View from Appalachian Trail, Grassy Ridge, Roan Highlands, Mitchell County.
Photo by Travis Bordley.Fifty-three Human Services grants totaling $1,259,504, with co-investment of $540,093, were awarded to nonprofits serving people across the Foundation’s 18-county service area in November 2025.
Grantees and co-investors are listed below, or view a PDF with a detailed list of the grants.
Asheville Creative Arts (fiscal sponsor for Swannanoa Communities Together (SCT))
Asheville-Buncombe Community Land Trust
Baptist Children's Homes of NC
Bounty & Soul
Bread of Life
Buncombe Alternatives
Burke United Christian Ministries
Calvary Episcopal Church Food Pantry
CareNet Counseling of Marion
Casting for Hope
Center for Conscious Living and Dying
Center for Rural Health Innovation
Children First/Communities In Schools of Buncombe County
Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas
Children's Home Society of North Carolina
Council on Aging of Buncombe County
Eliada Homes
Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital
F.I.R.S.T.
Fines Creek Community Association
Five Point Center
Foothills Industries of McDowell County
Hand in Hand of the Swannanoa Valley
Haywood Christian Ministry
Haywood Community College Foundation
Helping at Risk Kids
Hinton Rural Life Center
Homegoing Farms Inc. DBA Southside Community Farm
Institute for Preventive Healthcare and Advocacy
Legal Aid of North Carolina
Macon County Care Network (CareNet)
Mediation Center
Montmorenci United Methodist Church
Mountain Housing Opportunities
Mountain Projects
OnTrack Financial Education & Counseling
Partners Aligned Toward Health (PATH)
Pisgah Legal Services
REACH of Haywood County
Rutherford Housing Partnership
Share Thy Bread
Southern Reconciliation Ministries
The Arc of Buncombe County
The Haven of Transylvania County
The Hope Center of Hendersonville
The Thirtieth Judicial District Domestic Violence - Sexual Assault Alliance
Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry
Trinity United Methodist Church
Vecinos Farmworker Health Program
Volunteer Avery County and Community Services
Western Carolina Rescue Ministries
YMCA of Western North Carolina
Yokefellow Service Center
Alchemy Design Studio Fund
AvL Technologies Charitable Fund
Brown Family Fund
CFWNC Professional Advisory Committee Charitable Fund
Charles F. Hamrick and Marguerite D. Hamrick Charitable Fund
Connestee Falls Endowment Fund
Craig Family Foundation Fund
Crutchfield Charitable Fund
DASH Fund
Deerfield Retirement Community Advised Fund
Delphinium Fund
Dogwood Charitable Endowment Fund
Dr. Robert J. and Kimberly S. Reynolds Fund
Ero Fund
Fenton Family WNC Fund
Fidel Duke Fund
Gretchen Batra Fund
Henri Landwirth Family Endowed Fund
Jeanne Sommer Fund for Women and Girls
Lipscomb Family Foundation
Little Acorn Fund - W
Minigowin Fund
Peterson Endowment Fund
Rick and Bridget Eckerd Charitable Fund
Samuel and William Elmore Fund for Mental Wellness
Thomas L. and Phyllis Day Davis Fund
Travis and Jenny Boyer Fund
Trillium Fund
Walnut Fund
Yeager-Cole Fund
Three Anonymous Funds
