Community Foundation of Henderson County Inc.



For twenty-five years, the Community Foundation of Henderson County has been helping people who care make lasting contributions to causes that matter. The Foundation offers donors simple ways to achieve their charitable goals and provides support to nonprofit organizations who offer needed and meaningful services to our community.

In 2007, CFHC distributed $2.9 million to several nonprofit organizations and scholarship seekers in the Henderson County region and beyond. With assets of $74 million, CFHC comprises more than 370 different charitable funds.

Assets and Giving for Community Foundation of Henderson County

Assets

2020 - 105,983,718
2019 - 111,153,905
2018 - 108,323,435
Domestic Grants

2020 - 4,440,944
2019 - 4,420,703


    

Recent News from Community Foundation of Henderson County


Helping Hand preschool to close if it cannot raise funds for new building
Foundation: Community Foundation of Henderson County

Deans said she has written for grants seeking funding from the Community Foundation of Henderson County and other organizations. An...more

IAM fashion show, tea fundraiser is May 31
Foundation: Community Foundation of Henderson County

... Leatherwood, Hendersonville Mayor Barbara Volk and McCray Benson, president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Henderson...more

Becky Banadyga continues legacy of Sherman Tree Fund
Foundation: Community Foundation of Henderson County

Those roots are literal as well — in 1997, Kalman Sherman partnered with the Community Foundation of Henderson County to create the...more

20 years of growth celebrated at Children & Family Resource Center
Foundation: Community Foundation of Henderson County

The CFRC was created through the Children's Initiative of the Community Foundation of Henderson County, which wanted to examine and...more

Changes, questions & a lawsuit: Community Foundation checks Opportunity House's nonprofit status
Foundation: Community Foundation of Henderson County

People have seen the changes at the Opportunity House on Asheville Highway, perhaps most notably the fact that the words “Opportunity House”...more

Veterans Healing Farm gets a boost from Community Foundation
Foundation: Community Foundation of Henderson County

The Veterans Healing Farm was recently awarded a grant of $42,000 by the Community Foundation of Henderson County. According to John...more

Renee Kumor receives inaugural Dot Marlow award
Foundation: Community Foundation of Henderson County

Crafting this award is what the Community Foundation has done to respect the work she did.” The CFHC saw the award as an opportunity to not...more

Senior health, digital literacy courses offered at Etowah Library
Foundation: Community Foundation of Henderson County

The free programs are made possible with funds provided by the Community Foundation of Henderson County through the Richard J. and Betty...more

Community Foundation of Henderson County awards $137000 in grants
Foundation: Community Foundation of Henderson County

Community Foundation of Henderson County recently awarded $122,000 in community grants and made a $15,000 WINS (Women In Need...more

Community Foundation of Henderson County awards $137000 in grants
Foundation: Community Foundation of Henderson County

During this most recent Community Grant cycle, CFHC provided the ... $40,000 to Blue Ridge Community Health Services for the purchase of...more



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