Dogwood Health Trust
Historical FunderAsheville, North Carolina · EIN 83-0590696 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$148.2M
Organizations funded835
Typical grant$37,500
Total assets$2B
Half of its grants to organizations were between $12,500 and $135,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST |
|---|---|
| Address | 890 HENDERSONVILLE ROAD, ASHEVILLE NC 28803 |
| Phone | 8287716710 |
| INFO@DHT.ORG | |
| Form and materials | HTTPS://DOGWOODHEALTHTRUST.ORG/GRANTMAKING/ |
| Deadlines | N/A |
| Restrictions | GRANT FUNDS MUST BE USED TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
2% of grants went outside North Carolina.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian Community Capital Development Foundation | Christiansburg, VA | Small business recovery grants and low-cost capital post-helene. | $21,000,000 |
| The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc | Asheville, NC | Emergency and disaster response grant funding for post-hurricane recovery across dht footprint. | $10,000,000 |
| Self-Help Ventures Fund | Durham, NC | Loan fund to support affordable housing in wnc. | $8,000,000 |
| Impact Health | Asheville, NC | Emergency funding for health service organizations. | $4,000,000 |
| Mountain Area Health Education Center Inc | Asheville, NC | General operating support for mahec clinical services. | $4,000,000 |
| Pisgah Legal Services | Asheville, NC | Legal and navigation services for disaster survivors. | $3,000,000 |
| Blue Ridge Community Health Services Inc | Hendersonville, NC | General operating support for regional safety net health services in ten wnc counties. | $2,237,500 |
| Pisgah Legal Services | Asheville, NC | Regional aca enrollment and tax credit support for low-income households. | $2,085,482 |
| Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc | Asheville, NC | Workforce retention and operation support for early childhood providers after hurricane helene. | $2,000,000 |
| Manna Food Bank Inc | Mills River, NC | Emergency funding for food access recovery efforts post-helene. | $2,000,000 |
| Mountain Housing Opportunities Inc | Asheville, NC | Affordable housing development in buncombe county. | $2,000,000 |
| Wnc Communities | Asheville, NC | General operating support. | $1,500,000 |
| Tri-County Community College Foundation Inc | Murphy, NC | Construction workforce program for student-built homes in cherokee county. | $1,187,150 |
| Amy Wellness Foundation | Spruce Pine, NC | Recovery support funding focused in avery, mitchell, and yancey counties. | $1,000,000 |
| Centralina Foundation Inc | Charlotte, NC | Technical assistance for fema assessments and applications across five regional councils of government. | $1,000,000 |
| Community Reinvestment Fund Inc | Minneapolis, MN | General operating support for small business disaster recovery lending. | $1,000,000 |
| Gateway Wellness Foundation | Marion, NC | Recovery support funding for burke, mcdowell, polk, and rutherford counties. | $1,000,000 |
| Henderson County | Hendersonville, NC | Match funding for affordable housing development in henderson county. | $1,000,000 |
| Mountain Bizcapital Inc | Asheville, NC | Administrative expenses support for small business lending programs. | $1,000,000 |
| United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Incorporated | Asheville, NC | General operating support. | $1,000,000 |
| Wnc Bridge Foundation | Asheville, NC | Direct cash transfers for low-income residents impacted by hurricane helene. | $1,000,000 |
| The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc | Asheville, NC | Capacity building program for twenty nonprofits via training, consulting, and operating support. | $984,110 |
| Community Action Opportunities | Asheville, NC | Hvac infrastructure support for weatherization program across multiple wnc counties. | $944,663 |
| Mountain Housing Opportunities Inc | Asheville, NC | General operating support for tenant assistance post-hurricane helene. | $925,200 |
| Mountain Community Health Partnership Incorporated | Bakersville, NC | General operating support for fqhc serving yancey and mitchell counties. | $880,000 |
| Impact Health | Asheville, NC | Development of clinically integrated primary care network for medicaid, medicare and underserved populations in wnc. | $850,000 |
| High Country Community Health | Morganton, NC | General operating support for community health centers serving four wnc counties. | $847,500 |
| Western North Carolina Community Health Services Inc | Asheville, NC | General operating support for fqhc serving buncombe and mcdowell counties. | $812,500 |
| Clay County | Hayesville, NC | Ems operations and training center construction in clay county. | $769,207 |
| Mountain Housing Opportunities Inc | Asheville, NC | General operating support for affordable housing development in eight wnc counties. | $750,000 |
| Wnc Communities | Asheville, NC | Emergency funding for community organizations. | $750,000 |
| Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers | Asheville, NC | General operating support for fqhc serving vulnerable populations in five counties. | $737,500 |
| Isothermal Planning & Development Commission | Rutherfordton, NC | Workforce and business recovery support through multi-agency staffing expansion. | $700,000 |
| Western Carolina Community Action Inc | Hendersonville, NC | Early intervention and affordable housing repairs for low-income families. | $681,415 |
| Manna Food Bank Inc | Mills River, NC | Usda food distribution and delivery fee waivers for regional pantries. | $670,079 |
| County of Jackson | Sylva, NC | Child welfare judicial awareness and emergency foster care housing projects in jackson county. | $600,000 |
| The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation | Chapel Hill, NC | Capacity building for food hubs and nonprofits to advance health equity in wnc. | $594,515 |
| Asheville-Buncombe Community Christian Ministry Inc | Arden, NC | General operating support for homeless shelter and disaster recovery. | $500,000 |
| Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina Inc | Clyde, NC | Supportive housing acquisition and renovation for unhoused wcu students. | $500,000 |
| Homeward Bound of Western North Carolina Inc | Asheville, NC | General operating support. | $500,000 |
| Housing Assistance Corporation | Hendersonville, NC | General operating support for affordable housing in henderson, polk, and transylvania counties. | $500,000 |
| Impact Health | Asheville, NC | General operating support | $500,000 |
| Madison County Public Schools | Marshall, NC | Heavy equipment operator apprenticeship program for madison county students. | $500,000 |
| St Gerard House | Hendersonville, NC | General operating support for autism services and community education efforts across wnc. | $500,000 |
| Tzedek Social Justice Fund | Asheville, NC | Community led grantmaking and helene relief fund program | $500,000 |
| United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Incorporated | Asheville, NC | General operating support for staffing and grant matching. | $500,000 |
| United Way of North Carolina | Cary, NC | Disaster relief funding through regional united way affiliates. | $500,000 |
| Vecinos Inc | Franklin, NC | General operating support for disaster-impacted health clinic launch and service continuity. | $500,000 |
| YWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc | Asheville, NC | Program support to maintain service delivery capacity post-disaster. | $500,000 |
| Buncombe County Board of Education | Asheville, NC | Hands-On career training through health science modules for students. | $492,181 |
| Town of Rutherfordton | Rutherfordton, NC | Business education and food access infrastructure advancement in rutherfordton. | $475,000 |
| Center for Community Self-Help | Asheville, NC | Feasibility assessments for repurposing school buildings for educator housing in rutherford county. | $450,100 |
| Blue Ridge Partnership for Children | Burnsville, NC | Workforce retention support for early childhood providers after hurricane helene. | $400,000 |
| Invest Appalachia Inc | Asheville, NC | Credit enhancement and technical assistance for distressed entrepreneurs in wnc. | $400,000 |
| The Givens Estates Inc | Asheville, NC | General operating support for tenant assistance post-hurricane helene. | $394,400 |
| Region D Council of Governments | Boone, NC | Regional economic planning and workforce training for underemployed individuals. | $385,000 |
| County of Mitchell | Bakersville, NC | Housing needs assessment and infrastructure evaluation for affordability in mitchell county. | $375,000 |
| Beloved Asheville | Asheville, NC | Pre-Development and initial construction for twelve affordable homes at beloved village. | $360,000 |
| Smart Start Partnership for Children Inc | Hendersonville, NC | Workforce retention support for early childhood providers after hurricane helene. | $360,000 |
| Freedom Life Ministries | Marion, NC | Support for creation of transitional housing for justice-involved individuals in avery county. | $350,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 835 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Action Opportunities | Asheville, NC | Support for hvac work needed to complete bil-funded wap in 13 wnc counties and qualla boundary. | $2,806,987 |
| Manna Food Bank | Mills River, NC | Manna foodbank community support. | $1,485,421 |
| Tri-County Community College Foundation Inc | Murphy, NC | Tri-County community college housing project. | $1,255,000 |
| The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation | Chapel Hill, NC | Healthy communities, healthy economies. | $1,205,485 |
| Impact Health | Asheville, NC | Impact primary care network launch. | $1,150,000 |
| Mountain Area Health Education Center Inc | Asheville, NC | Strengthening the wnc healthcare workforce through an innovative rural fellowship model. | $947,163 |
| Sunrise Community for Recovery and Wellness Inc | Asheville, NC | Building wnc's community recovery capacity. | $900,000 |
| Appalachian Mountain Community He | Asheville, NC | Fqhc gos: appalachian mountain health general operating support 2024-2026. | $712,500 |
| Blue Ridge Community Health Services Inc | Hendersonville, NC | Fqhc gos - blue ridge health center general operating support. | $712,500 |
| West Marion Community Forum Inc | Marion, NC | West marion community forum inc. | $666,667 |
| Western North Carolina Community Health Services Inc | Asheville, NC | Fqhc gos - western north carolina community health services. | $637,500 |
| Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians | Cherokee, NC | Cherokee food sovereignty support: usda leverage, u-pick garden and seed (dsw) project. | $569,000 |
| Mountain Community Health Partnership Incorporated | Bakersville, NC | Fqhc gos: mountain community health partnership. | $540,000 |
| Land of Sky Regional Council | Asheville, NC | Growing the regional digital opportunity capacity. | $500,000 |
| East Carolina University | Greenville, NC | Infrastructure for patient care. | $496,500 |
| High Country Community Health | Morganton, NC | High country community health fqhc gos. | $442,500 |
| Buncombe County Public Safety Communications | Asheville, NC | Ujima collective healing space. | $410,000 |
| Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | A rural philanthropy community of practice to promote equitable well-being and accelerate rural prosperity. | $400,000 |
| Eagle Market Streets Development | Asheville, NC | People on the move for old fort - program support. | $363,000 |
| Umoja Health Wellness and Justice Collective | Asheville, NC | Hope 4 the future program - an educational justice initiative for at-promise youth in wnc. | $333,000 |
| Yancey County Schools | Burnsville, NC | Learners and leaders and 6th & 9th grade summer orientation program. | $326,340 |
| Land of Sky Regional Council | Asheville, NC | Treatment court support systems. | $300,000 |
| Operation Gateway Inc | Asheville, NC | Operationalizing equity with general operating support for operation gateway. | $262,500 |
| Oxford House Inc | Silver Spring, MD | Expanding evidence-based recovery housing. | $262,500 |
| Hot Springs Health Program Inc | Marshall, NC | Fqhc gos - hot springs health. | $255,000 |
| Amy Wellness Foundation | Spruce Pine, NC | Mental health collaboration in public schools. | $250,000 |
| Avery-Mitchell-Yancey Regional Library System | Burnsville, NC | Digital inclusion collaborative in avery, mitchell, and yancey counties. | $250,000 |
| Child Trends Incorporated | Chapel Hill, NC | School-Based behavioral health - wnc assessment. | $250,000 |
| Five Point Center Inc | Robbinsville, NC | Graham county digital opportunity collaborative. | $250,000 |
| Nantahala Regional Library | Murphy, NC | Cherokee, clay, & graham counties, north carolina digital opportunity collaborative. | $250,000 |
| North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | Haywood county-digital opportunity. | $250,000 |
| Southwestern Community College | Sylva, NC | Bridging the educational divide: digital opportunity collaborative. | $250,000 |
| The Center for Native Health Inc | Whittier, NC | The center for native health medcat support. | $250,000 |
| Through the Trees | Brevard, NC | Through the trees digital opportunity. | $250,000 |
| Vecinos Inc | Franklin, NC | Western north carolina latinx digital opportunity collaborative. | $250,000 |
| West Marion Community Forum Inc | Marion, NC | West marion inc. digital opportunity for all. | $250,000 |
| Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation | Asheville, NC | Increasing business access to private capital. | $238,000 |
| Center for Participatory Change Inc | Asheville, NC | Center for participatory change general operating support/programs. | $225,000 |
| Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Western North Carolina Inc | Asheville, NC | Wnc vita W/ equity. | $225,000 |
| Hights Inc | Cullowhee, NC | Hights general operating support. | $225,000 |
| Vaya Health | Asheville, NC | Stakeholder-Driven solutions to regional bh/sud workforce development. | $225,000 |
| Benton Institute for Broadband & Society | Wilmette, IL | Digital equity advocacy and learning agenda. | $223,600 |
| Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc | Asheville, NC | Increasing families' access to nc pre-k in buncombe county. | $222,730 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | Lead for nc in dogwood health trust region. | $209,000 |
| Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc | Asheville, NC | Phase 1 rehabilitation at cappadocia church. | $200,000 |
| Henderson County United Way Inc | Hendersonville, NC | Emergency food and mental health support. | $183,000 |
| Partners Aligned Toward Health | Burnsville, NC | Path operating support. | $175,000 |
| Asheville Buncombe Community Land Trust | Asheville, NC | Abclt operating support. | $150,000 |
| Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina | Mebane, NC | Building foster, adoptive & kinship communities through gos. | $150,000 |
| Western North Carolina AIDS Project Inc | Asheville, NC | Wncap's harm reduction program. | $150,000 |
| Children & Family Resource Center of Henderson County Inc | Hendersonville, NC | Children & family resource center operating support. | $130,000 |
| True Ridge | Hendersonville, NC | General operational support. | $130,000 |
| All Flourish Inc | Cleveland, OH | Empowering wnc students with social and financial capital. | $125,000 |
| Center for Racial Equity in Education | Charlotte, NC | Educational equity policy advocacy in western nc. | $125,000 |
| Disability Rights North Carolina | Raleigh, NC | Drnc operating support. | $125,000 |
| Eagle Market Streets Development | Asheville, NC | Catawba vale capacity building application. | $125,000 |
| Mountain Bizcapital Inc | Asheville, NC | Economic inclusion through green financing. | $125,000 |
| Nc Budget & Tax Center | Durham, NC | Nc budget & tax center operating support. | $125,000 |
| Nc Child | Raleigh, NC | Advancing policy & advocacy for child well-being in western north carolina. | $125,000 |
| North Carolina Community Health Center Association | Raleigh, NC | Building the infrastructure for fqhc advocacy capacity: a collaboration. | $125,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $148,184,788 | 960 |
| 2023 | $79,361,927 | 724 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 15, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202523199349101152
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 83-0590696
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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