North Carolina · Private foundation
The Hedrick Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $421k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 101
- Grants FY2025
- 75
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 51%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $126,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 58 to 77
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 51% of the organizations The Hedrick Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k 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 | 101 | $421k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 75 | $222k | 51% |
| FY2023 | 70 | $262k | 53% |
| FY2022 | 63 | $211k | 52% |
| FY2021 | 67 | $180k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 58 | $140k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 77 | $177k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 77 | $170k | 55% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain Home for Children Youth and Families Inc | $524,798 | 9 | 1% |
| Asheville Museum of Science | $291,714 | 9 | 6% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of Henderson County/Hendersonville Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bearcat Athletic Support Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Swannanoa Valley Christian Ministry | $18,750 | 6 | n/a |
| Catherine's House | $18,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Haywood Street Congregation | $17,300 | 9 | n/a |
| Verner Inc | $16,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Inc | $15,600 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 150 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 241 recipients with no EIN on record ($633k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Hedrick Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 · Dogwood Health Trust · Wnc Bridge Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · The Goodman Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Richard Eckerd Foundation Inc · United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc · Manna Food Bank Inc · Walnut Cove Members Association Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Frances & William H Beattie Fdn
How this is measured
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About The Hedrick Family Foundation
- How much does The Hedrick Family Foundation give?
- The Hedrick Family Foundation reported 101 grants totaling $421,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 58 and 77 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Hedrick Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (29%), Science & Tech (15%), Religion (9%).
- Who are The Hedrick Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Black Mountain Home for Children Youth and Families Inc ($525k), Asheville Museum of Science ($292k), Samaritan's Purse ($25k).
- Does The Hedrick Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 51% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Hedrick Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Hedrick Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc, Dogwood Health Trust, Wnc Bridge Foundation.
- Where is The Hedrick Family Foundation based?
- The Hedrick Family Foundation is based in NC.
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