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North Carolina Humanities Council

Charlotte, NC · EIN 56-1153601. Reported 146 grants totalling $2,256,627 to 126 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, 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:

1. What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
2. How spread out its giving is. 126 distinct organizations, with 4% 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.
3. How much its list changes. 6% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.

How big are its grants?

The median reported grant is $17,542. Half of what it reported fell between $11,847 and $20,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $25,000. 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.

15 of 126 (12%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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.

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Carolina Public Humanities $25,000 · 2022
  "FINDING COMMON GROUND" USES ARTS AND HISTORY TO FOSTER DIALOGUE AND REFLECTION ABOUT THE REALITIES OF PREJUDICE AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITIES THAT COME FROM INTERSECTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS. WE WILL HOST TWO 3-PART INTERACTIVE SERIES ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES AND CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED GROUPS IN NC. THE SERIES WILL TAKE PLACE IN DURHAM, NC IN FALL 2023 AND IN GREENVILLE, NC IN SPRING 2024. PARTICIPANTS WILL TAKE AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL EXPERIENCES AND PRESENT-DAY CHALLENGES OF JEWS, MUSLIMS, AND IMMIGRANTS IN NC THROUGH THE LENS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES. EACH SESSION WILL FOSTER CULTURAL LITERACY FOR PARTICIPANTS AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SINCERE, INTERGROUP RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING AMONGST LEADERS AND PARTICIPANTS. PARTICIPANTS WILL HONE THEIR ABILITIES TO PRODUCTIVELY EMPATHIZE WITH PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT IDENTITIES, TO DECODE POPULAR REPRESENTATIONS OF HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED GROUPS, AND TO CREATE ACTION PLANS TO FOSTER GREATER CONNECTION ACROSS DIFFERENCES.
• University of North Carolina General Administration $25,000 · 2022
  SUPPORT THE CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ENGAGING, INCLUSIVE AND FACTUALLY ACCURATE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR GRADE 8-12 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ON THE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE INSURRECTION 1898, WHICH TELLS THE STORY OF A COUP D'TAT IN WILMINGTON, NC, IN WHICH WHITE SUPREMACISTS OVERTHREW THE MULTI-RACIAL GOVERNMENT OF NC'S LARGEST CITY THROUGH A COORDINATED CAMPAIGN OF VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION THAT DESTROYED BLACK POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC POWER, IMPOSED WHITE CONTROL, AND LED TO THE DEATH OF UP TO 150 BLACK RESIDENTS. THESE RESOURCES WILL ADDRESS THESE KEY HUMANITIES NARRATIVES: CITY OF HOPE: PROGRESS AND PROMISE OF BLACK WILMINGTONIANS, 1897; WHITE SUPREMACY AND POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC POWER; DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF BLACK VOTERS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH; POWER OF WHITE-OWNED NEWSPAPERS AND THE ROLE OF THE BLACK PRESS; THE IMPACT OF RACIAL VIOLENCE ON WEALTH INEQUALITY; THE LEGACY OF RACIAL TERROR AND TRAUMA; AND HISTORY, POWER, AND CONTROL OF THE NARRATIVE.
• Johnston County Heritage Center $20,000 · 2022
  ALL HISTORY IS LOCAL HISTORY, BUT STUDENTS OFTEN LEARN PRIMARILY ABOUT PEOPLE, PLACES, AND EVENTS OUTSIDE THEIR OWN LOCAL COMMUNITY OR REGION. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS TO PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIALS RELATED TO JOHNSTON COUNTY THAT SHED LIGHT ON IMPORTANT TOPICS ALIGNED WITH THE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM EMPLOYED IN LOCAL CLASSROOMS. WE WILL COLLABORATE WITH AN AMERICAN HISTORY TEACHER IN THE COUNTY'S CAREER AND TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AND WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM'S K-12 SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM SPECIALIST TO CREATE ONLINE LESSON PLANS AND ONLINE ACCESS TO PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIALS THAT CAN BE USED BY TEACHERS AND STUDENTS EITHER AT HOME OR IN CLASSROOMS. WE WILL ALSO DEVELOP TRAVELING EXHIBITS WHICH CAN BE USED TO SHOWCASE LOCAL HISTORY IN SCHOOLS. THESE MATERIALS WILL BE TAILORED FOR 3RD GRADERS WHO LEARN ABOUT THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY, 4TH AND 8TH GRADERS WHO STUDY NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO STUDY WORLD AND U.S. HISTORY.
• Guilford College $20,000 · 2022
  GUILFORD'S FREEDOM TRAILS IS A PROJECT SEEKING FUNDING FROM NC HUMANITIES TO DEEPEN STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN GUILFORD COUNTY, NC. THE INITIATIVE AIMS TO EQUIP A CLASS OF TITLE I NINTH AND TENTH-GRADE STUDENTS IN GREENSBORO WITH EMPATHY, UNDERSTANDING, AND RESPECT THROUGH INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES. A WALKING TOUR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TRAIL IN GUILFORD COLLEGE WOODS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A HUMANITIES-BASED DISCUSSION. LED BY HUMANITIES EXPERTS FROM GUILFORD COLLEGE, THE TOUR PROVIDES HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES. DISCUSSIONS EXPLORE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AND ITS CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE, FOSTERING CRITICAL THINKING AND EMPATHY. A TEAM OF EXPERTS WILL DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM TO COMPLEMENT THE TOUR. THE PROJECT TIMELINE SPANS ONE YEAR, WITH INITIAL PHASES FOCUSING ON OUTREACH, PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND CURRICULUM CREATION.
• Isla- Immersion for Spanish Language Acquisition $20,000 · 2022
  ISLA PROVIDES FREE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TO MORE THAN 200 SPANISH SPEAKING LATINE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE NORTH CAROLINA TRIANGLE AREA. A HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED GROUP DUE TO NUMEROUS BARRIERS, ISLA EXISTS TO BRIDGE THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND OPPORTUNITY GAPS FOR THE LATINE COMMUNITY. THROUGH OUR WEEKLY HERITAGE LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL IMMERSION PROGRAM, ISLA LOS SBADOS, WE PROVIDE LATINE CHILDREN IN PREK THROUGH 12TH GRADE WITH A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE EDUCATION THAT REFLECTS THEIR BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES. CHILDREN BASE THEIR VISIONS OF THEIR FUTURES ON WHAT THEY SEE IN THEIR EVERYDAY ENVIRONMENTS. IN THEIR CLASSROOMS AT ISLA, WE HOPE THAT STUDENTS CAN ENVISION WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR THEM WHEN THEY SEE THE SPANISH LANGUAGE AND LATIN AMERICAN CULTURES CELEBRATED EVERY SATURDAY.
• Invisible Histories Project $20,000 · 2022
  QUEER HISTORY SOUTH (QHS) ACTS AS A NETWORK OF PEOPLE PRESERVING, AND RESEARCHING LGBTQ HISTORY IN THE US SOUTH. TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN THIS WORK AND DEVELOP BEST PRACTICES IN THE FIELD, QHS HOLDS A CONFERENCE EVERY TWO YEARS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING OUR CONNECTIONS, KNOWLEDGE, AND SKILLSETS. THE CONFERENCE IS IDEAL FOR SCHOLARS, HISTORIANS, ARCHIVISTS, EDUCATORS AND THOSE WORKING TO PRESERVE SOUTHERN LGBTQ HISTORY IN BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL WAYS. 2024 WILL BE THE THIRD QHS CONFERENCE HELD SINCE 2019 (2019 BIRMINGHAM, AL; 2022 DALLAS, TX).THE DISPARITIES LGBTQ FACE BOTH REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY PLAY A CRITICAL FACTOR IN THE UNDER- AND MISREPRESENTATION OF LGBTQ HISTORY SPECIFICALLY IN THE SOUTH. QHS SEEKS TO REMEDY THIS DEFICIT BY PROVIDING THOSE INTERESTED (ACADEMICS, PROFESSIONALS, AND COMMUNITY) IN THE LOCATION, PRESERVATION, AND RESEARCH OF SOUTHERN LGBTQ HISTORY WITH THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO PURSUE THESE EFFORTS AND A NETWORK OF LIKEMINDED PEOPLE WITH WHOM TO COLLABORATE.

What kind of organizations it funds

By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 92 of 126 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.

Giving by year

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

96% 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 the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

How to approach this grantmaker

1. 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.
2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $17,542 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in North Carolina.
4. 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 Humanities Council's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.

On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 27 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.

Address of record on the latest return: 320 E 9TH Street No 414, Charlotte, NC, 28202.

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