Virginia · Public charity
Appalachian Sustainable Development
To educate residents and farmers of sw virginia and east tennessee the benefits of organic farming and forestry conservation
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,915
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $284,326
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Appalachian Sustainable Development funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $107k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $1.2M | 20% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $582k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $501k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $510k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $478k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $197k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $330k | 63% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $331k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian Center for Economic | $884,013 | 7 | n/a |
| Sprouting Farms Corporation | $509,935 | 7 | 41% |
| Coalfield Development Corporation | $406,400 | 5 | 2% |
| Interlace Commons Inc | $347,170 | 3 | 29% |
| Rural Action Inc | $230,655 | 4 | 1% |
| Bristols Promise Youth Networking Alliance | $193,727 | 4 | 33% |
| East Tennessee State University | $143,479 | 7 | n/a |
| Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development Inc | $90,568 | 5 | 3% |
| West Virginia University Research Corporation | $87,052 | 2 | 0% |
| Unlimited Future Inc | $83,820 | 2 | 25% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian Center for Economic | $884,013 | 7 | n/a |
| Sprouting Farms Corporation | $509,935 | 7 | 41% |
| Coalfield Development Corporation | $406,400 | 5 | 2% |
| Interlace Commons Inc | $347,170 | 3 | 29% |
| Rural Action Inc | $230,655 | 4 | 1% |
| Bristols Promise Youth Networking Alliance | $193,727 | 4 | 33% |
| East Tennessee State University | $143,479 | 7 | n/a |
| Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development Inc | $90,568 | 5 | 3% |
| West Virginia University Research Corporation | $87,052 | 2 | 0% |
| Unlimited Future Inc | $83,820 | 2 | 25% |
| Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc | $71,250 | 1 | 2% |
| Community Farm Alliance Inc | $70,425 | 3 | 3% |
| Rural Resources | $64,807 | 3 | 10% |
| Appalachian Resource Conservation & Development Council | $61,746 | 3 | 4% |
| Radford University Foundation Inc | $60,128 | 3 | 0% |
| Fayette County Commission | $32,573 | 2 | n/a |
| United Plant Savers | $27,378 | 3 | 2% |
| Carroll County | $20,001 | 2 | n/a |
| Wholesome Wave Inc | $13,182 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($709k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Appalachian Sustainable Development supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation · Rockefeller Family Fund Inc · Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc · Coalfield Development Corporation · The Educational Foundation of America · American Heart Association Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Appalachian Sustainable Development
- How much does Appalachian Sustainable Development give?
- Appalachian Sustainable Development reported 15 grants totaling $1,182,496 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Appalachian Sustainable Development fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (40%), Food & Nutrition (21%), Housing & Shelter (10%).
- Who are Appalachian Sustainable Development's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Appalachian Center for Economic ($884k), Sprouting Farms Corporation ($510k), Coalfield Development Corporation ($406k).
- Does Appalachian Sustainable Development fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Appalachian Sustainable Development?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, Rockefeller Family Fund Inc, Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc.
- Where is Appalachian Sustainable Development based?
- Appalachian Sustainable Development is based in VA.
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