Asheville-area nonprofits see surge in donations after Helene - $37 million in one case – but demands have skyrocketed • Asheville Watchdog

Asheville-area nonprofits see surge in donations after Helene - $37 million in one case – but demands have skyrocketed • Asheville Watchdog

In 2024, MANNA FoodBank set an ambitious fundraising goal for the year: $8.4 million. The nonprofit that ensures food security for 16 western North Carolina counties exceeded that target by 340 percent, bringing in $37 million. MANNA, which provides more than 20 million pounds of food a year to those in need, drew that enormous amount of funding largely because of the devastation Tropical Storm Helene wrought Sept. 27. “It is absolutely incredib…