Looking Back. Working Forward.
2022 marked the 75th anniversary of the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust. To change the system, we need to start with ourselves.
The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust works locally and across North Carolina to improve equitable access to opportunity.
We focus our grantmaking on achieving long-term, sustainable outcomes to support thriving communities and empower residents. Listening to community, taking actions to foster equity, and shifting systems are integral to all we do.
Our Program Areas
Health Improvement in North Carolina
We support health solutions that lead to increased access to care and equitable health outcomes in areas with great need across the state.
Special Initiative
Healthy Places NC
We work closely with communities to improve health and overall quality of life in ten rural North Carolina counties.
Local Impact in Forsyth County
We’re working with the community to foster an inclusive economy that listens to, empowers, and supports residents who have historically and even intentionally been denied economic opportunities.
Special Initiative
Great Expectations
We work closely with the community to ensure children in Forsyth County enter kindergarten ready to learn and leave set for success.
What We Fund
Find out what we support and how to apply for funding.
Funding Opportunities
The timing of our cycles has changed from fixed to rolling. Find out what we’re funding now.
What's New?
Medical Task Force Makes Recommendations for NC Public Health
The North Carolina Institute of Medicine is making new recommendations to improve health care in the state.
The suggestions focus on expanding health care capacity, fostering healthy communities, and increasing local collaboration.
Foundation Funds Grassroots Efforts to Curb NC Racial Disparities
Following the example of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.— honored for his civil rights work—one organization in North Carolina is finding ways to help reverse racial disparities in the state.
The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust wants to change the systems that cause inequalities, and break the cycle that perpetuates poverty.
Career Opportunity: Grants Assistant
The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust is seeking a Grants Assistant with a broad range of duties focusing on supporting our grantmaking processes, knowledge management, and technology applications.

We were founded to improve North Carolinians’ health and well-being.
Kate B. Reynolds founded the Trust in 1947. The mission she set then informs our vision of success today.