Georgia · Nonprofit
THE FOXFIRE FUND INC
THE FOXFIRE FUND INC (Georgia) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $320,134 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($122,257). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $551k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $320k
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What The Foxfire Fund Inc does
Mission
Foxfire's mission is to preserve the diverse traditions of southern appalachia and advance the understanding and appreciation of cultural heritage through public programs, publications, and learner-centered education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
During 2023, the museum had over 11,000 visitors, including senior citizen groups, school groups, guided tours, and people attending our heritage skills classes. Improvements to the village including starting a pavilion project, improving the sidewalk and replacing stairs, adding a porch to one cabin, adding new picnic tables and an american flag, as well as finishing a project in the wetlands area on the foxfire/black rock mountain trail the new children's village was completed featuring historically accurate log structures in 1/4 scale to represent a typical log cabin with a fireplace, woodstove, table and chairs; and a typical chapel, with a podium, benches, and a school desk. These new buildings were built using hand hewn logs, both salvaged and newly hewn. The children's village was constructed for the purpose of having an educational, hands-on play area for the children who visit the museum with their families and school groups, and it has developed into a very popular area of the museum.
$337,872 spent$107,469 earned by the program90% of program spendingDuring 2023, the foxfire summer leadership program had 12 students participate, resulting in their completion of several heritage skills classes and interviewing contacts for publication of articles in the student produced foxfire magazine. Students completed two complete foxfire magazine issues. In addition, scholarships for post-secondary education were awarded to 10 students, for a total amount of $21,000. Steps were taken to move toward a foxfire based class in the rabun county high school to offer cultural history from foxfire's vast archival collection and the capturing of new stories from local residents. This coincides with our mission of education and preservation through student centered learning. Finally, we hosted many school groups who received a guided tour featuring interactions and hands-on activities from heritage skill artisans. The children enjoy watching the demonstrations, participating in the activities and seeing how mountain people lived and thrived many years ago.
$21,000 spentof which $21,000 as grants$10,144 earned by the program6% of program spendingFoxfire staff completed a new book titled "the foxfire book of appalachian women", editing and compiling firsthand accounts from 21 women about their lives and experiences in the southern appalachian mountain communities. The new book was published in 2023. Additionally, as mentioned above, two editions of the foxfire magazine were completed by the students and published carrying on a continuous tradition that started in 1967. The students were very proud of their work and are grateful for the opportunity to be published in a magazine with world wide audiences.
$14,676 spent$185,620 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $373,548.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $4.0M to $3.5M (−13%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Todd Faircloth
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $12k → $125k.
6 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% 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 THE FOXFIRE FUND 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
THE FOXFIRE FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
80% 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 THE FOXFIRE FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 88% · 2020 72% · 2021 69% · 2022 41% · 2023 45% — 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.
How long its funders stay
29% of THE FOXFIRE FUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.
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
80% of THE FOXFIRE FUND 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. Of the $63k that is directly attributable, 92% of it comes from funders outside Georgia, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $257k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Government funding THE FOXFIRE FUND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$50k
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 THE FOXFIRE FUND 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE FOXFIRE FUND INC?
- THE FOXFIRE FUND INC (Georgia) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $320,134 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($122,257). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE FOXFIRE FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $320,134 in grants to THE FOXFIRE FUND INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FOXFIRE FUND INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $122,257 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FOXFIRE FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 12 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