North Carolina · Public charity
Friends of the WNC Nature Center Inc
The Friends is a conservation organization that inspires a passion to know more, care more, and do more for the wildlife of the Southern Appalachians. We advance the critical work of the Nature Center through fundraising, membership, outreach education, marketing and volunteer service.
- $413k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $12k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,573
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,573
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Friends of the WNC Nature Center Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $12k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $132k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $135k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $127k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $394k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $175k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Asheville | $2,251,420 | 9 | n/a |
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About Friends of the WNC Nature Center Inc
- How much does Friends of the WNC Nature Center Inc give?
- Friends of the WNC Nature Center Inc reported 1 itemized grants totaling $11,573, out of $412,899 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Friends of the WNC Nature Center Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (80%), Public Benefit (20%).
- Who are Friends of the WNC Nature Center Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: City of Asheville ($2.3M).
- Does Friends of the WNC Nature Center Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Friends of the WNC Nature Center Inc based?
- Friends of the WNC Nature Center Inc is based in NC.
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