About Buncombe County Partnership for Children
To strengthen the capacity of early educators, families, and the community to build a strong foundation for children’s learning and development beginning at birth.
Focus Areas
early childhood educationinfant and toddler carepre-kindergarten enrollmentworkforce development for early educatorsfamily support servicesearly literacychild care provider grants and micrograntstraining and technical assistance
Funding Style
organizational supportoperational supportgeneral operating/unrestricted supportcapacity building
About Buncombe County Partnership for Children
Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc uses its grantmaking to support early childhood systems in Buncombe County, with a clear emphasis on the workforce and the institutions that serve young children from birth. The organization’s active programs include the BPFC Teacher Fellowship, WAGE$ wage supplements, classroom microgrants, infant and toddler child care expansion grants, pre-K access, and local enrollment in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Those program names show a funder that combines direct support for educators with help for child care providers, family-facing services, and early literacy. Recent grants show that approach in practice. Community Action Opportunities received support in 2024 and again in 2025, and Eliada Child Development also appears across multiple years. The funder has given operational and organizational support to a mix of early learning centers, schools, and community organizations, including Asheville City Schools, Verner Center for Early Learning, YWCA of Asheville, and Asheville Jewish Community. The pattern points to a local funder focused on capacity, staffing, and day-to-day infrastructure rather than a narrow project-only model.
What Buncombe County Partnership for Children Funds
A major thread in the foundation’s giving is organizational support for early childhood providers and community partners. It gave $43,455 to Community Action Opportunities for organizational support and $33,616 to Eliada Child Development for the same purpose in 2023, showing an emphasis on institutional stability. Workforce development is another clear priority. The BPFC Teacher Fellowship is designed for early educators and may include stipends, paid training, classroom placement, and support to develop teacher leadership and capacity. That focus aligns with WAGE$ and other compensation supports for early childhood educators. The foundation also backs access and quality in specific early learning settings. It provided operational support to Child Development Schools Inc in Columbus, GA, and to Sprouts Early Learning Academy in Arden, NC, while its classroom microgrants program supports classroom creativity and learning materials in Buncombe County.
How Buncombe County Partnership for Children Gives
Typical grants cluster around five figures, with a p25 of $7,108, a median of $10,777, and a p75 of $18,308. The recent grant list also includes several larger organizational-support awards, indicating that the foundation sometimes makes higher-dollar operating grants alongside smaller program grants. The pattern is recurring rather than one-off: Community Action Opportunities, Eliada Child Development, Asheville Jewish Community, Asheville City Schools, YWCA of Asheville, and Child Development Schools Inc each appear more than once in the recent-grants data across different years. The foundation does not fund individuals and is not described as a DAF or family foundation. Several active programs accept unsolicited applications, including the Teacher Fellowship, Classroom Creativity Microgrants, Infant & Toddler Child Care Expansion Grant, WAGE$, Buncombe Pre-K, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, The Sunshine Project, and The BEAR Program.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.8M
Total Assets
$2.1M
Total Revenue
$9.9M
Total Expenses
$9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $7K and $18K, with a median of $11K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$11K
75th Percentile
$18K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
AMY BARRY
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