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Appalachian Voices

APPALACHIAN VOICES brings people together to protect the land, air, and water of central and southern appalachia and advance a just transition to a generative and equitable clean energy economy.

$553k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$129k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2023–2024.

Environment$594kAnimals$30kCrime & Legal$25kHuman Services$20kHealth$18kHousing & Shelter$11k
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 24 grants below total $515,296 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $552,847 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $37,551 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $346k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $129k
$20,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$7.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARTIN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT$128,813
CABELL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY$34,000
RENEWALL INC$33,350
STEELE MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$25,000
NEON FIRST CHURCH OF GOD$24,000
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE$23,919
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$23,570
LESLIE COUNTY FISCAL COURT$22,500
EXPERIENCE LEARNING INC$22,400
VIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC$22,000
RED BIRD MISSION INC$21,000
PRESBYTERIAN CHILD WELFARE AGENCY OF BUCKHORN KENTUCKY INC$20,000
HUNTINGTON CITY MISSION$16,600
LAWRENCEFIELD PARISH CHURCH$12,500
BUCKHANNON RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC$12,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 27%, against an area that typically sits at 17%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 17%PRESBYTERIAN CHILD WELFARE AGENCY OF BUCKHORN KENTUCKY INC: $20k → 27%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
West Virginia Rural Water Association Inc

The organization provides training and technical assistance to water and wastewater utility providers throughout the State of West Virginia through a variety of programs.

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2
West Virginia Free Incorporated

WV FREE builds stronger communities through advocacy and education on reproductive health, rights, and justice.

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3
Main Street Martinsburg Inc

To help revitalize downtown Martinsburg, WV

Community Improvement
4
Appalachian Voices

Appalachian voices brings people together to protect the land, air, and water of central and southern appalachia and advance a just transition to a generative and equitable clean energy economy.

Environment
5
W Va State Pipe Trade Association

Organization, development, & function of the pipe trades in West Virginia.

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6
Red River Economic Development

Economic Development and Tourism Promotion in Eastern Kentucky

Community Improvement
7
Virginia Rural Water Association Inc

To provide training and technical assisstance to water and wastewater utility providers throughout the state of Virginia through a variety of programs funded mostly by Federal grants.

Public Benefit
8
Eastern West Virginia Community Action Agency Inc

Eastern West Virginia Community Action Agency serves the disadvantaged people by determining their needs; advocating for and providing programs that help remove them from the causes of poverty.

Housing & Shelter
9
Virginia Water Environment Association Inc

The Association was organized for the purpose of providing its members with an opportunity to broaden their experiences and knowledge on water quality issues.

Environment
10
West Virginia Rural Health Association Inc

The west virginia rural health association (wvrha) advocates for empowering all west virginians to advance their quality of life, their well-being, and their access to excellence in rural health care. our mission is to unite people,…

Health
11
West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation

To promote sustainable economic development by facilitating reuse of commercial, industrial, and mining sites and providing long-term management of key risks from legacy environmental concerns.

Community Improvement
12
Wild Virginia Incorporated

Protecting and connecting virginia's wild places.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Virginia Rivers Coalition Inc and the most unlike its peers is Renewall Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyRegional Senior ServicesRegional Tourism & Destinat…West Virginia Advocacy Orga…Child Abuse Prevention & Ad…Sports Leagues and ClubsTrade Union LocalsCommunity Development Finan…Animal Shelter and Rescue S…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%20%10–20yr16%35%20–35yr13%5%35–55yr16%35%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%22%10–20yr16%25%20–35yr13%7%35–55yr16%36%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/33
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,532

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
9/17
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Martin County Health Department — $128,813 · OtherMartin County Health DepartmentTOWN OF GAULEY BRIDGE — $33,700 · OtherTOWN OF GAULEY BRIDGESTEELE MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — $25,000 · OtherHOWELLS MILL CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY INC — $24,000 · OtherNEON FIRST CHURCH OF GOD — $24,000 · OtherVIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY — $23,919 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OAK RIDGE TN — $23,570 · OtherLESLIE COUNTY FISCAL COURT — $22,500 · OtherCITY OF MIDDLESBORO — $22,000 · OtherRED BIRD MISSION INC — $21,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL ASSOC OF BRIDGE STRUCTURAL & ORNAMENTAL IRONWORKERS — $18,000 · OtherHUNTINGTON CITY MISSION — $16,600 · OtherPRESBYTERIAN CHILD WELFARE AGENCY — $20,000 · OtherWEST VIRGINIA SECONDARY SCHOOLS ACTIVITIES COMMISSION — $18,000 · Other+7 more — $61,168 · Other+7 moreRenewall Inc — $33,350 · Community ImprovementVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC — $22,000 · Community ImprovementCABELL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY — $34,000 · EducationEXPERIENCE LEARNING INC — $22,400 · Recreation & SportsHEMPHILL COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $11,400 · Recreation & SportsAPPALACHIAN CITIZENS LAW CENTER INC — $25,000 · Crime & LegalJUST FOR KIDS INC — $6,730 · Crime & LegalBUCKHANNON RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC — $12,000 · EnvironmentWEST VIRGINIA BOTANIC GARDEN INC — $7,000 · EnvironmentWEST VIRGINIA RIVERS COALITION INC — $6,000 · EnvironmentRISING APPALACHIA — $6,000 · EnvironmentMARION COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY — $29,894 · Animals
Other$482,270Community Improvement$55,350Education$34,000Recreation & Sports$33,800Crime & Legal$31,730Environment$31,000Animals$29,894

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCABELL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY — $34,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRenewall Inc — $33,350 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetMARION COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY — $29,894 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetAPPALACHIAN CITIZENS LAW CENTER INC — $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetEXPERIENCE LEARNING INC — $22,400 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC — $22,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRED BIRD MISSION INC — $21,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN CHILD WELFARE AGENCY — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ASSOC OF BRIDGE STRUCTURAL & ORNAMENTAL IRONWORKERS — $18,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA SECONDARY SCHOOLS ACTIVITIES COMMISSION — $18,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBUCKHANNON RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC — $12,000 over 1y, 53% of budgetHEMPHILL COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $11,400 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetHOUSING DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE INC — $11,340 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA BOTANIC GARDEN INC — $7,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJUST FOR KIDS INC — $6,730 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA RIVERS COALITION INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRISING APPALACHIA — $6,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Foundation for Appala…Mountain Association …Berea CollegeRockefeller Philanthr…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky IncKY19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky Inc · Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc · Berea College · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Appalachian Voices funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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