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Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc

The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation exists to improve the health and wellbeing of all peoples in Western North Carolina, with a particular emphasis on Macon, Jackson, Swain, Graham, Clay and Cherokee Counties.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$534k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Health$12MEducation$817kHuman Services$420kPublic Safety & Disaster$231kCommunity Improvement$211kYouth Development$173kCrime & Legal$173kEnvironment$85kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k27 grants · $532k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $175k
  • $250k+1 grant · $534k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$30M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Blue Ridge Community Health Services Inc$533,707
Counseling and Psychotherapy Center of Highlands$105,000
Vecinos Farmworker Health Program$70,000
Macon County EMS$45,000
Community Care Clinic of Franklin Inc$40,000
Resources Education Assistance Counseling And Housing (REACH) of Macon Coun$40,000
Child Medical Collaborative Inc$40,000
Western Carolina Medical Society Foundation Inc$38,000
Clay County Governing Board$30,000
Southwestern Child Development Commission Inc$30,000
Adults Working And Advocating For Kids Empowerment (AWAKE) Inc$25,000
Boys & Girls Club of the Plateau$20,000
Together We Can Do Great Things Inc$15,000
International Friendship Center$15,000
Big Brothers-Big Sisters Of Western North Carolina Inc$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $184k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FOUR SQUARE COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $38k → 15%HOSPICE HOUSE FOUNDATION OF WNC INC: $31k → 12%HIGHLAND COMMUNITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $30k → 12%Highlands Community Child Development Center: $10k → 12%AWAKE Inc: $50k → 18%Adults Working And Advocating For Kids Empowerment (AWAKE) Inc: $25k → 18%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$13M · 26 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

26 repeat relationships — 18 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
21

Total granted

$13M
$874k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+27%

Still filing today

77%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalFood & NutritionPublic Safety & DisasterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BR
    BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $2.6M · revenue +100%
  • SC
    Summit Charter School
    4× · 2020–2024 · $194k · revenue +71%
  • VECINOS INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $170k · revenue ×12

Funded once

  • BR
    BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2020 · $125k · revenue -3% · 39% of their budget
  • GR
    GLENVILLE-CASHIERS RESCUE SQUAD INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $81k · revenue +141%
  • MM
    MURPHY MEDICAL CENTER INC
    one grant, 2020 · $75k · revenue +16%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Wnc Health Network Inc

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

Health
2
High Country Behavioral Health

HCBH provides mental health and substance abuse counseling.

Health
3
Carolina Family Health Centers Inc

Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. provides accessible and affordable health care with excellence...where patients come FIRST

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4
First Choice Community Health Ctrs

Providing healthcare to the underserved population of Harnett County NC and the surrounding area.

Health
5
North Carolina Community Health Center Assoc Inc

To promote community based primary health care systems in medically underserved areas.

Health
6
Black Mountain Counseling Center in

As a non-profit, the black mountain counseling center provides mental health counseling without regard to a client's ability to pay. services are provided by licensed, experienced counselors working with children, adults and families…

Health
7
Mountainlands Community Health Center

To provide medical, mental health, dental care, and affordable medicine to the medically underserved population.

Health
8
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
9
Georgia Highlands Medical Services Inc

To develop and administer a comprehensive primary health care system for the citizens of Forsyth County, Gwinnett County, Bartow County, Dawson County, and Cherokee County, Georgia, their surrounding communities and their citizens,…

Health
10
Mountain Housing Opportunities Inc

To provide affordable housing for low-income individuals living in buncombe county and the surrounding areas of north carolina.

Housing & Shelter
11
North Carolina Community Housing & Consulting Inc

The main operation is to establish a well grounded community for very low to moderate individuals

Housing & Shelter
12
Community Health Network of Wnc

A collaborative network that increases access and improves health outcomes for safety net populations in western north carolina

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mountain Projects Inc and the most unlike its peers is Mountain Alliance and Mission Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 23 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%7%<5yr13%12%5–10yr18%23%10–20yr14%28%20–35yr12%19%35–55yr23%12%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%1%<5yr13%2%5–10yr18%7%10–20yr14%6%20–35yr12%3%35–55yr23%81%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%2/60
the rest of the field
9%
201/2,203

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

46 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 46 of the 61 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/46
Grantees still filing
33/46
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ANC HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL INC — $7,945,499 · HealthANC HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL INC+8 more — $872,110 · Health+8 moreBLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES INC — $2,577,088 · OtherBLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY HEALTH SE…Macon County Schools — $146,640 · OtherMOUNTAIN PARK URGENT CARE & WALK IN CLINIC PLLC — $133,095 · Other+28 more — $986,155 · Other+28 moreSummit Charter School — $194,401 · EducationBLUE RIDGE SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCORPORATED — $125,110 · EducationBoys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc — $118,476 · EducationADVANCE HIGHLANDS EDUCATION COMMITTEE INC — $74,532 · EducationBHM REGIONAL LIBRARY — $55,000 · EducationMOUNTAIN AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER INC — $50,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY CARE CLINIC OF HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS INC — $50,000 · EducationThe Hampton School — $30,000 · Education+2 more — $15,000 · EducationPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES — $162,000 · Crime & LegalChild Medical Collaborative Inc — $140,000 · Crime & LegalHawthorn Heights WNC Inc — $10,963 · Crime & LegalAdults Working & Advocating for Kids Empowerment Inc — $75,000 · Human ServicesHospice House Foundation of WNC Inc — $56,420 · Human ServicesHighlands Community Child Development Center — $40,000 · Human ServicesFOUR SQUARE COMMUNITY ACTION — $37,500 · Human ServicesTogether We Can Do Great Things Inc — $15,000 · Human ServicesHIGHTS Inc — $153,000 · EnvironmentGLENVILLE-CASHIERS RESCUE SQUAD INC — $81,000 · Public Safety & DisasterMountain Alliance and Mission Inc — $10,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Health$8,817,609Other$3,842,978Education$712,519Crime & Legal$312,963Human Services$223,920Environment$153,000Public Safety & Disaster$91,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetANC HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL INC — $7,945,499 over 2y, 22% of budgetBLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES INC — $2,577,088 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCounseling Center of Highlands — $250,000 over 2y, 55% of budgetSummit Charter School — $194,401 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetVECINOS INC — $170,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES — $162,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetHIGHTS Inc — $153,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetChild Medical Collaborative Inc — $140,000 over 2y, 36% of budgetBLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS HEALTH PROJECT INC — $135,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetBLUE RIDGE SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCORPORATED — $125,110 over 1y, 39% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc — $118,476 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetMOUNTAIN PROJECTS INC — $115,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN CHILD DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION INC — $90,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetRESTORATION HOUSE WNC — $90,000 over 4y, 31% of budgetAdults Working & Advocating for Kids Empowerment Inc — $75,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetMURPHY MEDICAL CENTER INC — $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADVANCE HIGHLANDS EDUCATION COMMITTEE INC — $74,532 over 1y, 51% of budgetRESOURCES EDUCATION ASST COUNSELING AND HOUSING OF MACON COUNTY INC — $74,110 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetHospice House Foundation of WNC Inc — $56,420 over 2y, 10% of budgetBHM REGIONAL LIBRARY — $55,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP CENTER OF HIGHLANDS — $51,875 over 2y, 14% of budgetMOUNTAIN AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY CARE CLINIC OF HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS INC — $50,000 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetHighlands Community Child Development Center — $40,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY CARE CLINIC OF FRANKLIN INC — $40,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetWestern Carolina Medical Society Foundation Inc — $38,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFOUR SQUARE COMMUNITY ACTION — $37,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Hampton School — $30,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetHospice of Henderson County Inc — $27,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMACON PROGRAM FOR PROGRESS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHIGHLANDS ROTARY CLUB CHARITIES INC — $22,500 over 1y, 25% of budgetFISHES & LOAVES FOOD PANTRY INC — $20,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetMACON COUNTY CARE NETWORK — $17,500 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetTogether We Can Do Great Things Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetBig BrothersBig Sisters of WNC Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHIGHLANDS EMERGENCY COUNCIL INC — $15,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetThe Community Table Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHawthorn Heights WNC Inc — $10,963 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWESTERN CAROLINA PACESETTERS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMountain Alliance and Mission Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCASHIERS VALLEY PRESCHOOLINC — $10,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetThe Bascom Corporation — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ACCC LIBRARY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetThe Giving Spoon Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetHighlands Biological Foundation Inc — $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…Nantahala Health Foun…Dogwood Health TrustWnc Bridge FoundationBrighton Foundation T…North Carolina Commun…Great Smokies Health …Evergreen FoundationManna Food Bank IncFlorence Mauboules Ch…Foundation for the Ca…Impact Health
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina IncNC83.7× affinity42 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 · Nantahala Health Foundation · Dogwood Health Trust · Wnc Bridge Foundation · Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee · North Carolina Community Foundation · Great Smokies Health Foundation · Evergreen Foundation · Manna Food Bank Inc · Florence Mauboules Charitable Trust · Foundation for the Carolinas · Impact Health

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 61 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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