North Carolina Electric Membership
Raleigh, NC · EIN 56-0995910. Reported 203 grants totalling $3,096,882 to 60 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For North Carolina Electric Membership, the IRS classifies it under mutual benefit rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE Y22) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 60 distinct organizations, with 10% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 78% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $12,422. Half of what it reported fell between $9,502 and $15,871; the smallest was $5,200 and the largest $68,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc | Raleigh, NC | $320,500 | 9 | 5 | 2025 |
| Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina Inc | Raleigh, NC | $198,250 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Energyunited Electric Membership Corporation | Statesville, NC | $180,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| North Carolina Chamber | Raleigh, NC | $150,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation | Lenoir, NC | $97,185 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus Foundation Inc | Raleigh, NC | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rural Economic Development Center Inc | Raleigh, NC | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brunswick Electric Membership Corp | Shallotte, NC | $82,060 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| North Carolina Business Leaders for Education | Cary, NC | $81,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rutherford Electric Membership | Forest City, NC | $78,585 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| North Carolina Agribusiness Council Inc | Cary, NC | $77,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Leadership North Carolina Inc | Raleigh, NC | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Nreca International Ltd | Arlington, VA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Unc Pembroke | Pembroke, NC | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Union Electric Membership Corp | Monroe, NC | $72,255 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corporation | Jacksonville, NC | $65,190 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| North Carolina State University Foundation Inc | Raleigh, NC | $63,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nc Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service | Raleigh, NC | $63,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $62,700 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wake Electric Membership Corp | Wake Forest, NC | $60,515 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Southeastern Partnership Inc | Elizabethtown, NC | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lumbee River Electric Membership Corporation | Pembroke, NC | $59,640 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| North Carolina Economic Development Association | Raleigh, NC | $55,385 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| South River Electric Membership Corporation | Dunn, NC | $54,080 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Nc A&t University Foundation | Greensboro, NC | $50,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Four County Electric Membership Corp | Burgaw, NC | $49,880 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Piedmont Electric Membership Corp | Hillsborough, NC | $49,720 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative | Newport, NC | $49,660 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Haywood Electric Membership Corporation | Waynesville, NC | $47,390 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Carolina Partnership for Reform Inc | Raleigh, NC | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Randolph Electric Membership Corp | Asheboro, NC | $40,160 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Surry-Yadkin Electric Membership Corporation | Dobson, NC | $34,830 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Nc Dept of Agriculture | Raleigh, NC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tideland Electric Membership Corp | Pantego, NC | $29,660 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation | Dudley, NC | $29,430 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Pee Dee Electric Membership Corporation | Lilesville, NC | $29,410 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| North Carolina Zoological Society Inc | Asheboro, NC | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unc Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Columbus County Agriculture Fair | Whiteville, NC | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cooperative Council of North Carolina | Raleigh, NC | $22,175 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Raleigh, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| E4 Carolinas Inc | Charlotte, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Public School Forum of North Carolina Inc | Cary, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce | Raleigh, NC | $19,485 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Tobacco Farm Life Museum Inc | Kenly, NC | $16,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | Rye Brook, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Citizens for Nc Jobs Inc | Raleigh, NC | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Carolina Common Enterprise | Durham, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Democratic Governors' Association | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| East Coast Greenway Alliance Inc | Durham, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Go Global Nc Council Inc | Wake Forest, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nc Ag Partnership Inc | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation Inc | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Greenville, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities | Raleigh, NC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Utility Training and Safety Education Association | Greenville, TX | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Carolina Biotechnology Center | Durham, NC | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central Electric Membership Corp | Sanford, NC | $5,487 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
41 of 60 (68%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- North Carolina Chamber
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 20 of 60 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | $604,662 | $12,700 |
| 2022 | 38 | $557,702 | $12,169 |
| 2023 | 47 | $729,554 | $12,257 |
| 2024 | 37 | $620,322 | $12,500 |
| 2025 | 36 | $584,642 | $12,378 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
97% of its giving went to organizations in North Carolina. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $12,422 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in North Carolina.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from North Carolina Electric Membership's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 3400 Sumner Boulevard, Raleigh, NC, 27616.
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