Funding search · EIN 650748998 · Fairview, NC

The Gardner Family Foundation

Name: The Gardner Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

52
grants reported: $280,400
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $4,950
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

disadvantaged education

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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.

Top recipients

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

Hillsdale College2 grants · $30,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation2 grants · $28,000
Children and Family Resource Center2 grants · $20,000
Performance Initiatives2 grants · $18,000
Black Mountain Home for Children Youth & Families2 grants · $12,000
Manna Food Bank2 grants · $10,000
Black Mt Home for Children1 grant · $10,000
Children & Family Resources1 grant · $10,000
Christ Community Church1 grant · $10,000
Tunnel To Towers1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$109,400

2022

$71,000

2023

$100,000

2024

Grant history

All 52 reported grants, largest first.

$20,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2022
Operational support
$18,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2022
Operational support
$10,000
Black Mt Home for Children · Black Mountain, NC · 2024
Operational Support
$10,000
Children & Family Resources · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
Operational Support
$10,000
Christ Community Church · Montreat, NC · 2024
Operational Support
$10,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
Operational Support
$10,000
Manna Foodbank · Asheville, NC · 2024
Operational Support
$10,000
Peo Mary Burnett Fund · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Operational Support
$10,000
Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Operational Support
$10,000
Children and Family Resource Center · Hendersonville, NC · 2023
Operational Support
$10,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
Operational Support
$10,000
Performance Initiatives · Savannah, GA · 2023
Operational Support
$10,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Operational Support
$10,000
Children and Family Resource Center · Hendersonville, NC · 2022
Operational support
$8,000
Performance Initiatives · Savannah, GA · 2022
Operational support
$6,000
Food for Fairview · Fairview, NC · 2024
Operational Support
$6,000
Black Mountain Home for Children Youth & Families · Black Mountain, NC · 2023
Operational Support
$6,000
Black Mountain Home for Children Youth & Families · Black Mountain, NC · 2022
Operational support
$5,000
Helpmate · Asheville, NC · 2024
Operational Support
$5,000
A-B Tech Foundation · Asheville, NC · 2023
Education of disadvantaged
$5,000
Helpmate · Asheville, NC · 2023
Operational Support
$5,000
Manna Food Bank · Asheville, NC · 2023
Operational Support
$5,000
Davenport House · Savannah, GA · 2022
Operational support
$5,000
Helpmate · Asheville, NC · 2022
Operational support
$5,000
Manna Food Bank · Asheville, NC · 2022
Operational support
$5,000
New Classical Academy · Asheville, NC · 2022
Operational support
$4,900
United Methodist Church · Asheville, NC · 2022
Operational support
$4,000
Mountain Care (Day Care for Dementia) · Asheville, NC · 2024
Operational Support
$4,000
Food for Fairview · Fairview, NC · 2022
Operational support
$4,000
Root Cause Farm · Fairview, NC · 2022
Operational support
$3,000
Literacy Together · Asheville, NC · 2024
Operational Support
$3,000
Root Cause Farm · Fairview, NC · 2024
Operational Support
$3,000
Food for Fairview · Fairview, NC · 2023
Operational Support
$3,000
A-B Tech Foundation · Asheville, NC · 2022
Education of disadvantaged
$2,000
Dogs · Palmetto, FL · 2024
Operational Support
$2,000
Eng Springer Rescue · Woodstock, GA · 2024
Operational Support
$2,000
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Operational Support
$2,000
Literary Council · Asheville, NC · 2023
Operational Support
$2,000
Root Cause Farm · Fairview, NC · 2023
Operational Support
$2,000
Southeast Guide Dogs · Palmetto, FL · 2023
Operational Support
$2,000
Esra Southeast · Woodstock, GA · 2022
Operational support
$2,000
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Operational support
$2,000
Literary Council · Asheville, NC · 2022
Operational support
$2,000
Southeast Guide Dogs · Palmetto, FL · 2022
Operational support
$1,500
Southside Kitchen · Asheville, NC · 2022
Operational support
$1,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Operational Support
$1,000
Fairview Tour Crier · Fairview, NC · 2024
Operational Support
$1,000
Lionfish University · Fletcher, NC · 2024
Operational Support
$1,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Operational Support
$1,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Operational support
$500
Fairview Town Crier · Fairview, NC · 2022
Operational support
$500
Lionfish University · Fletcher, NC · 2022
Operational support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.