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Anc Healthcare Inc

The organization's mission is to operate an integrated health delivery system for the benefit of the residents of western north carolina.

$185M
Granted FY2021
7
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$155M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2021.

Philanthropy$1.1BHealth$45MHuman Services$15MEducation$181kHousing & Shelter$110kRecreation & Sports$50kEnvironment$33kCivil Rights$22kReligion$15kOther$20M
02FY2021 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$5,000,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$127M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST$155,009,964
GATEWAY WELLNESS FOUNDATION$5,000,000
HIGHLANDS CASHIERS HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000,000
PISGAH HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000,000
NANTAHALA HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000,000
WNC BRIDGE FOUNDATION$5,000,000
AMY WELLNESS FOUNDATION$5,000,000
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 (FY17–21, $15.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GATEWAY WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $5.0M → 16%GATEWAY WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $5.0M → 16%Gateway Wellness Foundation: $5.0M → 12%CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF WNC: $100k → 12%COUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $10k → 12%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.2B · 14 repeat orgs$15M to everyone else

14 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2021, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
16

Total granted

$1.2B
$15M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-34%
+34%

Still filing today

86%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
PhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther

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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $593k · revenue +209%
  • HB
    HOMEWARD BOUND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $110k · revenue +130%
  • CI
    CHEROKEE INDIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $37k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • AM
    ANC MISSION MEDICAL ASSOCIATES INC
    one grant, 2019 · $14M · revenue 0%
  • TU
    The University of North Carolina at Asheville Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $141k · revenue +18%
  • CC
    Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Western North Carolina Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +9%

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
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
2
Wnc Health Network Inc

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

Health
3
Piedmont Health Foundation
Health
4
The Carolina Trust
Philanthropy
5
University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Inc

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
6
East Carolina Health

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
7
Wnc Communities

WNC Communities empowers the people of Western North Carolina to cultivate the vitality and prosperity of mountain communities through collaboration and agricultural opportunities. This mission is accomplished through a program of work…

Food & Nutrition
8
The Outer Banks Hospital Inc

To enhance the quality of life for the residents and visitors of dare county and the surrounding region by promoting wellness and providing the highest quality healthcare services.

Health
9
Western Carolina Medical Society Foundation Inc

Western Carolina Medical Society Foundation is a physician- and community-led organization. Its mission is to address issues of access to quality health care, disparities in health, wellness and prevention.

Health
10
Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Education and Research Foundation
Health
11
Caldwell Memorial Hospital Inc

To provide safe, effective, compassionate care and to promote healthy lifestyles to our community.

Health
12
Wellmont Hawkins County Memorial Hospital Inc

Honor those we serve by delivering the best possible care.Ballad Health is dedicated to improving the health of the 29-county Appalachian Highlands region.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wnc Bridge Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Dogwood Health Trust. 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 41 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr13%10%5–10yr19%25%10–20yr18%10%20–35yr12%30%35–55yr20%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%95%5–10yr19%3%10–20yr18%1%20–35yr12%1%35–55yr20%0%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/31
the rest of the field
10%
867/8,472

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

28 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. 28 of the 31 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.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/28
Grantees still filing
15/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST — $1,059,057,227 · PhilanthropyDOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST+5 more — $30,862,273 · PhilanthropyPisgah Health Foundation — $15,097,467 · HealthNantahala Health Foundation — $15,087,459 · HealthHighlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc — $15,000,000 · Health+1 more — $36,723 · HealthANC MISSION MEDICAL ASSOCIATES INC — $14,000,000 · OtherMISSION HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC — $5,581,191 · Other+11 more — $875,850 · OtherGATEWAY WELLNESS FOUNDATION — $15,030,892 · Human Services+2 more — $110,000 · Human ServicesThe University of North Carolina at Asheville Foundation Inc — $141,333 · EducationMOUNTAIN AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER INC — $25,000 · EducationCarolina Day School Inc — $15,000 · EducationHOMEWARD BOUND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC — $110,000 · Housing & ShelterAsheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission — $50,000 · Recreation & Sports
Philanthropy$1,089,919,500Health$45,221,649Other$20,457,041Human Services$15,140,892Education$181,333Housing & Shelter$110,000Recreation & Sports$50,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST — $1,059,057,227 over 3y, 74% of budgetPisgah Health Foundation — $15,097,467 over 3y, 86% of budgetNantahala Health Foundation — $15,087,459 over 3y, 89% of budgetAMY WELLNESS FOUNDATION — $15,036,352 over 3y, 98% of budgetGATEWAY WELLNESS FOUNDATION — $15,030,892 over 3y, 99% of budgetWNC BRIDGE FOUNDATION — $15,000,000 over 3y, 66% of budgetHighlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc — $15,000,000 over 3y, 82% of budgetANC MISSION MEDICAL ASSOCIATES INC — $14,000,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetMISSION HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC — $5,581,191 over 3y, 30% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC — $593,380 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetAsheville Area Chamber of Commerce Inc — $138,495 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetHOMEWARD BOUND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC — $110,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetConsumer Credit Counseling Service of Western North Carolina Inc — $100,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetAsheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation — $65,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetAsheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission — $50,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetAppalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project — $32,827 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetUNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHURCH MOUSE MINISTRIES INC — $15,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetCarolina Day School Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES — $14,663 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBuncombe County Schools Foundation Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCOUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA — $9,252 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Dogwood Health TrustThe Community Foundat…Wnc Bridge FoundationThe Cannon Foundation…Manna Food Bank IncDeerfield Episcopal R…Henderson County Unit…Walnut Cove Members A…Impact HealthUnited Way of Ashevil…The Hedrick Family Fo…Foundation for the Ca…
Dogwood Health TrustNC38× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dogwood Health Trust · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Wnc Bridge Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Manna Food Bank Inc · Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community Inc · Henderson County United Way Inc · Walnut Cove Members Association Inc · Impact Health · United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc · The Hedrick Family Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas

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 Anc Healthcare 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%6%25%56%100%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
    9report 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 31 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

    Source object · view filing

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