Luby & Catherine Wood Family Foundation

Taylor Foundation

Palm Beach, FL

The Taylor Foundation supports religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational purposes, especially community charities, hospitals, religious organizations, and schools in Palm Beach County, Southeast Virginia, and Carteret County, North Carolina. Its 2024 grants ranged from $500 to $15,000, with a median of $2,500. It accepts applications by letter; the stated deadline is December 1.

Ellen & Munroe Best Family Foundation

Goldsboro, NC

The Ellen & Munroe Best Family Foundation supports charitable organizations, with recent grants going to education, youth services, the arts, and international medical work. In 2024, grants ranged from $150 to $11,500, with a median of $1,000; most funding went to North Carolina, with some grants in Florida and South Carolina. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The North Carolina Foundation for Christian Minist

Mount Olive, NC

To foster and promote christian stewardship and for promoting and providing support to the ministries in North Carolina affiliated with or consistent with the convention of original free will baptists and other charitable, education, literary, and christian purposes.

Capital Community Foundation Inc

Raleigh, NC

Capital Community Foundation Inc. funds a broad range of charitable causes through grants to 501(c)(3) organizations, with recent recipients spanning education, community services, religion, media, and athletics. Its 2024 grants ranged from $5,250 to $150,000, with a median of $17,556; giving was concentrated in North Carolina and Virginia, though it also supports organizations elsewhere in the U.S. and abroad. The available information does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Bell Schaefer Family Foundation

Raleigh, NC

The Bell Schaefer Family Foundation supports organizations in health, arts and culture, community services, and education-related areas, primarily in North Carolina. In 2025, it made 60 grants ranging from $50 to $112,000, with a median grant of $1,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

KPMG US Foundation Inc

Montvale, NJ

KPMG US Foundation supports education, mental health, community vitality, and community relief and resilience, with grants distributed across the United States. Its 2025 grants had a median of $25,000, though amounts ranged from about $5,000 to $2.2 million. The available information does not say whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Southern Bank Foundation

Mount Olive, NC

Southern Bank Foundation supports a range of public-benefit organizations, with most of its 2024 grant dollars going to North Carolina and smaller shares to Virginia, Florida, and Tennessee. Its 2024 grants ranged from $300 to $125,000, with a median of $6,720. It does not limit giving to preselected organizations; its filing lists a grant request form and materials, but does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc

Atlanta, GA

The foundation funds need-based undergraduate scholarships for female Christian students through participating institutions in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, and supports care for senior women at facilities in Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. In 2024, grants ranged from $72,500 to $2,939,000, with a median of $254,000. It does not fund individuals, and institutions not already supported are rarely added; current grantees apply through the foundation’s grant process.

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.

Gamma Mu Foundation Inc

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Gamma Mu Foundation funds U.S. organizations serving LGBTQ+ communities, especially rural and underserved populations, in community services, public education and research, and HIV and other health programs. Grants are typically around $5,000–$12,600, with awards up to $15,000. It accepts applications through an annual online process; unsolicited requests are not addressed.

Bob and Pat Barker Foundation

Fuquay-Varina, NC

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.