Asheville, North Carolina · EIN 830590696. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $147.4M across 823 grants in 2024, a median of $36K each.
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Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.
As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523199349101152. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.
The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.
The 15 largest of the 823 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.
| # | Recipient | State | Amount | Purpose as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Appalachian Community Capital Development Foundation | VA | $21,000,000 | SMALL BUSINESS RECOVERY GRANTS AND LOW-COST CAPITAL POST-HELENE. |
| 2 | The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc | NC | $10,000,000 | EMERGENCY AND DISASTER RESPONSE GRANT FUNDING FOR POST-HURRICANE RECOVERY ACROSS DHT FOOTPRINT. |
| 3 | Self-help Ventures Fund | NC | $8,000,000 | LOAN FUND TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN WNC. |
| 4 | Impact Health | NC | $4,000,000 | EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR HEALTH SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. |
| 5 | Mountain Area Health Education Center Inc | NC | $4,000,000 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR MAHEC CLINICAL SERVICES. |
| 6 | Pisgah Legal Services | NC | $3,000,000 | LEGAL AND NAVIGATION SERVICES FOR DISASTER SURVIVORS. |
| 7 | Blue Ridge Community Health Services Inc | NC | $2,237,500 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL SAFETY NET HEALTH SERVICES IN TEN WNC COUNTIES. |
| 8 | Pisgah Legal Services | NC | $2,085,482 | REGIONAL ACA ENROLLMENT AND TAX CREDIT SUPPORT FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. |
| 9 | Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc | NC | $2,000,000 | WORKFORCE RETENTION AND OPERATION SUPPORT FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROVIDERS AFTER HURRICANE HELENE. |
| 10 | Manna Food Bank Inc | NC | $2,000,000 | EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR FOOD ACCESS RECOVERY EFFORTS POST-HELENE. |
| 11 | Mountain Housing Opportunities Inc | NC | $2,000,000 | AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. |
| 12 | Wnc Communities | NC | $1,500,000 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. |
| 13 | Tri-county Community College Foundation Inc | NC | $1,187,150 | CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE PROGRAM FOR STUDENT-BUILT HOMES IN CHEROKEE COUNTY. |
| 14 | Amy Wellness Foundation | NC | $1,000,000 | RECOVERY SUPPORT FUNDING FOCUSED IN AVERY, MITCHELL, AND YANCEY COUNTIES. |
| 15 | Centralina Foundation Inc | NC | $1,000,000 | TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR FEMA ASSESSMENTS AND APPLICATIONS ACROSS FIVE REGIONAL COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENT. |
| Tax year | Grants | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 463 | $27.4M |
| 2021 | 286 | $75.9M |
| 2022 | 417 | $73.6M |
| 2023 | 565 | $78.9M |
| 2024 | 823 | $147.4M |
Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.
Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.
Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.
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