North Carolina · Public charity
Mountain Findings Inc
Supports local community non-profits.
- $437k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $397k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,300
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $65,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Mountain Findings Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $151k 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 | 20 | $397k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $277k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $390k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $235k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $163k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $174k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands Emergency Council Inc | $99,500 | 2 | 29% |
| Literacy Council of Highlands Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Community Care Clinic Inc | $47,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Cashiers Highlands Humane Society | $35,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Hospice House Foundation of WNC Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Chattooga Conservancy | $24,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Magnolia Mission Co | $20,500 | 2 | 26% |
| Blue Ridge Mountains Health Project Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Bascom Corporation | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands Emergency Council Inc | $99,500 | 2 | 29% |
| Literacy Council of Highlands Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Community Care Clinic Inc | $47,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Cashiers Highlands Humane Society | $35,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Hospice House Foundation of WNC Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Chattooga Conservancy | $24,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Magnolia Mission Co | $20,500 | 2 | 26% |
| Blue Ridge Mountains Health Project Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Bascom Corporation | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Highlands Historical Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The International Friendship Center of Highlands | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Mountain Findings Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee · The H Foundation · The Bell Family Foundation · The Woodcrest Foundation · Al Williams Jr Family Foundation Inc · Wantoot Foundation Inc · The Dunlap-Cogswell Foundation · Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc · Farmer Lee Foundation Inc · The Britton Foundation · The Klamon Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Mountain Findings Inc
- How much does Mountain Findings Inc give?
- Mountain Findings Inc reported 20 itemized grants totaling $396,600, out of $436,600 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Mountain Findings Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (13%), Public Safety & Disaster (7%), Health (7%).
- Who are Mountain Findings Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Highlands Emergency Council Inc ($100k), Literacy Council of Highlands Inc ($55k), Community Care Clinic Inc ($47k).
- Does Mountain Findings Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mountain Findings Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc, Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee, The H Foundation.
- Where is Mountain Findings Inc based?
- Mountain Findings Inc is based in NC.
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