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Anc Healthcare Inc

The organization's mission is to operate an integrated health delivery system for the benefit of the residents of western north carolina.

$185M
Granted FY2021
7
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$155M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Philanthropy$812MHealth$338MCommunity Improvement$21MHousing & Shelter$210kRecreation & Sports$80kEducation$50kFood & Nutrition$33kCivil Rights$22kOther$0
02FY2021 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$125M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST$155,009,964
PISGAH HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000,000
WNC BRIDGE FOUNDATION$5,000,000
GATEWAY WELLNESS FOUNDATION$5,000,000
HIGHLANDS CASHIERS HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000,000
NANTAHALA HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000,000
AMY WELLNESS FOUNDATION$5,000,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $15.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GATEWAY WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $5.0M → 16%GATEWAY WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $5.0M → 16%Gateway Wellness Foundation: $5.0M → 12%CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF WNC: $100k → 12%COUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $10k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2B · 14 repeat orgs$15M to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2021, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
16

Total granted

$1.2B
$15M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-33%
+41%

Still filing today

86%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21
PhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AW
    AMY WELLNESS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2019–2021 · $15M · revenue +210% · 98% of their budget
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $593k · revenue +209%
  • HB
    HOMEWARD BOUND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $110k · revenue +130%

Funded once

  • AM
    ANC MISSION MEDICAL ASSOCIATES INC
    one grant, 2019 · $14M · revenue 0%
  • TU
    The University of North Carolina at Asheville Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $141k · revenue +18%
  • CC
    Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Western North Carolina Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +9%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
2
Wnc Health Network Inc

WNC Health Network, Inc supports people and organizations to improve community health and wellbeing across Western North Carolina.

Health
3
Piedmont Health Foundation
Health
4
The Carolina Trust
Philanthropy
5
Wnc Communities

WNC Communities empowers the people of Western North Carolina to cultivate the vitality and prosperity of mountain communities through collaboration and agricultural opportunities. This mission is accomplished through a program of work…

Food & Nutrition
6
University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Inc

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
7
Wellmont Hawkins County Memorial Hospital Inc

Honor those we serve by delivering the best possible care.Ballad Health is dedicated to improving the health of the 29-county Appalachian Highlands region.

Health
8
Caldwell Memorial Hospital Inc

To provide safe, effective, compassionate care and to promote healthy lifestyles to our community.

Health
9
Western Carolina Medical Society Foundation Inc

Western Carolina Medical Society Foundation is a physician- and community-led organization. Its mission is to address issues of access to quality health care, disparities in health, wellness and prevention.

Health
10
Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Education and Research Foundation
Health
11
North Carolina Sports Legacy Foundation Fka Promote the Youth Foundation
Philanthropy
12
Novant Health Inc

In the spirit of keeping our focus on patient-centered, equitable and compassionate care while ensuring our organization is sustainable for future generations, we have restated our mission, vision and values and are now guided by our…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wnc Bridge Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Dogwood Health Trust. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/28
Grantees still filing
16/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST: $1,059,057,227 · PhilanthropyDOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST+5 more: $30,862,273 · PhilanthropyPisgah Health Foundation: $15,097,467 · HealthNantahala Health Foundation: $15,087,459 · HealthHighlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc: $15,000,000 · Health+1 more: $36,723 · HealthANC MISSION MEDICAL ASSOCIATES INC: $14,000,000 · OtherMISSION HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $5,581,191 · Other+11 more: $875,850 · OtherGATEWAY WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $15,030,892 · Human Services+2 more: $110,000 · Human ServicesThe University of North Carolina at Asheville Foundation Inc: $141,333 · EducationMOUNTAIN AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER INC: $25,000 · EducationCarolina Day School Inc: $15,000 · EducationHOMEWARD BOUND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $110,000 · Housing & ShelterAsheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission: $50,000 · Recreation & Sports
Philanthropy$1,089,919,500Health$45,221,649Other$20,457,041Human Services$15,140,892Education$181,333Housing & Shelter$110,000Recreation & Sports$50,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST: $1,059,057,227 over 3y, 74% of budgetPisgah Health Foundation: $15,097,467 over 3y, 86% of budgetNantahala Health Foundation: $15,087,459 over 3y, 89% of budgetAMY WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $15,036,352 over 3y, 98% of budgetGATEWAY WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $15,030,892 over 3y, 99% of budgetWNC BRIDGE FOUNDATION: $15,000,000 over 3y, 66% of budgetHighlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc: $15,000,000 over 3y, 82% of budgetANC MISSION MEDICAL ASSOCIATES INC: $14,000,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetMISSION HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $5,581,191 over 3y, 30% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $593,380 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetAsheville Area Chamber of Commerce Inc: $138,495 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetHOMEWARD BOUND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $110,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetConsumer Credit Counseling Service of Western North Carolina Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetAsheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation: $65,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetAsheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission: $50,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetAppalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project: $32,827 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetUNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHURCH MOUSE MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetCarolina Day School Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $14,663 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBuncombe County Schools Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCOUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: $9,252 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Dogwood Health TrustThe Community Foundat…Wnc Bridge FoundationThe Cannon Foundation…Manna Food Bank IncDeerfield Episcopal R…Henderson County Unit…Walnut Cove Members A…Impact HealthUnited Way of Ashevil…The Hedrick Family Fo…Foundation for the Ca…
Dogwood Health TrustNC38× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dogwood Health Trust · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Wnc Bridge Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Manna Food Bank Inc · Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community Inc · Henderson County United Way Inc · Walnut Cove Members Association Inc · Impact Health · United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc · The Hedrick Family Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Anc Healthcare Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Anc Healthcare Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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