North Carolina · Nonprofit
Nantahala Health Foundation
Nantahala Health Foundation (North Carolina) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,866,929 to it, the largest being MISSION HEALTH SYSTEM INC ($15,087,459). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
Nantahala Health Foundation's revenue fell 86% between 2019 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,726 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Incshared funderslocalportfolio match
- The Britton Foundationlocalportfolio match
- Highlands Area Chamber of Commerce Inclocal
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.
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.
29% of Nantahala Health Foundation’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $350k → $69k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Nantahala Health Foundation’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
Nantahala Health Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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
95% 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 Nantahala Health Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 96% · 2022 89% · 2023 73% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Nantahala Health Foundation's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $28 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 5 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Incshared funderslocalportfolio matchNC · backs 22 organizations that share your funders · funds 19 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Britton Foundationlocalportfolio matchTX · funds 7 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Highlands Area Chamber of Commerce InclocalNC · funds 9 organizations near you
- Community Care of North Carolina Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Jerry & Marilyn Cook Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Robert L Mattocks II and Carol J Mattocks Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Copic Medical Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nc Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- North Carolina Healthcare Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Philip L Van Every Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Chapel Hill Residential Retirement Center Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Impact Healthshared fundersNC · backs 51 organizations that share your funders
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government funding Nantahala Health Foundation receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25k on record.
- Appalachian Regional Commission$25k
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.
Organizations like Nantahala Health Foundation
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Nantahala Health 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds Nantahala Health Foundation?
- Nantahala Health Foundation (North Carolina) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,866,929 to it, the largest being MISSION HEALTH SYSTEM INC ($15,087,459). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Nantahala Health Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $15,866,929 in grants to Nantahala Health Foundation, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Nantahala Health Foundation?
- MISSION HEALTH SYSTEM INC is the largest funder on record, with $15,087,459 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Nantahala Health 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 5funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing