2026-03-03T14:15:03-08:00 2025-06-30 202571677 CORLISS & SOLOMON PLLC 242 CHARLOTTE ST SUITE 1 ASHEVILLE NC 28801 990 2024-07-01 581685536 Buncombe County Schools Foundation Inc BUNC 8282324190 175 Bingham Road Asheville NC 28806 Alex Diez Board President 8282324190 2026-03-03 true true Todd Oldenburg P02281691 8282360206 2026-03-03 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Alex Diez 175 Bingham Road Asheville NC 28806 2172720 false X https://foundation.buncombeschools.org/o/foundation X 1987 NC To establish partnerships with local individuals, businesses, corporations and other foundations for the purpose of supporting education in the Buncombe County School System. 17 17 0 40 0 0 943630 1671009 16871 12791 188880 488920 8776 0 1158157 2172720 510536 1429133 0 41552 46472 0 19569 434525 225589 986613 1701194 171544 471526 5563499 5999255 128276 46626 5435223 5952629 X To establish partnerships with local individuals, businesses, corporations and other foundations for the purpose of providing additional resources to Buncombe County Schools educators, staff, and students. true false 1551164 1429133 12791 1. Program Support-(Educators and System Supports) New Teacher Program - Funds dedicated to supporting our new teachers in BCS. This includes Beginning Teach Support as well. *Teacher of the Year - Provide $2000, courtesy of HomeTrust Bank to the Teacher of the year. *Principal of the Year - Provide $2000, courtesy of First Citizens Bank to the Principal of the Year. *Inchy Book Machines- Donors provided book vending machines along with books to 10 of our schools. This donation was lifechanging for students as they are able to select four books per year and build a personal library collection. All students received birthday books and then set three goals so they could earn three additional books. We look forward to next year as they will donate to 10 additional schools. *BCS Bookmobile - Provides books and literacy lessons to our students, community preschools, and community events. It is a joy to introduce and extend literacy to young children. The foundation provides $3,500 each year to support operational expenses. *BCS Resource Center - BCSF is the fiscal agent for funds from Buncombe County Government and Dogwood Health Trust, and others to support the BCS Resource Center. The resource center serves homeless students and their families. *Education Celebration - Each year we celebrate out Teachers of the Year, Principal of the Year, BCSF Grant winners, community partner, Learning Society Members BCSF and BCS Boards and staff in May. This event allows us to celebrate our work for the year. *Military Ball - This joint opportunity promotes students in our JROTC and ROTC programs. This gala celebrates the work of our outstanding students and their leadership talents. *Top Scholars Celebration - The foundation provided funds to help celebrate the 2025 BCS Top Scholars. One hundred and nine (109) students were honored for their outstanding academic accomplishments. They celebrated with their families and guests. 2. Innovative Grant Support *Innovative Educator Grants - Whether it was a grant related to the Arts, Physical Education, the schools and the central office, our grant writers did an outstanding job articulating how their students would learn and grow. In 2024-25 these funds were directed to Hurricane Helene Relief. *BCSF also works with the six traditional high school on the Paddison Grants. These funds are available each year due to a large donation. Schools receive between $18,000 and $25,000 each year to enhance learning in their schools. 3. Scholarship Support Student Scholarships - BCS is proud to provide a robuse scholarship program. With over 63 named scholarships which are funded through private donors, our BCSF Scholarship program will provide over $500,000 this year to BCS Graduates. BCSF implemented an online platform where we had over 363 applicants. We appreciate our 79 readers who were charged with reading 854 individual scholarship specific applications. This was a tall task, but they did it! For this fiscal school year, we are proud to offer 10-$1,000 scholarships for students who had family working in BCS. We thank all our scholarship donors, school counselors, and readers for their time and support of our scholarships. *** Hurricane Helen Relief In addition to our three priorities, this year brought an extra challenge- Hurricane Helene. Through donations from generous donors (some local, some in NC, and across our nation) we received over $300,000 in funds to help our students, staff and schools. We were proud to present over 500 BCS colleagues $75,000 to assist them in their recovery efforts. Through donations we were able to provide $222,293.74 to BCS schools for students, staff and school recovery. When BCS schools opened, $45,000 in grants were used to pay expenses for counselors who came across the state to be there for our schools. 1551164 true true false false false false false false false true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false false true 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false X 17 17 false false false false false false false true true false false true false false false true false false X Christy Cheek 8282324190 175 Bingham Road Asheville NC 28806 Christy Cheek Executive Director 29.00 X 0 45448 0 Alex Diez President 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Dana Jones Vice-President 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Kim Plemmons Treasurer 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Fairley Patton Secretary 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Dan Anderson Board Member 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Glenda Bailey Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Meredith Begley Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Debbie Bryant Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Victoria Dunkle Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Shelia Elingburg Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Napolean Spencer Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Bob Roberts Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Candie Sellers Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Steven Sizemore Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Nicole Ferrill Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Stanley Wheless Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Glenda Weinert Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 0 45448 0 false false false 1671009 187823 1671009 Fund Administration Fees 561000 12791 0 0 12791 170142 0 170142 318778 318778 318778 0 0 318778 2172720 12791 0 488920 945649 945649 483484 483484 46472 20912 20912 4648 42950 0 42950 0 22429 0 22429 0 1767 795 795 177 4856 0 0 4856 11946 1938 8070 1938 6538 2180 2179 2179 1205 0 1205 0 Meals 3352 0 3352 0 Shared Personnel Costs 55426 24942 24942 5542 In-kind Contributions Utilized 71035 71035 0 0 Dues and Subscriptions 687 229 229 229 3398 0 3398 0 1701194 1551164 130461 19569 37762 245692 1576932 1380751 0 20500 4000 3948805 4348312 5563499 5999255 125776 46626 2500 128276 46626 X 118092 154045 5317131 5798584 5435223 5952629 5563499 5999255 471526 45880 X false true X true false X 0 673865 733700 643999 943630 1671009 4666203 0 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 45000 682865 742700 652999 952630 1680009 4711203 1454737 3256466 319104 108505 119774 149910 170142 867435 0 0 5578638 95972 0.58370 0.74850 X 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 544618 61901 26972 8596 570951 514284 60676 10000 9840 10502 544618 489474 24810 514284 612016 -92195 30347 489474 518866 132669 39519 612016 0.70590 0.29410 false false X 2205171 45880 9000 54880 2150291 22429 22429 2172720 1687765 9000 9000 1678765 22429 22429 1701194 Pt X, Line 2 The Foundation is exempt from federal income taxes under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Exempt organizations, however, may be subject to income tax on unrelated business income. The Foundation had no income from unrelated business activities in 2024-25 and was, therefore, not required to file Federal Form 990-T (Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return). The Foundation believes that it has appropriate support for all tax positions taken, and as such, does not have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the financial statements. true Buncombe County School 175 Bingham Road Asheville NC 28806 566000994 945649 Institutional and Classroom Grants 1 Student Scholarships 249 407110 Hurricane Crisis Relief and Support 840 76374 X 3 116788 Stock Market Value X 10 Vending Machines 1 56920 Fair Market Value X Gift cards and certificates 4 5762 Fair Market Value X Other Goods Utilized 9 8353 Fair Market Value false true false Pt VI, Line 11b The 990 is prepared by independent accountants, reviewed by management, presented to the Board for review, proposed revisions and final approval. Pt VI, Line 12c The organization realizes the value of having written policies in this area and is actively working on developing a written policy for conflict of interest. Pt VI, Line 15a The Executive Committee and the Board of Directors sets the Executive Director salary after a performance review and a check of comparable salary information for nonprofit organizations with similar budgets. Pt VI, Line 18 Form 1023 and 990 available upon request. Pt VI, Line 19 The organization provides paper copies of documents, policies and financial statements to the public upon request. Pt III, Line 2 The Foundation adopted a disaster response to Hurricane Helene providing emergency support to its faculty and student severly affected by this event. Buncombe County Public Schools 175 Bingham Road Asheville NC 28806 566000994 Public Schools Govt Entity NC N/A N/A NA false false true false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false true false Buncombe County Public Schools b 150757 Cash Buncombe County Public Schools n 9000 FMV Buncombe County Public Schools o 101898 Cash Buncombe County Public Schools r 794892 Cash