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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by HIGHLANDS CASHIERS HEALTH FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,774,453
Total expenses
$2,457,077
Contributions and grants received
$2,752,208
Grants paid
$1,635,519
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,802,173
Other revenue
$220,072
Total assets, end of year
$35,351,575
Total liabilities, end of year
$81,374
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$35,270,201
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,769,482
Management and general expenses
$458,941
Fundraising expenses
$228,654
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,769,482

Program services were 72.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $42,080

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,710,128

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $54,324

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,814,880 · excluded $1,814,880

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $987,293

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $987,293 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $987,293 · excluded $987,293

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $324,065

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $42,080

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $104,033

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $220,032 · excluded $220,032

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $40 · excluded $40

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $40

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,635,519 · program services $1,635,519

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $124,853 · program services $46,820 · management and general $46,820 · fundraising $31,213

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $154,839 · program services $58,064 · management and general $58,065 · fundraising $38,710

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $71,240 · management and general $53,429 · fundraising $17,811

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,350 · management and general $8,415 · fundraising $935

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $55,800 · management and general $50,220 · fundraising $5,580

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $82,774 · management and general $82,774

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $19,494 · program services $0 · management and general $17,545 · fundraising $1,949

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $27,486 · program services $9,162 · management and general $9,162 · fundraising $9,162

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,110 · management and general $5,332 · fundraising $1,778

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $59,751 · program services $19,917 · management and general $19,917 · fundraising $19,917

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $24,130 · management and general $12,065 · fundraising $12,065

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,573 · management and general $3,430 · fundraising $1,143

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,887 · management and general $6,887

  • 24a · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $80,329 · fundraising $80,329

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROPERTY EXPENSES

    total $60,696 · management and general $60,696

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $32,246 · management and general $24,184 · fundraising $8,062

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $527,247 · end of year $2,063,226

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $20,530 · end of year $55,714

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $48,913 · end of year $1,203

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,650,000

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,650,000 · end of year $1,650,000

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $27,061,355 · end of year $30,779,210

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $741,696 · end of year $802,222

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $131,324 · end of year $81,374

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $25,169,427 · end of year $30,522,232

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,748,990 · end of year $4,747,969

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE HIGHLANDS CASHIERS HEALTH FOUNDATION EXISTS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF ALL PEOPLES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON MACON, JACKSON, SWAIN, GRAHAM, CLAY AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CREATE A HEALTHY AND THRIVING COMMUNITY BY IMPROVING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IN THE 6 MOST WESTERN COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA.

  • THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS, KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND CARING DONORS, THE FOUNDATION MADE POSITIVE AND LASTING INVESTMENTS IN THE PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 2025 TOTALING MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION IN PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT ADVANCE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN PEOPLES' HEALTH AND WELLBEING. PLEASE VISIT WWW.HCHEALTHFND.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION.

    Expenses $1,769,482 · Grants $1,635,519

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Barbara Corcoran MD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • George Manning

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patricia Morse

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brandy Letson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Moore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ed Heys

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jerry Hayes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Ellin MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rick Trevathan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sean Cronin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Edwards

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charlotte Muir

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (OUTGOING)

    Total calculated
    $37,507
    From this org
    $37,507
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Myrle Grate

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (INCOMING)

    Total calculated
    $87,346
    From this org
    $87,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • HCHF HOLDINGS LLC

    HOLDING COMPANY · NC · income $0 · assets $1,650,565

    Directly controlled by HIGHLANDS CASHIERS HEALTH FOUNDATION INC

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST (1)

    TRUST · CRT · NC

    Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
31 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602439349301585

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