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Grant recipient EIN 47-2080338Jobs and employment

Who funds The Industrial Commons?

26 private foundations gave The Industrial Commons in Morganton, NC $14.4 million across 61 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2024.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2024, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

61 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Gitlab FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2024

    Greening the textile sector leading economic impact and change

    $350,000
  2. Marguerite Casey FoundationSeattle, WA 2024

    General operating support

    $350,000
  3. The Educational Foundation of AmericaBethesda, MD 2024

    Salary and benefits art director and accelerator

    $110,000
  4. Dogwood Health TrustAsheville, NC 2024

    Out-of-school arts education access and equipment expansion for burke county students.

    $100,000
  5. The White Cedar Fund Formerly Nolen Bradley Family FundJackson, WY 2024

    For revitalizing rural economy by launching and nurturing community-owned, for-profit busineses.

    $50,000
  6. Wells Fargo FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    Capital for the commons: loan funds & support for small rural businesses

    $50,000
  7. Sunshine Now FoundationAsheville, NC 2024

    General purposes

    $50,000
  8. NC IdeaDurham, NC 2024

    Ecosystem grants

    $35,000
  9. We See Beauty FoundationGarden City, NY 2024

    Training

    $30,000
  10. The VF FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    Digital Inventory System, Implementation Supporting Textile Circularity

    $25,000
  11. Dogwood Health TrustAsheville, NC 2024

    Discretionary staff care and support following hurricane helene.

    $12,500
  12. Rostan Family FoundationValdese, NC 2024

    Philanthropic

    $3,000
  13. The Kendeda FundWilmington, DE 2023

    Innovation Campus

    $8,000,000
  14. The Kendeda FundWilmington, DE 2023

    Building, growing and sustaining The Industrial Commons ecosystem fund

    $395,000
  15. Dogwood Health TrustAsheville, NC 2023

    Work in burke: economic transformation for opportunity youth

    $330,000
  16. The Cannon Foundation IncConcord, NC 2023

    To support the charitable mission of the recipient organization

    $250,000
  17. Sunshine Now FoundationAsheville, NC 2023

    General purposes

    $80,000
  18. The Hartman Family FoundationGarden City, NY 2023

    Through FNL: to enhance the rentention and creation of manufacturing firms and gainful employment

    $75,000
  19. Dogwood Health TrustAsheville, NC 2023

    Organizational development support for the industrial commons.

    $40,000
  20. We See Beauty FoundationGarden City, NY 2023

    To support industrial sewing training program to supply skilled labor to local cooperatives to meet the growing demand in textile manufacturing.

    $33,313
  21. The Educational Foundation of AmericaBethesda, MD 2023

    Toss (the old school studio)

    $25,000
  22. Truist Foundation IncOrlando, FL 2023

    General operating

    $25,000
  23. The VF FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    The Circular Collaborative

    $25,000
  24. The Educational Foundation of AmericaBethesda, MD 2023

    Accelerating common economies institute

    $20,000
  25. Huffman-Cornwell FoundationHigh Point, NC 2023

    General

    $7,000
  26. The Allstate FoundationNorthbrook, IL 2023

    Creating inclusive quality green jobs in a southern rural region

    $5,000
  27. Rostan Family FoundationValdese, NC 2023

    Philanthropic

    $5,000
  28. The Educational Foundation of AmericaBethesda, MD 2023

    General operating support

    $4,000
  29. Dogwood Health TrustAsheville, NC 2023

    Grant writer assistance.

    $3,600
  30. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $69
  31. Dogwood Health TrustAsheville, NC 2022

    This grant will support the industrial commons in their efforts to provide access to capital to under-fueled entrepreneurs by funding the expansion of their loan fund program.

    $491,000
  32. The Kendeda FundWilmington, DE 2022

    Building, growing and sustaining The Industrial Commons ecosystem

    $295,000
  33. Dogwood Health TrustAsheville, NC 2022

    These funds will be used to engage the assistance of dan gerlach to help chart the course of the industrial commons project and gain philanthropic connections.

    $30,000
  34. The VF FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    Material Return - Custom Circularity

    $25,000
  35. Duke Energy FoundationCharlotte, NC 2022

    Vibrant economies

    $6,000
  36. Rostan Family FoundationValdese, NC 2022

    Philanthropic

    $5,000
  37. Huffman-Cornwell FoundationHigh Point, NC 2022

    General

    $5,000
  38. Dogwood Health TrustAsheville, NC 2022

    If we are to receive funding from the national endowment for the arts (NEA), our aim would be to record and preserve this chronicle of southern life and our complex culture through oral history collection that would give voice particularly to historically overlooked communities, including the bipoc, LGBTQ+, and native american communities.

    $4,222
  39. The Kendeda FundWilmington, DE 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  40. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $71
  41. Dogwood Health TrustAsheville, NC 2021

    Supporting frontline workers through employee ownership

    $500,000
  42. Open Society InstituteNew York, NY 2021

    to provide general support

    $420,000
  43. Open Society InstituteNew York, NY 2021

    to provide general support

    $175,000
  44. The Kendeda FundWilmington, DE 2021

    Building, growing and sustaining The Industrial Commons ecosystem

    $60,000
  45. We See Beauty FoundationGarden City, NY 2021

    Programs which provide economic opportunities for women.

    $25,000
  46. Duke Energy FoundationCharlotte, NC 2021

    Vibrant economies

    $25,000
  47. Rostan Family FoundationValdese, NC 2021

    Philanthropic

    $5,000
  48. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $44
  49. The Kendeda FundWilmington, DE 2020

    COVID- response fund and PPE manufacturing

    $250,000
  50. The Kendeda FundWilmington, DE 2020

    Just Markets Initiative - Worker Wear Line program

    $200,000
  51. The JM Kaplan Fund IncNew York, NY 2020

    Connecting cultural heritage, youth retention, and economic revival, the industrial commons helps small to mid-size manufacturers convert to worker-ownership.

    $106,000
  52. Open Society InstituteNew York, NY 2020

    to provide general support

    $100,000
  53. One FoundationBeckley, WV 2020

    Working capital operations

    $40,000
  54. The Cooperative Charitable TrustWatertown, MA 2020

    Encourage pursuitof employeeowned businesses

    $5,000
  55. The Charlotte Foundation IncBoston, MA 2020

    Operations budget assistance

    $1,000
  56. The Marian B and Jacob K Javits Foundation IncKensington, CA 2020

    Charitable

    $1,000
  57. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $32
  58. The JM Kaplan Fund IncNew York, NY 2019

    Building a new southern labor movement based on ownership and workplace democracy

    $50,000
  59. One FoundationBeckley, WV 2019

    Working capital operations

    $45,000
  60. The Cooperative Charitable TrustWatertown, MA 2019

    Encourage pursuitof employeeowned businesses

    $10,000
  61. The Rockefeller FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    In general support of its mission to provide resources and support to firms and networks in a way that improves livelihoods and roots wealth in communities

    $1,000,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other jobs and employment organizations in North Carolina and are not among The Industrial Commons’s funders above.

  1. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 54 grants Accepts applications $713,797 to similar organizations
  2. TD Charitable FoundationPortland, ME 7 grants Accepts applications $150,000 to similar organizations
  3. Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation IncGreensboro, NC 7 grants Accepts applications $72,500 to similar organizations
  4. Reynolds American FoundationWinston Salem, NC 8 grants Accepts applications $58,130 to similar organizations
  5. United Community Bank FoundationGreenville, SC 4 grants Preselected only $11,750 to similar organizations
  6. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 6 grants Preselected only $1,300 to similar organizations
  7. John William Pope FoundationRaleigh, NC 8 grants Accepts applications $217,900 to similar organizations
  8. Reynolds Foundation 186-8803582Knoxville, TN 4 grants Accepts applications $175,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 47-2080338 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.