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Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

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Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation

Develop and accelerate growth & employment opportunities for the community.

$2.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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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
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $175k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.9M
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Mountain BizCapital Inc$1,098,635
Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Inc$773,113
Asheville Tea Company$25,000
Carolina Flowers LLC$25,000
Dare Vegan Cheese LLC$25,000
Matcha Nude$25,000
Online Training Concepts$25,000
French Broad Pantry LLC$25,000
Legally Addictive Foods LLC$25,000
Henderson County Chamber of Commerce Incorporated$5,250
Greater Haywood Chamber of Commerce$5,250
Burke County Chamber of Commerce$5,100
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY24–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Greater Haywood Chamber of Commerce: $5k → 12%Henderson County Chamber of Commerce Incorporated: $5k → 12%My Daddy Taught Me That: $10k → 12%Burke County Chamber of Commerce: $5k → 13%Matcha Nude: $25k → 12%Dare Vegan Cheese LLC: $25k → 12%Legally Addictive Foods LLC: $25k → 12%Mountain BizCapital Inc: $1.1M → 12%Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Inc: $773k → 12%Online Training Concepts: $25k → 12%French Broad Pantry LLC: $25k → 12%All Souls Counseling: $10k → 12%Asheville Tea Company: $25k → 12%Blue Ridge Public Radio: $10k → 12%Carolina Flowers LLC: $25k → 12%Black Wall Street AVL: $10k → 12%Eblen Charities Inc: $10k → 12%Asheville Museum of Science: $10k → 12%Asheville Greenworks: $10k → 12%YWCA of Asheville and WNC Inc: $10k → 12%Buncombe County Schools Foundation Inc: $10k → 12%Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project: $10k → 12%Asheville Habitat for Humanity: $10k → 12%OpenDoors Asheville: $10k → 12%LoLo LLC: $5k → 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 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
Black Economic Mobility Coalition

Identify and develop talent to increase the number of sustainable Black-owned business in the Upstate

Community Improvement
2
Ashe County Recovery and Restoration

Ashe County Recovery and Restoration was established in October 2024 in response to the devastation in Ashe County, nc that occured as a result of Hurricane Helene.

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation

Develop and accelerate growth & employment opportunities for the community.

Philanthropy
4
Pamlico Business Resource Center
Community Improvement
5
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce

To build a vibrant community through programs of advocacy, public awareness and policy development.

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6
Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Educational Foundation
Philanthropy
7
Just Economics

Our mission is to educate, advocate and organize for a more just and sustainable local economy that works for all in Western North Carolina.

Community Improvement
8
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
9
Wayne County Development Alliance Inc

Enhance economic development

Community Improvement
10
Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce

To promote tourism and local businesses in brunswick county, north carolina

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11
Greensboro Area Chamber of Commerce Inc

To serve as greensboro, north carolina's principal economic and community development organization. our goal is to strategically develop a vibrant community that creates, expands, and attracts business while advancing the quality of life…

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12
Webb Squared

To redress the racial wealth gap and build generational wealth by providing incubator and accelerator services to black and brown entrepreneurs in rural North Carolina.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mountain Bizcapital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kl Training Solutions. 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

18 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. 18 of the 26 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Inc: $3,999,545 · OtherAsheville Area Chamber of Commerce Inc+17 more: $255,600 · Other+17 moreMOUNTAIN BIZCAPITAL INC: $1,098,635 · PhilanthropyMOUNTAIN BIZCAPITAL IN…ASHEVILLE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureWESTERN N CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO: $10,000 · Arts & CultureASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterWESTERN CAROLINA RESCUE MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterAll Souls Counseling Center: $10,000 · HealthAppalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project: $10,000 · EnvironmentKL TRAINING SOLUTIONS: $10,000 · Youth Development
Other$4,255,145Philanthropy$1,098,635Arts & Culture$20,000Housing & Shelter$20,000Health$10,000Environment$10,000Youth Development$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAsheville Area Chamber of Commerce Inc: $3,999,545 over 9y, 19% of budgetMOUNTAIN BIZCAPITAL INC: $1,098,635 over 1y, 11% of budgetASHEVILLE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN CAROLINA RESCUE MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAsheville GreenWorks: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAll Souls Counseling Center: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAppalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWESTERN N CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBuncombe County Schools Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetKL TRAINING SOLUTIONS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetOpen Doors of Asheville Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetEblen Charities Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLACK WALL STREET AVL: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetGREATER HAYWOOD COUNTY CHAMBER: $5,250 over 1y, 1.8% 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.

The Community Foundat…Dogwood Health TrustRichard Eckerd Founda…Wnc Bridge FoundationThe Hedrick Family Fo…The Cannon Foundation…United Way of Ashevil…The Frances & William…Harry F Chaddick and …Foundation for the Ca…Duke Energy FoundationTd Charitable Foundat…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%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
    13report 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 26 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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