North Carolina · Nonprofit
Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional Inc
Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,310,095 to it, the largest being IMPACT HEALTH ($1,080,434). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $4.3M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional Inc does
Mission
To increase access to community-grown food by empowering local farmers and consumers alike, reconnecting people with agriculture for a healthier community, environment, and economy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, TRACTOR coordinated emergency food relief operations across the Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey county region. The organization received, stockpiled, and organized food and other essential goods, then distributed them to relief centers that were temporarily established in more isolated communities. TRACTOR opened its doors to the community-at-large and offered direct food distributions from our packing warehouse each week. We estimate that between 6,000-8,000 individuals (2,500 - 3,300 households) were directly served through our free community markets during the immediate response period, which went from early October through early December. We were able to provide home delivery services to those with limited access to transportation, had mobility issues, or who otherwise had difficulty in making it to our open markets. In addition to community food assistance efforts, TRACTOR took immediate action to support small farms across Western North Carolina. We quickly assessed damage through direct outreach, prioritizing the most urgent needs. To provide both recovery assistance and economic relief, we launched the Farmer Task Force, contracting roughly 30 local farmers and farm workers-many of whom had lost revenue due to crop loss-to assist with disaster recovery efforts. This initiative allowed farmers to earn income while rebuilding their own and neighboring farms. The Task Force tackled critical projects, including debris removal, fence and…
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
TRACTORs community-grown food subscription service, Farefield, expanded in 2024. Providing WNC families with new access to local fresh fruits and vegetables, the program reached clinical referral patients, food relief clients, SNAP/EBT customers, and paid customers with the same quality of product and customer service. The Farefield model is clear evidence that investments in local agriculture result in better community health and well-being, stronger rural economies, and a unified food culture. In 2024, 6,802 local food shares were distributed, with over $1,986 in gross sales through SNAP/EBT incentives and an additional $1,986 through Double Up Food Bucks.
$775,272 spentof which $177,393 as grants$73,419 earned by the program100% of program spendingThrough the Healthy Harvest Program, TRACTOR procures and distributes high quality, community- grown produce to food pantries across WNC. In 2024, 123 tons of fresh, local produce was distributed amongst 19 clinical and relief partners.
TRACTOR offers a reliable, respectful marketplace which keeps our communities fed, our farmers paid, and everything in between. Our procurement model is built on transparency, which allows us to not only identify inequities in our food supply chain, but to address them in partnership with a regional network of skilled farmers and producers. TRACTORs network includes 261 farms, and in 2024, the organization worked directly with 74 locally owned and operated farms, generating $1.2m in new income for WNC farmers and producers.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $775,272.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $888k to $2.1M (+142%).
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: 2017 44% · 2018 57% · 2019 46% · 2020 14% · 2021 9% · 2022 41% · 2023 16% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
105% of Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Andrew V Zucchino
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $20k → $1.2M.
6 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional 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
Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
91% 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 Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 42% · 2021 40% · 2022 41% · 2023 64% — 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
38% of Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
82% of Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional Inc'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. $300k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,130 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,130 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $40k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$40k
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 Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional 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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
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 Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional Inc: 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 Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional Inc?
- Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,310,095 to it, the largest being IMPACT HEALTH ($1,080,434). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional Inc have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $4,310,095 in grants to Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional Inc, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional Inc?
- IMPACT HEALTH is the largest funder on record, with $1,080,434 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional 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 20 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