Foundations that fund job training and employment in North Carolina
These 25 foundations made grants to job training and employment in North Carolina in the most recent IRS filing I have for each. None of them ticked the box for giving only to preselected organizations, and each filing gives application instructions or a website. That doesn't prove a foundation takes applications, and some on this list may not. The text below is copied from the filings, most of them for tax year 2024, so check a foundation's website or call before you apply.
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Dogwood Health Trust
- $450,100 to Center for Community Self-Help, Asheville: Feasibility assessments for repurposing school buildings for educator housing in...
- $100,000 to The Industrial Commons, Morganton: Out-of-school arts education access and equipment expansion for burke county students.
- $100,000 to Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind Inc, Asheville: Employment opportunities, training, and equipment for visually impaired residents.
How to apply: Https://dogwoodhealthtrust.org/grantmaking/
Restrictions: Grant funds must be used to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities of western north carolina.
Td Charitable Foundation
- $100,000 to Center for Community Self-Help, Durham: Scaling self-help's financial capability & coaching program
- $15,000 to Grooming Greatness Foundation, Charlotte: The story masters
- $5,000 to North Carolina Employee Ownership Center, Durham: Greater asheville area employee ownership outreach program
How to apply: Grant applications are accessible soley via the internet. The web address to access grant applications is: https://www.tdbank.com/corporate-responsibility/the-ready-commitment/funding -opportunities/
Restrictions: Organization must be a 501(c)(3) public charity. Organization must be located in a state with a td bank, na branch. The foundation will award only one grant to any program within one calendar year. Grants cannot be made to/for the...
Wells Fargo Foundation
- $50,000 to The Industrial Commons, Morganton: Capital for the commons: loan funds & support for small rural businesses
- $50,000 to Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont Inc, Charlotte: Bankwork$
How to apply: https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/corporate-responsibility/community-giving/grant-process/
Deadlines: Applications are accepted from february 1 through october 1.
Restrictions: https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/corporate-responsibility/community-giving/grant-process/
The Leon Levine Foundation
- $50,000 to Phoenix Employment Services of Wilmington Inc, Wilmington: General Support
- $25,000 to Community Culinary School of Charlotte Inc, Charlotte: General Support
How to apply: Applications should be completed and submitted online at www.leonlevinefoundation.org. Please visit the website for details on required information. Grants are made on a quarterly basis. Letters of inquiry are received on a rolling basis.
Deadlines: Requests are received on a rolling basis.
Restrictions: The Foundation will consider funding grants to established organizations serving individuals in North Carolina and South Carolina which have qualified for exemption as public charities under section 501(c)(3) or the IRS code, governmental...
Truist Foundation Inc
- $25,000 to Cakeable Charlotte Inc, Matthews: Building career pathways to
- $20,000 to Revtech Labs Foundation, Charlotte: Strengthening small
How to apply: Online application with supporting information regarding purpose of the organization and expected benefits of program
Deadlines: Rolling Deadlines
Restrictions: Grants are made exclusively for charitable, literary, scientific, and educational purposes.
Ally Charitable Foundation
- $25,000 to Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont Inc, Charlotte: Construction skills training program
- $15,000 to Cakeable Charlotte Inc, Matthews: Cakeable vocational training program expansion
How to apply: Applications should be submitted online by visiting www.ally.com/about/social-impact/grants/
Restrictions: The organization must have an approved 501(c)(3) tax exempt public charity status.
State Employees Credit Union Foundation
- $15,000 to Cakeable Charlotte Inc, Charlotte: Capacity building program
- $15,000 to Avery Association for Exceptional Citizens, Frank: Capacity building program
How to apply: Applications should include information about the applying organization, a statement of need, key staff, financial documents, the determination letter, and any additional relevant documents. These should be submitted as word document or pdf.
Deadlines: Grants may be submitted any time, but will typically be considered on a semi-annual schedule.
Restrictions: Secu grant programs capital - funds projects that are tangible, permanent, and visible; typically supporting construction or major renovation of a building or a facility. Programmatic - funds pilot programs or large-scale program...
Strowd Roses Inc
- $10,000 to Hope Renovations, Chapel Hill: General support
- $4,860 to B3 Coffee, Chapel Hill: General support
How to apply: The applicant should complete the grant application posted on the foundation website and submit to executivedirector@strowdroses.org
Deadlines: See website for dates
Restrictions: Grants are limited to charitable organizations providing services and activities for the benefit of the residents of chapel hill and carrboro, nc.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- $500,000 to Center for Community Self Help, Durham: 82660 general operating support for the center for community self-help, 2024-2025
How to apply: Most of rwjf's grants are made through targeted grant programs and funding partnerships. Rwjf's funding priorities and calls for proposals are described on www.rwjf.org.
Deadlines: No deadlines, except when foundation issues a call for proposal (cfp) or request for proposal (rfp).
Restrictions: Rwjf is dedicated to taking bold leaps to transform health in our lifetime and pave the way, together, to a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right. We are a national philanthropy that advances transformative systems...
The Cannon Foundation Inc
- $100,000 to Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind Inc, Winstonsalem: Ifb solutions roof replacement
How to apply: See http://cannonfoundation.org/apply/
Deadlines: See http://cannonfoundation.org/apply/
Restrictions: See http://cannonfoundation.org/apply/
Reynolds Foundation 186-8803582
- $60,000 to The Do School, Winstonsalem: Support workforce
How to apply: Written as prescribed by foundation
Deadlines: 2/28 and 8/31
Cape Fear Memorial Foundation
- $60,000 to Kids Making It Inc, Wilmington: Building success for our youth: one kid at a time
How to apply: Application forms and request guidelines are available at the above adress
Deadlines: January 15 and july 15
Restrictions: Grants made only to 501 (c) (3) organizations and governmental entities for health and medical needs in southeastern north carolina
Sunshine Now Foundation
- $50,000 to Industrial Commons, Morganton: General purposes
How to apply: By letter
Restrictions: 501(c)(3) organizations only with a focus on organizations located in western north carolina
Tr Uw Vivian S West - West Memorial Fund
- $46,643 to Lives of Purpose Inc, Greenville: 501c3 purposes
How to apply: Application forms available at above address
Restrictions: 501(c)(3) charities
Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc
- $30,000 to Goodwill Industries of Central North Carolina Inc, Greensboro: Financial Wellness
How to apply: Grant requests to be submitted online. Information required includes organization name, purpose of grant request & amount requested.
Deadlines: Human Services - March; United Way - August; Arts - October; Financial Wellness - July; Education -
Restrictions: Grantee must be a 501(c)(3) organization located in or near communities in which the foundation has a presence.
Merancas Foundation Inc
- $25,000 to Zabs Place, Charlotte: Workforce development program for ad
How to apply: Applications should be completed and submitted online at www.merancas.org. Please visit the website for details about required information and deadlines.
Deadlines: Please visit the website at www.merancas.org for details on submission deadlines.
Restrictions: No support for arts, political or religious purposes. No grants to indiviuals.
The Vf Foundation
- $25,000 to Industrial Commons, Morganton: Digital Inventory System, Implementation Supporting Textile Circularity
How to apply: Please visit https://www.vfc.com/responsibility/the-vf-foundation
Deadlines: January 1 through February 1, 2024
Restrictions: Qualifying organizations must be recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Federal Tax Code (or international equivalent).
The Jolley Foundation
- $25,000 to Center for Community Self-Help, Durham: General Operations
How to apply: Wellsfargo.com/private-foundations/jolley-foundation
Deadlines: April 1st and september 1st
Restrictions: Residents of greenville county, sc and the upstate
The Allstate Foundation
- $25,000 to North Carolina Employee Ownership Center, Durham: 2024 racial equity go grant
How to apply: Letter of proposal
Deadlines: Proposal reviewed as received
Restrictions: Must be within the united states
Messer Construction Foundation
- $25,000 to Goodwill Industries of Southern Piedmont, Charlotte: General
How to apply: Messer Construction Foundation completed application form provide details on organization its mission its financials its capital need non profit certificate etc.
Deadlines: Spring
Restrictions: Must be geographically located in one of our regoins and includes those that request investment in economic inclusion education and workforce development. Primarily although not
Deupree Family Foundation
- $15,000 to Wayne Opportunity Center Inc, Goldsboro: Greenhouse Project development
How to apply: Online application at www.deupreefamilyfoundation.org
Deadlines: September 1 - January 31
Restrictions: $5,000 or less
The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation
- $10,000 to Dahlia Grove Inc, Charlotte: To empower and employ women survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence and sexual...
How to apply: Grant inquiries and grant funding requests are made through the Foundation's website, www.cgmf.org.
Restrictions: The Foundation accepts grant requests that focus on the following initiatives: water, clean energy, sustainability science, shale sustainability, and land conservation.
Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc
- $7,310 to Rowan Vocational Opportunities Inc, Salisbury: Purchase 15 passenger van
How to apply: No particular form
Deadlines: February 2nd
Restrictions: Solely focused on davie & rowan counties
Bertsch Family Charitable Foundation Inc
- $6,000 to Hope Renovations, Chapel Hill: Community outreach to women
How to apply: Written
Deadlines: 9/30
Restrictions: Limited to educational and children's needs which serve the raleigh/durham/chapel hill north carolina or warsaw indiana areas.
Dan Cameron Family Foundation Inc
- $6,000 to Kids Making It, Wilmington: Woodworking forat-Risk Youth
How to apply: Charities submit a letter of request stating their mission and purpose of the requested grant. They should include documentation that they are a 501(c)(3) organization.
Deadlines: No
Restrictions: They must be a 501(c)(3) organization.
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