About Evergreen Foundation
The mission of the Evergreen Foundation is to improve access to and public awareness of quality prevention, treatment, and support services by the provider community to individuals and families with intellectual/developmental disabilities, behavioral health, and/or substance abuse needs in Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and Swain counties.
Focus Areas
behavioral healthmental healthsubstance abuseintellectual/developmental disabilitiesprovider network capacityscholarshipspublic awareness/educationadvocacy
Who They Fund
children and families (including child abuse victims)youth in western North Carolina, including those aging out of foster careindividuals experiencing homelessness and families
About Evergreen Foundation
Evergreen Foundation’s recent grantmaking is defined by direct support for behavioral health, substance use, and intellectual/developmental disability providers across Western North Carolina. A recurring pattern in the grants is capacity-building alongside service delivery: they back clinical supervision, staff positions, equipment, and patient assistance so local providers can expand what they already do. That shows up in awards such as $50,000 to Meridian Behavioral Health for a clinical director role to supervise interns and increase assessments, and $56,875 to Pearl Psychedelic Institute for staff salaries, a ramp, fundraising support, Drug Safe, and staff and board training. The foundation also funds access points for people who need help right away, including $50,294 to Swain Community Outreach for therapy and services for mental health and substance use clients in Swain County. In other awards, Evergreen Foundation has supported child medical exams, counseling services, recovery education, and housing-related shelter work, showing a grant portfolio tied closely to local systems of care in the region it serves.
What Evergreen Foundation Funds
Behavioral health services sit at the center of Evergreen Foundation’s giving. The foundation awarded $50,000 to Meridian Behavioral Health for the clinical director position to supervise interns and raise the number of assessments completed each year. It also gave $40,000 to Kare Inc for mental health services for children formerly funded through VOCA. Substance use recovery is another clear theme: $34,000 went to Meridian Behavioral Health for recovery education center programs in Jackson, Haywood, Macon, and Swain counties, while $49,400 went to Seek Healing to increase program availability on nights and weekends. The foundation also supports victim services and child advocacy; $30,000 to Reach of Macon County funded a victim advocate position tied to a sexual assault nurse examiner program, and $50,000 to Child Medical Collaborative funded a part-time FNP for child medical exams.
How Evergreen Foundation Gives
Typical grant size clusters around a median of $21,180, with the middle half of grants between $5,115 and $37,500. The active grant programs are quarterly competitive awards, and the program descriptions say Evergreen Foundation typically issues 25–30 grants per fiscal year. Recipients appear across multiple years, including Meridian Behavioral Health, Seek Healing, Here in Jackson County, Awake, and Hights Inc, which points to sustained support rather than one-off grants. The foundation also accepts unsolicited applications through its general grant programs. Its structure is local and programmatic, with operating support, program support, infrastructure, scholarships, and start-up/service provision all showing up in the grant descriptions.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$800K
Total Assets
$24.7M
Total Revenue
$1.9M
Total Expenses
$1.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $38K, with a median of $21K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$21K
75th Percentile
$38K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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