· Private foundation
Stonecutter Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k7 grants · $40k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $87k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $282k
- $250k+1 grant · $411k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RUTHERFORD COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMAN | $410,975 |
| RUTHERFORD HOUSING PARTNERSHIP | $132,000 |
| KIDSENSES CHILDREN'S MUSEUM | $50,000 |
| ICC FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| APP SCHOOL FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| SCHIELE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | $33,000 |
| TRINITY SCHOOL | $24,480 |
| HATCH AVL FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| LAKE LURE FLOWERING BRIDGE | $10,000 |
| EARL SCRUGGS MUSIC FESTIVAL INC | $8,000 |
| SYMPHONY OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY | $7,140 |
| VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FUND | $6,000 |
| RUTHERFORD QUILT GUILD INC | $5,000 |
| SPENCER BAPTIST CHURCH | $5,000 |
| GLOBALGIVING | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–26, $620k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2026, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RHRUTHERFORD HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC6× · 2021–2026 · $620k · revenue +102%
- HAHatch AVL Foundation5× · 2022–2026 · $247k · revenue +48% · 86% of their budget
- TSTrinity School Inc6× · 2021–2026 · $151k · revenue +132%
Funded once
- TSTRINITY SCHOOL - CAPITAL CAMPAIGNone grant, 2021 · $25k
- FRFAMILY RESOURCES OF RUTHERFORDone grant, 2025 · $20k
- ODOpen Doors of Asheville Incgraduatedone grant, 2025 · $17k · revenue +364%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…
Brevard college is committed to an experiential liberal arts education that encourages personal growth and inspires artistic, intellectual, and social action.
The mission of wingate university is to develop educated, ethical, and productive global citizens. following its judeo-christian heritage, the university seeks to cultivate the following in its students: knowledge, faith, and service.
The Asheville Art Museum Association, Inc. (the Museum) mission is to engage, enlighten and inspire individuals and enrich the community through dynamic experiences in American Art of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Goucher College provides an innovative liberal arts education that prepares students with a broad, humane perspective for a life of inquiry, creativity, and critical and analytical thinking. The College's vision is to become a top-100…
Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.
The nc ahec program provides and supports educational activities and services with a focus on primary care in rural communities and those with less access to resources to recruit, train, and retain the workforce needed to create a healthy…
Uwharrie charter academy is a tuition-free public charter school serving grades k-12 that prepares students for college and careers through a rigorous, project-based, steam-focused education emphasizing small learning communities,…
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.
The Asheville Symphony Orchestra performs and promotes symphonic music for the benefit, enjoyment and education of the people of Western North Carolina.
Founded in 1889, Agnes Scott College is an independent liberal arts college for women whose mission is to educate women to think deeply, live honorably and engage the intellectual and social challenges of their times.
How this is measured
20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 44 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds RUTHERFORD HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds Hatch AVL Foundation ↗
- Who funds Trinity School Inc ↗
- Who funds GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds SCHIELE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND PLANETARIUM ↗
- Who funds THE SYMPHONY OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY ↗
- Who funds APP SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Lake Lure Flowering Bridge ↗
- Who funds MARS HILL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Rutherford County Visual Artists Guild ↗
- Who funds Open Doors of Asheville Inc ↗
- Who funds GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES ↗
- Who funds BLUE RIDGE HOPE ↗
- Who funds EARL SCRUGGS MUSIC FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds DISCOVERY PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc ↗
- Who funds MONTREAT COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Buncombe Alternatives Inc ↗
- Who funds FOOTHILLS CREDIT COUNSELING INC ↗
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 · Dogwood Health Trust · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Rhi Legacy Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Stonecutter Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stonecutter Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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