Funding search · EIN 561223384 · Asheville, NC

The Community Foundation

Name: The Community Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

2,351
grants reported: $114.6M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

assisting people educational improving opportunities building community economic

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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.

65 grants matching “highlander” · $3.0M

$714,320
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy · Asheville, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$150,530
The International Friendship Center of Highlands · Highlands, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$103,400
Community Care Clinic of Highlands-Cashiers · Highlands, NC · 2024
Promoting quality health
$53,150
Highlands Emergency Council · Highlands, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$50,440
Southern Highland Craft Guild · Asheville, NC · 2024
Advancing the arts
$45,330
Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society · Cashiers, NC · 2024
Animal welfare
$42,500
Highlands Community Child Development Center · Highlands, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$39,000
Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust · Highlands, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$36,500
Dba the Literacy & Learning Center (Literacy Council of Highlands) · Highlands, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$34,000
Counseling Center of Highlands · Highlands, NC · 2024
Promoting quality health
$18,500
Hudson Library of Highlands · Highlands, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$17,887
Highlands-Cashiers Center for Life Enrichment · Highlands, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$16,000
Dba Mountain Theatre Company (Highlands Community Theatre) · Highlands, NC · 2024
Advancing the arts
$15,600
First Presbyterian Church of Highlands · Highlands, NC · 2024
Religion
$12,250
Highlands Biological Foundation · Highlands, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$11,750
Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival · Highlands, NC · 2024
Advancing the arts
$10,000
Rotary Club of Highlands-Mountaintop Charitable Foundation · Highlands, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$9,000
Highlands Historical Preservation Society · Highlands, NC · 2024
Advancing the arts
$9,000
Church of the Highlands · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Religion
$7,300
Town of Highlands · Highlands, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$258,600
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy · Asheville, NC · 2023
Enhancing the environment
$67,500
Community Care Clinic of Highlands-Cashiers · Highlands, NC · 2023
Promoting quality health
$32,500
Highlands Emergency Council · Highlands, NC · 2023
Assisting people in need
$32,070
Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust · Highlands, NC · 2023
Enhancing the environment
$27,432
Counseling Center of Highlands · Highlands, NC · 2023
Promoting quality health
$23,500
Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society · Cashiers, NC · 2023
Animal welfare
$19,500
Highlands-Cashiers Center for Life Enrichment · Highlands, NC · 2023
Improving educational opportunities
$15,000
Hudson Library of Highlands · Highlands, NC · 2023
Improving educational opportunities
$15,000
Church of the Highlands · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Religion
$13,320
Highlands Community Child Development Center · Highlands, NC · 2023
Improving educational opportunities
$13,250
Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival · Highlands, NC · 2023
Advancing the arts
$10,090
Highlands Biological Foundation · Highlands, NC · 2023
Enhancing the environment
$7,380
Highlands Historical Preservation Society · Highlands, NC · 2023
Advancing the arts
$5,200
Southern Highland Handicraft Guild · Asheville, NC · 2023
Advancing the arts
$201,001
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy · Asheville, NC · 2022
Enhancing the environment
$77,500
Community Care Clinic of Highlands-Cashiers · Highlands, NC · 2022
Promoting quality health
$34,500
Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust · Highlands, NC · 2022
Enhancing the environment
$33,000
Highlands Community Child Development Center · Highlands, NC · 2022
Improving educational opportunities
$32,000
Counseling and Psychotherapy Center of Highlands · Highlands, NC · 2022
Promoting quality health
$28,608
Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society · Cashiers, NC · 2022
Animal welfare
$22,300
Highlands Emergency Council · Highlands, NC · 2022
Assisting people in need
$21,500
Hudson Library of Highlands · Highlands, NC · 2022
Improving educational opportunities
$20,500
Highlands Biological Foundation · Highlands, NC · 2022
Enhancing the environment
$18,250
Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival · Highlands, NC · 2022
Advancing the arts
$8,000
Highlander Research and Education Center · New Market, TN · 2022
Building community & economic vitality
$7,000
Highlands-Cashiers Center for Life Enrichment · Highlands, NC · 2022
Improving educational opportunities
$6,650
Highlands Cashiers Players · Highlands, NC · 2022
Advancing the arts
$6,300
First Presbyterian Church of Highlands · Highlands, NC · 2022
Religion
$215,488
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy · Asheville, NC · 2021
Enhancing the environment
$62,000
Community Care Clinic of Highlands-Cashiers · Highlands, NC · 2021
Promoting quality health
$39,460
Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society · Cashiers, NC · 2021
Animal welfare
$36,500
Highlands-Cashiers Land Trustinc · Highlands, NC · 2021
Enhancing the environment
$32,500
Highlands Emergency Council · Highlands, NC · 2021
Assisting people in need
$27,750
Highlands Community Child Development Center · Highlands, NC · 2021
Improving educational opportunities
$19,500
Counseling and Psychotherapy Center of Highlands · Highlands, NC · 2021
Assisting people in need
$16,500
Highlands-Cashiers Center for Life Enrichment · Highlands, NC · 2021
Improving educational opportunities
$15,000
Church of the Highlands · Birmingham, AL · 2021
Religion
$11,250
Hudson Library of Highlands · Highlands, NC · 2021
Improving educational opportunities
$11,000
Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival · Highlands, NC · 2021
Advancing the arts
$10,830
Dba Highlands Playhouse · Highlands, NC · 2021
Advancing the arts
$10,000
Givens Highland Farms · Black Mountain, NC · 2021
Assisting people in need
$6,900
Highlands Cashiers Players · Highlands, NC · 2021
Advancing the arts
$6,250
Highlands Biological Foundation · Highlands, NC · 2021
Enhancing the environment
$6,000
Highlands Historical Preservation Society · Highlands, NC · 2021
Advancing the arts
$6,000
Highlander Research and Education Center · New Market, TN · 2021
Building community & economic vitality

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Manna Foodbank4 grants · $4.5M
Asheville-Buncombe Community Christian Ministry (Abccm)3 grants · $2.3M
North Carolina Synod1 grant · $2.0M
Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity International1 grant · $2.0M
Pisgah Legal Services4 grants · $1.8M
North Carolina Baptist Men1 grant · $1.5M
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina3 grants · $1.5M
Homeward Bound of Wnc4 grants · $1.4M
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy4 grants · $1.4M
Mountain Bizworks (Mountain Bizcapital Inc)1 grant · $1.2M

Giving over time

$19.0M

2021

$18.5M

2022

$17.7M

2023

$59.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,351 grants.

$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
$861,949
Renaissance Charitable Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2021
Building community & economic vitality
$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
$601,500
Nc State University Foundation Gift Processing · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Improving educational opportunities
$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
$500,000
Oshun Mountain Sanctuary · Asheville, NC · 2021
Promoting quality health
$493,330
Mountaintrue · Asheville, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$468,069
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina · Morganton, NC · 2023
Enhancing the environment
$467,140
Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$455,307
Pisgah Legal Services · Asheville, NC · 2023
Assisting people in need
$450,575
Black Mountain Home for Children · Black Mountain, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$445,523
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina · Morganton, NC · 2022
Enhancing the environment
$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
$408,755
Homeward Bound of Wnc · Asheville, NC · 2021
Assisting people in need
$400,750
Nc State University Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Improving educational opportunities
$396,002
Pisgah Legal Services · Asheville, NC · 2021
Assisting people in need
$389,162
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project · Asheville, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$363,449
Nc State University Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Improving educational opportunities
$363,250
Mountain Housing Opportunities · Asheville, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$353,243
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolinainc · Morganton, NC · 2021
Enhancing the environment
$333,835
Pisgah Legal Services · Asheville, NC · 2022
Assisting people in need
$331,308
Riverlink · Asheville, NC · 2023
Enhancing the environment
$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
$315,845
Homeward Bound of Wnc · Asheville, NC · 2022
Assisting people in need
$309,823
Unc Asheville Foundation · Asheville, NC · 2021
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
$293,436
Unc Asheville Foundation · Asheville, NC · 2022
Improving educational opportunities
$291,750
Ontrack Financial Education & Counseling · Asheville, NC · 2022
Assisting people in need
$291,100
Ecoforesters · Asheville, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$288,000
My Daddy Taught Me That · Asheville, NC · 2023
Assisting people in need
$287,500
Buncombe Partnership for Children · Asheville, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$287,248
Western Carolina University Foundation · Culowhee, NC · 2023
Improving educational opportunities
$280,850
Riverlink · Asheville, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$280,542
Manna Foodbank · Asheville, NC · 2021
Assisting people in need
$277,948
Asheville Botanical Garden · Asheville, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$275,000
Centro Unido Latino-Americano · Marion, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$270,118
A-B Tech Community College Foundation · Asheville, NC · 2021
Improving educational opportunities
$265,000
Rutherford County Habitat for Humanity · Rutherfordton, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$264,250
Brevard Music Center · Brevard, NC · 2021
Advancing the arts
$258,600
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy · Asheville, NC · 2023
Enhancing the environment
$256,794
Homeward Bound of Wnc · Asheville, NC · 2023
Assisting people in need
$255,650
Helpmate · Asheville, NC · 2023
Assisting people in need
$253,090
Asheville Greenworks · Asheville, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$252,791
Unc Asheville Foundation · Asheville, NC · 2023
Improving educational opportunities
$251,000
Nc State Engineering Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Improving educational opportunities
$250,000
Care · Merrifield, VA · 2024
Assisting people in need
$250,000
Housing Assistance Corporation · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
Building community & economic vitality
$247,926
Memorycare · Asheville, NC · 2021
Promoting quality health
$244,871
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Corporate Headquarters · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Promoting quality health
$243,922
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Building community & economic vitality
$243,027
Abccm · Asheville, NC · 2021
Assisting people in need
$239,809
United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County · Asheville, NC · 2021
Assisting people in need
$239,312
United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County · Asheville, NC · 2023
Building community & economic vitality
$236,500
Asheville Peak Academy · Asheville, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$229,470
United Way of Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2022
Building community & economic vitality
$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
$215,488
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy · Asheville, NC · 2021
Enhancing the environment
$214,325
Brevard College · Brevard, NC · 2023
Improving educational opportunities
$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
$201,001
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy · Asheville, NC · 2022
Enhancing the environment
$200,504
Brevard Music Center · Brevard, NC · 2022
Advancing the arts
$200,000
Barnardsville Volunteer Fire Department · Barnardsville, NC · 2023
Assisting people in need
$198,830
Asheville-Buncombe Community Christian Ministry (Abccm) · Arden, NC · 2023
Assisting people in need
$198,257
Asheville Symphony Society · Asheville, NC · 2024
Advancing the arts
$195,854
Haywood Waterways Association · Waynesville, NC · 2024
Enhancing the environment
$195,334
Brevard Music Center · Brevard, NC · 2023
Advancing the arts
$193,500
Dba My Daddy Taught Me That · Asheville, NC · 2022
Assisting people in need
$192,611
American Red Cross · Asheville, NC · 2024
Assisting people in need
$190,685
Montreat College · Montreat, NC · 2024
Improving educational opportunities
$188,030
American Red Cross Wnc Chapter · Asheville, NC · 2021
Assisting people in need
$185,000
Carolina Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Religion

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