North Carolina · Public charity
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
To conserve the unique plant and animal habitat, clean water, farmland, scenic beauty, and places for all people to enjoy outdoor recreation in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, enduring for future generations. Continued-see schedule O.
- $19k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $18,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $18,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $148M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k 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 | 1 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $182k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $811k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $110k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $530k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $458k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $115k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Trust for Public Land | $325,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Organic Growers School Inc | $268,500 | 1 | 68% |
| New River Conservancy | $70,562 | 2 | 3% |
| Conserving Carolina | $68,319 | 3 | 0% |
| Nc State University | $67,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina Inc | $66,200 | 3 | 1% |
| Bonesteel Films Inc | $64,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Blue Ridge Conservancy | $34,173 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), 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: North Carolina Community Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
- How much does Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy give?
- Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy reported 1 grants totaling $18,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (98%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Trust for Public Land ($325k), Organic Growers School Inc ($269k), New River Conservancy ($71k).
- Does Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include North Carolina Community Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy based?
- Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy is based in NC.
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