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Hatch AVL Foundation

Hatch AVL Foundation (North Carolina) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $504,026 to it, the largest being STONECUTTER FOUNDATION INC ($247,250). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$274k
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$504k
Net assets
$222k
4/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 90%
01What it does

What Hatch AVL Foundation does

Mission

The Hatch Innovation Hub is the home of high growth focused entrepreneurs in Asheville and Western North Carolina.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Pressure Tests: This 30 to 90-day sprint with expert, hand-picked mentors helpsfounders pinpoint obstacles and pave the way to success. in 2023, fourcompanies have completed the Pressure Test experience

    $169,770 spentof which $16,300 as grants
    100% of program spending
  2. 1 Million Cups connects founders, mentors, and investors to the WNC startup ecosystem. This weekly event averages 54 attendees. In 2023, 52 companiespresented, sharing a wealth of knowledge with participants.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. Hatch provides a safe environment for entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas to peers, founders, and investors, which is a crucial skill for success. In 2023, there were7 pitch parties with 5-8 companies presenting at each, averaging 25 attendees each

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $169,770.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($123k) Expenses 100 ($58k) Net assets 100 ($123k)2022 Revenue 151 ($185k) Expenses 198 ($114k) Net assets 159 ($196k)2023 Revenue 92 ($113k) Expenses 326 ($189k) Net assets 98 ($121k)2024 Revenue 223 ($274k) Expenses 298 ($172k) Net assets 180 ($222k)
2021202220232024
Revenue (223)Expenses (298)Net assets (180)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $123k to $223k (+82%).

$123k
$196k
$123k
$223k
2021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of Hatch AVL Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$65k
’21
$71k
’22
−$75k
’23
$102k
’24
16
months of
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.

Board chair

Mike Baer

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $50k → $102k.

4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 Hatch AVL Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 12 of 13 funders by total. 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

Hatch AVL Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

27% 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 Hatch AVL Foundation.

49%
largest funder
69%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 45% · 2023 95% — diversifying over time.

“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.

How long its funders stay

20% of Hatch AVL Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 31% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

87% of Hatch AVL Foundation's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.

WI
NC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’22
’23
North Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $87k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Hatch AVL Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin37% · top quartile
Months of reserve15.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)31% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like Hatch AVL Foundation

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In North Carolina

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 18%Fundraising 5%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

65%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NC

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Hatch AVL Foundation: 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.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Hatch AVL Foundation?
Hatch AVL Foundation (North Carolina) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $504,026 to it, the largest being STONECUTTER FOUNDATION INC ($247,250). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Hatch AVL Foundation have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $504,026 in grants to Hatch AVL Foundation, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Hatch AVL Foundation?
STONECUTTER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $247,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Hatch AVL Foundation 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 13 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