North Carolina · Public charity
Western North Carolina Regional
WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE CHILDREN OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. Providing enhanced regional education through facilitating peer support groups, sharing best practices, offering high-quality professional development programming throughout the region.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $60k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,508
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $38,907
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Western North Carolina Regional funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $60k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $55k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $76k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $112k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $238k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nc State University | $55,216 | 1 | n/a |
| Macon County Schools | $54,652 | 4 | n/a |
| Cherokee County Schools | $45,128 | 4 | n/a |
| Graham County Schools | $38,758 | 4 | n/a |
| Jackson County Schools | $36,873 | 3 | n/a |
| Cherokee Boys Club Inc | $32,380 | 2 | n/a |
| Madison County Public Schools | $29,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mitchell County Schools | $24,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Clay County Schools | $10,111 | 1 | n/a |
| Swain County Schools | $8,105 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nc State University | $55,216 | 1 | n/a |
| Macon County Schools | $54,652 | 4 | n/a |
| Cherokee County Schools | $45,128 | 4 | n/a |
| Graham County Schools | $38,758 | 4 | n/a |
| Jackson County Schools | $36,873 | 3 | n/a |
| Cherokee Boys Club Inc | $32,380 | 2 | n/a |
| Madison County Public Schools | $29,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mitchell County Schools | $24,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Clay County Schools | $10,111 | 1 | n/a |
| Swain County Schools | $8,105 | 1 | n/a |
| McDowell County Schools | $7,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Yancey County Schools | $7,518 | 1 | n/a |
| Haywood County Schools | $7,062 | 1 | n/a |
| Buncombe County School | $6,676 | 1 | n/a |
| Henderson County Public Schools | $5,421 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($172k), 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 High School Athletic Association Inc · Manna Food Bank Inc · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Nchsaa Foundation Inc · Dogwood Health Trust · Region a Partnership for Children · Foundation for the Carolinas · North Carolina Community Foundation · NRA Foundation Inc · Share Our Strength · Duke Energy Foundation · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)
How this is measured
About Western North Carolina Regional
- How much does Western North Carolina Regional give?
- Western North Carolina Regional reported 4 itemized grants totaling $60,136, out of $1,069,786 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Western North Carolina Regional fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (75%), Recreation & Sports (9%).
- Who are Western North Carolina Regional's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Nc State University ($55k), Macon County Schools ($55k), Cherokee County Schools ($45k).
- Does Western North Carolina Regional fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Western North Carolina Regional?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include North Carolina High School Athletic Association Inc, Manna Food Bank Inc, The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc.
- Where is Western North Carolina Regional based?
- Western North Carolina Regional is based in NC.
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