Mountain Bizworks

Charity Organization

Asheville, NC

Mountain BizWorks supports Western North Carolina entrepreneurs with business education, coaching, and $194 million in reported small-business lending.

  • Western North Carolina entrepreneurs starting a business
  • Established businesses seeking ScaleUp WNC growth training
  • Existing businesses seeking rapid working capital loans up to $20,000

Rapid working capital loans up to $20,000 for existing businesses

Ymca Blue Ridge Assembly

Charity Organization

Black Mountain, NC

YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly offers more than 25 meeting spaces plus lodging, catering and guided mountain programs for retreats and group gatherings.

  • conference groups needing lodging, catering and meeting space
  • youth retreats with ropes courses and outdoor education
  • church meetings and family reunions

The Nature Conservancy - Southern Blue Ridge Office

Charity Organization

Asheville, NC

The Nature Conservancy has protected nature for 75 years through global land, water, climate and biodiversity initiatives.

  • donating to global conservation work
  • volunteering for conservation initiatives
  • supporting marine conservation and climate adaptation

Asap (appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project)

Charity Organization

Asheville, NC

ASAP connects Southern Appalachian farms with markets, consumers, schools, and healthcare programs while supporting more than 1,300 Appalachian Grown farms and businesses.

  • farmers seeking business planning, marketing, or market-outlet support
  • consumers looking for local farms and food through the Local Food Guide
  • farmers markets seeking promotional or technical assistance

Asheville Downtown Association

Charity Organization

Asheville, NC

Asheville Downtown Association advocates for Downtown Asheville and organizes free community events, including the Asheville Holiday Parade.

  • Downtown Asheville businesses seeking advocacy and networking
  • Local organizations seeking event promotion and online visibility
  • Residents and visitors seeking free downtown community events

Autism Society Of North Carolina

Charity Organization

Asheville, NC

Camp Royall Picnic Shelter is associated with Autism Society of North Carolina, whose resource specialists serve families in all 100 counties.

  • autism-focused recreational programming
  • families seeking autism resource referrals across North Carolina
  • community education about autism

Beloved Asheville

Charity Organization

Asheville, NC

BeLoved Asheville builds deeply affordable housing, shares food, and advances racial equity in Asheville and Western North Carolina.

  • Supporting deeply affordable housing initiatives
  • Food access and distribution programs
  • Healthcare access for people without housing

Better Business Bureau Asheville

Charity Organization

Asheville, NC

Better Business Bureau Asheville provides complaint filing, scam reporting, business-directory searches, and free AI workshops open to everyone.

  • filing a complaint about a business
  • reporting a suspected scam or fraud
  • researching businesses before hiring or purchasing

Christian Friends Of Korea

Charity Organization

Black Mountain, NC

Christian Friends of Korea has served North Korean communities since 1995 and supports more than 35 tuberculosis and hepatitis care centers.

  • Donations supporting tuberculosis and hepatitis care centers in North Korea
  • Medical equipment, medicine, food, and clean-water humanitarian aid
  • Technical projects such as solar-powered water systems and healthcare-facility renovations

Eblen Charities

Charity Organization

Asheville, NC

Eblen Charities has served Western North Carolina for 35 years, providing housing, utility, medical, clothing, food, and emergency assistance.

  • Western North Carolina families facing sudden financial hardship
  • Utility shutoff or heating needs
  • Housing instability or eviction risk

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Hands And Feet Of Asheville

Charity Organization

Asheville, NC

Hands And Feet of Asheville provides 11-month service fellowships for ages 21-29 and supports nonprofit organizations across Western North Carolina.

  • Young adults ages 21-29 seeking an 11-month service fellowship
  • Nonprofits seeking emerging professional capacity support
  • People seeking interfaith or ecumenical ministry experiences

Hearts With Hands

Charity Organization

Swannanoa, NC

Hearts With Hands, founded in 1992, coordinates disaster-relief supplies, donations, and volunteers from Asheville through partner distribution sites.

  • Donating disaster-relief supplies
  • Volunteering for disaster-relief work
  • Finding partner distribution sites for needed supplies

Mountaintrue

Charity Organization

Asheville, NC

MountainTrue coordinates river cleanups, weekly water sampling across 10 watersheds, and post-Hurricane Helene debris removal in Western North Carolina.

  • volunteering for river or land cleanups
  • reporting pollution, sewage, harmful algal blooms, or river debris
  • water-quality information for swimming and recreation

Parent Next Door

Charity Organization

Asheville, NC

Parent Next Door provides Asheville single mothers communal housing, a babysitting cooperative, and financial training toward home ownership.

  • Qualifying single mothers needing supportive housing in Asheville
  • Mothers referred through local women’s homeless shelters
  • Mothers using Emergency Shelter Vouchers or the Housing Choice Voucher Program

Riverlink

Charity Organization

Asheville, NC

RiverLink brings 40 years of French Broad River conservation experience to watershed restoration, flood resilience planning, and green infrastructure projects.

  • French Broad River and watershed conservation
  • community flood resilience planning
  • green infrastructure projects that manage stormwater

Seekhealing

Charity Organization

Asheville, NC

Signs For Hope - Global Marketplace

Charity Organization

Fairview, NC

Signs for Hope coordinates Deaf-orphan adoption support globally, was founded in 2008, and offers monthly sponsorships and ASL-immersion family retreats.

  • Families adopting Deaf or hard-of-hearing children internationally
  • People seeking monthly sponsorships for Deaf children
  • Hearing families who adopted Deaf children and want ASL immersion

They state that they will respond to volunteer applications and adoption inquiries within 72 business hours.

Charity Organization in nearby counties

FAQ

Which Buncombe County charity helps with affordable housing and food access?

BeLoved Asheville works on deeply affordable housing and food access, and reports sharing 31 million pounds of food with community members.

Where can farmers in Western North Carolina get business or marketing support?

ASAP provides farmer business planning, marketing, farmers-market assistance, and Appalachian Grown branding support.

Where can North Carolina families find autism resources?

Autism Society of North Carolina has Autism Resource Specialists serving all 100 North Carolina counties and provides more than 50 recorded online trainings.

Which local organization helps connect people with local farms and food?

ASAP publishes an annual Local Food Guide, operates Asheville City Market year-round on Saturday mornings, and supports a network of more than 1,300 Appalachian Grown farms and partner businesses.