North Carolina · Nonprofit
CHEROKEE CLAY FOOD ALLIANCE
CHEROKEE CLAY FOOD ALLIANCE (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,000 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $96k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $61k
- Net assets
- $43k
What Cherokee Clay Food Alliance does
Mission
Mission: CCFA works to improve access to locally grown food in Cherokee and Clay Counties by strengthening our farmers' markets and local food system through education, entrepreneurship, and sustainable practices within our community of growers and consumers. Vision: We aim to build a resilient pathway to a sustainable local food system in Cherokee and Clay Counties.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Our Local Growers' Farmstand was the beginning of our Local Food Hub. We purchased produce and eggs from local farmers to resell at area farmers markets. We received a grant to help us begin, and we were able to purchase over $10630 worth of local produce, supporting farmers in Cherokee and Clay Counties.
$22,982 spentof which $11,100 as grants51% of program spendingStudent Weekend Wellness - We provided weekend bags containing 6 meals each to 131 students in Cherokee County for 5 months, over 15,700 meals served in 2025.
$18,571 spentof which $12,500 as grants41% of program spendingOur Big Table Program was a meal we made to raise money for a local farm that donates pork and vegetables to local food pantries. We donated 50 meals leftover from the meal in addition to $3809 to the farm.
$3,955 spentof which $500 as grants9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $45,508.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Megan Lambert
Executive Director
Board chair
Terra Ciotta
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CHEROKEE CLAY FOOD ALLIANCE’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.
How concentrated its funding is
CHEROKEE CLAY FOOD ALLIANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CHEROKEE CLAY FOOD ALLIANCE.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
69% of CHEROKEE CLAY FOOD ALLIANCE's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
CHEROKEE CLAY FOOD ALLIANCE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHEROKEE CLAY FOOD ALLIANCE?
- CHEROKEE CLAY FOOD ALLIANCE (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,000 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHEROKEE CLAY FOOD ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $61,000 in grants to CHEROKEE CLAY FOOD ALLIANCE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHEROKEE CLAY FOOD ALLIANCE?
- NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHEROKEE CLAY FOOD ALLIANCE 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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