North Carolina · Nonprofit
Sacred Mountain Sanctuary
Sacred Mountain Sanctuary (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,981 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($26,239). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $240k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $53k
- Net assets
- $392k
What Sacred Mountain Sanctuary does
Mission
Our Vision: We are a circle of individuals dedicated to the preservation, cultivation and illumination of
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Sola school of living arts is a holistic, pre-k through high school learning environment situated in a pristine natural setting. Our campus is located in the western asheville mountains (candler, nc), surrounded by pisgah national forest, and hosts 90 acres of orchards, fields, gardens and a small equine facility. The living arts are an enlivened re- imagination of the classical liberal arts, which originally sought to educate the whole individual- hands, heart, and head. Sola's living curriculum is inspired by the indications of rudolph steiner and waldorf education, and challenges the intellect (head) through thematically presented, relevant academic studies; nourishes the heart through compassionate and contemplative participation in earth's living community, and engages the hands with meaningful, practical work and service. We believe that real education is a life-enriching endeavour and should support the learner to thrive as a whole human being.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $21 → $12k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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 Sacred Mountain Sanctuary’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
Sacred Mountain Sanctuary leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% 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
78% 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 Sacred Mountain Sanctuary.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 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
78% of Sacred Mountain Sanctuary's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $12k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside North Carolina, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $41k 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.
Against its field
Sacred Mountain Sanctuary runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,829 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,829 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2017
Organizations like Sacred Mountain Sanctuary
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the 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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Sacred Mountain Sanctuary: 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 Sacred Mountain Sanctuary?
- Sacred Mountain Sanctuary (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,981 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($26,239). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Sacred Mountain Sanctuary have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $52,981 in grants to Sacred Mountain Sanctuary, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Sacred Mountain Sanctuary?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $26,239 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Sacred Mountain Sanctuary 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), 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