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Area Served and Types of Support are being updated as end-of-grant reports are received. The “WNC Region” filter includes the 18 westernmost counties plus the Qualla Boundary. Please note: if you filter by a single county, you may not see all relevant grants for that county unless you also select “WNC Region.” For best results, use “Reset all filters” when modifying your search.

Amount Awarded
Type of Support
County
Filters
Amount Awarded
Type of Support
County

Abernethy Memorial United Methodist Church

$25,000
Burke
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Environment
Economic Impact
To purchase pharmaceutical supplies and building materials used in home repairs needed by community members.

Abounding Grace Ministry

$25,000
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide essential supplies and services to low-income people affected by the hurricane.

Adults Working and Advocating for Kids Empowerment (AWAKE)

$25,000
Multiple
Jackson
Qualla Boundary
Swain
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Economic Impact

To assist families with housing repairs, food and other essential items to ensure the basic needs of abused children are met.

Adults Working and Advocating for Kids Empowerment (AWAKE)

$50,000
Multiple
Qualla Boundary
Swain
Infrastructure

To resume construction of a child abuse treatment center that was utilized as storage since the hurricane.

All Souls Counseling Center

$25,000
WNC Region
Children and Families
To provide mental health services for people affected by the hurricane.

Amazing Grace Ministries of Hendersonville

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Polk
Rutherford
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Environment

To provide food, water and basic household supplies and furnishings lost due to storm damage.

American Red Cross Blue Ridge Piedmont Chapter

$10,000
Multiple
Avery
Burke
Economic Impact

For disaster relief services.

American Red Cross, WNC Chapter

$25,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
To provide disaster relief services.

AMOREM

$25,000
Multiple
Avery
Burke
McDowell
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing

To provide emergency assistance for hospice patients.

AMY Wellness Foundation

$90,000
Avery
Housing
To support coordinators that provide case management for people who need housing assistance as a result of Hurricane Helene.

Anchor Baptist Church and Ministries

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Polk
Rutherford
Transylvania
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs

Toward costs associated with serving as a warehouse and distribution location.

Appalachia Service Project

$100,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Housing

To construct new houses for people who lost their homes during Hurricane Helene.

Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Cherokee
Graham
Jackson
Immediate Emergency Needs

To restore operations at its six clinics.

Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project

$25,000
WNC Region
Environment
Economic Impact
To provide support and resources to WNC farms with significant losses due to the hurricane.

Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project

$287,500
WNC Region
Economic Impact
To support its Appalachian Farms Feeding Families and farm-to-restaurant connection programs, as well as other services focusing on Hurricane Helene recovery for small family farms in the region.

Arms Around ASD

$10,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families

To provide programs and self care services for autistic people as a direct result of Hurricane Helene and its aftermath.  

Arrowhead Artists and Artisans League

$50,000
McDowell
Infrastructure
Toward rebuilding studio space lost to the hurricane.

Arthur Morgan School

$25,000
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing
Environment
Infrastructure
Economic Impact
To provide essential services.

ArtsAVL

$275,000
Avery
Buncombe
Burke
Clay
Haywood
Henderson
Jackson
Macon
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford
Swain
Transylvania
Yancey
Economic Impact
To support its Arts Business Relief Grants, continuing aid to creative workers across the region, especially arts nonprofits that are not supported through many of the small business grant opportunities currently available in WNC.

ArtsAVL

$230,000
WNC Region
Economic Impact
To provide emergency financial assistance to local artists in performing, visual and communications arts.

Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity

$50,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
To support rebuilding its administrative offices and ReStore.

Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity

$494,131
Buncombe
Infrastructure
To rebuild its administrative facility, which was flooded during Hurricane Helene.

Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Madison
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Environment

For costs associated with homeowner assessment and damage repairs.

Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity

$1,000,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Madison
Housing

To hire additional staff, increase assessment capacity and cover construction expenses in support of the Asheville Regional Coalition for Home Repair as it addresses the disaster home repair needs of low-income homeowners in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

Asheville Botanical Garden

$50,000
Buncombe
Environment
To continue landscape repair, damage mitigation and ecological restoration across its natural and recreational landscape.

Asheville City Schools

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
To provide essential supplies such as clothing, school materials and hygiene products to students and to hire tutors to mitigate learning loss.

Asheville City Schools Foundation

$25,000
Buncombe
Children and Families
To provide responsive, educational programs, including meals and water, for out-of-school Asheville City Schools students.

Asheville Fire Fighters Association Foundation

$25,000
Buncombe
Economic Impact
Housing
Environment

To assist members with damage to homes, transportation needs, or debris clean-up.

Asheville Fire Fighters Association Foundation

$25,000
Buncombe
Environment
Infrastructure
To support cleanup efforts at its Arden headquarters that were damaged by the hurricane.

Asheville GreenWorks

$50,000
Buncombe
Environment
To help people clean their properties.

Asheville GreenWorks

$50,000
Buncombe
Environment
For the restoration of approximately 200 linear feet of streambank along a portion of Hominy Creek.

Asheville P.E.A.K. Academy

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
To provide support for basic needs, learning resources for additional teaching materials and staff to support the extended school day.

Asheville Police Department Foundation

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact

To provid assistance to officers and their families who were directly impacted by the hurricane, as well as replace drone equipment damaged during emergency response.

Asheville Poverty Initiative

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact
To provide food and other essential services.

Asheville-Buncombe Community Christian Ministry

$1,500,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Madison
McDowell
Polk
Transylvania
Housing

To provide rent and utility assistance to people at risk of eviction due to effects of the hurricane.

Asheville-Buncombe Community Christian Ministry

$25,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
To purchase a forklift to help with the increased demand for distribution of essential supplies.

Asheville-Buncombe Community Land Trust

$50,000
Buncombe
Housing
To repair homes damaged from the storm.

Asheville-Buncombe Community Land Trust

$50,000
Buncombe
Housing
To provide home repairs and temporary housing for residents displaced by Hurricane Helene.

Asheville-Buncombe Institute of Parity Achievement

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs

To provide essential services to BIPOC communities.

Aspire Polk County: A Child and Family Partnership

$25,000
Polk
Economic Impact
For a wrap-around volunteer support program to help families experiencing complex needs exacerbated by the hurricane.

Aston Park Health Care Center

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Infrastructure
For water delivery and portable hand-washing stations.

Aura Home Women Vets

$10,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Economic Impact

To provide emergency financial assistance and support to women veterans.

Avery County Fire Commission

$25,000
Avery
Housing
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide heat to remote communities until power is restored.

Avery County Government

$50,000
Avery
Infrastructure
To repair county buildings damaged by the hurricane.

Avery County Schools

$200,000
Avery
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
To provide each of its public schools with financial resources to meet NC Dept. of Public Instruction requirements for reopening the schools.

Babies Need Bottoms

$25,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide diapers and other essential baby supplies.

Baptist Children's Homes of NC

$7,500
Jackson
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide food and basic essentials to displaced students.

Basics Christian Ministries

$20,000
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide food, hygiene products and cold weather clothing and supplies.

Beacon of Hope Services

$25,000
Multiple
Avery
Buncombe
Madison
Mitchell
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing

To provide essential supplies to people impacted by the hurricane.

Bear Creek Baptist Church

$50,000
Mitchell
Infrastructure
For building repairs, remediation and the replacement of necessary equipment for its Family Life Center that has served as a distribution site and temporary shelter for volunteers since the storm.

BeLoved Asheville

$25,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
To clean and repair homes damaged by the hurricane.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina

$25,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Economic Impact
To provide essential supplies and FEMA application assistance to the organization's Littles and their families.

Big Ivy Community Development Club

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Madison
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Infrastructure

To restore its facility and meet essential needs.

Biltmore Church

$50,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Transylvania
Housing

To assist people affected by the hurricane with housing and other needs.

Black History Research Group

$20,000
Henderson
Infrastructure
To replace equipment, furniture and other items damaged by the hurricane at its facility.

Black Mountain Counseling Center

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
McDowell
Children and Families

To address the increased demand for mental health services.

Black Mountain Home for Children, Youth & Families

$150,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
For recovery and repair work needed on its campus as a result of Hurricane Helene.

Black Mountain Home for Children, Youth & Families

$50,000
Buncombe
Children and Families

To obtain a mobile training kitchen for youth participating in their Culinary Arts Apprenticeship Program since its kitchen was destroyed in the storm.

Black Wall Street AVL

$44,600
Buncombe
Infrastructure
To replace essential equipment, furniture and supplies lost in the flood at its facility.

Black Wall Street AVL

$23,750
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Immediate Emergency Needs
Infrastructure

To provide portable showers, meet essential needs and assist with FEMA applications.

Blue Ridge Community Action

$25,000
Multiple
Burke
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Economic Impact

To provide emergency assistance services to low-income people who have been affected by Hurricane Helene.

Blue Ridge Community Action

$50,000
Burke
Infrastructure
To repair its building that houses services.

Blue Ridge Community College Educational Foundation

$25,000
Multiple
Henderson
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Children and Families

To address food, gas, utility assistance, storage, transportation, repairs, medical and other needs as identified by students.

Blue Ridge Community Health Services

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Jackson
Polk
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families

To provide direct emergency outreach health services.

Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation

$500,000
Multiple
Avery
Buncombe
Burke
Haywood
Henderson
McDowell
Mitchell
Transylvania
Yancey
Environment

To help restore and reopen miles of trails along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Blue Ridge Partnership for Children

$142,600
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Environment
Infrastructure
Children and Families

To assist with costs that will help seven childcare facilities reopen.

Blue Ridge Pride

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Madison
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact

To provide essential services and supplies to the LBGTQ+ community.

Blue Ridge Public Radio

$25,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
To support operations transmitting needed information to communities affected by Hurricane Helene.

Blue Ridge Resource Conservation and Development Council

$25,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Environment
Infrastructure

To establish a portable water filtration system, deliver supplies and resources, clear roads and driveways and assist local fire departments.

Blue Ridge Resource Conservation and Development Council

$50,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Environment

To implement a drone streambank seeding project.

Blue Ridge Resource Conservation and Development Council

$50,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Environment

To help private landowners affected by the hurricane with controlled burning, trail clearing and wildfire buffer remediation.

Bountiful Cities Project

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Madison
Immediate Emergency Needs
Environment
Economic Impact

For food and resource distribution, debris removal, as well as public health education regarding dishwashing and composting waste.

Bounty & Soul

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
To provide home goods assistance and food support to individuals affected by the hurricane.

Brackett Town Farms

$22,500
McDowell
Environment
Infrastructure
To repair damaged fencing and the asphalt parking area that provides inclusive accessibility for visitors and replace gravel washed away during the storm.

Bread of Life

$12,500
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide meals.

Brevard Music Center

$19,087
Transylvania
Housing
To help offset expenses incurred while providing free housing to families displaced by Hurricane Helene and visiting work crews.

Bridge Worship Center International

$25,000
Burke
Infrastructure

To repair its facility that is used to provide essential supplies to low-income people. 

Broken Wheel Ministries

$50,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Economic Impact

To meet increased demand for car repair as a result of Hurricane Helene.

Broken Wheel Ministries

$50,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Economic Impact
Infrastructure

To repair damage to its facility, replace damaged tools and address the increased demand for its services to repair cars for low-income people.

Brother Wolf Animal Rescue

$50,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
To support rebuilding of a new facility.

Brother Wolf Animal Rescue

$50,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
Toward rebuilding its facility that was destroyed by Hurricane Helene.

Brush Creek Elementary School

$12,500
Madison
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
To provide essential supplies to students’ families who were impacted by the hurricane.

Buladean Community Foundation

$24,960
Mitchell
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact
To hire hurricane-affected community members as temporary staff allowing the relief distribution center to continue its extended hours.

Buncombe County Schools

$50,000
Buncombe
Children and Families
For a student resilience and social emotional recovery program.

Buncombe Partnership for Children

$280,000
Buncombe
Environment
Infrastructure
Children and Families
To support re-opening costs at eight childcare facilities that are currently inoperable due to facility damage caused by the storm.

Burke County Literacy Council

$1,000
Burke
Economic Impact

To provide financial assistance to its families affected by the storm.

Burke County Smart Start

$115,000
Burke
Children and Families
To clean and repair two flooded childcare centers and to support programming that was affected by the hurricane.

Burke County United Way

$25,000
Burke
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Environment
Economic Impact

To provide essential services and supplies to farmers and other community members affected by the hurricane.

Burnsville Police Department

$25,000
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
To purchase an all-terrain vehicle to reach areas damaged by the hurricane.

Cajun Relief Foundation

$25,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing
Environment
Economic Impact

To provide essential services and supplies.

California Creek Baptist Church

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Madison
Mitchell
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Economic Impact

To provide essential services and supplies to people impacted by the hurricane.

Camp Grier

$50,000
McDowell
Environment
Infrastructure
For debris removal, road repair and infrastructure improvements needed to repair damage caused by the hurricane.

Camp Grier

$25,000
McDowell
Infrastructure
To purchase, install and make available commercial washers and dryers in the Old Fort community.

Camp Grier

$100,000
McDowell
Housing
To support staff leading the organization's housing repair and remediation efforts in Old Fort.

Camp Living Water

$50,000
Swain
Housing
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact
To provide temporary shelter to displaced families.

Campaign for Southern Equality

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
For a drop-in center that will provide essential services and supplies to LBGQT+ people in the WNC region.

CareReach

$25,000
Multiple
Avery
Buncombe
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Environment
Economic Impact

To provide disaster relief assistance through its five community-based safety net programs.

Carolina Climbers Coalition

$21,000
Multiple
Burke
Henderson
Polk
Rutherford
Environment

To rehabilitate public access trails and climbing areas affected by Hurricane Helene.

Carolina Climbers Coalition

$29,000
Multiple
Burke
Henderson
Polk
Rutherford
Transylvania
Yancey
Environment
Economic Impact

To support the Helene C4 Program, an initiative providing employment to community members affected by the storm and rehabilitating climbing and hiking trails.

Carolina Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

$185,000
WNC Region
Economic Impact
To support volunteer management staff at the NC VOAD Multi-Agency Warehouse and offset costs for volunteer groups coming from outside the WNC Region.

Carolina Day School

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
To provide essential services and educational support for participants in the Horizons program and their families.

Carolina Mountain Woodturners

$10,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
To replace the motors on lathes that were flooded during Hurricane Helene.

Casting for Hope

$15,000
WNC Region
Housing
Environment
Infrastructure
Economic Impact

To assist women and families faced with a gynecological cancer diagnosis who have been affected by Hurricane Helene, as well as repair damages to its facility and campus.

Cedar Mountain Community Center

$25,000
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide meals.

Center for Conscious Living and Dying

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Jackson
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Rutherford
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing
Infrastructure

To provide essential services and supplies and offer end-of-life support.

Center for Craft

$275,000
WNC Region
Economic Impact
To support Phase 2 of the Craft Futures Fund, an emergency relief and recovery program directing resources to the artists, craftspeople and cultural organizations affected by Helene.

Center for Craft

$230,000
Avery
Buncombe
Burke
Cherokee
Haywood
Henderson
Jackson
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Multiple
Polk
Rutherford
Swain
Transylvania
Yancey
Economic Impact
To provide emergency relief and recovery funding to regional craftspeople working in ceramics, textile, glass, metal or wood and affected by the storm.

Center for Craft

$41,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
To repair water damage to its building.

Center for Domestic Peace

$2,600
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Jackson
Economic Impact

To support hotline staff.

Center for Participatory Change

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Economic Impact

To provide rent and utility assistance, car repairs, and other basic needs, as well as stipends for community health workers supporting those affected by the storm. 

Center for Rural Health Innovation

$25,000
Mitchell
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact
To extend the clinic's hours to provide essential medical services to those affected by the hurricane.

Central United Methodist Church

$25,000
Buncombe
Children and Families
To operate a low to no-cost after-school program for students of Mountain City Public Montessori whose families are challenged by hurricane recovery.

Centro Comunitario Hispano-Americano

$25,000
Multiple
Henderson
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Economic Impact
Children and Families

To provide food and other essential services to Latino families.

Centro Comunitario Hispano-Americano

$40,000
Transylvania
Housing
For building materials, appliances and mobile home lifting to meet floodplain compliance.

Centro Unido Latino-Americano

$250,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Burke
McDowell
Mitchell
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Economic Impact

To provide continued direct assistance to individuals and families affected by the hurricane and to support them in stabilizing their housing.

Centro Unido Latino-Americano

$25,000
Multiple
Avery
Buncombe
Burke
McDowell
Mitchell
Rutherford
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing

To distribute essential items.

Cherokee Clay Food Alliance

$3,000
Multiple
Cherokee
Clay
Immediate Emergency Needs

To provide weekend food for youth.

Child Medical Collaborative

$25,000
Multiple
Graham
Haywood
Jackson
Macon
Swain
Children and Families
Economic Impact

To help address the increased demand for medical evaluations of abused children.

Children First/Communities In Schools of Buncombe County

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing
Economic Impact
To support families in need through essential supply distribution and direct services.

Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas

$10,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Economic Impact
For costs of out-of-area travel, lodging, food and other immediate challenges facing families affected by Hurricane Helene who have children receiving cancer treatment.

Children's Center of Transylvania County

$25,000
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Economic Impact
Toward essential supplies, such as gas and gift cards, cleaning products, household items or appliances, rent and deposits for people affected by the hurricane.

Chimney Rock Village

$200,000
Rutherford
Infrastructure
For engineering costs related to river improvements and preliminary design documents for the restoration of the Rocky Broad River extending from Chimney Rock Village to Lake Lure.

Christmount Christian Assembly

$50,000
Buncombe
Environment
Infrastructure
To restore outdoor recreational spaces devastated by Hurricane Helene that are used for its autism camps.

Christmount Christian Assembly

$25,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
To repair its water system in Black Mountain.

Christmount Christian Assembly

$25,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
To repair its water system that was damaged by the hurricane.

City of Hendersonville

$25,000
Henderson
Economic Impact
To replace water and sewer vehicles destroyed by the hurricane.

Clay County Food Pantry

$10,000
Clay
Immediate Emergency Needs
To purchase food for its pantry.

Clothes To Kids of Haywood County

$50,000
Haywood
Infrastructure
To repair damages to its building.

Co-operate WNC

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
McDowell
Rutherford
Infrastructure
Economic Impact
Housing

To purchase home repair materials, replace household goods, provide debris removal, and serve as a distribution hub for emergency heat and other needs to those affected by the storm.

Colaborativa La Milpa

$200,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact
To support case management staff and operational costs for the organization and Swannanoa Communities Together, two members of the Buncombe County Long-Term Recovery Group that are assisting low-income and Latino community members.

Colaborativa La Milpa

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs

To provide emergency medications and water distribution to those impacted in hard hit areas. 

Community Housing Coalition of Madison County

$50,000
Madison
Housing
To repair homes damaged by the hurricane.

Compassionate Care Western North Carolina

$50,000
Yancey
Infrastructure
For repair to its storm-damaged offices.

Compassionate Care Western North Carolina

$25,000
Multiple
Avery
Buncombe
Madison
Mitchell
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs

For StarLink roam devices providing critical communications services to hospice staff in remote areas.

ComServ

$50,000
Burke
Infrastructure
To repair and re-furnish a four-bed group home.

Conserving Carolina

$100,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Environment

To repair and rebuild hiking trail infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Helene.

Council on Aging of Buncombe County

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Children and Families
To support essential supplies and services for seniors impacted by the hurricane.

Covenant Community Church

$300,000
Buncombe
Housing
To build a village on the church campus providing transitional housing and wraparound support services for up to 30 families displaced by Hurricane Helene.

Crossnore Communities for Children

$50,000
Avery
Infrastructure
To repair a bridge destroyed by the hurricane.

Crossnore Communities for Children

$150,000
Avery
Infrastructure
For the demolition and abatement of a facility building that was compromised beyond repair by Hurricane Helene.

Culture's Edge

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing
Environment
Infrastructure

To provide essential supplies and services to communities affected by the hurricane.

Culture's Edge

$50,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
To restore roads, bridges and creek banks damaged by the hurricane.

Dayspring Foundation

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
McDowell
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Economic Impact
Children and Families

To provide financial assistance for basic needs to people in substance abuse recovery who were affected by the hurricane.

Delta House Life Development of Asheville

$12,500
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Environment
Economic Impact
For tree removal and fence repair at the facility, and to provide essential winter supplies and transportation to youth from low-income families.

Diaper Bank of North Carolina

$25,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
To deliver diapers, adult incontinence supplies and period products.

Double Island Volunteer Fire Department

$50,000
Yancey
Infrastructure
Toward the repair of wind and water damage the station received during the storm.

E-POLK

$25,000
Multiple
Polk
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs

For rebuilding internet operations.

Eagle Market Streets Development Corporation

$25,000
McDowell
Immediate Emergency Needs
For warehousing, managing and distributing donated products.

East Marion Pentecostal Holiness Church

$25,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide financial assistance and supplies to Latinx people.

Eblen Charities

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Madison
Economic Impact

For housing, utilities, gasoline and medical assistance needed by storm victims.

EcoForesters

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Jackson
Madison
McDowell
Polk
Transylvania
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Environment

To partner with local nonprofits to help with community clean-up efforts.

EcoForesters

$50,000
WNC Region
Environment
To help in the conservation stewardship of land damaged by Hurricane Helene, mitigating wildfire threats and preparing for a major influx of invasive species.

EcoForesters

$200,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Burke
McDowell
Mitchell
Yancey
Environment

For personnel and equipment needed to assist landowners and land managers with stewardship challenges brought on by Hurricane Helene.

Eliada Homes

$25,000
Buncombe
Economic Impact

To assist with re-opening its childcare facilities. 

Engage WNC

$25,000
Henderson
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide meals, assess needs and provide cold weather clothing and supplies to unhoused people.

Environmental Quality Institute

$21,500
WNC Region
Environment
To purchase instruments that identify heavy metals and bacterial pollution in WNC floodplains.

Equal Plates Project

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Madison
McDowell
Polk
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact

To purchase ingredients from small farmers affected by Hurricane Helene.

Fairview Christian Fellowship

$50,000
Buncombe
Environment
Infrastructure
To address critical infrastructure needs related to private roads and bridges for more than 65 families in Fairview affected by Hurricane Helene.

Faith in Harm Reduction

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Mitchell
Yancey
Haywood
Henderson
Children and Families
Economic Impact

To purchase naloxone, test strips and wound care supplies.

Family Place of Transylvania County

$45,000
Transylvania
Infrastructure
For repairs at two facilities that serve children in Brevard and Rosman.

Family Resources of Rutherford County

$25,000
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing
Infrastructure
To repair damages at shelter properties and assist domestic violence clients.

Feeding Avery Families

$25,000
Avery
Immediate Emergency Needs
To meet increased demands for food since the hurricane.

Fern Leaf Community Charter School

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Madison
Polk
Transylvania
Infrastructure
Children and Families

To replace classroom materials and resources in K-4 classrooms lost due to flooding serving students.

Fines Creek Community Association

$50,000
Haywood
Infrastructure
To replace its stormdamaged roof.

FIRST at Blue Ridge

$16,900
Buncombe
Environment
Infrastructure
To remove fallen trees on its campus that are making living and walking around campus unsafe.

First Free Will Baptist Church

$10,000
Multiple
Cherokee
Clay
Immediate Emergency Needs

To purchase food for food pantries affected by supply chain disruptions.

First Presbyterian Church Asheville

$50,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
For upgrades to its facilities used to host workgroups providing home repair, debris removal and community garden support.

First United Methodist Church of Waynesville

$50,000
Haywood
Immediate Emergency Needs
Environment
Infrastructure

To provide a broad range of housing, transportation, and financial supports needed by community members affected by the storm.

First United Methodist Church of Waynesville

$50,000
Haywood
Housing
Economic Impact
For home repair and temporary housing for people whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Helene.

Flat Rock Playhouse

$33,235
Henderson
Immediate Emergency Needs
Environment
Infrastructure
To repair damage to its facilities and grounds caused by Hurricane Helene.

Food Connection

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Madison
Immediate Emergency Needs

To support preparation costs related to the distribution of hot meals utilizing its food truck.

Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina

$111,000
Multiple
Burke
McDowell
Rutherford
Environment

To repair storm damage from Hurricane Helene at multiple conservancy owned and managed properties.

Foothills Harvest Transitional Services

$50,000
Rutherford
Environment
Infrastructure
For the demolition and debris removal of a transitional living house that has been condemned since the hurricane.

Foothills Harvest Transitional Services

$10,000
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact
Infrastructure
To replace food and basic needs items lost due to the hurricane.

Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina

$25,000
WNC Region
Housing
Economic Impact
To support foster families affected by the hurricane.

Friends of the WNC Nature Center

$19,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Infrastructure
For fencing and equipment needed to ensure safe access to animal enclosures.

Friends of the WNC Nature Center

$62,500
Buncombe
Infrastructure
To replace generators required for animal care and feeding that no longer work after Hurricane Helene.

Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders

$133,000
Multiple
Buncombe
McDowell
Yancey
Housing

For construction expenses, such as insurance, tool purchase and maintenance and transportation associated with rebuilding damaged homes.

Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders

$850,000
Buncombe
Housing

For site development costs associated with developing a 10-acre tract of land for 56 new, affordable homes within the town limits of Black Mountain under a community land trust model, ensuring permanent affordability. *This award is contingent on the organization's satisfaction of certain requirements related to the acquisition of the property and the structure of the community land trust.

Garden Creek Baptist Church

$50,000
McDowell
Infrastructure
To repair its roof damaged by Hurricane Helene.

Gateway Wellness Foundation

$100,000
McDowell
Housing
For Hurricane Helene-related disaster relief home repair and rebuild projects.

Getting Back To The Basics

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing
Economic Impact

For an educational recovery program and immediate emergency needs of students affected by Hurricane Helene.

Glenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad

$17,500
Jackson
Immediate Emergency Needs
To replace disaster relief equipment damaged by extensive use during Hurricane Helene.

God's Pit Crew

$50,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Burke
Haywood
Henderson
McDowell
Mitchell
Yancey
Housing

For equipment and equipment maintenance needed to complete home demolition work.

Goodwill Industries of NW North Carolina

$25,000
WNC Region
Economic Impact
Housing
To provide Goodwill gift cards that will help affected families in WNC replace household goods and personal items.

Grace Brevard Church

$25,000
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing

To provide a broad range of housing, immediate emergency needs, and mental health supports to community members affected by the storm.

Grace Community Church of McDowell County

$100,000
McDowell
Housing
Environment
To support recovery, repairing and rebuilding housing for people affected by Hurricane Helene.

Grace Community Church of McDowell County

$25,000
McDowell
Housing
To assist people who have been displaced from their homes with immediate rent assistance or repairs on a home.

Grace Community Church of McDowell County

$50,000
McDowell
Housing
To support housing repair efforts and temporary shelter for people displaced by the hurricane.

Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church

$50,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
To repair electrical damages in its building.

Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Rutherford
Transylvania
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing

To provide essential services and supplies through their relief site.

Grahamtown Team

$50,000
Rutherford
Housing
Environment
For debris removal and home repairs.

Grahamtown Team

$9,000
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs
Environment

Toward roof repair at the home of a community member affected by the storm.

Greater Works COGIC

$25,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide essential supplies to people affected by the hurricane.

Hammer and Heart

$10,000
Buncombe
Environment
To remove hurricane refuse, including furnishings, household goods and natural debris for property owners affected by Hurricane Helene.

Hammer and Heart

$50,000
Buncombe
Housing
To provide home repairs to low-income families who have experienced damages due to Hurricane Helene.

Hands On! - A Child's Gallery

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Polk
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families

To provide on-site essential services, goods and internet.

Hawthorn Heights WNC

$21,926
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
To provide shelter to youth displaced by the hurricane.

Haywood Christian Ministry

$25,000
Haywood
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide food and other essential resources.

Haywood Community College Foundation

$25,000
Haywood
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing
Economic Impact
To help hurricane-impacted students with essential needs, as well as dehumidifiers and fans, replacement of household and electronic items and towing for disabled vehicles.

Haywood County Historical and Genealogical Society

$10,000
Haywood
Infrastructure
To replace flooring, equipment and furniture in the museum's visitor center that was damaged by flooding.

Haywood County Meals On Wheels

$25,000
Haywood
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide shelf stable meals and water to homebound seniors.

Haywood County Schools

$25,000
Haywood
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing
Economic Impact
To provide essential services and supplies to families displaced.

Haywood Street Congregation

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
To meet the anticipated increase in demand for its free community meals.

Haywood Waterways Association

$10,000
Haywood
Environment
Infrastructure
Economic Impact
To support clean-up of waterways impacted by the hurricane.

Haywood Waterways Association

$45,000
Haywood
Environment
For equipment to help with river clean-up projects and to implement stream and habitat stabilization measures to address damage caused by Hurricane Helene.

Helpmate

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing
To support an increased demand for services due to the hurricane.

Henderson County Education Foundation

$25,000
Henderson
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing
Economic Impact
To give each school funds toward school supplies, clothing, shoes, linens, towels and hygiene products needed to meet urgent student needs.

Henderson County Foster Parents Association

$25,000
Henderson
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Economic Impact
Infrastructure
To replace baby equipment lost due to flooding and to provide essential services to foster children and their caregivers.

Henderson County Habitat for Humanity

$50,000
Multiple
Henderson
Polk
Housing

To help rebuild two homes lost in Hurricane Helene.

Henderson County Public Schools

$25,000
Henderson
Housing
Economic Impact
Children and Families
To provide displaced families with gas cards for transportation to and from school or community bus stops and to provide beds, mattresses, linens, towels and other household necessities to families transitioning into new living arrangements.

HERE In Jackson County

$10,000
Multiple
Haywood
Jackson
Madison
Housing

To provide shelter for displaced families, particularly those with children, who are not covered under existing state funding for cold weather shelter.

High Country Caregiver Foundation

$25,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Infrastructure

To provide a range of housing assistance, from clean-up and mold remediation to demolition and temporary housing.

High Country Caregiver Foundation

$50,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Housing
Infrastructure

To repair homes of kinship families that were damaged by the hurricane.

High Country Community Health

$25,000
Avery
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Toward restoration work needed at a free dental clinic.

Highlands Community Child Development Center

$25,000
Macon
Infrastructure
To replace the facility’s roof that was damaged by the hurricane.

Highlands Emergency Council

$25,000
Macon
Immediate Emergency Needs
To purchase food.

HIGHTS

$25,000
Multiple
Haywood
Jackson
Macon
Qualla Boundary
Swain
Children and Families

To provide critical mental health services in response to the trauma caused by Hurricane Helene.

Hola Carolina

$25,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
For immediate relief efforts and recovery support for Latinx people affected by the disaster.

Holston Presbytery Camp and Retreat Center

$50,000
Avery
Environment
Infrastructure
To repair its facility and replace damaged equipment.

Holston Presbytery Camp and Retreat Center

$25,000
Avery
Housing
To get its facility minimally operational so that it can host crews who are working on the power lines, roadways and other infrastructure.

Homeward Bound of WNC

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Infrastructure
Economic Impact
To house displaced people and manage the increased demand for services due to the hurricane.

Hood Huggers Foundation

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Environment
To collect and distribute essential supplies to BIPOC communities utilizing its youth development cohort.

Hope Coalition Corp.

$23,000
Multiple
Henderson
Polk
Rutherford
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Economic Impact

To provide assistance to individuals struggling with mental health and substance use issues at shelters and distribution centers.

Hospice and Palliative Care of the Blue Ridge

$25,000
Multiple
Avery
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs

To provide generators and essential medical equipment to hospice patients.

Hot Springs Elementary School

$12,500
Madison
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
To provide essential supplies and services to students and their families impacted by the hurricane.

Housing Assistance Corporation

$25,000
Multiple
Henderson
Polk
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing

To assess and provide repairs to homes damaged by the hurricane.

Housing Assistance Corporation

$200,000
Multiple
Henderson
Polk
Transylvania
Housing

For a recovery and repair program to help homeowners affected by the hurricane.

Hunger and Health Coalition

$25,000
Multiple
Avery
Burke
Mitchell
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs

To establish a mobile pharmacy unit to dispense emergency medications to those affected by Hurricane Helene.

Hunger Coalition of Transylvania County

$25,000
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide 250 backpacks of food each week.

I Seek: K9 Search and Rescue

$12,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact

To provide canine search and rescue support to help locate victims of Hurricane Helene.

IFB Solutions, Asheville division

$25,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
To offset inventory, transportation and other costs resulting from warehouse damage sustained during the storm.

Institute for Preventive Healthcare and Advocacy

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs

To provide ongoing assistance with redistributing supplies and resources from stage sites to vulnerable and at-need communities.

International Friendship Center

$25,000
Multiple
Jackson
Macon
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact

To provide food and meet essential needs for people impacted by the hurricane.

Jewish Family Services of WNC

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Economic Impact

To meet essential basic needs.

JMPRO Community Media

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Burke
Cherokee
Clay
Haywood
Henderson
Jackson
Macon
Madison
McDowell
Swain
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs

To provide essential services and communication resources to remote communities.

Just Economics

$50,000
Buncombe
Economic Impact
To provide housing and FEMA assistance to low-income Swannanoa Valley residents affected by the hurricane.

Just For Him Ministries

$50,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford
Yancey
Housing
Environment
Infrastructure

For materials, skilled labor and construction costs to rebuild homes for families displaced by the hurricane.

Just For Him Ministries

$200,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford
Yancey
Housing
Environment
Infrastructure

For materials, skilled labor and construction costs to rebuild homes for families displaced by the hurricane.

KARE (Kids Advocacy Resource Effort)

$50,000
Haywood
Infrastructure
For repair and remediation of its facility.

KARE (Kids Advocacy Resource Effort)

$15,000
Haywood
Infrastructure
For roof repairs needed to continue operations at its facility.

KIDS Place

$25,000
Multiple
Graham
Macon
Children and Families

To address an increased demand for services for abused children.

Lake Junaluska Assembly

$25,000
Haywood
Infrastructure
To repair damages to its buildings.

Lake Junaluska Assembly

$100,000
Haywood
Environment
To replace a debris collection boom destroyed by Hurricane Helene with a custom- designed boom at the Richland Creek inlet needed to catch debris in future high water events.

Lake Logan Conference Center and Camp Henry

$86,100
Haywood
Infrastructure
Environment
To restore areas of its campus and to replace equipment and facilities lost during Hurricane Helene.

Land of Sky Regional Council

$33,750
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Madison
Mitchell
Multiple
Transylvania
Yancey
Infrastructure

To purchase IMPLAN, an economic analysis software used to generate Return on Investment reports required for some federal, state, and foundation grant applications. These reports will strengthen narratives and increase the likelihood of funding by demonstrating the direct and indirect economic impacts of projects proposed in the CarolinaWest, the region's economic development organization, seven-county service area.

Latino Advocacy Coalition of Henderson County

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Polk
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs

To assist with FEMA applications, help coordinate a shared distribution site and distribute items to begin clean-up efforts.

Laurel Community Center Organization

$20,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Madison
Mitchell
Yancey
Infrastructure
Economic Impact

To support a disaster relief hub.

Laurel Volunteer Fire Department

$25,000
Madison
Immediate Emergency Needs
To purchase an off-road vehicle to improve response and patient care in areas with limited vehicle access.

Laurel Volunteer Fire Department

$10,000
Madison
Immediate Emergency Needs
For equipment to fight wildfires in rough terrain, an effort that has been made more difficult due to downed trees caused by wind during Hurricane Helene.

Ledford's Chapel - Matt's Ministry

$10,000
Clay
Immediate Emergency Needs
To purchase food for its pantry, which has been affected by supply chain disruptions to MANNA FoodBank and Ingles Markets.

Lees-McRae College

$50,000
Avery
Environment
Infrastructure
To remove significant debris from the Elk Valley Preserve.

Lees-McRae College

$18,000
Avery
Immediate Emergency Needs
Infrastructure
To purchase a commercial-grade generator and a mobile hot pressure washer needed to resume operations.

Liberty Corner Enterprises

$10,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Immediate Emergency Needs
Infrastructure
Economic Impact

For unexpected expenses required to care for people with disabilities.

Literacy Connection

$25,000
Henderson
Infrastructure
To replace key resources and secure temporary operating space.

Literacy Together

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Economic Impact
To provide essential services to clients who were affected by the hurricane and to help them navigate FEMA, employment and other issues.

Living Water Baptist Church

$25,000
Henderson
Housing
Environment
To secure housing and provide home repairs for displaced individuals and families.

Local Cloth

$50,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
To complete restoration and operational infrastructure needed to reopen its studio in the River Arts District.

Local Cloth

$50,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
To rebuild and replace equipment and material damaged by flooding in Asheville’s River Arts District.

Love and Respect Community for Recovery and Wellness

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Polk
Rutherford
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Infrastructure
Economic Impact

To provide essential supplies and services to people impacted by the hurricane.

Loving Food Resources

$25,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide essential supplies to people with chronic health issues who were affected by the hurricane.

Loving Hearts for Christ B.E.A.R. Closet

$25,000
McDowell
Immediate Emergency Needs
Infrastructure
To provide essential supplies to children and their families and for storage capacity while facility repairs are made.

Macedonia A.M.E. Zion Church

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact

To provide temporary shelter and essential supplies and services to displaced people.

Macon County Care Network (CareNet)

$25,000
Macon
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide food assistance to individuals and families.

Madison County Arts Council

$50,000
Madison
Infrastructure
Toward rebuilding their facility.

Madison County Arts Council

$50,000
Madison
Infrastructure
Toward reconstruction of its building that was severely damaged by Hurricane Helene.

Madison County Fairgrounds

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Madison
Yancey
Infrastructure

To purchase a tractor to help with supply distribution.

Madison County Public Schools

$25,000
Madison
Infrastructure
To support unexpected costs associated with acting as the town’s emergency operations center, distribution point for essential supplies and meal distribution site for displaced residents.

Madison County Rotary Club Foundation

$25,000
Madison
Children and Families
To meet the emerging needs of youth who have been affected by the hurricane.

Madison Early College High School

$25,000
Madison
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
To provide essential services and supplies to students and their families who were impacted by the hurricane.

Madison High School

$12,500
Madison
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
To provide essential supplies to students' families affected by the hurricane.

Madison Middle School

$12,500
Madison
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide assistance to students and families who have been directly impacted by Hurricane Helene.

Maggie Valley United Methodist Church

$25,000
Haywood
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide food and meals.

Magnolia Mission

$23,000
Multiple
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Jackson
Macon
Swain
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Economic Impact

To help foster, adoptive and kinship families whose homes were damaged or completely lost due to the hurricane.

MANNA FoodBank

$3,500,000
Multiple
Avery
Buncombe
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Henderson
Jackson
Macon
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Polk
Swain
Transylvania
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Infrastructure

To provide critical infrastructure at its new warehouse and offices supporting its ongoing disaster response efforts and long-term recovery needs and ensuring it can continue to serve 16 WNC counties effectively and efficiently.

MANNA FoodBank

$975,000
Multiple
Avery
Buncombe
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Henderson
Jackson
Macon
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Polk
Swain
Transylvania
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact

To purchase nutritious food, from local farmers and food hubs when possible, that will sustain long-term disaster recovery by distributing staple and perishable foods in communities hardest hit by Hurricane Helene.

Mars Hill Elementary School

$25,000
Madison
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing

For facility upgrades needed after hosting temporary out-of-area utility workers and financial support to student families.

Marshall Presbyterian Church

$25,000
Madison
Infrastructure
For repair and remediation of its building used by community organizations.

Mayland Community College Foundation

$100,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing
Infrastructure
Economic Impact

To clean and restore its campuses, address connectivity issues and provide essential supplies and services to students.

McDowell Agricultural Center

$42,250
McDowell
Environment
To purchase materials to help restore farmland.

McDowell Chamber Community & Business Impact

$41,000
McDowell
Environment
To repair sinkholes, stabilize streambanks and restore safe public access to public recreation areas.

McDowell County Emergency Medical Services

$25,000
McDowell
Economic Impact
For an information officer to support hurricane recovery efforts.

McDowell County Emergency Medical Services

$12,500
McDowell
Infrastructure
For software designed to streamline governmental, emergency management and departmental processes to support hurricane recovery efforts.

McDowell County Schools

$25,000
McDowell
Infrastructure
Economic Impact
To help alleviate the unplanned expenses associated with the disaster response, specifically overtime, fuel expenses, repair materials and other costs.

McDowell Technical Community College Foundation

$25,000
McDowell
Children and Families
Economic Impact
To support students affected by Hurricane Helene.

Mediation Center

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Polk
Transylvania
Economic Impact

For mediation services for people experiencing hurricane recovery-related conflict.

Mercy Chefs

$50,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Madison
Immediate Emergency Needs

To continue feeding communities affected by Hurricane Helene.

Mercy Chefs

$25,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide hot meals to individuals and communities affected by Hurricane Helene.

Mills River Partnership

$50,000
Henderson
Environment
For debris removal, streambank repairs and restoration.

Mimosa Christian Counseling Center

$10,000
Multiple
Burke
McDowell
Children and Families

For counseling services to people affected by Hurricane Helene.

Mission Ministries Alliance

$23,700
McDowell
Environment

For debris removal at its shelter.

Mission Serve

$40,000
Multiple
Avery
Buncombe
Madison
Mitchell
Yancey
Housing

To purchase building supplies for volunteer groups repairing homes.

Mitchell Community Health Partnership

$25,000
Mitchell
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide heating assistance to those in need.

Mitchell County Long-Term Resilience Group

$85,000
Mitchell
Housing
To fund coordinators to help provide essential housing assistance to Helene survivors.

Mitchell County Schools

$150,000
Mitchell
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Infrastructure
Economic Impact
To provide each of its public schools with financial resources to meet NC Dept. of Public Instruction requirements for reopening the schools.

Mitchell County Shepherd's Staff

$6,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs

To replace food that was lost due to power outages for its pantry.

Mitchell Giving Gardens

$47,750
Mitchell
Environment
To restore its community garden that was destroyed by the hurricane.

Mitchell Giving Gardens

$16,000
Mitchell
Environment
Economic Impact
To hire a staff person to coordinate expanded programming needs and recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

Mitchell Giving Gardens

$25,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs

To purchase and distribute food, water and essential supplies.

MoneyWise Tax Academy

$15,000
McDowell
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide cold-weather relief supplies to families affected by Hurricane Helene.

Montmorenci United Methodist Church

$10,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Madison
Immediate Emergency Needs

To purchase fresh food and produce that cannot be obtained through MANNA.

Montreat College

$25,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
For building and property repair.

Montreat College

$73,508
Buncombe
Infrastructure
To replace a roof damaged by Hurricane Helene.

Montreat Conference Center

$50,000
Buncombe
Environment
For trail repair to address washouts, bridge damage, tree falls and lost wayfinding signage.

Mount Zion Community Development

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Children and Families
Housing
Economic Impact

To provide for essential needs, assist with rent and utility costs and provide counseling services for clients affected by the storm.

Mountain BizWorks

$1,000,000
Multiple
Avery
Haywood
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Rutherford
Yancey
Economic Impact

To provide grants to rural small businesses damaged by the hurricane.

Mountain City Public Montessori

$12,500
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
To provide mental health services to their students.

Mountain Community Health Partnership

$50,000
Yancey
Infrastructure
For costs associated with the temporary relocation of its Micaville facility.

Mountain Community Health Partnership

$50,000
Yancey
Infrastructure
To support construction costs necessary to integrate behavioral health services into a new health care clinic, replacing the dedicated behavioral health facility lost due to Hurricane Helene.

Mountain Housing Opportunities

$50,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
Economic Impact
For repair and remediation of buildings in the River Arts District flooded by the hurricane.

Mountain Housing Opportunities

$250,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Madison
McDowell
Rutherford
Yancey
Housing

To provide home repair to homeowners sustaining storm damage as well as wraparound services to help disaster-impacted MHO residents, and for repairs at two MHO-owned properties.

Mountain Housing Opportunities

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Madison
Immediate Emergency Needs

To provide residents of MHO's affordable multifamily properties with water and other sanitation supplies, as well as home repairs to low-income homeowners impacted.

Mountain Projects

$50,000
Swain
Infrastructure
For security fencing and cameras at a holding area used to store materials needed to repair and rebuild homes damaged by the hurricane.

Mountain Projects

$100,000
Haywood
Housing
To repair homes that were damaged by Hurricane Helene.

Mountain Roots

$15,000
Transylvania
Children and Families
To offer emergency childcare for K-7 children.

Mountain Valleys RC&D Council

$315,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Madison
McDowell
Polk
Rutherford
Transylvania
Environment

For debris removal and streambank stabilization.

Mountain Valleys RC&D Council

$50,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Madison
McDowell
Polk
Rutherford
Transylvania
Environment

For debris removal and streambank stabilization.

MountainCare

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Immediate Emergency Needs
Infrastructure

For water damage remediation and safety adaptations such as alternative water sourcing and enhanced sanitation protocols needed at facilities.

MountainTrue

$50,000
Multiple
Avery
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Madison
Mitchell
Polk
Yancey
Environment
Economic Impact

Toward surface and well-water testing, source-point pollution tracking, and clean-up and debris removal at public river access points.

MountainTrue

$150,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Madison
Infrastructure

To engage residents in a design process to guide recovery efforts while also positioning communities for sustainable development.

MountainTrue

$25,000
Multiple
Avery
Buncombe
Madison
Mitchell
Environment

For tree and debris removal and to provide households with firewood.

MountainTrue

$100,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Environment

For critical streambank stabilization work on the Swannanoa River and the Rocky Broad.

Mt Calvary Freewill Baptist Church

$50,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Immediate Emergency Needs
Infrastructure

To repair its building that is used for community programs.

My Daddy Taught Me That

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Environment
To provide out-of-school learning environments for students and essential supplies for families.

My Sister's Place of Madison

$25,000
Madison
Infrastructure
To assist with relocation of its main street offices and thrift shop.

NAMI Western Carolina

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Madison
Mitchell
Yancey
Children and Families
Immediate Emergency Needs

To provide mental health services in communities affected by the hurricane.

National Emergency Child Care Network

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Madison
McDowell
Rutherford
Yancey
Children and Families

To provide free childcare and comfort kits to families.

National Parks Conservation Association

$50,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Cherokee
Haywood
Henderson
Jackson
Swain
Yancey
Infrastructure

To assess damage of WNC natural and cultural resources in national parks and connected landscapes to determine the scope and needs for recovery and to advocate for federal and state support.

NC MedAssist

$25,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide essential medication items for individuals in need.

NECHAMA-Jewish Disaster Response

$300,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Environment

To continue muck-outs and home gutting and to complete partial home rebuilds focusing on insulation, drywall, flooring, carpentry and painting.

NECHAMA-Jewish Disaster Response

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Environment

Toward mold abatement chemicals, tools for repairs, personal protective equipment, fuel and water for volunteers doing home repairs.

Neighbors Feeding Neighbors Food Ministry

$15,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs

To provide food and other essentials to displaced families.

New HOPE of McDowell

$16,000
McDowell
Immediate Emergency Needs
Environment
Infrastructure
To replace lost equipment and make facility repairs.

New Testament Baptist Church

$50,000
McDowell
Infrastructure
To repair a parking lot sinkhole that developed after the storm and created hazardous access to its food and supply distribution.

North Carolina Arboretum Society

$50,000
Buncombe
Environment
For native species restoration, conservation stewardship, debris removal and stream restoration at the Azalea Gardens.

North Carolina Baptist Men

$1,500,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Mitchell
Yancey
Housing

To support operating sites that will mobilize volunteers to repair homes damaged by Hurricane Helene.

North Carolina Baptist Men

$25,000
Multiple
Avery
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford
Transylvania
Yancey
Housing
Infrastructure
Economic Impact

To provide home repairs.

North Carolina Hmong Women Association

$25,000
Multiple
Burke
McDowell
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families

To provide essentials supplies and services to Hmong people impacted by the hurricane.

North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association Foundation

$300,000
WNC Region
Economic Impact
To aid hospitality workers affected by Hurricane Helene.

North Carolina State University

$50,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Burke
Haywood
Madison
McDowell
Polk
Rutherford
Housing
Environment

To support repairs and equipment replacement for regional meat and dairy processors.

North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

$2,000,000
Multiple
Avery
Buncombe
Madison
Mitchell
Rutherford
Yancey
Infrastructure

To partner with Mennonite Disaster Services in rebuilding private bridges destroyed by the hurricane.

North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

$25,000
WNC Region
Infrastructure
To rebuild private bridges destroyed by the hurricane.

Northwestern Housing Enterprises

$25,000
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
For clean-up and remediation at an affordable housing complex.

NovusWay

$50,000
Buncombe
Environment
Infrastructure
For demolition of unsalvageable cabins and to replace furnishings for the main dining hall at Lutheridge.

NovusWay

$50,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
For road and facility repair at Lutheridge Camp and Conference Center.

NovusWay

$50,000
Avery
Infrastructure
For road repairs at Camp Lutherock.

NovusWay

$50,000
Avery
Infrastructure
For repairs to landslide-damaged roads at Camp Lutherock.

Olive Hill Community Economic Development Corporation

$25,000
Multiple
Burke
McDowell
Polk
Rutherford
Housing
Economic Impact

To provide housing services to people facing eviction or foreclosure because of the hurricane.

Only Hope WNC

$25,000
Henderson
Infrastructure

For repairs needed to get its youth shelter operational after flood damage.

*This nonprofit is in the process of dissolution.

Only Hope WNC

$25,000
Henderson
Infrastructure
Immediate Emergency Needs

To repair flood damage at the youth shelter and to meet client essential needs.

*This nonprofit is in the process of dissolution.

Only Hope WNC

$75,000
Henderson
Housing

For temporary housing support for youth displaced by Hurricane Helene.

*This nonprofit is in the process of dissolution.

OnTrack Financial Education & Counseling

$25,000
WNC Region
Economic Impact
To train volunteers, educate counselors and develop and implement new programming to address personal finance triage in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

Open Arms Crisis Pregnancy Center

$25,000
Henderson
Infrastructure

To repair the building's roof and replace storage buildings damaged by the storm.

OpenDoors of Asheville

$15,685
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing
Economic Impact
To provide essential services, supplies and educational support for their out-of-school students and families.

Operation Anchor

$50,000
Multiple
Avery
Buncombe
Mitchell
Yancey
Housing

To repair and rebuild homes.

Operation Gateway

$25,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Infrastructure
Economic Impact
To assess client needs, provide support and linkages to available resources, and, in many cases, offer transportation or delivery services of those resources.

Operation Gateway

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
McDowell
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing

To assist people who have low computer literacy skills and who are affected by Helene in applying for FEMA assistance and benefits.

Organic Growers School

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
McDowell
Rutherford
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs

To provide food to families and help farmers recover from damages.

Oshun Mountain Sanctuary

$25,000
Buncombe
Environment
Infrastructure

For facility repairs, tree and debris removal, equipment, and well restoration.

Out of The Ashes

$25,000
Multiple
Polk
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Economic Impact
Children and Families

To provide assistance to people who are homeless.

Out Of The Ashes

$25,000
Multiple
Polk
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing

To provide shelter and other resources to homeless people.

Partners Aligned Toward Health (PATH)

$25,000
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact
For costs associated with volunteer coordination, resource distribution and public information dissemination in multiple languages.

Partners Unlimited

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide essential supplies to low-income families affected by the hurricane.

Partnership for Children of the Foothills

$51,750
Multiple
McDowell
Polk
Rutherford
Infrastructure
Children and Families
Economic Impact

To reimburse licensed childcare facilities for storm-related expenses necessary to reopen.

Penland School of Craft

$50,000
Mitchell
Environment
Infrastructure
For the renovation of the water system damaged by Hurricane Helene.

Penland School of Craft

$50,000
Mitchell
Infrastructure
To repair facility damage on its campus that occurred due to the hurricane.

Pensacola Volunteer Fire Department

$25,000
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
To purchase an all-terrain vehicle to expand its capacity to provide timely and life- saving services, such as medical aid, supply delivery and emergency evacuations, to isolated areas.

Pigeon River Garden Club

$40,000
Haywood
Housing
Environment
To restore and re-establish community gardens destroyed by the hurricane.

Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute

$50,000
Transylvania
Infrastructure
To restore buildings, grounds and infrastructure.

Pisgah Legal Services

$25,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
To assist nonprofits with FEMA Public Assistance applications and appeals.

PIVOTPoint WNC

$24,646
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Transylvania
Children and Families

To provide mental health services at various community hubs.

Polk County Schools

$24,189
Polk
Infrastructure
To offset costs schools incurred while serving as distribution sites of essential supplies.

Preservation North Carolina

$50,000
Mitchell
Rutherford
Yancey
Housing
Infrastructure
To repair historic sites damaged by the hurricane.

Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe

$50,000
Buncombe
Housing
To repair historic buildings damaged by the hurricane.

Quiet Givers

$25,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Infrastructure

To assist with food, health, shelter, safety, transportation and education needs resulting from Hurricane Helene that referral programs cannot cover.

Rebels Creek Baptist Church

$50,000
Mitchell
Infrastructure
To rebuild the church, which serves as a community resource center that provides basic needs to local, low-income people.

Recovery Ventures Corporation

$50,000
McDowell
Environment
Infrastructure
For cleanup and repair of its men’s primary care facility and its Hydroponic Greenhouse and Farm property.

Recovery Ventures Corporation

$25,000
Rutherford
Environment
To purchase equipment needed to clean up debris and repair damages to its facility.

Region A Partnership for Children

$170,087
Multiple
Graham
Haywood
Jackson
Macon
Housing
Infrastructure

To support storm-related expenses incurred to reopen childcare facilities.

Reparations Stakeholder Authority of Asheville

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide heating assistance and meet the essential needs of people recovering from the hurricane.

Resources for Resilience

$25,000
WNC Region
Children and Families
To provide mental health support at shelters, distribution sites and other high-need community centers.

Restoration House WNC

$25,000
Swain
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide nutritious, locally-sourced food boxes to families struggling with hunger due to widespread job losses caused by the hurricane.

Rise and Shine

$25,000
Transylvania
Children and Families
To provide critical after-school programming for underserved youth in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

Rise Disaster Relief and Recovery

$250,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Housing
Environment
Infrastructure

To provide assistance for home repair and recovery needs.

Rise Disaster Relief and Recovery

$22,500
Mitchell
Economic Impact

To offset volunteer costs for those providing home and road repair.

Rise Disaster Relief and Recovery

$46,500
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Housing

To provide equipment and supplies for RV trailers and home repair.

Rise Disaster Relief and Recovery

$200,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Housing

To provide recovery and rebuilding assistance to people affected by Hurricane Helene.

RiverLink

$40,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
To assess and create an action plan to restore significantly damaged stream banks along the Swannanoa River.

RiverLink

$35,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Madison
Yancey
Environment

For small-scale streambank repairs on privately-owned properties impacted by Hurricane Helene.

RiverLink

$35,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Madison
Transylvania
Environment

To engage volunteers to remediate Helene-damaged streams on private property in the French Broad Watershed.

Root Cause Farm

$15,700
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Rutherford
Infrastructure
Environment

To repair an access road to its farm.

Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA

$25,000
WNC Region
Economic Impact
To provide financial assistance to small and mid-scale farmers affected by Hurricane Helene.

Rutherford County Habitat for Humanity

$50,000
Multiple
McDowell
Polk
Rutherford
Housing

To provide repairs to homes damaged by Hurricane Helene.

Rutherford County Habitat for Humanity

$180,000
Rutherford
Housing
To rebuild and repair homes damaged by Hurricane Helene.

Rutherford County Schools Education Foundation

$25,000
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing
To provide essential services to homeless students.

Rutherford County Sheriff's Office

$20,000
Multiple
Burke
McDowell
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs

To purchase two thermal drones to help narrow search areas for missing people.

Rutherford Housing Partnership

$100,000
Multiple
Polk
Rutherford
Housing

For restoring safe, secure, and livable conditions for residents who are uninsured, underinsured or have been denied adequate FEMA assistance.

Rutherford Housing Partnership

$25,000
Rutherford
Housing
To provide critical home repairs for low-income people whose homes were damaged by the hurricane.

Safelight

$50,000
Henderson
Infrastructure
For essential repairs and to replace damaged equipment.

Saluda Community Land Trust

$27,000
Multiple
Henderson
Polk
Infrastructure

To repair a driveway and culvert.

Saluda Senior Center

$25,000
Polk
Infrastructure
To repair and remediate damage to its building.

Salvation Army-Asheville Corps

$25,000
Buncombe
Housing
Infrastructure
To shelter people displaced by the hurricane.

Scooter's Underdogs Rescue

$6,000
Avery
Infrastructure
To replace a kennel and equipment that were damaged by the hurricane.

Seeds & Bridges

$10,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Madison
Immediate Emergency Needs

To provide daily fresh hot meals to people displaced or otherwise affected by the hurricane.

SeekHealing

$18,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Children and Families

To provide mental healthcare services to people navigating survival trauma.

Service Center for Latinos

$25,000
Multiple
Mitchell
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing

To purchase tools and supplies for construction and cleaning to begin the process of repairing houses and preventing mold to make homes habitable again.

Share and Care of Bryson City

$25,000
Swain
Immediate Emergency Needs

To provide hot meals and other essential supplies to those in need through a mobile unit.

Shiloh Community Association

$11,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Environment
Economic Impact
For food distribution, resident street connectors and tree removal.

Sistas Caring 4 Sistas

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
McDowell
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families

To provide essential infant supply needs and support, as well as rental and utility assistance, to pregnant and postpartum women. 

Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Transylvania
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact

Toward expenses needed to open three clinics, such as internet service for access to electronic health records, portable toilets and water.

Skyland United Methodist Church

$25,000
Buncombe
Children and Families
To provide learning loss programs to K-5 grade children in the Alan Campos Trailer Park community who have suffered displacement because of the floods.

Smart Start Partnership for Children

$25,000
Henderson
Children and Families
To provide food required by regulations that are critical to getting childcare facilities open.

Society of St. Vincent de Paul St. Mary Mother of God Conference

$10,000
Multiple
Haywood
Jackson
Macon
Swain
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Economic Impact

To provide emergency home structure stabilization and basic living and cleaning supplies.

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy

$50,000
WNC Region
Environment
Infrastructure
For critical infrastructure repairs, including roads and bridges on conserved properties.

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy

$385,000
Multiple
Avery
Buncombe
Haywood
Madison
Mitchell
Yancey
Environment
Infrastructure

To assess, repair and remediate damages to conserved properties damaged by Hurricane Helene.

Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
McDowell
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs
Environment

To use its trail crews to help with debris cleanup.

Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards

$50,000
Multiple
Avery
Haywood
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Yancey
Environment

To help purchase a crew truck essential for expanding trail remediation.

Southern Highland Craft Guild

$50,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Infrastructure
To clean and repair its flooded building in Biltmore Village.

Southern Reconciliation Ministries

$50,000
Yancey
Housing
For housing repairs.

Southwestern Commission Council of Governments

$1,500,000
WNC Region
Infrastructure
To support the development of Preliminary Engineering Reports for local governments so that they can access funds designated for infrastructure improvements, workforce development and long-term resilience.

Southwestern Commission Council of Governments

$33,750
Avery
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Jackson
Macon
Mitchell
Multiple
Swain
Yancey
Infrastructure

To purchase IMPLAN, an economic analysis software used to generate Return on Investment reports required for some federal, state, and foundation grant applications. These reports will strengthen narratives and increase the likelihood of funding by demonstrating the direct and indirect economic impacts of projects proposed in the Southwestern Commission and High Country Council of Governments' service areas.

Southwestern Community College

$24,949
Multiple
Jackson
Macon
Qualla Boundary
Swain
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families

To provide essential supplies and internet access and to address mental health and other needs of its students.

Special Liberty Project

$10,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
To help veterans and their families recover from losses that occurred due to the hurricane.

Spencer Baptist Church

$8,000
Rutherford
Infrastructure
To expand its bathrooms with laundry and shower facilities for volunteers helping with hurricane relief efforts and to position it for future emergency shelter response.

Spring Creek Community Center

$25,000
Madison
Infrastructure
Toward property repairs for community members that will not be covered by insurance.

Spring Creek Volunteer Fire Department

$21,000
Madison
Immediate Emergency Needs
To purchase an all-terrain vehicle enabling the organization to safely transport larger teams and provide faster, more effective emergency response in hard-to-reach areas.

Spruce Pine Montessori School

$15,000
Mitchell
Infrastructure
For storm-related repairs at its school.

St Barnabas Conference Arden NC

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Housing

To help those who cannot pay rent or utility costs because of job loss, reduced income or financial losses due to Hurricane Helene.

St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church and Parish

$50,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Madison
Housing

To provide building materials for families whose homes were damaged by the hurricane.

St. John's Episcopal Church

$25,000
McDowell
Environment
To re-establish its garden, which provides fresh food to low-income people in McDowell County, by supporting a farmer's apprentice.

Sunrise Community for Recovery & Wellness

$25,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Economic Impact
Infrastructure
To address gaps in access to basic needs, including hygiene essentials, mental health care and substance use recovery support for people affected by the storm.

Swain Community Outreach

$25,000
Multiple
Haywood
Jackson
Macon
Swain
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing
Economic Impact

To fill gaps in the supply of harm reduction materials to the substance use disorder recovery community.

Synergy In Action

$25,000
Polk
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact
To provide services allowing developmentally disabled individuals to shelter in place.

The Arc of Buncombe County

$25,000
WNC Region
Economic Impact
To provide direct emergency financial support and services to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.

The Arc of North Carolina

$50,000
WNC Region
Housing
To replace essential office equipment so that services for individuals with disabilities can resume.

The Beacon Network

$50,000
Yancey
Environment
For clean-up and remediation of rivers and streams damaged by the hurricane.

The Beacon Network

$75,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Environment

To recruit and coordinate volunteers for waterway clean-up and restoration.

The Bicycle Thrift Shop

$25,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
To support the relocation of its shop after its prior location was destroyed by the hurricane.

The Center for Native Health

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Jackson
Madison
Qualla Boundary
Swain
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Economic Impact

To purchase supplies such as tarps, solar battery chargers, debris removal and heating equipment and potable and non-potable water solutions.

The Christine Avery Learning Center

$25,000
Buncombe
Children and Families
Infrastructure
To replace destroyed items not covered by insurance and needed to re-open the day-care center.

The Cindy Platt Boys and Girls Club of Transylvania County

$38,000
Transylvania
Infrastructure
To repair hurricane damage at its facility.

The Community Kitchen

$50,000
Haywood
Infrastructure
Toward relocation after its building was destroyed by the flood.

The Community Table

$25,000
Multiple
Jackson
Macon
Qualla Boundary
Swain
Immediate Emergency Needs

To purchase food for its pantry and meal program.

The Free Clinics

$25,000
Multiple
Henderson
Polk
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families

To extend pharmacy hours and provide space for displaced medical providers.

The Friends of Hot Springs Library

$50,000
Madison
Infrastructure
Immediate Emergency Needs
For repairs to the building and replacement of equipment and resources lost due to the storm.

The Friends of Hot Springs Library

$25,000
Madison
Immediate Emergency Needs
Infrastructure
To replace books and materials, clean up debris and enhance internet connection.

The Hope Center of Hendersonville

$25,000
Multiple
Henderson
Polk
Housing
Environment

To restock lost food, remove debris and make repairs to property.

The Hundred Movement

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Madison
McDowell
Polk
Rutherford
Transylvania
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Economic Impact

To provide direct financial assistance to survivors of sex trafficking, replace outreach kits lost due to flooding and expand outreach efforts in the storm’s aftermath.

The Lord's Harvest for the Hungry

$20,000
Madison
Buncombe
Multiple
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
To support delivery of fresh meals.

The Medical Loan Closet of Henderson County

$50,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Polk
Rutherford
Transylvania
Infrastructure

To replace lost equipment and rebuild its facility.

The Medical Loan Closet of Henderson County

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Polk
Rutherford
Transylvania
Infrastructure

To repair its building and purchase new medical equipment.

The Salvation Army Hendersonville

$25,000
Multiple
Henderson
Polk
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing

To provide financial assistance to people affected by the hurricane.

The Salvation Army of Rutherford County

$25,000
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide essential needs to residents of Lake Lure.

The Salvation Army Waynesville & The Mountain Mission District

$25,000
Multiple
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Jackson
Macon
Swain
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact

To provide essential services and supplies to people affected by the hurricane.

The Steady Collective

$10,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
To meet the increased demand for harm reduction services and to provide essential services and supplies.

The Storehouse

$25,000
Henderson
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact
To provide essential supplies to people impacted by the hurricane.

The Thirtieth Judicial District Domestic Violence - Sexual Assault Alliance

$25,000
Multiple
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Jackson
Macon
Swain
Children and Families
Immediate Emergency Needs

To support the increased demand for domestic violence and sexual assault services in the aftermath of the hurricane.

The Tipton Hill Community Foundation

$25,000
Multiple
Mitchell
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing

To provide repairs or help to rebuild homes damaged by the hurricane.

The Utopian Seed Project

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact
To purchase food from local farmers and distribute it to businesses and organizations providing food for people in need.

Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry

$25,000
Polk
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Infrastructure
To provide food, financial assistance and home repair to people affected by the hurricane.

THRIVE Appalachia

$5,000
Multiple
Avery
Buncombe
Madison
Mitchell
Yancey
Environment

To assist with clean-up efforts.

Thrive Asheville

$25,000
Buncombe
Housing
To provide housing assistance to low-income families affected by the hurricane.

Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional (TRACTOR)

$50,000
Multiple
Avery
Buncombe
Henderson
Madison
Mitchell
Yancey
Environment
Economic Impact

To contract local farmers to address farm and food system damages such as debris removal; fence, barn, and greenhouse repair; and soil amendments.

Toe River Health District

$25,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Environment
Infrastructure
Economic Impact

For unanticipated expenses incurred while serving patients, as well as ongoing expenses as a result of the hurricane.

Town of Black Mountain

$50,000
Buncombe
Environment
To install an agricultural-capacity well and hydration system for a community garden that was contaminated by flood waters.

Town of Canton

$50,000
Haywood
Environment
To repair damage caused by Hurricane Helene at the Chestnut Mountain Nature Park and Rough Creek Watershed properties.

Town of Montreat

$50,000
Buncombe
Environment
Infrastructure
For repairs to infrastructure at its Town Hall, which was damaged by the hurricane.

Transylvania Christian Ministry

$25,000
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Economic Impact
To provide essential services, supplies and temporary housing to low-income people affected by the hurricane.

Transylvania Habitat for Humanity

$25,000
Transylvania
Housing
To house displaced families.

Transylvania Habitat for Humanity

$230,000
Transylvania
Housing
Infrastructure
To provide temporary housing, critical home repairs and improved home access for families devastated by Hurricane Helene.

Transylvania Habitat for Humanity

$50,000
Transylvania
Housing
To support critical home repairs for families affected by Hurricane Helene.

Tranzmission

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact
Housing
To meet essential needs of, and provide financial assistance to, the transgender and nonbinary community.

Tri-County Community College

$50,000
Cherokee
Infrastructure

To repair damage to campus buildings.

Trinity United Methodist Church

$12,500
Multiple
Buncombe
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Rutherford
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs

To reimburse the Deep Time program, located on the church’s campus, for providing drinking water, gasoline, generators, non-potable water for toilet flushing and protective gear needed for clean-up.

True Ridge

$25,000
Multiple
Henderson
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing

To provide direct financial support to immigrant families who are ineligible for FEMA assistance.

Truth is One Interfaith Church

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Yancey
Environment

To purchase a dump truck for clean-up and restoration.

U & I Enrichment Center

$15,000
Rutherford
Infrastructure
To repair damages to its facility.

Umoja Health, Wellness, and Justice Collective

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
McDowell
Children and Families
Economic Impact

To provide transportation assistance and mental health support to diverse people who suffered significant losses.

UNC Asheville Foundation

$15,000
WNC Region
Children and Families
For wellness calls to elders participating in the North Carolina Center for Health and Wellness program and affected by the hurricane.

UNC Asheville Foundation

$50,000
Buncombe
Environment
For grading and stabilizing a stream channel, work required to replace a bridge and restore access to the Wilma Dykeman home.

UNC Asheville Foundation

$200,000
WNC Region
Environment
To purchase equipment needed to process trees felled by Hurricane Helene, a project that will yield usable lumber for recovery efforts and also mitigate wildfire risks.

UnComplicated Kitchen

$6,000
Multiple
Haywood
Jackson
Immediate Emergency Needs

To support local area food pantries and their clients with information such as how to prepare foods under a boil water advisory.

UNETE NC

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs

To support a community distribution center in Emma, as well as broader outreach for FEMA application assistance.

Union Mills Learning Center

$5,337
Rutherford
Immediate Emergency Needs
To replace a well pump destroyed during the hurricane.

United Way of Haywood County

$75,000
Haywood
Housing
To purchase and deliver furniture to families affected by Hurricane Helene flooding.

United Way of Haywood County

$25,000
Haywood
Housing
Toward housing repair and other housing needs.

United Way of Henderson County

$25,000
Henderson
Economic Impact
To provide essential resource coordination.

Vecinos Farmworker Health Program

$50,000
Jackson
Infrastructure
For the repair of a storm drainage pipe severely damaged by Hurricane Helene.

Vecinos Farmworker Health Program

$25,000
Multiple
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Jackson
Macon
Swain
Transylvania
Immediate Emergency Needs
Economic Impact

For mobile health clinics and essential items needed by Latinx families.

Verner Center for Early Learning

$12,500
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
For food and supplies provided to center families and community members impacted by the hurricane.

Veterans Healing Farm

$1,900
Multiple
Buncombe
Henderson
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing

For essential supplies and services provided immediately following the storm.

Veterans Treatment Court of Western North Carolina Foundation

$25,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing
Economic Impact
To provide essential services to veterans involved with treatment court in counties affected by Helene.

Volunteer Avery County & Community Services

$50,000
Avery
Housing
Infrastructure
To repair houses and help displaced people access resources.

WAMY Community Action

$25,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Housing
Economic Impact

To assist with home repairs, utilities and transportation.

Warren Wilson College

$50,000
Buncombe
Environment
Infrastructure
For physical facility repair and debris removal on its campus.

Watauga County Immigrant Justice Coalition

$10,000
Avery
Economic Impact
Housing

To provide financial assistance to immigrants affected by the hurricane.

Watchfire Media

$25,000
Buncombe
Housing
Environment
Economic Impact
To support Wild Abundance in repairing and replacing damaged homes and infrastructure.

West Marion Community Forum

$25,000
McDowell
Immediate Emergency Needs

To provide immediate emergency needs to community members.

Western Carolina Medical Society Foundation

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Jackson
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford
Swain
Transylvania
Yancey
Immediate Emergency Needs
Housing
Economic Impact

To address emergency medical needs of people who have lost the ability to pay for marketplace insurance or lost healthcare coverage through their employer and those have become unhoused due to the hurricane.

Western Carolina Rescue Ministries

$25,000
Buncombe
Infrastructure
For five industrial grade water heaters, replacing ones damaged due to water and power outages during Hurricane Helene.

Western Carolina Rescue Ministries

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
To provide meals and other essential services.

Western North Carolina Regional Education Foundation (WRESA)

$1,000,000
Multiple
Avery
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Rutherford
Transylvania
Yancey
Economic Impact

To provide direct financial assistance to school system staff in counties devastated by Hurricane Helene. *This grant received $125,000 in co-investment from the A.J. Fletcher Foundation.

Western North Carolina Regional Education Foundation (WRESA)

$59,800
WNC Region
Economic Impact
To create a temporary position assisting WNC School systems in assessing and prioritizing needs that arise during recovery and researching and coordinating groups to help meet those needs.

Western North Carolina Workers' Center

$25,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Burke
Henderson
Macon
Housing
Economic Impact

To provide financial resources and other aid to immigrant Latinx workers ineligible for FEMA assistance.

Western Piedmont Foundation

$50,000
Burke
Infrastructure
For reconstruction and improvement of an outdoor classroom destroyed by Hurricane Helene.

Western Piedmont Foundation

$25,000
Burke
Children and Families
To provide essential supplies and services to Western Piedmont Community College students affected by the hurricane.

Wildacres Retreat

$100,000
McDowell
Infrastructure
To rebuild a driveway that provides access to the retreat center.

Williams YMCA of Avery County

$25,000
Multiple
Avery
Mitchell
Immediate Emergency Needs
Children and Families
Housing

To purchase and distribute emergency relief and winter preparedness supplies.

WNC Bridge Foundation

$550,000
Multiple
Avery
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Yancey
Economic Impact

To provide direct cash assistance through Give Directly’s Emergency Relief program to SNAP-Eligible individuals who were affected by Hurricane Helene.

WNC Health Network

$25,000
WNC Region
Immediate Emergency Needs
To mobilize health communicators and ensure that they can reach rural and hard-hit areas.

WNCSource

$48,875
Henderson
Environment
Infrastructure
Children and Families
For repairs to the storm water system, parking lot and playground, as well as the removal of downed trees at Etowah Children’s Center.

Women of Waynesville

$25,000
Haywood
Immediate Emergency Needs
To address critical needs of women and children affected by Hurricane Helene.

Woodson Branch Nature School

$15,000
Multiple
Buncombe
Cherokee
Madison
Yancey
Children and Families

To provide childcare to K-8 children until public schools reopen.

Working Wheels

$250,000
Multiple
Avery
Buncombe
Haywood
Henderson
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Rutherford
Yancey
Economic Impact

To purchase reliable vehicles that will be serviced and given to qualifying economically-vulnerable people who lost their only car and had to evacuate their home due to Hurricane Helene.

Working Wheels

$230,000
WNC Region
Economic Impact
To repair or provide maintenance to nonprofit agencies using organization vehicles for recovery and response efforts and to provide cars to low-income people who lost their transportation resource due to the hurricane.

Wortham Center for the Performing Arts

$25,000
Buncombe
Immediate Emergency Needs
For an on-site City of Asheville Fire Department distribution center providing essential goods to residents.

Yancey County Cooperative Extension

$30,000
Yancey
Environment
To repair pastures and hayfields damaged by the storm.

Yancey County Cooperative Extension