Which funders back the same organizations as Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc, Dogwood Health Trust, Richard Eckerd Foundation Inc.

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Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation

Develop and accelerate growth & employment opportunities for the community.

$2.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 12
Grants FY2025: 15
Organizations funded FY2024: 93%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $25,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $1,098,635
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 15; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $2.3M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 93% of the organizations Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureHousing & ShelterHealthEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentEducationOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	12	$2.1M	92%
FY2024	15	$749k	93%
FY2023	1	$404k	0%
FY2022	1	$527k	0%
FY2021	1	$458k	0%
FY2020	1	$409k	0%
FY2019	1	$485k	0%
FY2018	1	$330k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Community Improvement$5.0MEmployment$237kFood & Nutrition$35kEducation$20kHousing & Shelter$20kHuman Services$20kArts & Culture$10kEnvironment$10kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Inc	$3,999,545	9	19%
Mountain Bizcapital Inc	$1,098,635	1	11%
Matcha Nude	$25,000	1	n/a
Carolina Flowers LLC	$25,000	1	n/a
French Broad Pantry LLC	$25,000	1	n/a
Online Training Concepts	$25,000	1	n/a
Dare Vegan Cheese LLC	$25,000	1	n/a
Asheville Tea Company	$25,000	1	n/a
Legally Addictive Foods LLC	$25,000	1	n/a
Asheville Museum of Science	$10,000	1	1%

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All grantees of Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Inc	$3,999,545	9	19%
Mountain Bizcapital Inc	$1,098,635	1	11%
Matcha Nude	$25,000	1	n/a
Carolina Flowers LLC	$25,000	1	n/a
French Broad Pantry LLC	$25,000	1	n/a
Online Training Concepts	$25,000	1	n/a
Dare Vegan Cheese LLC	$25,000	1	n/a
Asheville Tea Company	$25,000	1	n/a
Legally Addictive Foods LLC	$25,000	1	n/a
Asheville Museum of Science	$10,000	1	1%
Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Western Carolina Rescue Ministries Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Asheville GreenWorks	$10,000	1	1%
All Souls Counseling Center	$10,000	1	1%
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project	$10,000	1	0%
Western N Carolina Public Radio	$10,000	1	0%
YWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Buncombe County Schools Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Kl Training Solutions	$10,000	1	1%
Open Doors of Asheville Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Eblen Charities Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Black Wall Street Avl	$10,000	1	3%
Greater Haywood County Chamber	$5,250	1	2%
Henderson County Chamber of Commerce Incorporated	$5,250	1	n/a
Burke County Chamber of Commerce I Burke County Chamber of Commerce I	$5,100	1	n/a
LoLo LLC	$5,000	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 16.

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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.

The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina IncNC33.1× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Dogwood Health Trust · Richard Eckerd Foundation Inc · Wnc Bridge Foundation · The Hedrick Family Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc · The Frances & William H Beattie Fdn · Harry F Chaddick and Elaine Chaddick Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation

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.

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About Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation

How much does Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation give?: Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $2,065,165 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (93%), Employment (4%), Food & Nutrition (1%).
Who are Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Inc ($4.0M), Mountain Bizcapital Inc ($1.1M), Matcha Nude ($25k).
Does Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 93% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc, Dogwood Health Trust, Richard Eckerd Foundation Inc.
Where is Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation based?: Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation is based in NC.