| Otha E Herring Scholarship Fund I | | Raleigh, NC | Local | 5 | 2024 | $845,676 |
| Mount Olive Pickle Company Foundation | | Mount Olive, NC | Local | 7 | 2024 | $761,250 |
| Charles a Cannon Charitable Trust N0 One | | Concord, NC | Local | 3 | 2024 | $705,000 |
| North Carolina Foundation for Christian Ministries | | Mount Olive, NC | Local | 7 | 2024 | $459,917 |
| James E & Mary Z Bryan Foundation | | Raleigh, NC | Local | 5 | 2024 | $420,000 |
| Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc | | Atlanta, GA | National | 5 | 2024 | $378,500 |
| National Collegiate Athletic Association | | Indianapolis, IN | National | 8 | 2024 | $336,427 |
| Southern Bank Foundation | | Mount Olive, NC | Local | 3 | 2024 | $314,000 |
| Robert P Holding Foundation Inc | | Smithfield, NC | Local | 4 | 2024 | $302,887 |
| Anonymous Trust | | Raleigh, NC | Local | 3 | 2024 | $212,000 |
| North Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities | | Raleigh, NC | Local | 8 | 2024 | $168,826 |
| E J Pope & Son Foundation | | Mount Olive, NC | Local | 8 | 2024 | $150,100 |
| Patriot Foundation | | Pinehurst, NC | Local | 3 | 2024 | $52,000 |
| Borden Fund Inc | | Goldsboro, NC | Local | 4 | 2024 | $35,000 |
| Borden Foundation | | Goldsboro, NC | Local | 3 | 2024 | $30,000 |
| North Carolina Small Grain Growers Association Inc | | Greenville, NC | Local | 2 | 2024 | $30,000 |
| M & J Foundation Inc | | Raleigh, NC | Local | 7 | 2024 | $17,000 |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | | Owasso, OK | Local | 1 | 2024 | $10,000 |
| Elizabeth City Foundation Committee | | Raleigh, NC | Local | 1 | 2024 | $2,500 |
| Wake Electric Care Inc | | Youngsville, NC | Local | 2 | 2024 | $2,500 |
| Iskander Family Foundation Inc | | Goldsboro, NC | Local | 2 | 2024 | $800 |
| Gooding Group Foundation | | Ephrata, PA | Local | 1 | 2024 | $60 |
| Bladen We Care Foundation | | Elizabethtown, NC | Local | 1 | 2024 | $0 |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | | Indianapolis, IN | Local | 3 | 2023 | $3,491,711 |
| Cannon Foundation Inc | | Concord, NC | Local | 2 | 2023 | $325,000 |
| William W Capel and Ernest J Martin III Family Foundation | | Champaign, IL | Local | 2 | 2023 | $20,000 |
| Ellen and Munroe Best Family Foundation | | Goldsboro, NC | Local | 6 | 2023 | $17,500 |
| Mid Atlantic Foundation | | Goldsboro, NC | Local | 3 | 2023 | $7,700 |
| National Board for Certified Counselors Inc | | Greensboro, NC | Local | 1 | 2023 | $6,500 |
| The Golden L E a F Long-Term Economic Advancement Foundation in | | Rocky Mount, NC | Local | 1 | 2022 | $699,707 |
| R a Bryan Foundation Inc | | Goldsboro, NC | Local | 4 | 2022 | $200,000 |
| Fa Korschun Foundation Inc 1025005564-328900800 | | Goldsboro, NC | Local | 3 | 2022 | $18,000 |
| E Merle and Ollie W Edwards Foundation Inc | | Kinston, NC | Local | 5 | 2022 | $6,500 |
| Ryerson Foundation | | Chicago, IL | National | 2 | 2022 | $4,000 |
| W C & Edna W Martin Family Foundation | | Dunn, NC | Local | 3 | 2022 | $1,350 |
| Enterprise Holdings Foundation | | Saint Louis, MO | National | 2 | 2021 | $5,000 |
| Dick Smith Foundation Inc | | Columbia, SC | Local | 2 | 2021 | $4,000 |
| Amelia Tucker Capehart Fund | | Saint Louis, MO | Local | 1 | 2019 | $4,000 |
| Robert T Johnson Scholarship Trust | | Orlando, FL | Local | 1 | 2019 | $1,000 |
| Thomas B and Robertha K Coleman Foundation Inc | | New Bern, NC | Local | 1 | 2019 | $100 |
| Arts Council of Wayne County | | Goldsboro, NC | — | 2 | 2018 | $2,600 |
| Wayne Memorial Hospital Inc | | Goldsboro, NC | Local | 1 | 2017 | $50,000 |