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UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC

EIN 56-6057494 CHAPEL HILL, NC

Revenue 2024
$71,635,095
Expenses 2024
$58,974,890

Program services were 79.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B110
Classification
2000
Street
123 W FRANKLIN ST STE 510

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AT UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION, WE INSPIRE PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT FOR UNC HEALTH AND UNC SCHOOL OF MEDICINE THAT TRANSFORMS HEALTHCARE AND PROVIDES HOPE TO THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION, INC. SECURES FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR THE UNC SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND UNC HEALTH TO SUPPORT THE HIGHEST QUALITY CLINICAL CARE, LIFE-CHANGING RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE EDUCATION.

  • ORIGINALLY CHARTERED IN 1949 AS THE MEDICAL FOUNDATION OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC., UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION FOSTERS PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT OF CLINICAL CARE, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOR AREAS ACROSS UNC HEALTH, INCLUDING UNC LINEBERGER COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER, UNC CHILDREN'S, THE UNC SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND MANY OTHER DIVISIONS, CENTERS AND INSTITUTES.AT UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION, WE WORK DILIGENTLY FOR THE MEDICALPROFESSIONALS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WHO IMPROVE HEALTH FOR ALL. WE POWER PHILANTHROPY TO SUPPORT THE HIGHEST QUALITY CLINICAL CARE, LIFE-CHANGING RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE EDUCATION AT HOME AND AROUND THE WORLD.IN THE PAST FISCAL YEAR, THE FOUNDATION RECEIVED MORE THAN 32,000 GIFTS FROM OVER 14,000 DONORS. CULTIVATION AND STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS ACROSS THE FOUNDATION INCLUDE RECOGNITION SOCIETIES, DONOR WALLS, ANNUAL REPORTS AND ENDOWMENT IMPACT REPORTS. THE DEVELOPMENT STAFF PERSONALLY ENGAGED WITH DONORS THROUGH PHONE CALLS AND VISITS, ALSO CULTIVATING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, BOTH ON AND OFF CAMPUS.THE UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION MANAGES OVER 1,800 FUNDS, COMPRISED OF ENDOWED, RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED ACCOUNTS. THESE FUNDS SUPPORT THE EXISTING AND EMERGING NEEDS OF UNC HEALTH: RESEARCH, PATIENT CARE AND FAMILY SUPPORT, AND SCHOLARSHIPS.THE PHYSICIANS, SCIENTISTS AND RESEARCHERS AT UNC HEALTH CONSTANTLY STRIVE TO DISCOVER BETTER WAYS TO CARE FOR PATIENTS THROUGH PREVENTING AND TREATING DISEASE. THE FUNDS RAISED BY UNC HEALTH ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE CONTINUED SUCCESS AND PROJECTED NEED FOR BETTER ACCESS TO CARE, BETTER TREATMENTS AND BETTER OUTCOMES.

    Expenses $46,651,704 · Grants $46,651,704 · Revenue $604,899

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • LESLIE H NELSON-BERNIER

    CHIEF PHILANTHROPY & PRES

    Total calculated
    $592,474
    From this org
    $484,031
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $108,443
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $321,276
    Bonus
    $162,755
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $64,338
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,105
    Filer's total
    $592,474

  • DR CAM ENARSON MBA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR FRED M DULA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR JOHN A KIRKLAND JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR STEPHANIE DAVIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR TERRI PHILLIPS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR BLAIR SHWEDO JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR BOB WINSTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR BRYAN LEWIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR BUZZ HEIDT

    DIRECTOR - TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR DANIEL DUFFY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR E HOOPER HARDISON JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR ED MCMAHAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR EDWARD HOLMES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR GRAY REED

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR J CARLTON SHOWALTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR KENT INSLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR KYLE MACEMORE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR MICHAEL ANDREASEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR RICHARD H MOORE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR RONALD A BATCHELOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR SAM SIMPSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR STEVE SKOLSKY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR VICTOR KATS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR WELFORD TABOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $71,635,095
    Expenses
    $58,974,890
    Contributions
    $60,548,960
    Grants paid
    $46,651,704
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $62,934,826
    Expenses
    $65,312,422
    Contributions
    $55,515,266
    Grants paid
    $53,710,361
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $62,934,826
    Expenses
    $65,312,422
    Contributions
    $55,515,266
    Grants paid
    $53,710,361
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $57,795,670
    Expenses
    $59,596,819
    Contributions
    $49,833,230
    Grants paid
    $50,174,193

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $92,147,897
    Expenses
    $39,678,471
    Assets (EOY)
    $571,825,040

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $71,596,101
    Expenses
    $31,167,485
    Assets (EOY)
    $539,743,727

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $65,309,666
    Expenses
    $28,306,892
    Assets (EOY)
    $398,675,641

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $42,494,729
    Expenses
    $29,876,897
    Assets (EOY)
    $350,385,692

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,228,729
    Expenses
    $26,158,725
    Assets (EOY)
    $316,508,243

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,202,852
    Expenses
    $18,393,685
    Assets (EOY)
    $286,416,118

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $40,181,123
    Expenses
    $18,150,600
    Assets (EOY)
    $281,044,630

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,209,133
    Expenses
    $19,961,750
    Assets (EOY)
    $256,649,235

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $20,211,688
    Assets (EOY)
    $228,522,001

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $19,971,702
    Assets (EOY)
    $213,418,602

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.