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MountainCare Inc

MountainCare Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,813,201 to it, the largest being WNC BRIDGE FOUNDATION ($9,904,555). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.5M
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$11M
Net assets
$2.5M
8/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 50%
01What it does

What MountainCare Inc does

Mission

MountainCare provides supportive and enriching Adult Day Services enabling older adults to age in place. We aspire to be an unwavering partner for adults and those who care for them. Together, we encourage independence, provide meaningful connections, and build community.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. MountainCare provided Adult Day Services to 1,086 adults in Buncombe County and 235 adults in Henderson County. Services include supervised daytime care and structured activities for older adults, including those with physical or cognitive impairments, offering social engagement, health monitoring, and respite for caregivers.

    $1,979,057 spent$1,270,360 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. MountainCares Mountain Explorers program offers therapeutic recreation and community based enrichment activities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, promoting independence, socialization, and skill-building in a supportive environment. The program operates in Buncombe County as an extension of the Adult Day Program and served 135 adults in FY24.

  3. MountainCares Caregiver Support Program provides education, resources, and emotional support to individuals caring for older adults or people with disabilities, helping reduce caregiver stress and improve care outcomes. All caregivers with participants in the Adult Day and Mountain Explorer programs are eligible.

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,979,057.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($104M) Expenses 100 ($99M) Net assets 100 ($26M)2018 Revenue 93 ($97M) Expenses 91 ($90M) Net assets 127 ($33M)2019 Revenue 31 ($33M) Expenses 33 ($33M) Net assets 3 ($894k)2020 Revenue 4 ($4.2M) Expenses 3 ($3.4M) Net assets 9 ($2.3M)2021 Revenue 3 ($3.0M) Expenses 2 ($2.2M) Net assets 12 ($3.1M)2022 Revenue 2 ($2.0M) Expenses 2 ($2.3M) Net assets 11 ($2.8M)2023 Revenue 2 ($2.5M) Expenses 2 ($2.4M) Net assets 10 ($2.6M)2024 Revenue 2 ($2.5M) Expenses 3 ($2.7M) Net assets 9 ($2.5M)
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Revenue (2)Expenses (3)Net assets (9)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 2018 to 2019, from $42M to $2.8M (−93%).

$37M
$42M
$2.8M
$2.5M
$3.2M
$3.3M
$2.8M
$2.9M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2021 28% · 2022 0% · 2023 23% · 2024 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

41% of MountainCare Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,611 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$4.8M
’17
$6.9M
’18
−$28k
’19
$781k
’20
$811k
’21
−$254k
’22
$41k
’23
−$203k
’24
3.3
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.

Chief executive

Elizabeth Williams

Executive Director

Board chair

Barbara St Hilaire

Board Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2728279118911
Joined·+3+2+1+4+2+4+3
No longer listed·23192531
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $3.3M → $551k.

4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 MountainCare Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 14 of 15 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

MountainCare Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

99% 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 MountainCare Inc.

92%
largest funder
95%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 98% · 2019 98% · 2020 99% · 2021 87% · 2022 94% · 2023 90% — 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.

How long its funders stay

43% of MountainCare Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

99% of MountainCare Inc's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.

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

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North Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $189k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MountainCare Inc's revenue fell 98% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−8% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.3mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−41% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding MountainCare Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $800k on record.

Federal$800k
grants $0contracts $800k
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18
Top agencies
  • Department of Veterans Affairs$800k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

74% of spending goes to programs.

Program 74%Management 23%Fundraising 3%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

97%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds MountainCare Inc?
MountainCare Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,813,201 to it, the largest being WNC BRIDGE FOUNDATION ($9,904,555). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MountainCare Inc have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $10,813,201 in grants to MountainCare Inc, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MountainCare Inc?
WNC BRIDGE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $9,904,555 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MountainCare 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 15 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