North Carolina · Nonprofit
Asheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission
Asheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being ANC HEALTHCARE INC ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $850k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $178k
What Asheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission does
Mission
The main areas of emphasis for Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission are to attract sports events, generate positive economic development, and provide wellness programs that enhance the quality of life for the residents of Buncombe County.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The 7th annual Ingles Great Smokey Mountain Graple did not disappoint as the event saw a record breaking 39 varisty high school wrestling teams ranging from all over Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The 2024 Grapple was extra special given the ongoing recovery and reflief efforts after Hurricane Helene left so much devastation to the Western North Carolina region. Despite all of the challenges from Helene, the event saw 720 athletes showcase their skills at the Harrahs Cherokee Center - Asheville throughout the two-day tournament (December 20-21, 2024).
$667,180 spent$470,949 earned by the program100% of program spendingThe Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission in partnership with Harrahs Cherokee Center - Asheville and Explore Asheville had the opportunity to take national center court stage on Sunday, February 2, 2025 with Stars Servin Up Love (SSUL) presented by Explore Asheville. The celebrity tennis benefits for Western North Carolina featured tennis greats Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, Jessica Pegula (#9 WTA-ranked player) and Emma Navarro (#6 WTA-ranked player), and celebrities Michael Kosta of Comedy Centrals The Daily Show, Jeff Probst of CBS Survivor, Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy, and Esai Morales of Mission:Impossible and Ozark. The event also featured special guest appearances from Tennis Channel fan-favorites Andrew Krasny, Chanda Rubin, and Russ Thaler. The event included a near-capacity crowd with national broadacasting on Tennis Channel with additional regional coverage on My40, a Sinclair Broadcasting affiliate program. . Stars Servin Up Love presented by Explore Asheville generated over $1 million in post-Hurricane Helene ticket sales, sponsorships, donations, and auction sales. One hundred percent of all net proceeds benefited the Always Asheville Fund, United Way of…
The Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission provided full event facilitation, with destination and operational support for the SoCon Basketball Tournament, hosted at Harrahs Cherokee Center - Asheville. Coordination with venue partners and key stakeholders ensured a seamless experience for participants, staff, and visitors throughout tournament week. The tournament relied on more than 150 volunteers, with special recognition given to F.I.R.S.T and ABRSC core volunteer team. The mens championship night brought over 6,000 fans into the arena, delivering a high-energy finale in downtown Asheville. The robust weeklong of community engagement festivities continues to grow with Education Days, Downtown Dribble, which welcomed 950 registered participants, and Hometown Heroes. The event featured appearances by UNC Greensboro and Furman The event featured appearances by UNC Greensboro and Furman Unversity cheer and dance teams, the Greensboro band and mascot.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $667,180.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $80k to $238k (+197%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 30% · 2018 27% · 2019 30% · 2020 37% · 2021 64% · 2022 37% · 2023 39% · 2024 8% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of Asheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Christopher Smith
Executive Director
Board chair
Jeff Joyce
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Asheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
Asheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Asheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission's revenue grew 33% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Asheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Asheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds Asheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission?
- Asheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being ANC HEALTHCARE INC ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Asheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $50,000 in grants to Asheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission.
- Who is the largest funder of Asheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission?
- ANC HEALTHCARE INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Asheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
Play a game about who funds Asheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission →
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing