North Carolina · Nonprofit
HISTORIC VALDESE FOUNDATION INC
HISTORIC VALDESE FOUNDATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,119 to it, the largest being ROSTAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $166k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $66k
- Net assets
- $47k
What Historic Valdese Foundation Inc does
Mission
The Historic Valdese Foundation is a non-profit organization that attempts to preserve and enhance the heritage and history of Valdese a western North Carolina town of about 5000 people Incorporated on February 25 1976 the Foundation was formed with the intention of creating an umbrella organization that could fulfill the needs of the Old Colony Players a local theatre group that produces the outdoor drama From This Day Forward promote tourism for the drama and the historic points of interest in Valdese and improve the quality of living in Valdese
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
0
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $20 → $18.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 HISTORIC VALDESE FOUNDATION INC’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
HISTORIC VALDESE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of HISTORIC VALDESE FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
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In North Carolina
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HISTORIC VALDESE FOUNDATION INC?
- HISTORIC VALDESE FOUNDATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,119 to it, the largest being ROSTAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HISTORIC VALDESE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $66,119 in grants to HISTORIC VALDESE FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HISTORIC VALDESE FOUNDATION INC?
- ROSTAN FAMILY FOUNDATION 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 HISTORIC VALDESE FOUNDATION INC 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 4 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