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The Golden Leaf Inc → Mountain Bizcapital Inc: $58M across 1 grant, latest 2024Dogwood Health Trust → Appalachian Community Capital Development Foundation: $21M across 1 grant, latest 2024United Way of Asheville and → Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church: $1.6M across 1 grant, latest 2024United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc → United Way of East Tennessee Highlands: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2024Direct Relief → Mountain Area Health Education Center Inc: $525K across 1 grant, latest 2024Wnc Bridge Foundation → The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Community Foundation of Middle → Appalachia Service Project: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024Centene Foundation → Georgia Association for Primary Health Care Inc: $358K across 1 grant, latest 2024Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc → Helen Ross Mcnabb Foundation: $202K across 30 grants, latest 2025Mitchell County Development Foundation → Lynn Peterson Store: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2025Georgia Power Foundation Inc → American National Red Cross: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024Select Medical Charitable → Joyce: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Golden Leaf Inc → North Carolina Baptist Men: $2.9M across 1 grant, latest 2024Dogwood Health Trust → Manna Food Bank Inc: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc → Washington County Virginia: $629K across 1 grant, latest 2024Direct Relief → Wnc Food Systems Coalition: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024United Way of Asheville and → Givedirectly Inc: $332K across 1 grant, latest 2024Centene Foundation → Gaston Family Health Services Inc Dba Kintegra Health: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Community Foundation of Middle → Community Church of Mountain City: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2024Wnc Bridge Foundation → W4h Asheville Dba Working Wheels: $61K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mitchell County Development Foundation → Hardings Landscape & Maintenancein: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2025Georgia Power Foundation Inc → Appling County Food Bank: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024Select Medical Charitable → Lucien: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Dogwood Health Trust → Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Golden Leaf Inc → Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte: $650K across 1 grant, latest 2024United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc → Pulaski County Virginia Board of Supervisors: $591K across 1 grant, latest 2024Direct Relief → Community Health Network of Western North Carolina: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2024United Way of Asheville and → Buncombe County Schools: $111K across 1 grant, latest 2024Centene Foundation → United Way of North Carolina: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Community Foundation of Middle → Cocke County Partnership: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2024Wnc Bridge Foundation → The Community Kitchen Inc: $61K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mitchell County Development Foundation → Morgan Oil Company: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2025Georgia Power Foundation Inc → Augusta Dream Center: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024Select Medical Charitable → Angela: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2024Dogwood Health Trust → Wnc Bridge Foundation: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024Dogwood Health Trust → Mountain Housing Opportunities Inc: $938K across 2 grants, latest 2024Dogwood Health Trust → Tzedek Social Justice Fund: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024Dogwood Health Trust → The Givens Estates Inc: $407K across 2 grants, latest 2024Dogwood Health Trust → Blue Ridge Partnership for Children: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2024United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc → Giles County Board of Supervisors: $385K across 1 grant, latest 2024Dogwood Health Trust → Smart Start Partnership for Children Inc: $373K across 2 grants, latest 2024Dogwood Health Trust → Western Nc Housing Partnership Inc: $363K across 2 grants, latest 2024Direct Relief → Mountain Community Health Partnership: $340K across 1 grant, latest 2024Dogwood Health Trust → Burke County Smart Start Inc: $325K across 1 grant, latest 2024Direct Relief → Rural Medical Systems Inc: $325K across 1 grant, latest 2024Dogwood Health Trust → All Souls Counseling Center: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024Direct Relief → North Miami Beach Medical Center - Mercy Mobile Clinic: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024Dogwood Health Trust → Housing Assistance Corporation: $268K across 2 grants, latest 2024Direct Relief → Nc Medassist: $263K across 1 grant, latest 2024Direct Relief → Footprint Project Ar: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc → Smyth County Virginia: $247K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Golden Leaf Inc → Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc: $225K across 1 grant, latest 2024Direct Relief → Vecinos Inc: $225K across 1 grant, latest 2024Dogwood Health Trust → Region A Partnership for Children: $222K across 1 grant, latest 2024Direct Relief → Premier Mobile Health Services Co Nadine Singh: $190K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Golden Leaf Inc → Western North Carolina Annual Conferences of the United Methodist: $175K across 1 grant, latest 2024Dogwood Health Trust → Partnership for Children of the Foothills: $160K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Golden Leaf Inc → Carolina Farm Stewardship Association: $155K across 1 grant, latest 2024Direct Relief → Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers Dba Appalachian Moun: $155K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Golden Leaf Inc → W A M Y Community Action Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc → United Way of Greene County: $128K across 1 grant, latest 2024Direct Relief → Western North Carolina Community He: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Golden Leaf Inc → Hola Carolina: $121K across 1 grant, latest 2024Dogwood Health Trust → Northwestern Housing Enterprises Incorporated: $113K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Golden Leaf Inc: $62M on this topic. Open the funder.The Golden Leaf Inc$62MDogwood Health Trust: $30M on this topic. Open the funder.Dogwood Health Trust$30MDirect Relief: $3.6M on this topic. Open the funder.Direct Relief$3.6MUnited Way of Southwest Virginia Inc: $3.5M on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of Southwest Virgi…$3.5MUnited Way of Asheville and: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of Asheville and$2.0MCentene Foundation: $708K on this topic. Open the funder.Centene Foundation$708KThe Community Foundation of Middle: $660K on this topic. Open the funder.The Community Foundation of M…$660KWnc Bridge Foundation: $622K on this topic. Open the funder.Wnc Bridge Foundation$622KStowers Machinery Foundation Inc: $202K on this topic. Open the funder.Stowers Machinery Foundation…$202KMitchell County Development Foundation: $180K on this topic. Open the funder.Mitchell County Development F…$180KGeorgia Power Foundation Inc: $100K on this topic. Open the funder.Georgia Power Foundation Inc$100KSelect Medical Charitable: $14K on this topic. Open the funder.Select Medical Charitable$14KMountain Bizcapital Inc: received $58M on this topicMountain Bizcapital Inc$58MAppalachian Community Capital Development Foundation: received $21M on this topicAppalachian Community Capital D…$21MNorth Carolina Baptist Men: received $2.9M on this topicNorth Carolina Baptist Men$2.9MManna Food Bank Inc: received $2.0M on this topicManna Food Bank Inc$2.0MBuncombe County Partnership for Children Inc: received $2.0M on this topicBuncombe County Partnership for…$2.0MGrace Covenant Presbyterian Church: received $1.6M on this topicGrace Covenant Presbyterian Chu…$1.6MUnited Way of East Tennessee Highlands: received $1.5M on this topicUnited Way of East Tennessee Hi…$1.5MWnc Bridge Foundation: received $1.0M on this topicWnc Bridge Foundation$1.0MMountain Housing Opportunities Inc: received $938K on this topicMountain Housing Opportunities…$938KCatholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte: received $650K on this topicCatholic Charities Diocese of C…$650KWashington County Virginia: received $629K on this topicWashington County Virginia$629KPulaski County Virginia Board of Supervisors: received $591K on this topicPulaski County Virginia Board o…$591KMountain Area Health Education Center Inc: received $525K on this topicMountain Area Health Education…$525KThe Community Foundation of Western North Carolina: received $500K on this topicThe Community Foundation of Wes…$500KAppalachia Service Project: received $500K on this topicAppalachia Service Project$500KWnc Food Systems Coalition: received $500K on this topicWnc Food Systems Coalition$500KTzedek Social Justice Fund: received $500K on this topicTzedek Social Justice Fund$500KThe Givens Estates Inc: received $407K on this topicThe Givens Estates Inc$407KCommunity Health Network of Western North Carolina: received $400K on this topicCommunity Health Network of Wes…$400KBlue Ridge Partnership for Children: received $400K on this topicBlue Ridge Partnership for Chil…$400KGiles County Board of Supervisors: received $385K on this topicGiles County Board of Superviso…$385KSmart Start Partnership for Children Inc: received $373K on this topicSmart Start Partnership for Chi…$373KWestern Nc Housing Partnership Inc: received $363K on this topicWestern Nc Housing Partnership…$363KGeorgia Association for Primary Health Care Inc: received $358K on this topicGeorgia Association for Primary…$358KMountain Community Health Partnership: received $340K on this topicMountain Community Health Partn…$340KGivedirectly Inc: received $332K on this topicGivedirectly Inc$332KBurke County Smart Start Inc: received $325K on this topicBurke County Smart Start Inc$325KRural Medical Systems Inc: received $325K on this topicRural Medical Systems Inc$325KAll Souls Counseling Center: received $300K on this topicAll Souls Counseling Center$300KNorth Miami Beach Medical Center - Mercy Mobile Clinic: received $300K on this topicNorth Miami Beach Medical Cente…$300KHousing Assistance Corporation: received $268K on this topicHousing Assistance Corporation$268KNc Medassist: received $263K on this topicNc Medassist$263KGaston Family Health Services Inc Dba Kintegra Health: received $250K on this topicGaston Family Health Services I…$250KFootprint Project Ar: received $250K on this topicFootprint Project Ar$250KSmyth County Virginia: received $247K on this topicSmyth County Virginia$247KLegal Aid of North Carolina Inc: received $225K on this topicLegal Aid of North Carolina Inc$225KVecinos Inc: received $225K on this topicVecinos Inc$225KRegion A Partnership for Children: received $222K on this topicRegion A Partnership for Childr…$222KHelen Ross Mcnabb Foundation: received $202K on this topicHelen Ross Mcnabb Foundation$202KPremier Mobile Health Services Co Nadine Singh: received $190K on this topicPremier Mobile Health Services…$190KWestern North Carolina Annual Conferences of the United Methodist: received $175K on this topicWestern North Carolina Annual C…$175KPartnership for Children of the Foothills: received $160K on this topicPartnership for Children of the…$160KCarolina Farm Stewardship Association: received $155K on this topicCarolina Farm Stewardship Assoc…$155KAppalachian Mountain Community Health Centers Dba Appalachian Moun: received $155K on this topicAppalachian Mountain Community…$155KW A M Y Community Action Inc: received $150K on this topicW A M Y Community Action Inc$150KUnited Way of Greene County: received $128K on this topicUnited Way of Greene County$128KWestern North Carolina Community He: received $125K on this topicWestern North Carolina Communit…$125KHola Carolina: received $121K on this topicHola Carolina$121KNorthwestern Housing Enterprises Incorporated: received $113K on this topicNorthwestern Housing Enterprise…$113KBuncombe County Schools: received $111K on this topicBuncombe County Schools$111KUnited Way of North Carolina: received $100K on this topicUnited Way of North Carolina$100KCommunity Church of Mountain City: received $80K on this topicCommunity Church of Mountain Ci…$80KCocke County Partnership: received $80K on this topicCocke County Partnership$80KW4h Asheville Dba Working Wheels: received $61K on this topicW4h Asheville Dba Working Wheels$61KThe Community Kitchen Inc: received $61K on this topicThe Community Kitchen Inc$61KLynn Peterson Store: received $60K on this topicLynn Peterson Store$60KHardings Landscape & Maintenancein: received $60K on this topicHardings Landscape & Maintenanc…$60KMorgan Oil Company: received $60K on this topicMorgan Oil Company$60KAmerican National Red Cross: received $50K on this topicAmerican National Red Cross$50KAppling County Food Bank: received $25K on this topicAppling County Food Bank$25KAugusta Dream Center: received $25K on this topicAugusta Dream Center$25KJoyce: received $5K on this topicJoyce$5KLucien: received $5K on this topicLucien$5KAngela: received $4K on this topicAngela$4K
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