4,000; it gave across several states and prefers Luzerne County residents when funds allow. Applications are accepted at any time, and any charitable organization is eligible.

Robert B Taylor III Foundation

Charlotte, NC

The foundation supports North Carolina nonprofits in areas including affordable housing, emergency assistance, addiction treatment, education and literacy, and services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Its 2025 grants ranged from $500 to $8,333, with a median of $1,250. It accepts unsolicited requests by letter describing the funding purpose and the organization’s nonprofit status.

Ta Piedmont Club Foundation PCF

Saint Louis, MO

The foundation makes general operating grants across education, health, youth development, older-adult services, disability services, and support for immigrant and refugee families; its 2025 grants went to organizations in Charlotte, North Carolina. Grants typically ranged from $500 to $2,300, with a median of $2,300. It accepts unsolicited requests; its 2024 filing says to contact Marshall B. Gilchrist and submit a form letter.

Bill Simpson Foundation Inc

Brownsburg, IN

The Bill Simpson Foundation funds nonprofits working in animal welfare, environmental change, substance abuse, cultural and educational opportunities, and sports, recreation, and safety, with grants across multiple states. In 2025, grants ranged from $1,000 to $120,000, with a median of $14,000. It accepts electronic applications during its January-to-March 1 application season; awards are made on a rolling basis.

Dowd Foundation Inc

Charlotte, NC

Dowd Foundation supports a broad range of charitable organizations, including education, health, community services, and conservation, primarily in North Carolina. Its 2024 grants ranged from $250 to $500,000, with a median of $5,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Helping Hands Foundation

Suffern, NY

The Helping Hands Foundation makes charitable grants, typically ranging from $1,700 to $20,000 (median $8,400), with most funding going to New York and additional grants in New Jersey and Florida. It gives only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Lowes Foundation

Mooresville, NC

The Lowes Foundation funds skilled-trades education and workforce development, including programs that recruit, train, and prepare people for trades careers. It supports eligible organizations across the United States; its typical grant size is not specified, though it awarded 36 grants totaling about $20 million in 2024.

Triangle Community Foundation Inc

Durham, NC

The foundation supports nonprofits in cultural arts, education and youth, nonprofit capacity building, and sustainable communities, with grants also benefiting fields such as health, conservation, and human services. Its 2025 grants had a median of $20,000 and ranged from about $5,000 to $1.39 million; it primarily serves Durham, Orange, Wake, and Chatham Counties in North Carolina. It accepts applications for competitive discretionary programs during open grant cycles; donor-advised fund grants are also made.

Berkshire Charitable Foundation

Wilmington, DE

Berkshire Charitable Foundation supports preselected charities working in areas including health care, food assistance, housing, domestic violence services, and STEM education. Its 2024 grants ranged from $5,000 to $35,000, with a median of $10,000, and mainly went to organizations in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Virginia, as well as Idaho and Massachusetts. It does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

Foundation for the Carolinas

Charlotte, NC

Foundation For The Carolinas funds education and youth development, environmental and wildlife work, health and human services, and animal welfare, with a reported median grant of $25,000 in 2024. Its competitive programs focus on Charlotte-Mecklenburg, the Carolinas, and specific local communities, while donor-advised funds may support eligible nonprofits more broadly; it accepts applications for some competitive grants, but most grants are recommended by fund advisors and have no application process.

Charles & Nancy Rosenblatt Family

Boca Raton, FL

State Employees Credit Union Foundation

Raleigh, NC

The foundation funds capital projects, regional or statewide programs, and organizational capacity building that strengthen North Carolina communities; it favors projects with broad or replicable impact and does not fund operating budgets or shortfalls. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,250 to $1 million, with a median of $2,500. Applications are accepted at any time and typically reviewed semiannually.