Grants awarded
Who does The Duke Endowment fund?
The Duke Endowment has awarded $1.0 billion across 2,058 grants to 490 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $200,000, with most between $107,000 and $371,738. Repeat grantees receive a median $210,000 versus $150,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$1.0B
Typical grant
$200K
Grantees
490
Grants
2,058
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Duke University
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$254.3M | 130 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$78.2M | 44 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
Davidson College
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$70.3M | 46 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$56.8M | 53 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Duke University Health System INC
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$43.8M | 32 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Blue Meridian Partners INC
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$38.5M | 16 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| D Duke Divinity School | $27.1M | 44 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Ready for School Ready for Life
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$20.7M | 22 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| U University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $20.6M | 65 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| M Medical University of South Carolina Foundation | $20.6M | 74 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$14.1M | 9 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| W Western North Carolina Conference United Methodist Church | $13.1M | 28 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Atrium Health Foundation
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$12.8M | 59 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| D Duke University School of Medicine | $11.6M | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N North Carolina Healthcare Association | $9.8M | 7 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation
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$9.4M | 48 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| S South Carolina Department of Social Services | $7.0M | 12 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| W Wake Forest University Health Sciences | $6.8M | 43 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M McLeod Health Foundation | $6.2M | 27 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$6.0M | 5 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Mdrc
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$6.0M | 12 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| C Central Carolina Community Foundation | $5.8M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Feeding the Carolinas
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$5.5M | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| C Children's Home Society of North Carolina | $5.0M | 7 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Upstream USA INC
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$5.0M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| C Community Foundation of Western North Carolina | $5.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Prisma Health - Upstate
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$5.0M | 24 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| N North Carolina Conference United Methodist Church | $4.9M | 15 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Scha Foundation INC | $4.9M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| S South Carolina Hospital Association Foundation | $4.7M | 6 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$4.1M | 27 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
Foundation for Health Leadership and Innovation Incorporated
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$4.1M | 16 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| N Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Foundation | $3.9M | 28 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Childrens Trust of South Carolina | $3.8M | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church | $3.8M | 11 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Foundation | $3.6M | 21 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Roper St Francis Foundation
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$3.4M | 14 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| N North Carolina Institute of Medicine | $3.1M | 16 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Health Sciences South Carolina
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$3.0M | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | SC | |
| F Foster America | $3.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Conservation Fund | $3.0M | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Children's Trust of South Carolina | $3.0M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Children's Hope Alliance
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$2.9M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NC | |
| N North Carolina Council of Churches | $2.8M | 13 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| W Wakemed | $2.8M | 7 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute | $2.6M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$2.5M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| E East Carolina University | $2.4M | 18 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Catawba County Department of Social Services | $2.3M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$2.3M | 11 | 2021 | 2021 | SC | |
| D Dee Norton Child Advocacy Center | $2.3M | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Presbyterian Hospital Foundation
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$2.2M | 13 | 2021 | 2021 | NC | |
| P Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina | $2.2M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Cone Health | $2.2M | 12 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N Nurse Family Partnership National Service Office | $2.0M | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N Nc Rural Center | $2.0M | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Mdc INC
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$2.0M | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| N North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services | $2.0M | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Wesley Community Development Corporation
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$1.9M | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
South Carolina Network of Childrens Advocacy Centers
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$1.9M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
Medassist of Mecklenburg
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$1.9M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| T Tidelands Health | $1.9M | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Rafi-Usa | $1.8M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Hope Restorations INC | $1.8M | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| C Conway Medical Center | $1.8M | 10 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1.8M | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| C Community Medical Clinic of Kershaw County | $1.8M | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Hinton Rural Life Center INC | $1.7M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health
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$1.7M | 9 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
Institute for Child Success INC
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$1.7M | 7 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| N New Hanover Regional Medical Center | $1.6M | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1.6M | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| S South Carolina Hospital Research & Education Foundation | $1.6M | 3 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| W Wake Forest University Health | $1.6M | 8 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$1.5M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Family Connects International
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$1.5M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| S South Carolina First Steps | $1.5M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Orthocarolina Research Institute INC
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$1.5M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Epworth Children's Home
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$1.4M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | SC | |
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$1.4M | 11 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
El Futuro
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$1.4M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Conway Hospital INC
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$1.4M | 6 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | SC | |
| G Guilford County Department of Public Health | $1.4M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Children's Trust Fund of South Carolina | $1.4M | 2 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Chapin Hall Center for Children
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$1.4M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$1.4M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| S Self Regional Healthcare | $1.4M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
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$1.3M | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
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$1.3M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
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$1.2M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$1.2M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| F Frank Porter Graham Child Development Inst the University of Nc at Chapel | $1.2M | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| N North Carolina Conference United | $1.2M | 4 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
The North Carolina Community Action Association
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$1.2M | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| B Beaufort Memorial Hospital | $1.2M | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$1.2M | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NC | |
| A American Institutes for Research | $1.2M | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S South Carolina Department of Mental Health | $1.2M | 5 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$1.2M | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| I Interfaith Youth Core | $1.2M | 2 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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