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Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

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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 FY2025still arriving
53
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$284k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$3.3MHuman Services$1.7MReligion$532kHealth$214kCommunity Improvement$130kYouth Development$16kRecreation & Sports$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 53 grants below total $2,769,112, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,138,671 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $369,559 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $67k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $619k
  • $50k–250k20 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+1 grant · $284k
$37,327
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YMCA OF WESTERN NC$284,446
MONTESSORI LEARNING CENTER OF ASHEV$134,657
BLACK MOUNTAIN MONTESSORI SCHOOL$130,433
ELIADA CHILD DEVELOPMENT$128,701
CHILD DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS INC$116,650
EMMANUEL LUTHERAN SCHOOL$112,977
CREATIVE VILLAGE CHILD CARE$109,823
THE GODDARD SCHOOL OF ASHEVILLE$102,590
ASHEVILLE JEWISH COMMUNITY$94,820
CHRISTINE AVERY LEARNING CENTER$88,558
HOMINY BAPTIST CHURCH$88,123
BUILDING BLOCKS CHILD CARE CENTER$84,727
CHILD CARE CENTER OF FIRST PRESBYTE$82,951
VERNER CENTER FOR EARLY LEARNING$73,649
DONALD'S COLLINS EARLY EDUCATION LE$70,455
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $597k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER AT GRACELYN: $20k → 12%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER AT GRACELYN: $12k → 12%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER AT GRACELYN: $11k → 12%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER AT GRACELYN: $10k → 12%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER AT GRACELYN: $10k → 12%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER AT GRACELYN: $10k → 12%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER AT GRACELYN: $8k → 12%CHILD CARE CENTER OF FIRST PRESBYTE: $83k → 12%COMMUNITY ACTION OPPORTUNITIES: $55k → 12%COMMUNITY ACTION OPPORTUNITIES: $53k → 12%COMMUNITY ACTION OPPORTUNITIES: $52k → 12%COMMUNITY ACTION OPPORTUNITIES: $52k → 12%COMMUNITY ACTION OPPORTUNITIES: $51k → 12%COMMUNITY ACTION OPPORTUNITIES: $43k → 12%CHILD CARE CENTER OF FIRST PRESBYTE: $16k → 12%CHILD CARE CENTER OF FIRST PRESBYTE: $16k → 12%CHILD CARE CENTER OF FIRST PRESBYTE: $16k → 12%CHILD CARE CENTER OF FIRST PRESBYTE: $15k → 12%COMMUNITY ACTION OPPORTUNITIES: $15k → 12%CHILD CARE CENTER OF FIRST PRESBYTE: $14k → 12%COMMUNITY ACTION OPPORTUNITIES: $13k → 12%CHILD CARE CENTER OF FIRST PRESBYTE: $11k → 12%CHILD CARE CENTER OF FIRST PRESBYTE: $9k → 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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.7M · 36 repeat orgs$772k to everyone else

36 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
1

Total granted

$5.7M
$8k

Still filing today

36%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $765k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyReligionHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • EH
    ELIADA HOMES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $370k · revenue +27%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION OPPORTUNITIES
    8× · 2017–2025 · $334k · revenue +57%
  • VI
    VERNER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $332k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • CB
    CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF ASHEVILLE
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
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
Wilmore Day Care Center

At Wilmore Day Care Center, it is our mission to provide holistic care for your child within a loving, Christian environment. We strive to ensure a well-rounded educational experience that will encourage lifelong learning.

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2
Little Wonders Early Learning Center

The organization's mission is to provide learning opportunities for the children of educators within Davidson County, Tennessee.

Education
3
Mountain Tots Preschool

Mountain Tots preschool provides high quality early learning enrichment programs that enhances educational, social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development as well as Kindergarten-readiness. We provide preschool and childcare…

Education
4
Children's Center at Usc

Our mission is to provide the best quality education and care for children and to become a national model for early childhood education. in addition to providing a healthy learning environment for children, the center also provides an…

Education
5
Northshire Day School

The Northshire Day School is a 5 STAR, licensed non-profit early childhood education program which serves regional families with children zero to five.

—
6
Joyful Learning Edc

In 2001, Joyful Learning Educational Development Center (Joyful Learning EDC) was founded with a clear vision to provide accessible, high-quality childcare that meets the diverse needs of every child.

Education
7
Willow Tree Preschool

Binkley Preschool believes that all children regardless of ethnic,cultural or socio-economic isues have deserve a childhood education.

Education
8
Child Development Center
Human Services
9
Woodstock Community Playschool Inc Dba Rainbow Playschool

Rainbow Playschool is a nonprofit organization in the foothills of Mt. Tom in Woodstock, Vermont. We provide daycare and preschool services, emphasizing play and outdoor education, to children between the ages of 6 weeks and 5 years old.…

Human Services
10
Riceville Community Daycare Inc
Human Services
11
Childrens Garden Early Learning Center Inc

The Children's Garden Early Learning Center is designed to meet the early care and educational needs for children ages 6 weeks through their 8th birthday. Serving up to 70 children on a full or part time basis through Early Head Start,…

Human Services
12
Wild Lilac Child Development Community

Wild Lilac Dev Community offers high quality, inclusive, culturally competent, accessible early childhood education,comprehensive family support, and educational opportunities for child development educators, social service professionals…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ywca of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mission Hospital Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 58 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRANTS BELOW 5000: $465,676 · OtherGRANTS BELOW 5000CHILDCARE NETWORK INC: $456,507 · OtherCHILDCARE NETWORK INCASHEVILLE CITY SCHOOLS: $405,131 · OtherASHEVILLE CITY SCHOOLSELIADA HOMES INC: $369,745 · OtherELIADA HOMES INCYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: $296,226 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINAEMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH: $236,677 · OtherYWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc: $197,012 · OtherCREATIVE VILLAGE CHILD CARE: $169,506 · OtherHOMINY BAPTIST CHURCH: $160,878 · OtherSwannanoa Valley Child Care Council Inc: $156,530 · Other+37 more: $1,730,449 · Other+37 moreCOMMUNITY ACTION OPPORTUNITIES: $334,412 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY …CHILD CARE CENTER OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC: $181,111 · Human ServicesCHILD CARE…The Children's Center of Western North Carolina: $81,536 · Human ServicesThe Childr…VERNER INC: $331,518 · PhilanthropySwannanoa Valley Montessori School Inc: $130,433 · EducationRainbow Community School: $60,790 · EducationHAWTHORN MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $59,440 · EducationASBURY PRESCHOOL: $16,940 · EducationJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ASHEVILLE INC: $248,273 · ReligionMISSION HOSPITAL INC: $213,665 · HealthTHE CHRISTINE AVERY LEARNING CENTER: $174,930 · Youth Development
Other$4,644,337Human Services$597,059Philanthropy$331,518Education$267,603Religion$248,273Health$213,665Youth Development$174,930

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 budgetELIADA HOMES INC: $369,745 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION OPPORTUNITIES: $334,412 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetVERNER INC: $331,518 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: $296,226 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ASHEVILLE INC: $248,273 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetMISSION HOSPITAL INC: $213,665 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc: $197,012 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetCHILD CARE CENTER OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC: $181,111 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetTHE CHRISTINE AVERY LEARNING CENTER: $174,930 over 4y, 12% of budgetSwannanoa Valley Child Care Council Inc: $156,530 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetSwannanoa Valley Montessori School Inc: $130,433 over 1y, 17% of budgetIRENE WORTHAM CENTER INC: $121,782 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetThe Children's Center of Western North Carolina: $81,536 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetRainbow Community School: $60,790 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetHAWTHORN MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $59,440 over 1y, 37% of budgetASBURY PRESCHOOL: $16,940 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN CHILD DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION INC: $9,810 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds ELIADA HOMES INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION OPPORTUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds VERNER INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ASHEVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSION HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILD CARE CENTER OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHRISTINE AVERY LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Swannanoa Valley Child Care Council Inc ↗
  • Who funds Swannanoa Valley Montessori School Inc ↗
  • Who funds IRENE WORTHAM CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Center of Western North Carolina ↗
  • Who funds Rainbow Community School ↗
  • Who funds HAWTHORN MONTESSORI SCHOOL ↗

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 TrustWnc Bridge FoundationManna Food Bank IncThe Cannon Foundation…United Way of Ashevil…Pisgah Health Foundat…The Hedrick Family Fo…Walnut Cove Members A…Td Charitable Foundat…Dollar General Litera…The Ayco Charitable F…
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina IncNC34.8× affinity16 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 · 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
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 Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 58 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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