Funding search · EIN 561223384 · Grantmaking charity · Asheville, NC

The Community Foundation

$114.6M
in grants paid: 2,351
grants: 1,328
recipients: 2021–2024
filing years

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$3.9M
Manna Foodbank · Mills River, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$2.0M
North Carolina Synod · Salisbury, NC · 2024
Religion
$2.0M
Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity International · Asheville, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$2.0M
Asheville-Buncombe Community Christian Ministry (Abccm) · Arden, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$1.5M
North Carolina Baptist Men · Cary, NC · 2024
Religion
$1.2M
Mountain Bizworks (Mountain Bizcapital Inc) · Asheville, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$1.1M
Western North Carolina Regional Education Foundation (Wresa) · Asheville, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$750,000
Georgia Tech Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$714,320
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy · Asheville, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$646,034
Pisgah Legal Services · Asheville, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$559,605
Wnc Bridge Foundation · Asheville, NC · 2024
Promoting quality health
$556,180
Dba Artsavl (Asheville Area Arts Council) · Asheville, NC · 2024
Advancing the arts
$554,500
Center for Craft & Design · Asheville, NC · 2024
Advancing the arts
$545,763
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina · Morganton, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$526,770
Helpmate · Asheville, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$522,250
Working Wheels (W4h Asheville) · Asheville, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$520,517
Unc Asheville Foundation · Asheville, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$519,000
Rise Disaster Relief and Recovery · Richfield, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$493,330
Mountaintrue · Asheville, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$467,140
Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$450,575
Black Mountain Home for Children · Black Mountain, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$435,593
Homeward Bound of Wnc · Asheville, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$433,551
United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County · Asheville, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$432,000
Dba My Daddy Taught Me That (Kl Training Solutions) · Asheville, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$415,000
Mountain Valleys Resource Conservation & Development Council · Marshall, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$389,162
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project · Asheville, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$363,250
Mountain Housing Opportunities · Asheville, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$330,000
Transylvania Habitat for Humanity · Brevard, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$327,500
Nechama-Jewish Disaster Response · St Paul, MN · 2024
Assisting people in need
$324,093
Beloved Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$318,500
Ontrack Financial Education & Counseling · Asheville, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$316,325
Nc State University Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$305,000
Covenant Community Church · Asheville, NC · 2024
Religion
$303,500
Nc Restaurant and Lodging Association Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$291,100
Ecoforesters · Asheville, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$287,500
Buncombe Partnership for Children · Asheville, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$280,850
Riverlink · Asheville, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$277,948
Asheville Botanical Garden · Asheville, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$275,000
Centro Unido Latino-Americano · Marion, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$265,000
Rutherford County Habitat for Humanity · Rutherfordton, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$253,090
Asheville Greenworks · Asheville, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$250,000
Housing Assistance Corporation · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$250,000
Care · Merrifield, VA · 2024
Assisting people in need
$236,500
Asheville Peak Academy · Asheville, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$229,358
Western Carolina University Foundation · Cullowhee, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$225,000
Fernleaf Community Charter School · Fletcher, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$219,000
Camp Grier · Old Fort, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$213,455
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue · Asheville, NC · 2024
Animal welfare
$206,810
Eliada Homes · Asheville, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$205,800
Novusway · Arden, NC · 2024
Religion
$203,730
Verner Center for Early Learning · Asheville, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$202,000
Avery County Schools · Newland, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$198,257
Asheville Symphony Society · Asheville, NC · 2024
Advancing the arts
$195,854
Haywood Waterways Association · Waynesville, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$192,611
American Red Cross · Asheville, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$190,685
Montreat College · Montreat, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$185,000
Carolina Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Religion
$185,000
Town of Canton · Canton, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$177,564
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church · Asheville, NC · 2024
Religion
$175,087
Region a Partnership for Children · Sylva, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$175,000
Grace Community Church of McDowell County · Marion, NC · 2024
Religion
$175,000
Yancey County Schools · Burnsville, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$170,000
Grace Community Church · Mills River, NC · 2024
Religion
$166,270
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Promoting quality health
$163,211
Alzheimer'S Association - Wnc Chapter · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Promoting quality health
$160,300
Mountain Projects · Waynesville, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$159,675
Asheville Catholic School · Asheville, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$159,038
Brevard Music Center · Brevard, NC · 2024
Advancing the arts
$158,000
Rutherford Housing Partnership · Forest City, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$155,921
Swannanoa Valley Christian Ministry · Black Mountain, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$152,500
Go Global Nc Council · Wake Forest, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$150,530
The International Friendship Center of Highlands · Highlands, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$150,000
Mitchell County Schools · Bakersville, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$150,000
The Arts Campus at Willits · Basalt, CO · 2024
Advancing the arts
$146,533
Salvation Army-Asheville Corps · Asheville, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$145,000
Only Hope Wnc · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$144,500
Local Cloth · Asheville, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$142,600
Blue Ridge Partnership for Children · Burnsville, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$136,550
Eblen Charities · Asheville, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$135,000
Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders · Danvers, MA · 2024
Assisting people in need
$133,576
Asheville Humane Society · Asheville, NC · 2024
Animal welfare
$131,500
Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center · Asheville, NC · 2024
Advancing the arts
$129,044
Dba Compassionate Care Western North Carolina (Hospice of Yancey Co) · Burnsville, NC · 2024
Promoting quality health
$129,000
Grahamtown Team · Forest City, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$128,620
Friends of the Wnc Nature Center · Asheville, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$125,000
Blue Ridge Resource Conservation and Development Council · Spruce Pine, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$125,000
The Beacon Network · Burnsville, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$122,563
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$122,144
Memorycare · Asheville, NC · 2024
Promoting quality health
$120,151
Musicworks · Leicester, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$120,000
Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$118,028
Ymca Blue Ridge Assembly · Black Mountain, NC · 2024
Promoting quality health
$117,935
Dba Blue Ridge Public Radio (Western Nc Public Radio Inc) · Asheville, NC · 2024
Advancing the arts
$116,500
High Country Caregiver Foundation · Boone, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$115,873
A-B Tech Community College Foundation · Asheville, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$115,000
Burke County Smart Start · Morganton, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$115,000
Asheville-Buncombe Community Land Trust · Asheville, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$114,000
Family Place of Transylvania County · Brevard, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$112,500
Adults Working and Advocating for Kids Empowerment (Awake) · Sylva, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$112,000
Penland School of Craft · Penland, NC · 2024
Advancing the arts

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Unlike private foundations, grantmaking charities and associations often run formal grant programs with real application cycles — check their website for current opportunities. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.