North Carolina · Public charity
Highlands Area Chamber of Commerce Inc
We strive to enhance and promote economic vitality and quality of life in the Highlands community.
- $160k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $155k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Highlands Area Chamber of Commerce Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $419k 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 | 5 | $155k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $419k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $152k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $141k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $74k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $168k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands Festival Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Performing Arts Center Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Highlands Community Theatre Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Highlands Motoring Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 11% |
| The Bascom Corporation | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Rotary International | $41,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Friends of Founders Park Inc | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Highlands Historical Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($534k), not named here.
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: Ashcourt Family Foundation Inc · The Woodcrest Foundation · Al Williams Jr Family Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Jones Family Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
Compare Highlands Area Chamber of Commerce Inc with peer funders
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About Highlands Area Chamber of Commerce Inc
- How much does Highlands Area Chamber of Commerce Inc give?
- Highlands Area Chamber of Commerce Inc reported 5 itemized grants totaling $155,000, out of $159,705 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Highlands Area Chamber of Commerce Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (27%), Arts & Culture (19%), Community Improvement (4%).
- Who are Highlands Area Chamber of Commerce Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Highlands Festival Inc ($250k), Performing Arts Center Inc ($80k), Highlands Community Theatre Inc ($50k).
- Does Highlands Area Chamber of Commerce Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Highlands Area Chamber of Commerce Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ashcourt Family Foundation Inc, The Woodcrest Foundation, Al Williams Jr Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Highlands Area Chamber of Commerce Inc based?
- Highlands Area Chamber of Commerce Inc is based in NC.
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