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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $515,296, the rows itemized in this filing. The $552,847 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $37,551 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized 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

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its 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 its 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
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. 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
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
3
Main Street Martinsburg Inc

To help revitalize downtown Martinsburg, WV

Community Improvement
4
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
5
W Va State Pipe Trade Association

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

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6
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
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
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
9
West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Inc

Promotes, encourages and works for the conservation and appreciation of the natural resources of West Virginia

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10
Appalachia Habitat for Humanity Inc

To build new homes and repair current homes for low income families at 0 interest

Housing & Shelter
11
Rise Up Wv

The organization advocates for social welfare and political issues locally and nationally that benefit communities as a whole; such as healthcare availability, quality public education, fair wages, and secure retirement.

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Virginia Rivers Coalition Inc; the most unlike its peers is Buckhannon River Watershed Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
9/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 · OtherNEON FIRST CHURCH OF GOD: $24,000 · OtherHOWELLS MILL CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY INC: $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 · EnvironmentRISING APPALACHIA: $6,000 · EnvironmentWEST VIRGINIA RIVERS COALITION INC: $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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetRISING APPALACHIA: $6,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA RIVERS COALITION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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.

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

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Appalachian Voices funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Appalachian Voices. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's 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
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

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