North Carolina Homes for the Aging Foundation
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About North Carolina Homes for the Aging Foundation
To expand possibilities for aging through advocacy, education, innovation and collaboration on behalf of retirement communities and older North Carolinians.
Focus Areas
aging servicessenior housingadvocacyeducation and trainingworkforce development
Who They Fund
hurricane-affected individuals and householdsimpacted coastal and floodplain communitiesdisplaced or temporarily housed residents
Funding Style
emergency/rapid responseshort-term relief grantsdirect service delivery
About North Carolina Homes for the Aging Foundation
Hurricane disaster relief is the clearest recent theme in The North Carolina Homes for the Aging Foundation Inc’s grantmaking. In 2025, the foundation directed its largest grant in the file, $66,000 to Brooks-howell in Asheville for hurricane disaster relief, alongside a cluster of similar awards to retirement communities and senior housing providers affected by the storm. That pattern fits its broader purpose: to expand possibilities for aging through advocacy, education, innovation, and collaboration on behalf of retirement communities and older North Carolinians. The recent grants show that mission in practice, with support flowing to places such as Battery Park, Vanderbilt Apartments, Trinity View, Aston Park, George Knight Homes, and Laurel Wood Apartments, all in Asheville, as well as Ardenwoods in Arden. The funder’s work centers on aging services and senior housing, but the recent file makes clear that it can move quickly when older residents and residential communities face urgent disruption. The grants are local, concentrated in North Carolina, and directed to organizations serving older adults in settings tied to housing and community care.
What North Carolina Homes for the Aging Foundation Funds
The foundation’s recent giving ties aging services to emergency response. For hurricane disaster relief, it gave $16,000 to Battery Park in Asheville and $10,000 to Carolina Village in Hendersonville, both for hurricane-related needs. Senior housing is another visible thread: $16,000 went to Vanderbilt Apartments in Asheville, also for hurricane disaster relief, showing that residential communities are part of the funder’s immediate concern. A third pattern is support for retirement communities in the Asheville area, including $16,000 to Trinity View and $16,000 to Aston Park for the same purpose. Across these awards, the focus is not on broad, abstract categories; it is on named housing communities and aging-related providers responding to a specific disruption.
How North Carolina Homes for the Aging Foundation Gives
Typical awards are tightly clustered: p25 is $13,000, median is $16,000, and p75 is $16,000. That distribution suggests many grants are issued at a common standard amount, with one larger award in the recent file. The grants shown are all from 2025 and all go to North Carolina recipients, so the data reflects a local, state-centered pattern rather than a broad national portfolio. The foundation is structured as a foundation rather than a donor-advised fund, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. The recent grants provided here point to one-time emergency support rather than recurring multiyear awards.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$208K
Total Assets
$4M
Total Revenue
$1.4M
Total Expenses
$512K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $13K and $16K, with a median of $16K.
25th Percentile
$13K
Median
$16K
75th Percentile
$16K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
TOM AKINS
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