Mountain Projects community action agency changes people's lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities, and makes haywood and jackson counties a better place to live.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$127K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.3M a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$127K
to officers and key staff · 0.9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $348K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.6M
36% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 36% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
18
of 18 voting members
Looks good: 18 of 18 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$15.2M
+13% vs prior year
Spent
$14.0M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$6.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$15.2M
FY2021▲ +13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$13.5M
FY2021$15.2M
FY2022$16.4M
FY2023$15.0M
FY2024$19.0M
FY2025$23.7M
Expenses
$14.0M
FY2021▲ +9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$12.8M
FY2021$14.0M
FY2022$14.7M
FY2023$14.6M
FY2024$18.3M
FY2025$20.7M
Net assets
$6.3M
FY2021▲ +23%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.1M
FY2021$6.3M
FY2022$8.0M
FY2023$8.4M
FY2024$9.2M
FY2025$12.2M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1966.

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Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $12.9M Management & general 7% · $1.0M Fundraising 0% · $62K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

19 people listed on the 990; $127K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Di
$127,419Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Patsy Davis$188,175$144,102$130,811$134,888$127,419$115,989
Robert Si Simmons$108,243—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Improves lives and communities through hope and action.

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3 programs · $8.6M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Assist low-income, challenged, & older persons to secure quality housing by subsidized rents & utilites for 1,008 UNITS/MONTH. A fee is charged to fund the operation of the program.

$5.4Mprogram expense
02

Comprehensive child development program (head start) for 211 (163 head start and 48 early head start) low-income children & their families. No fee is charged.

$2.4Mprogram expense
03

A food service program for the preparation of meals for other programs of the organization. A fee is charged; served 181,000 meals during the year.

$875Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$348K
Grants paid · 69 grants · $38.4M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$7,903,160
Unitemized GrantFY2024$531,150
Unitemized GrantFY2024$510,187
Unitemized GrantFY2024$411,205
Unitemized GrantFY2024$31,406
Unitemized GrantFY2024$8,696
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,713
Unitemized GrantFY2024$824
Unitemized GrantFY2024$495
Unitemized GrantFY2024$481
Unitemized GrantFY2024$98
Unitemized GrantFY2023$5,851,937
Unitemized GrantFY2023$760,088
Unitemized GrantFY2023$231,922
Unitemized GrantFY2023$179,244
Unitemized GrantFY2023$30,701
Unitemized GrantFY2023$13,763
Unitemized GrantFY2023$3,553
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$15.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$14.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$301K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$244K
Money outPt IX
$14.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$12.9M
Managementcol C$1.0M
Fundraisingcol D$62K
Owns and owesPt X
$6.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.8M
Total assetsLn 16$9.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$14.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$12.2M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$108K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$14K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$244K
Investment incomeLn 3$30K
Other incomeLn 4–11$301K
Gains on assetsLn 7$29K
Total revenueLn 12$15.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$2.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.9M
Other assetsLn 15$706K
Total assetsLn 16$9.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.6M
Net assetsLn 32$6.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5170
VolunteersI 6548
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.7M$2.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.2M$4.9M
Total assetsLn 16$8.3M$9.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.2M$3.6M
Net assetsLn 32$5.1M$6.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$5.6M$5.6M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.1M$3.6M$553K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$170K$148K$23K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$738K$640K$98K
Payroll taxesLn 10$289K$251K$39K
Office expensesLn 13$846K$751K$83K$11K
OccupancyLn 16$245K$239K$7K
TravelLn 17$219K$214K$4K$823
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$452K$434K$19K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.1M$962K$129K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$174K$36K$90K$48K
Total functional expensesLn 25$14.0M$12.9M$1.0M$62K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $23.7M$20.7M$3.0M$12.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $19.0M$18.3M$753K$9.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $15.0M$14.6M$402K$8.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $16.4M$14.7M$1.7M$8.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $15.2M$14.0M$1.2M$6.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $13.5M$12.8M$683K$5.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $15,189,679 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $12,851,573$14,614,731
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $354,256$244,060
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,751$29,752
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $280,122$301,136
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $13,490,702$15,189,679
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $5,081,533$5,633,257
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,924,139$5,345,710
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,802,265$3,029,385
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $12,807,937$14,008,352
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $682,765$1,181,327
Part VI · Governance 18 of 18 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members18
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $15,189,679 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $2,713 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$14,483
VIII-1e Government grants$12,197,738
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,402,510
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$107,800
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$14,614,731
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $244,060$244,060
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,052$1,052
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $28,700$28,700
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $291,523 · Unrelated business $6,900$298,423
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $566,131 · Unrelated business $7,765 · Excluded from tax $1,052$15,189,679
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $14,008,352 across 11 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $5,633,257$5,633,257
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,594,774 · Management $553,003$4,147,777
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $147,694 · Management $22,721$170,415
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $639,882 · Management $98,436$738,318
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $250,642 · Management $38,558$289,200
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $751,194 · Management $83,129 · Fundraising $11,192$845,515
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $238,587 · Management $6,833$245,420
IX-17 TravelPrograms $214,330 · Management $3,580 · Fundraising $823$218,733
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $433,628 · Management $18,816$452,444
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $961,811 · Management $128,837 · Fundraising $2,611$1,093,259
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $36,107 · Management $90,176 · Fundraising $47,731$174,014
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $12,901,906 · Management $1,044,089 · Fundraising $62,357$14,008,352
Part X · Balance sheet $9,904,248 assets, 16 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,724,469$2,775,046
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $261,984$845,182
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $408,296$574,862
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $13,310$15,037
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $70,119$80,723
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,187,201$4,907,830
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $675,359$705,568
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $8,340,738$9,904,248
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $562,865$912,874
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $70,745$81,592
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $123,492$282,833
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,226,583$3,608,766
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,668,869$3,502,652
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,445,286$2,792,830
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,114,155$6,295,482
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $8,340,738$9,904,248
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,295,482 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$15,189,679
XI-2 Total expenses$14,008,352
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,181,327
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,114,155
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$6,295,482

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