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Saluda Downtown Foundation Inc

Saluda Downtown Foundation Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,034 to it, the largest being POLK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($27,034). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$105k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$37k
Net assets
$47k
1/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Saluda Downtown Foundation Inc does

Mission

To engage in activities related to and supportive of Saluda NC that serve the function of education cultural development historic preservation development and support of the arts conservation beautification lessening the burdens of government and combating community deterioration on behalf of the citizens of Saluda NC and its environs.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Hurricane Helene Relief and Recovery Fund - provided 18 grants to Saluda NC businesses that suffered damage and financial losses from Hurricane Helene in an effort to prevent business closings property abandonment and employment loss.

    $60,764 spent
    58% of program spending

  2. 19th Annual Saluda Arts Festival held May 18 2024 - promoted the long history of arts and crafts and attracted 4,000 visitors to downtown Saluda NC to shop and eat in its restaurants. More than 90 artists participated in the festival. The Polk County Community Fund made possible a Childrens Activity Tent with a grant of $5,000 for the festival.

    $19,300 spentof which $5,000 as grants
    19% of program spending

  3. Mountain Song Community Chorus - performs free community concerts in Saluda NC and the surrounding area and provides an artistic outlet for the citys citizenry.

    $11,179 spent
    11% of program spending

  4. Top of the Grade Concert Series - is a summer concert series held in McCreery Park in the City of Saluda NC and attracts 200 residents and visitors to each of three monthly concerts. The series is made possible from a grant from the Polk County Community Foundation.

    $6,150 spentof which $6,200 as grants
    6% of program spending

  5. Saluda Visitor Center offers public restrooms and information for approximately 10,000 visitors annually. The Visitor Centers operations were turned over to the City of Saluda on June 1 2024. The Saluda Downtown Foundation had overseen the operations of the all volunteer run Visitor Center prior to that date.

    $5,469 spent
    5% of program spending

  6. Saluda Sister City provides books puzzles and games in English for elementary school children in its Sister City Carunchio Italy and promotes interaction between Saluda Elementary School and the school in Italy.

    $1,188 spent
    1% of program spending

  7. McCreery Park Amphitheater - funds donated to the City of Saluda for the beautification of McCreery Parks amphitheater.

    $180 spent
    0% of program spending

The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $104,230.

02The organization over time

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Lynn Casey

executive director

Board chair

Marc Blazar

chair of board of directors

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
2

2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Saluda Downtown 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

Saluda Downtown Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% 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

100% 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 Saluda Downtown Foundation Inc.

73%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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 Saluda Downtown Foundation Inc'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $37k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

Saluda Downtown Foundation Inc receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $37k to it.

Operating margin1% · below the median

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

Organizations like Saluda Downtown Foundation Inc

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

Swannanoa Community Council Inc80%Stanly County Arts Council Inc79%Hickory Nut Gorge Foundation78%Up Your Arts77%Saluda Depot Museum77%Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Inc76%Fairview Strong Org76%Gaston Arts Council76%

Nationally

Swannanoa Community Council Inc80%Stanly County Arts Council Inc79%Hickory Nut Gorge Foundation78%Up Your Arts77%Saluda Depot Museum77%Edisto Art Guild Inc76%Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Inc76%Fairview Strong Org76%
05Profile & governance

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

Public support

82%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds Saluda Downtown Foundation Inc?
Saluda Downtown Foundation Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,034 to it, the largest being POLK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($27,034). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Saluda Downtown Foundation Inc have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $37,034 in grants to Saluda Downtown Foundation Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Saluda Downtown Foundation Inc?
POLK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $27,034 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Saluda Downtown 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 2 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