North Carolina · Public charity
Highlands Biological Foundation Inc
To actively promote and support biological research and education in the Southern Appalachians.
- $113k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $97k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,647
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Highlands Biological Foundation 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 | 3 | $97k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $99k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $181k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $213k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $37k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $186k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $155k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Carolina University | $351,974 | 5 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $238,191 | 4 | n/a |
| Macon County Schools | $37,650 | 3 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
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About Highlands Biological Foundation Inc
- How much does Highlands Biological Foundation Inc give?
- Highlands Biological Foundation Inc reported 3 itemized grants totaling $96,997, out of $112,997 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Highlands Biological Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (94%), Education (6%).
- Who are Highlands Biological Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Western Carolina University ($352k), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ($238k), Macon County Schools ($38k).
- Does Highlands Biological Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Highlands Biological Foundation Inc based?
- Highlands Biological Foundation Inc is based in NC.
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