Grants awarded
Who does Polk County Community Foundation INC fund?
Polk County Community Foundation INC has awarded $14 million across 215 grants to 63 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $31,600, with most between $12,080 and $83,300.
Total awarded
$14.0M
Typical grant
$32K
Grantees
63
Grants
215
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry INC
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$1.4M | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
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$1.1M | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
| F Fence | $1.1M | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | — |
| P Polk County Schools | $873K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Tryon Arts and Crafts INC
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$662K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
| E Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross | $580K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$471K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
Lanier Library Assn INC
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$445K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
Conserving Carolina
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$421K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
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$378K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
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Upstairs Artspace
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$364K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
Tryon Painters and Sculptors INC
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$300K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
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$293K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MA | |
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Saluda Community Land Trust INC
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$264K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
Tryon Garden Club INC
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$257K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
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$252K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
| S Sunny View Community Center INC | $241K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
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$200K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
| H Hopeful Restoration Group INC | $200K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | |
| P Polk County Government | $190K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Roseland Community Center INC | $162K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
| M Mountain True | $140K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | NC | — |
| U University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $120K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
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$110K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
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$102K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
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$92K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
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$89K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | |
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$88K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
Housing Assistance Corporation
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$73K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| R Rotary Club of Tryon Foundation | $72K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
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$70K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
Tryon Concert Association INC
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$66K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
| F First Baptist Church of Tryon INC | $61K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$60K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
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$60K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
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$55K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Spartanburg
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$47K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | SC | |
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$46K | 2 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
| T Thermal Belt Friendship Council | $46K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
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Polk County Film Initiative INC
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$39K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
| T Tryon Presbyterian Church | $38K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$35K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| D District One Schools | $31K | 2 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Saluda City of | $30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity
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$27K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
Saluda Downtown Foundation INC
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$27K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
| A Aspire Polk County a Child & Family Partnership | $27K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
| C Congregational Church of Tryon | $26K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
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$25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | |
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$24K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$22K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
| U Unitarian Universalist Association | $21K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
Champions for Wildlife
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$16K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | |
| P Polk County Campus Icc | $16K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | NC | |
| L Landrum City of | $15K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Saluda Senior Center INC | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Acts Legacy Foundation INC
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$9K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | PA | |
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$8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | |
| M Mountain Page Theater | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$8K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NC | |
| T Town of Tryon | $7K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Shakespeare & Friends INC | $6K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | |
| G Green Creek Community Center INC | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NC |
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