| FIDELITY FOUNDATION | BOSTON, MA | large program funder | 6 |
| LETTIE PATE WHITEHEAD FOUNDATION INC | ATLANTA, GA | program funder | 5 |
| CANNON FOUNDATION INC | CONCORD, NC | program funder | 4 |
| EDWARD M ARMFIELD SR FOUNDATION INC | GREENSBORO, NC | program funder | 4 |
| ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS FOUNDATION | SAINT LOUIS, MO | large program funder | 4 |
| NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | program funder | 4 |
| DOMINION ENERGY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | RICHMOND, VA | large program funder | 3 |
| EDUCATIONAL CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | program funder | 3 |
| EUNICE A TURNER FOUNDATION INC | CONOVER, NC | program funder | 3 |
| MICHAEL & SUSAN DELL FOUNDATION | AUSTIN, TX | program funder | 3 |
| NORTH CAROLINA BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER | DURHAM, NC | program funder | 3 |
| NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | RALEIGH, NC | program funder | 3 |
| REYNOLDS AMERICAN FOUNDATION | WINSTON SALEM, NC | program funder | 3 |
| STATE EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION | RALEIGH, NC | program funder | 3 |
| WAKE ELECTRIC CARE INC | YOUNGSVILLE, NC | program funder | 3 |
| WATSON-BROWN FOUNDATION INC | THOMSON, GA | program funder | 3 |
| WILLIAM HAROLD SMITH CHARITABLE TR | MARION, NC | program funder | 3 |
| ALLY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | CHARLOTTE, NC | program funder | 2 |
| AMELIA TUCKER CAPEHART FUND | SAINT LOUIS, MO | program funder | 2 |
| AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES | NEW YORK, NY | program funder | 2 |
| ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | large program funder | 2 |
| ANONYMOUS TRUST | RALEIGH, NC | program funder | 2 |
| ASCENDIUM EDUCATION SOLUTIONS INC | MADISON, WI | program funder | 2 |
| ASIANETWORK INC | ST PETERSBURG, FL | program funder | 2 |
| BVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC | ATLANTA, GA | program funder | 2 |