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Deerfield Charitable Foundation

We exist to nurture deerfield's spirit of generosity, enriching the lives of residents and sharing our resources with people across western north carolina.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$210k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$1.4MHousing & Shelter$895kEducation$611kHealth$351kFood & Nutrition$175kCrime & Legal$68kPhilanthropy$29kEnvironment$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $1,031,230, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,309,038 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $277,808 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 $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $173k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $848k
$40,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$210,000
MOUNTAINCARE INC$190,125
UNC CHAPEL HILL$133,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$110,000
LEADINGAGE NC$105,000
CAROLINA MOUNTAIN CLUB$50,000
COUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY$50,000
MEMORY CARE$40,000
EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF WNC$34,000
CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH FOOD PANTRY$30,000
ROTARY CLUB OF ASHEVILLE-BILTMORE$25,000
UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE & BUNCOMBE CO$19,105
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$15,000
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ASSOCIATION OF ASHEVILLE & BUNCOMBE CO$10,000
CHURCH OF THE ADVOCATE$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LEADINGAGE NC: $105k → 11%FOUR SEASONS FOUNDATION: $20k → 12%Four Seasons Foundation: $10k → 12%DEERFIELD EPISCOPAL RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $424k → 12%DEERFIELD EPISCOPAL RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $387k → 12%DEERFIELD EPISCOPAL RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $376k → 12%COUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY: $50k → 12%Council on Aging of Buncombe County: $50k → 12%COUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE CO: $50k → 12%Jewish Family Services of WNC: $100k → 12%ROTARY CLUB OF ASHEVILLE-BILTMORE: $25k → 12%Rotary Club of Asheville-Biltmore: $20k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 21% of Deerfield Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 95% of the giving stays in NC; by stated purpose, 76%.

Deerfield Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 14 repeat orgs$889k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
10

Total granted

$3.7M
$534k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+68%

Still filing today

86%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $355k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionEducationCrime & LegalOther
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

  • DE
    Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community Inc
    3× · 2020–2023 · $1.2M · revenue +34%
  • AA
    ASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +129%
  • MO
    Meals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc
    2× · 2024–2025 · $270k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • MC
    MEMORY CARE
    one grant, 2023 · $140k
  • AC
    ASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $101k
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WNC INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +68%
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
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
2
Abundant Living Adult Day Services Inc

Empowered by christ, we walk together with all we serve.

Human Services
3
Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina

The mission of the association for home & hospice care of north carolina is to provide industry resources, education, advocacy & leadership for members, policymakers, elected officials, consumers & the public so that home care & hospice…

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4
Wesley Commons

Wesley commons is a continuing care retirement community that provides value-based health services, including assisted living, intermediate and skilled nursing care, specialized care for alzheimer's and dementia-related illnesses, as well…

Human Services
5
Lutheran Services for the Aging Inc

Empowered by christ, we walk together with all we serve.

Human Services
6
Lutheran Retirement Center At Lutheridge Inc

Empowered by christ, we walk together with all we serve.

Housing & Shelter
7
Wnc Health Network Inc

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

Health
8
Home Health and Hospice Care Inc

See schedule oa community-based nonprofit agency rooted in the heart of north carolina, 3hc sets the standard for treating home health, hospice, and home care patients with quality, innovative, comprehensive and respectful care during…

Health
9
Wakemed

The mission of wakemed is to improve the health and well-being of our community with outstanding and compassionate care to all.

Health
10
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
11
Hospice of Yancey County Inc

Our Mission - We aspire to a Higher Standard of Care. We are dedicated to being recognized as the hospice of choice in our community and for being the most respected and trusted experts in palliative and hospice care.

Human Services
12
Avery County Long Term Recovery Group Inc

ACLTRG serves as the central coordinating hub for long-term recovery in Avery County, aligning nonprofit organizations, faith-based partners, volunteers, public agencies, and funders to reduce duplication, maximize resources, and ensure…

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Homeward Bound of Western North Carolina Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rotary Club of Asheville- Biltmore Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 29 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community Inc: $1,187,294 · Human ServicesDeerfield Episcopal Retirement Communit…COUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesCOUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY INCLEADINGAGE NORTH CAROLINA: $105,000 · Human ServicesLEADINGAGE NORTH CAROLINAJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WNC INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WNC INC+2 more: $75,000 · Human ServicesASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,029,955 · Housing & ShelterASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR…HOMEWARD BOUND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $619,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLIN…MEMORY CARE: $140,000 · OtherMEMORY CAREASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRY INC: $101,225 · OtherASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE COMMUNIT…Carolina Mountain Club Incorporated: $50,000 · OtherEPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF WESTERN NC: $44,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $48,115 · Other+8 more: $104,913 · Other+8 moreMountainCare Inc: $190,125 · HealthMemoryCare Inc: $105,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $30,200 · HealthMeals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc: $270,000 · Food & NutritionCALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH FOOD PANTY INC: $45,000 · Food & NutritionMOUNTAIN AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER INC: $120,000 · EducationPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $67,690 · Crime & Legal
Human Services$1,617,294Housing & Shelter$1,079,955Other$1,107,253Health$325,325Food & Nutrition$315,000Education$120,000Crime & Legal$67,690

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 budgetDeerfield Episcopal Retirement Community Inc: $1,187,294 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,029,955 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc: $270,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetCOUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $150,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetMOUNTAIN AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER INC: $120,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMemoryCare Inc: $105,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WNC INC: $100,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $67,690 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHOMEWARD BOUND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCarolina Mountain Club Incorporated: $50,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $48,115 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRotary Club of Asheville- Biltmore Foundation: $45,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetCALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH FOOD PANTY INC: $45,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $30,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFour Seasons Compassion for Life Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetMARTIN LUTHER KING JR ASSOCIATION OF ASHEVILLE & BUNCOMBE COUNTY: $20,000 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetSHILOH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetYWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 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.

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…Deerfield Episcopal R…Dogwood Health TrustWnc Bridge FoundationWalnut Cove Members A…The Cannon Foundation…Foundation for the Ca…Community Foundation …Richard Eckerd Founda…United Way of Ashevil…Manna Food Bank IncThe Leon Levine Found…
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina IncNC31.6× affinity13 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 · Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community Inc · Dogwood Health Trust · Wnc Bridge Foundation · Walnut Cove Members Association Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Community Foundation of Henderson County Inc · Richard Eckerd Foundation Inc · United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc · Manna Food Bank Inc · The Leon Levine 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 Deerfield Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Deerfield Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Deerfield Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Deerfield Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 29 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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