Non-profit Sector

The Foundation Center's mission is to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy. The Foundation Center is the nation's leading authority on philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. grantmakers and their grants. It also operates research, education, and training programs designed to advance philanthropy at every level.

Philanthropy News Digest (PND), a weekly news service of the Foundation Center, is a compendium, in digest form, of philanthropy-related articles and features culled from print and electronic media outlets nationwide.

Published every Tuesday, each PND abstract summarizes the content of, or from, an original article, press or news release, or grantmaker Web site. Each abstract includes a citation of the original news source, which readers of the Digest can use to read the original Web site, or to find a copy of the original article (if abstracted from a print source) through a library or a document delivery service. Register Here

Local Non-profit Support Ventures

The QENO Initiative is a joint venture between the UNCW Division of Academic Affairs and the Division for Public Service and Continuing Studies. A community/university steering committee plans and oversees the implementation of the QENO Initiative. The Department of Political Science and Public Administration, along with faculty from the Department of Social Work, the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, and School of Business are involved. The Division for Public Service and Continuing Studies provides administrative, logistical and promotional support.

Founded in 1990, the N.C. Center for Nonprofits is a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that serves as a statewide network for nonprofit board and staff members, an information center on effective organizational practices, and an advocate for the nonprofit sector as a whole. We offer services directly to all sizes and types of 501(c)(3) nonprofits and we work closely with other local, state and national groups that assist nonprofits.

Local Funders

The Community Foundation of Southeastern North Carolina is a resource to individuals and organizations in Southeastern North Carolina with philanthropic desires. We want to make charitable giving easy! We are also here to assist in the development and sustainability of the nonprofit sector within our region.

United Way is a locally-based, volunteer-driven nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting quality helath and human service programs that meet county residents' basic needs and improve community conditions in our local area. United Way partners with local agencies, organizations, civic groups and local government to provide these needed services and programs and find solutions to chronic community problems, like substance abuse among youth and the need for affordable, decent housing for low-income families.

The mission of the Landfall Foundation is to provide funds to local nonprofit organizations for programs and projects that provide for the Arts, Education, and Health and Welfare in the Greater Wilmington, North Carolina area.

Cape Fear Memorial Foundation is a private, non-operating foundation located in Wilmington, North Carolina. Its primary purpose is to serve the health and medical needs of the people of Southeastern North Carolina.  It supports charitable not-for-profit organizations providing health and medical services and  health education.

Federal

Grants.gov is your source to FIND and APPLY for federal government grants. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is proud to be the managing partner for Grants.gov, an initiative that is having an unparalleled impact on the grant community. Learn more about Grants.gov.

Grants.gov provides information about this website quarterly through our “Succeed” Newsletter, a guide to the latest updates, handy tips and useful articles on how to best use Grants.gov. To subscribe to "Succeed", go here.

Individual

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online describes giving for a variety of purposes, including scholarships, student loans, fellowships, program development, internships, professorships, arts and cultural projects, research, awards/grants by nomination only and general welfare. It is intended to be both a grantseeker’s guide and a reference tool for those interested in foundation giving to the individual. By searching the entries and their indexes, the Foundation Grants to Individuals Online user can complete searches ranging from the very simple to the highly complex. This capability makes Foundation Grants to Individuals Online one of the most comprehensive resources available on funding to the individual. As with the FDO, access to Foundation Grants to Individuals Online is available from library branches.

The College Foundation of North Carolina provides information on both need-based and merit-based scholarships and grants.