North Carolina · Public charity
Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc
The organization's mission is to strengthen the capacity of educators, families and the communtiy to build a strong foundation for children's learning and development beginning at birth.
- $3.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 53
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $37,327
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $284,446
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 53 | $2.8M | 40% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $223k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $350k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $464k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $554k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $456k | 4% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $453k | 4% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $746k | 5% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Network Inc | $456,507 | 9 | n/a |
| Asheville City Schools | $405,131 | 9 | n/a |
| Eliada Homes Inc | $369,745 | 9 | 1% |
| Community Action Opportunities | $334,412 | 8 | 1% |
| Verner Inc | $331,518 | 9 | 3% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Western North Carolina | $296,226 | 2 | 1% |
| Jewish Community Center of Asheville Inc | $248,273 | 9 | 1% |
| Emmanuel Lutheran Church | $236,677 | 9 | n/a |
| Mission Hospital Inc | $213,665 | 9 | 0% |
| YWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc | $197,012 | 9 | 1% |
Show all 57 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Network Inc | $456,507 | 9 | n/a |
| Asheville City Schools | $405,131 | 9 | n/a |
| Eliada Homes Inc | $369,745 | 9 | 1% |
| Community Action Opportunities | $334,412 | 8 | 1% |
| Verner Inc | $331,518 | 9 | 3% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Western North Carolina | $296,226 | 2 | 1% |
| Jewish Community Center of Asheville Inc | $248,273 | 9 | 1% |
| Emmanuel Lutheran Church | $236,677 | 9 | n/a |
| Mission Hospital Inc | $213,665 | 9 | 0% |
| YWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc | $197,012 | 9 | 1% |
| Child Care Center of First Presbyterian Church Inc | $181,111 | 8 | 2% |
| The Christine Avery Learning Center | $174,930 | 4 | 12% |
| Creative Village Child Care | $169,506 | 8 | n/a |
| Hominy Baptist Church | $160,878 | 7 | n/a |
| Swannanoa Valley Child Care Council Inc | $156,530 | 9 | 2% |
| Montessori Learning Center of Ashev | $146,516 | 3 | n/a |
| Swannanoa Valley Montessori School Inc | $130,433 | 1 | 17% |
| Biltmore Academy | $127,079 | 7 | n/a |
| Irene Wortham Center Inc | $121,782 | 8 | 1% |
| First Baptist Church Asheville | $115,863 | 8 | n/a |
| The Goddard School of Asheville | $102,590 | 1 | n/a |
| Regent Park Early Childhood Dev Cen | $97,069 | 7 | n/a |
| Sprouts Early Learning Academy | $93,555 | 2 | n/a |
| Building Blocks Child Care Center | $84,727 | 1 | n/a |
| Buncombe County School | $82,080 | 8 | n/a |
| The Children's Center of Western North Carolina | $81,536 | 7 | 2% |
| Nazarene Christian School | $75,955 | 8 | n/a |
| Kathy's Kiddiland Daycare Center | $69,672 | 1 | n/a |
| Rainbow Community School | $60,790 | 8 | 0% |
| East Asheville Academy Inc | $60,473 | 2 | n/a |
| Hawthorn Montessori School | $59,440 | 1 | 37% |
| Evolve | $52,869 | 3 | n/a |
| The Children's Center of Wnc | $48,849 | 1 | n/a |
| Growing in Grace Preschool | $43,886 | 1 | n/a |
| Mount Carmel Enrichment Center | $42,792 | 2 | n/a |
| Little Peoples Place | $34,088 | 1 | n/a |
| His Watchmen Child Care | $31,522 | 3 | n/a |
| The Academy of Asheville Inc | $31,190 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Mountain Presbyterian Church | $26,968 | 1 | n/a |
| Poder Emma | $25,566 | 2 | n/a |
| Kiddie Academy of Asheville | $23,425 | 1 | n/a |
| All God's Children Enrichment Cente | $20,959 | 4 | n/a |
| Spanish for Kids Preschool | $20,896 | 3 | n/a |
| Discovery Preschool LLC | $20,579 | 1 | n/a |
| All Kids Academy LLC | $20,343 | 2 | n/a |
| West Asheville Baptist Child Care | $20,041 | 3 | n/a |
| Asbury Preschool | $16,940 | 1 | 5% |
| Hahn's Gymnastics LLC | $12,827 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids Kountry Klub House | $12,615 | 1 | n/a |
| Asheville Montessori School | $12,203 | 1 | n/a |
| Southwestern Child Development Commission Inc | $9,810 | 2 | 0% |
| West Asheville Academy | $9,038 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvary Baptist Church of Asheville | $7,566 | 1 | n/a |
| Snow Hill United Methodist Church | $6,721 | 1 | n/a |
| Shema | $6,432 | 1 | n/a |
| Alicia's Family Child Care Home | $6,089 | 1 | n/a |
| Lutheran Church of the Nativity | $5,814 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($466k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Dogwood Health Trust · Wnc Bridge Foundation · Manna Food Bank Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc · Pisgah Health Foundation · The Hedrick Family Foundation · Walnut Cove Members Association Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc with peer funders
About Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc
- How much does Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc give?
- Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc reported 53 itemized grants totaling $2,769,112, out of $3,138,671 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (51%), Human Services (27%), Religion (8%).
- Who are Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Childcare Network Inc ($457k), Asheville City Schools ($405k), Eliada Homes Inc ($370k).
- Does Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc, Dogwood Health Trust, Wnc Bridge Foundation.
- Where is Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc based?
- Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc is based in NC.
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