Provide employment, educational, and life-enrichment opportunities to local and regional communities throughout eastern North Carolina.
Goodwill Industries of Eastern North Carolina Inc’s 2025 giving includes a set of $50,000 grants that point to its priorities: disaster response, behavioral health, and child and family services. Among those awards, Baptists on Mission in Cary received support for disaster relief programs and mobile dental buses, while the Center for Child and Family Health in Durham was funded for educational initiatives and outpatient therapy. The foundation also gave $50,000 to Association for the Rescue of Children in Estes Park, Colorado, for child rescue operations, showing that its grantmaking can extend beyond North Carolina when the purpose fits its mission. Across its recent awards, the foundation funds organizations that provide direct services tied to employment, education, life enrichment, and workforce development. Its portfolio also includes food security, homelessness prevention, anti-trafficking work, youth programming, reentry support, and emergency relief. Recent grantees range from regional nonprofit partners to specialized service providers, including New Leaf Behavioral Health in Raleigh for mental health services and Food Bank of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City for a rural delivery program. The pattern suggests an active community-grantmaker using targeted, issue-specific awards to support services delivered on the ground.
Employment and workforce development appear throughout the foundation’s community partnerships. It gave $30,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of North Central NC for programming and $25,000 to Arise Collective for transition initiatives and reentry programs, both of which connect to economic stability and skills-building. Health-related support is also visible. The foundation awarded $50,000 to New Leaf Behavioral Health in Raleigh for mental health services for individuals and families, and $20,000 to Sisters Network Triangle in Durham for education for breast cancer survivors. Food access and basic needs are another clear theme. Food Bank of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City received $50,000 for a rural delivery program, while Ripe for Revival in Rocky Mount received $25,000 for its Mobile Market program. Those grants sit alongside awards for homelessness prevention and emergency relief in the same grant list.
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Most grants fall between $20K and $25K, with a median of $23K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$23K
75th Percentile
$25K
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Typical grant sizes cluster tightly around a local-program scale: p25 is $20,000, median is $22,500, and p75 is $25,000. Larger $50,000 awards appear, but they are a smaller set within the overall pattern. The foundation’s recent list also shows repeat support for mission-aligned community services rather than a single one-off theme. Goodwill Industries of Eastern North Carolina Inc is a regular funder and gives locally, with 86% of grants going to recipients in its headquarters state of North Carolina. The active grant programs describe community partnerships, programming support, and direct services. One program accepts unsolicited requests, while another lists that it does not accept unsolicited proposals.
Grantmaking is concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 86% of recipient locations. Within the state, recent awards went to Durham, Raleigh, Cary, Elizabeth City, Rocky Mount, Greenville, Wilmington, Oxford, Boone, Farmville, and Wrightsville Beach. The foundation also backed organizations outside North Carolina, including Estes Park, Colorado; North Charleston, South Carolina; and several Gulf and Southeast recipients tied to Hurricane Helene relief, such as St Petersburg, Florida, Columbus, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia, and Kingsport, Tennessee.
Its recent grants favor organizations delivering direct services in employment, education, life enrichment, workforce development, food security, homelessness prevention, and emergency relief. The grant list also includes mental health services, anti-trafficking work, youth programming, and reentry support.
The stated grant-size distribution is tightly clustered: p25 is $20,000, the median is $22,500, and p75 is $25,000. Several awards in the recent list sit at $20,000 or $25,000, with a smaller number at $30,000 and $50,000.
Yes. Although 86% of grants go to recipients in North Carolina, the recent list also includes recipients in Colorado, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Tennessee. These out-of-state awards include both issue-specific work and Hurricane Helene relief.
It uses community partnerships that can include grants, programming support, and direct services. The active program descriptions also note partnership grants, mission investment grants, and program grants, all tied to the foundation’s employment, education, and life-enrichment mission.
At least one active community partnerships program accepts unsolicited requests, while another does not. The grant-program listings show both models within the organization’s partnership portfolio.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
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Who can apply: Organizations that share GIENC's values, ethics, and desire to serve local and regional communities; the page indicates GIENC is open to conversation with interested organizations.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Bank of the Albemarle | Elizabeth City, NC | $50,000 | 2025 | support rural delivery program |
| New Leaf Behavioral Health | Raleigh, NC | $50,000 | 2025 | fund mental health services for individuals and families |
| Association for the Rescue of Children | Estes Park, CO | $50,000 | 2025 | fund child rescue operations |
| Baptists on Mission | Cary, NC | $50,000 | 2025 | support disaster relief programs and the mobile dental buses |
| Center for Child and Family Health | Durham, NC | $50,000 | 2025 | support educational initiatives, outpatient therapy |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of North Central NC | Oxford, NC | $30,000 | 2025 | fund programming |
| SHIP Community Outreach | Raleigh, NC | $30,000 | 2025 | fund programming in anti-trafficking and feeding initiatives |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain | Winterville, NC | $30,000 | 2025 | support programming needs |
| Boys & Girls Cubs of Southeastern NC | Wilmington, NC | $30,000 | 2025 | support Education, Workforce Readiness, Health & Wellness programs |
| A Place at the Table | Raleigh, NC | $30,000 | 2025 | program supplies for the café |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $25,000 | 2025 | support relief efforts from Hurricane Helene |
| Ripe for Revival | Rocky Mount, NC | $25,000 | 2025 | support the Mobile Market program |
| Goodwill Industries Suncoast | St Petersburg, FL | $25,000 | 2025 | support relief efforts from Hurricane Helene |
| Goodwill of Southeast Georgia | Savannah, GA | $25,000 | 2025 | support relief efforts from Hurricane Helene |
| First Tee of the Triangle | Raleigh, NC | $25,000 | 2025 | support empowering youth programming |
| A Safe Placw | Wrightsville Beach, NC | $25,000 | 2025 | support outreach center, emergency relief, jail outreach program |
| Libby Dalton Averett Foundation | Cary, NC | $25,000 | 2025 | support cancer and heart disease research |
| Center for Volunteer Caregiving | Cary, NC | $25,000 | 2025 | support programming needs |
| Goodwill Southeastern Association | Columbus, GA | $25,000 | 2025 | support relief efforts from Hurricane Helene |
| Goodwill Industries of Tenneva Inc | Kingsport, TN | $25,000 | 2025 | support relief efforts from Hurricane Helene |
| Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina Inc | Winston Salem, NC | $25,000 | 2025 | support relief efforts from Hurricane Helene |
| Arise Collective | Raleigh, NC | $25,000 | 2025 | support transition initiatives, reentry programs |
| Young Scientist Academy | Wilmington, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | support for after school and summer enrichment programs |
| Community Crossroads Center | Greenville, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | purchase of programming supplies |
| E Fusion Solutions | Durham, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | fund tech equipment and programming supplies |
| Daughters of Worth | Greenville, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | purchase programming supplies |
| Esteamed Coffee | Cary, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | support programming supplies |
| Nourish NC | Wilmington, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | support Food Farmacy and Backpack programs |
| NC Stop Human Trafficking | Farmville, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | fund programming needs |
| Sisters Network Triangle | Durham, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | support education for breast cancer survivors |
| Voyage of Wilmington | Wilmington, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | support youth development programs |
| Legal Aid of North Carolina | Raleigh, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | support LANCMobile |
| Families Moving Forward | Durham, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | support Children's Service program |
| Southeastern Family Violence Center | Limberton, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | support of the intervention, educational, children's and advocacy programs |
| The Joel Fund | Raleigh, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | support Operation Support, Operation Furnish and Operation Connect |
| Backpack Friends | Swansboro, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | support feeding program |
| Palmetto Goodwill | North Charleston, SC | $20,000 | 2025 | support the Micro Enterprises program |
| SHIELD NC | Apex, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | support training initiatives on human trafficking |
| The Open Door of Perquimans County | Hertford, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | purchase of food and supplies for the food pantry |
| PORCH | Carrboro, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | support programming initiatives |
| Living with Autism | Raleigh, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | support programming needs |
| ELF Angel's fund | Clarkton, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | support programming needs |
| Soarin 9042 | Erwin, NC | $12,500 | 2025 | support the robotics team |
| Eagles of the Knight Team 6240 | Warrenton, NC | $12,500 | 2025 | support the robotics team |
New Leaf Behavioral Health
$50,000fund mental health services for individuals and families
Association for the Rescue of Children
$50,000fund child rescue operations
Baptists on Mission
$50,000support disaster relief programs and the mobile dental buses
support educational initiatives, outpatient therapy
Boys & Girls Clubs of North Central NC
fund programming
fund programming in anti-trafficking and feeding initiatives
Boys & Girls Cubs of Southeastern NC
$30,000support Education, Workforce Readiness, Health & Wellness programs
Ripe for Revival
$25,000support the Mobile Market program
support relief efforts from Hurricane Helene
Goodwill of Southeast Georgia
$25,000support relief efforts from Hurricane Helene
A Safe Placw
$25,000support outreach center, emergency relief, jail outreach program
Libby Dalton Averett Foundation
$25,000support cancer and heart disease research
Center for Volunteer Caregiving
$25,000support programming needs
Goodwill Southeastern Association
$25,000support relief efforts from Hurricane Helene
Goodwill Industries of Tenneva Inc
$25,000support relief efforts from Hurricane Helene
Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina Inc
$25,000support relief efforts from Hurricane Helene
Young Scientist Academy
$20,000support for after school and summer enrichment programs
Community Crossroads Center
$20,000purchase of programming supplies
E Fusion Solutions
$20,000fund tech equipment and programming supplies
Daughters of Worth
$20,000purchase programming supplies
Esteamed Coffee
$20,000support programming supplies
NC Stop Human Trafficking
$20,000fund programming needs
Sisters Network Triangle
$20,000support education for breast cancer survivors
Voyage of Wilmington
$20,000support youth development programs
Southeastern Family Violence Center
$20,000support of the intervention, educational, children's and advocacy programs
The Joel Fund
$20,000support Operation Support, Operation Furnish and Operation Connect
Backpack Friends
$20,000support feeding program
SHIELD NC
$20,000support training initiatives on human trafficking
The Open Door of Perquimans County
$20,000purchase of food and supplies for the food pantry
PORCH
$20,000support programming initiatives
Living with Autism
$20,000support programming needs
ELF Angel's fund
$20,000support programming needs
Soarin 9042
$12,500support the robotics team
Eagles of the Knight Team 6240
$12,500support the robotics team