North Carolina · Public charity
High Country United Way
Provide supports for other nonprofits
- $217k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $174k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 18
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $921k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations High Country United Way funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $174k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $187k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $218k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $185k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opposing Abuse With Service Information & Shelter | $88,304 | 5 | 2% |
| Appalachian State University | $85,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Community Care Clinic Inc | $78,407 | 5 | 4% |
| Wamy Community Action Inc | $63,444 | 5 | 1% |
| Hospitality House of Northwest North Carolina | $63,443 | 4 | 1% |
| Mountain Alliance Inc | $60,000 | 5 | 7% |
| The Hunger and Health Coalition Inc | $55,724 | 5 | 1% |
| The Western Youth Network Inc | $49,245 | 5 | 1% |
| Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission Inc | $47,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Mediation and Restorative Justice Center | $30,196 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opposing Abuse With Service Information & Shelter | $88,304 | 5 | 2% |
| Appalachian State University | $85,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Community Care Clinic Inc | $78,407 | 5 | 4% |
| Wamy Community Action Inc | $63,444 | 5 | 1% |
| Hospitality House of Northwest North Carolina | $63,443 | 4 | 1% |
| Mountain Alliance Inc | $60,000 | 5 | 7% |
| The Hunger and Health Coalition Inc | $55,724 | 5 | 1% |
| The Western Youth Network Inc | $49,245 | 5 | 1% |
| Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission Inc | $47,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Mediation and Restorative Justice Center | $30,196 | 5 | 1% |
| Habitat for Humanity Intl Watauga County | $29,598 | 5 | 1% |
| The Children's Council of Watauga County Inc | $29,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Avery County Habitat for Humanity | $27,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Neighbors Feeding Neighbors Food Mi | $17,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Hospitality House | $16,627 | 1 | n/a |
| Farm Cafe Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mitchell County Shepherds Staff | $5,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Avery Association for Exceptional Citizens | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southmountain Children and Family Services | $2,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Karis Home for Women | $433 | 2 | n/a |
| County of Watauga | $19 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget High Country United Way supplied at peak.
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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: North Carolina Community Foundation · The High Country Charitable Foundation · Womens Fund of the Blue Ridge Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation · Dogwood Health Trust · Gail Handel Family Foundation Inc · Amy Wellness Foundation · Blue Ridge Energy Members Foundation · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Helen M Clabough Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About High Country United Way
- How much does High Country United Way give?
- High Country United Way reported 15 itemized grants totaling $173,500, out of $217,206 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 18 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does High Country United Way fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (34%), Housing & Shelter (18%), Health (12%).
- Who are High Country United Way's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Opposing Abuse With Service Information & Shelter ($88k), Appalachian State University ($85k), Community Care Clinic Inc ($78k).
- Does High Country United Way fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as High Country United Way?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include North Carolina Community Foundation, The High Country Charitable Foundation, Womens Fund of the Blue Ridge Inc.
- Where is High Country United Way based?
- High Country United Way is based in NC.
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