Mountain Ways: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 92-2057465)

Emergency financial assistance for individuals and nonprofit organizatios who have suffered damage or loss due to floods, tornados, wildfires or other natural disasters and tragedies.

$5.6Mprogram expense

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Moonshot is an ambitious initiative serving students in sevier and cocke counties, tennessee, designed to broaden horizons, build confidence, and create pathways to meaningful futures. We believe that when students are exposed to new ideas, new environments, and a wider world of possibility, they return home better equipped to shape the…

$123Kprogram expense

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Financial and volunteer support for nonprofit public organizations who provide assistance for individuals and businesses suffering from the types of loss described in the preceding item.

$33Kprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2024

The Chicago Community TrustFY2024$1.0M

The Dollywood FoundationFY2024$400K

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$133K

Columbus FoundationFY2024$100K

National Philanthropic TrustFY2024$64K

Brightside FoundationFY2024$50K

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$28K

East Bay Community FoundationFY2024$25K

Total grants receivedfrom 25 funders$2.0M

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Grants paid · 25 grants · $6.6M · 2024–2025

Unitemized GrantFY2025$1,560,000

Appalachia Service Project INCTN · FY2025$902,315

First Tennessee Development District FoundationTN · FY2025$560,000

Beyond All BordersNC · FY2025$500,000

Holston Habitat for Humanity INCTN · FY2025$400,000

Hope House of Cocke CountyTN · FY2025$297,500

Nolachuncky Baptist Association INCFY2025$233,853

Unicoi County Emergency Medical ServicesTN · FY2025$215,078

United Way of East Tennessee HighlandsTN · FY2025$200,000

Asheville Police Department FoundationNC · FY2025$130,000

Aidnet of Greene County INCTN · FY2025$100,000

God's WarehouseFY2025$75,000

Newport Emergency and Rescue Squad IncorporatedTN · FY2025$70,000

Serenity Pointe INCTN · FY2025$52,000

Grassy Fork Volunteer Fire DepartmentTN · FY2025$45,000

Parrottsville Volunteer Fire Rt 2 Department IncorporatedTN · FY2025$25,000

Centerview Volunteer Fire Department INCTN · FY2025$25,000

Cosby Volunteer Fire Department INCTN · FY2025$25,000

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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$432K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$351K

Investment incomeLn 3$82K

Money outPt IX

$5.8M

Ln 25

Programscol B$5.7M

Managementcol C$58K

Owns and owesPt X

$60K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$56K

Total assetsLn 16$60K

LiabilitiesLn 26$0

PeoplePt VI, VII

11

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a9

IndependentVI 1b9

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$351K

Investment incomeLn 3$82K

Total revenueLn 12$432K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

SavingsLn 2$56K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$56K

Total assetsLn 16$60K

LiabilitiesLn 26$0

Net assetsLn 32$60K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 51

VolunteersI 628

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$5.4M	$56K
Total assetsLn 16	$5.4M	$60K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$0	$0
Net assetsLn 32	$5.4M	$60K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$4.0M	$4.0M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$1.6M	$1.6M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$139K	$139K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$3K	$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$11K	$11K
Management feesLn 11a	$19K		$19K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$20K		$20K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$2K	$2K	$46
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$548		$548
Office expensesLn 13	$16K	$1K	$15K
TravelLn 17	$74K	$74K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$27		$27
InsuranceLn 23	$3K		$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$2K	$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$5.8M	$5.7M	$58K	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$432K	$5.8M	−$5.4M	$60K	990 PDF
FY2024	$6.7M	$1.3M	$5.4M	$5.4M	990 PDF
FY2023	$150K			$72K	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 O · Explanations

See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)

Part I · Summary $431,783 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,651,773$351,301

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $30,709$81,709

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0−$1,227

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,682,482$431,783

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,107,667$5,513,617

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $103,520$152,520

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $111,924$137,483

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,323,111$5,803,620

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $5,359,371−$5,371,837

Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 4 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9

VI-1b Independent voting members9

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $431,783 across 4 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for −$1,227 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$351,301

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$351,301

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $81,709$81,709

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission −$1,227 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $81,709$431,783

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,803,620 across 14 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $3,953,296$3,953,296

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,560,321$1,560,321

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $139,125$139,125

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,810$2,810

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $10,585$10,585

IX-11a Management feesManagement $18,975$18,975

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $20,360$20,360

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,256 · Management $46$2,302

IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $548$548

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,139 · Management $15,198$16,337

IX-17 TravelPrograms $73,887$73,887

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $27$27

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $2,980$2,980

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,067$2,067

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,745,486 · Management $58,134 · Fundraising $0$5,803,620

Part X · Balance sheet $59,742 assets, 9 lines filed

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $5,430,422$55,615

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$2,934

X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $1,157$1,193

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,431,579$59,742

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $30,625$59,742

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $5,400,954$0

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,431,579$59,742

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,431,579$59,742

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $59,742 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$431,783

XI-2 Total expenses$5,803,620

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$5,371,837

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,431,579

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$59,742

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Mountain Ways

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Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV