North Carolina · Public charity
WNC Communities
WNC Communities empowers the people of Western North Carolina to cultivate the vitality and prosperity of mountain communities through collaboration and agricultural opportunities. This mission is accomplished through a program of work focused on community development, agriculture revenue, and forest health.
- $2.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $310k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $32,545
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $68,165
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations WNC Communities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $310k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $178k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $14k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haywood County Schools | $177,818 | 1 | n/a |
| Cedar Mountain Community Center Inc | $68,165 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Ivy Community Development Club | $49,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Buladean Community Foundation | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Upper Laurel Community Organization Inc | $38,339 | 1 | 21% |
| Spring Mountain Community Club Inc | $32,545 | 1 | n/a |
| Fines Creek Community Association | $22,320 | 1 | 22% |
| Ruritan National Corp | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Carolina Baptist Men | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Newfound Community Development Club | $13,230 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haywood County Schools | $177,818 | 1 | n/a |
| Cedar Mountain Community Center Inc | $68,165 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Ivy Community Development Club | $49,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Buladean Community Foundation | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Upper Laurel Community Organization Inc | $38,339 | 1 | 21% |
| Spring Mountain Community Club Inc | $32,545 | 1 | n/a |
| Fines Creek Community Association | $22,320 | 1 | 22% |
| Ruritan National Corp | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Carolina Baptist Men | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Newfound Community Development Club | $13,230 | 1 | n/a |
| Caney Fork Community Development Council | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Upper Hickory Nut Gorge Community Club Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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 · Manna Food Bank Inc
How this is measured
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About WNC Communities
- How much does WNC Communities give?
- WNC Communities reported 10 itemized grants totaling $309,599, out of $2,715,765 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does WNC Communities fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (62%), Recreation & Sports (35%), Religion (3%).
- Who are WNC Communities's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Haywood County Schools ($178k), Cedar Mountain Community Center Inc ($68k), Big Ivy Community Development Club ($49k).
- Does WNC Communities fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as WNC Communities?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc, Manna Food Bank Inc.
- Where is WNC Communities based?
- WNC Communities is based in NC.
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