North Carolina · Nonprofit
WNC Food Systems Coalition Inc
WNC Food Systems Coalition Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $517,500 to it, the largest being DIRECT RELIEF ($500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $28k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $518k
- Net assets
- $19k
What WNC Food Systems Coalition Inc does
Mission
To support a community-led food system in WNC that is regenerative, resilient, and equitable by strengthening regional connection and cultivating cross-sector collaboration.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Healthy Food Distribution: built and maintained no-barrier, free food and supply pantries for hungry neighbors across WNC. This includes monthly snack-bags distributed to our harm reduction partners and folks experiencing food insecurity. Local Food Councils: coordinated and supported the local food system goals of county-based councils to improve food access and farmer viability in their communities.
$8,635 spentof which $27,256 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $8,635.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Dana Choquette
Executive director
Board chair
Dr Patrick Baron
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of WNC Food Systems Coalition 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
WNC Food Systems Coalition Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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 WNC Food Systems Coalition Inc.
“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
WNC Food Systems Coalition Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 3 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
WNC Food Systems Coalition Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,230 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,230 food & nutrition nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like WNC Food Systems Coalition 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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WNC Food Systems Coalition 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 WNC Food Systems Coalition Inc?
- WNC Food Systems Coalition Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $517,500 to it, the largest being DIRECT RELIEF ($500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WNC Food Systems Coalition Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $517,500 in grants to WNC Food Systems Coalition Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of WNC Food Systems Coalition Inc?
- DIRECT RELIEF is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WNC Food Systems Coalition 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.
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 3 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