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The Belk Foundation: 40 grants to organizations, $2.1 million (tax year ended May 2025)
The Belk Foundation, a private foundation in Charlotte, NC, paid 40 grants to organizations totaling $2,105,024 in its tax year ended May 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on April 11, 2026. The largest was $150,000 to Foundation for the Carolinas in Charlotte, NC for general operating support for read charlotte, a community initiative to improve early literacy in charlotte-mecklenburg..
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- EIN
- 270237197
- Based in
- Charlotte, NC
- Assets
- $55,362,493
- Grants paid
- $2,105,024
- Tax year ended
- May 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended May 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed April 11, 2026, IRS object ID 202631019349100103. It reported $2,105,024 in grants paid; 40 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for the Carolinas | Charlotte, NC | General operating support for read charlotte, a community initiative to improve early literacy in charlotte-mecklenburg. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| CMS Foundation (NBCT & TLP) | Charlotte, NC | Program support to increase the number of national board certified teachers and revamp the teacher leader pathway professional development curriculum. | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Foundation of the University of North Carolina Charlotte (tutoring) | Charlotte, NC | Program support for teacher candidates to have a high quality clinical experience by tutoring k-5 grade cms students in foundational reading. | $122,439 | apps.irs.gov | |
| East Carolina University Foundation Inc | Greenville, NC | Program support for a 4-year study exploring the impact of burnout and how it can be mitigated for preservice and early career teachers. | Education | $120,462 | apps.irs.gov |
| Heart Math Tutoring Inc | Charlotte, NC | General operating support to help elementary school students build critical foundational math skills and academic confidence. | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Teach for America Inc | Charlotte, NC | Program support for recruiting, training, and developing impact-driven teachers and leaders. teach for america supports first- and second-year teachers who teach some of the most vulnerable students i | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International House of Metrolina Inc | Charlotte, NC | Program support for multi-language learners to receive literacy tutoring after school and during the summer months. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| YMCA of Greater Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | Program support for y readers year-round programming to accelerate literacy growth for kindergarten through third grade students in cms. | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | Program support to provide educational programming and integrated clinical experiences for teacher candidates to create the first ever inclusive education minor in north carolina. | $72,018 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Black Child Development Institute-Carolinas | Charlotte, NC | Program support for the family empowerment program to build the capacity of parents and caregivers. | Education | $68,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Urbanpromise Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | General operating support for a year-round program for low-income students that provides out-of-school-time academic and spiritual development. | Youth development | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Inc | Charlotte, NC | Program support for an expanded elementary footprint and enhanced programming to provide mecklenburg county students with a strong foundation for academic success. | Education | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Augustine Literacy Project-Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | General operating support to provide intensive tutoring to aspiring 1st - 3rd grade readers who are behind in reading. | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| CMS Foundation (teacher Innovation) | Charlotte, NC | Program support for coaching and project planning for schools and teacher-led teams participating in the cms foundation innovation center. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| CMS Foundation (teacher Residency) | Charlotte, NC | Program support for the cms teaching residency, with a goal of increasing the licensing of non-traditional teachers. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Freedom School Partners Inc | Charlotte, NC | Program support for the freedom school summer program to stop learning loss and create passionate readers. | Youth development | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Latinx Education Center | Siler City, NC | General operating support for latinxed to work with current and future educators by building a network through their community of practice and coaching support. | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Council On Teacher Quality | Washington, DC | Program support to advance elementary literacy and teacher diversity in north carolina through stakeholder engagement and policy improvement. | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Carolina Business Leaders for Education | Cary, NC | Program support for the continued advocacy for reform of teacher compensation, licensure, and development. | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Carolina Education Corps | Raleigh, NC | Program support for a high-impact k-3 literacy tutoring partnership with watauga county schools. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ourbridge Inc | Charlotte, NC | General operating support for an afterschool program with a focus on literacy for children from title i cms schools. | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences | Arlington, VA | Program support for the dissemination across nc of a research-practice partnership examining the academic recovery of students through tutoring and summer school programs in guilford county schools an | Social science | $49,605 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Carolina Business Leaders for Education | Cary, NC | General operating support for transforming north carolina education through state policy and advocacy. | Education | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kipp North Carolina Public Schools Inc | Durham, NC | Program support for launching kipp nc teacher u, the first educator preparation program approved by the state of north carolina at a public charter school. | Education | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| NC Alliance for School Leadership Development | Raleigh, NC | Program support to create and implement the early career principals academy, a statewide leadership development initiative for early-career public school principals. | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Queens University of Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | Program support for queens school executive leadership academy (sela), a program that prepares new school leaders and principals. | Education | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Educationnc | Raleigh, NC | General operating support for ednc to report on policy makers and levers influencing systems change in education. | Public and societal benefit | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc | Charlotte, NC | Program support for clinicians to provide individualized support to emerging readers in k-3rd grades to build vocabulary and language expression. | Health care | $27,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Appalachian State University Foundation Inc | Boone, NC | Program support for clinical interns and early field experience interns impacted by hurricane helene. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Augustine Literacy Project-Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | Program support for expanded curriculum that will include new lessons designed to meet the needs of multilingual learners. | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Racial Equity in Education | Charlotte, NC | Program support for professional development programs that build capacity, knowledge, and support to increase teacher retention. | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Foundation of the University of North Carolina Charlotte (student Teachers) | Charlotte, NC | Strengthening teachers and leaders: program support for professional development and networking opportunities for teacher candidates participating in the mentor program. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Myfuturenc | Raleigh, NC | General operating support for myfuturenc to ensure 2 million north carolinians have a high-quality credential or postsecondary degree by 2030. | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Profound Ladies Inc | Raleigh, NC | General operating support to increase the retention, effectiveness, and leadership of women educators of color through mentorship, professional development, and wellness support. | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Public School Forum of North Carolina Inc | Cary, NC | Program support for the drive initiative to strengthen teaching and leadership via regional collaboration on staffing for a diverse educator workforce. | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of North Carolina System Office | Raleigh, NC | Program support for building and facilitating a regional coaching model to support the leadership development of lab school principals statewide. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Watauga Education Foundation Inc | Boone, NC | Program support for watauga county schools to expand its summer literacy camp, addressing learning loss caused by hurricane helene for children in k-3 grades. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| NC Alliance for School Leadership Development | Raleigh, NC | Program support for the assistant principal leadership accelerator program. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| CMS Foundation (general Operating) | Charlotte, NC | General operating support for educational programs; a board/committee recognition grant. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Alumnae Association of Spelman College | Atlanta, GA | Scholarships to local graduates matriculating to spelman college; a board/committee recognition grant. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended May 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed July 10, 2025, IRS object ID 202501919349100605. It reported $1,936,493 in grants paid; 33 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Inc (tutoring) | Charlotte, NC | Program support for teacher candidates to have a high-quality clinical experience by tutoring k-5 grade cms students in foundational reading. | $166,192 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Foundation for the Carolinas | Charlotte, NC | General operating support for read charlotte, a collaborative, community-wide movement dedicated to increasing the % of third graders reading on grade level. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Augustine Literacy Project - Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | General operating support to provide intensive tutoring to aspiring 1st - 3rd grade readers who are behind in reading. also additional funding awarded to launch a technology solution to support contin | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Teach for America Inc | Charlotte, NC | Program support for recruiting, training, and developing impact-driven teachers and leaders. teach for america supports first-and second-year teachers who teach some of the most vulnerable students in | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Carolina State University (turnaround) | Raleigh, NC | Program support for advancing educational opportunity in charlotte-mecklenburgs lowest-performing schools through teacher recruitment, development, and retention. | $87,168 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (equitable Rostering) | Chapel Hill, NC | Program support to pilot a system for student rostering practices. | $82,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International House of Metrolina Inc | Charlotte, NC | Program support for multi-language learners to receive literacy tutoring after school and during the summer months. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Heart Math Tutoring Inc | Charlotte, NC | General operating support for a math intervention program that provides curriculum and on-site support for volunteer tutors in title i cms elementary schools. | Education | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Helping Education | Raleigh, NC | Program support to deliver reading fluency literacy programming to cms students. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| YMCA of Greater Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | Program support for y readers year-round programming to accelerate literacy growth for kindergarten through third grade students in cms. | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Carolina State University (principal Study) | Raleigh, NC | Program support to develop and pilot a transformational principal learning model for early grades leadership in north carolina. | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Black Child Development Institute - Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | Program support to the family empowerment program (fep) to build the capacity of parents and caregivers as leaders and advocates of their families. | $68,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Urbanpromise Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | General operating support for a year-round program for low-income students that provides out-of-school time academic and spiritual development. | Youth development | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| CMS Foundation (teacher Innovation) | Charlotte, NC | Program support for coaching and project planning for schools and teacher-led teams participating in the cms foundation innovation center. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| CMS Foundation (teacher Residency) | Charlotte, NC | Program support for the cms teaching residency, with a goal of increasing the licensing of non-traditional teachers. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Foundation for the Carolinas (summer Program) | Charlotte, NC | General operating support for a collective of 6 local non-profit partners working collaboratively to expand the number of schools and students who have access to summer programs across charlotte-meckl | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Freedom School Partners Inc | Charlotte, NC | Program support for summer program to stop summer learning loss and create passionate readers and learners. | Youth development | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Latinx Education Center | Chapel Hill, NC | General operating support for the latinx leadership pipelines practices initiative to support school leaders. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Carolina Business Leaders for Education Best NC | Cary, NC | Program support for the continued advocacy for reform of teacher compensation, licensure, and development. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ourbridge Inc | Charlotte, NC | General operating support for an afterschool program with a focus on literacy for children from title i cms schools. | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Carolina Business Leaders for Education Best NC | Cary, NC | General operating support for best nc, a nonprofit, non-partisan coalition of business leaders committed to transforming north carolina education through state policy and advocacy. | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Innovation Project (tip) | Raleigh, NC | Program support to support rural nc district superintendents to improve student learning experience and academic outcomes through innovative strategies. | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Communities in Schools of Charlotte Mecklenburg Inc | Charlotte, NC | Program support to remove barriers to educational equity and increase attendance for elementary students. | Education | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | Program support for comparative research of the cms and nc teacher workforces, including preparation, effectiveness and retention of excellent teachers. | $35,633 | apps.irs.gov | |
| NC Alliance for School Leadership Development | Raleigh, NC | Program support to create and implement the early career principals academy, a statewide leadership development initiative for early-career public school principals. | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Queens University | Charlotte, NC | Program support for queens school executive leadership academy (sela), a program that prepares new school leaders and principals through a partnership with queens mccoll school of business, cato schoo | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Educationnc | Raleigh, NC | General operating support to ednc's work to report on policy makers and levers influencing systems change in education. | Public and societal benefit | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Racial Equity in Education | Charlotte, NC | Program support for professional development programs that build capacity and knowledge for teachers to increase teacher retention. | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Council On Teacher Quality | Washington, DC | Program support to engage with stakeholders in north carolina to advance policies and practices that promote both strong elementary literacy instruction and a diverse teacher workforce in order to imp | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Profound Ladies Inc | Raleigh, NC | General operating support to mitigate teacher attrition, holistic training, and support for north carolina-based teachers. | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| NC Alliance for School Leadership Development | Raleigh, NC | Program support for the assistant principal leadership accelerator program. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc | Charlotte, NC | Program support for clinicians to provide individualized support to emerging readers in k-3rd grades to build vocabulary and language expression. | Health care | $17,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (student Teachers) | Charlotte, NC | Program support for professional development and networking support for preservice teachers. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $1,083,462 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $300,000 |
| Human services | $250,000 |
| Youth development | $230,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $160,000 |
| Public and societal benefit | $60,000 |
| Social science | $49,605 |
| Health care | $45,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | $3,911,912 |
| District of Columbia | $75,000 |
| Virginia | $49,605 |
| Georgia | $5,000 |
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Updated April 11, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.