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Coalfield Development Corporation

To solve the problem of generational poverty in rural communities caused by extractive mono-economies through four core capabilities: incubation and investing in employment-based social enterprise, facilitating professional, personal, and academic debelopment for people facing barriers to employment,

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$213k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Community Improvement$2.8MEnvironment$1.2MYouth Development$375kCivil Rights$349kScience & Tech$347kHuman Services$346kEmployment$214kArts & Culture$168kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $836,458, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,026,468 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $190,010 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 $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $93k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $729k
$52,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$35M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORP$212,582
APPALACHAIN VOICES$166,999
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GREATER EAST$82,500
GENERATION WV$80,000
STEP BY STEP INC$72,500
UNLIMITED FUTURE INC$62,283
NEW VISION RENEWABLE ENERGY$52,500
STEPPING STONES$30,000
OHIO UNIVERSITY$20,000
RENEWALL INC$15,000
HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION$14,500
WV COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HUB$13,000
BARBARA LAVALLEY BENTON$9,000
RURAL ACTION$5,594
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 (FY21–24, $314k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%NEW VISION RENEWABLE ENERGY: $53k → 20%THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: $34k → 18%NEW VISION RENEWABLE ENERGY: $50k → 20%NEW VISION RENEWABLE ENERGY: $50k → 20%STEP BY STEP INC: $73k → 18%STEP BY STEP INC: $55k → 18%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.6M · 26 repeat orgs$510k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
22

Total granted

$5.6M
$490k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+11%

Still filing today

62%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Community ImprovementHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentEmploymentHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • UF
    UNLIMITED FUTURE INC
    4× · 2018–2024 · $530k · revenue +63% · 58% of their budget
  • IA
    INVEST APPALACHIA INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $510k · revenue +70% · 26% of their budget
  • WV
    WEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HUB INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $500k · revenue +141%

Funded once

  • WH
    WV HIVE NETWORK INC
    one grant, 2023 · $140k · revenue -22%
  • CW
    CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA REGIONAL
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • PB
    PARTIAN BATTERY SOLUTIONS LLC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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
The West Virginia Chamber Foundation
Public Benefit
2
Discover the Real West Virginia Foundation Inc

-attract national and international investment: west virginia is becoming a leader in the world marketplace, and it did not arrive here by accident. the foundation has a long and accomplished history of attracting national and…

Community Improvement
3
West Virginia Job Creators Alliance Inc

The west virginia jobs creator alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting policy initiatives that encourage and support job creators throughout the state. our mission is to spearhead policy concepts that lead to the…

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4
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce

The west virginia chamber of commerce provides opportunities for broad based prosperity throughout west virginia.

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5
For West Virginia's Future Inc

For west virginia's future raises funds and provides technical assistance that help state and local non-profit organizations bring people together to support efforts to increase civic participation.

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6
West Virginia University Innovation Corporation

To offer a wide range of strategic partnerships, academia, employment and community opportunities to the state, while promoting innovation and critical thinking within our workforce. Our vision is to catalyze economic growth and improve…

Science & Tech
7
Communityworks in West Virginia Inc

Communityworks in west virignia (cwwv) creates housing and community development solutions for all west virginians through a network of member organizations. cwwv carries out its mission by providing effective training and technical…

Housing & Shelter
8
Advantage Valley Inc

Grow economic opportunity for all residents of the Charleston-Huntington Metro area by increasing investments in the region, leveraging resources and building collaboration among community stakeholders.

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9
Wayne Economic Development Council Inc

To maximize the development and utilization of the human and economic resources of the wayne county georgraphical area in order to create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities and improve the welfare of people of the area.

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10
Wayne County Development Alliance Inc

Enhance economic development

Community Improvement
11
Go West Virginia Inc

Go West Virginia, Inc. is dedicated to advocating and educating the public on issues including economic growth and job creation. We will develop and advance an agenda for West Virginia to promote real policy solutions to create jobs,…

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Generation West Virginia Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

26 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. 26 of the 49 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
18/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOLAR HOLLER: $800,000 · OtherSOLAR HOLLERAPPALACHAIN VOICES: $343,341 · OtherAPPALACHAIN VOICESWARRIOR CREEK DEVELOPMENT INC: $170,000 · OtherWARRIOR CREEK DEVELOPMENT INCSTATE OF WEST VIRGINIA: $123,112 · OtherSASSA WILKES: $89,125 · OtherTHE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION: $152,500 · OtherTHE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GREATER EAST EDGE INCORPORATED: $155,500 · OtherECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GREATER EAST EDGE INCORPO…WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS MUSEUM: $153,216 · OtherWEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS MUSEUM+23 more: $510,062 · Other+23 moreWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HUB INC: $499,560 · Community ImprovementWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY DE…RURAL ACTION INC: $274,885 · Community ImprovementRURAL ACTION INCAPPALACHIAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: $180,001 · Community ImprovementAPPALACHIAN SUSTAINABLE DE…Renewall Inc: $167,823 · Community ImprovementRenewall IncMOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INC: $150,000 · Community ImprovementMOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION FOR C…WV HIVE NETWORK INC: $140,000 · Community ImprovementWV HIVE NETWORK INC+2 more: $18,000 · Community ImprovementINVEST APPALACHIA INC: $510,000 · EnvironmentINVEST APP…CONSTRUCTION JUNCTION INC: $44,000 · EnvironmentCONSTRUCTI…UNLIMITED FUTURE INC: $530,422 · PhilanthropyUNLIMITED…Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc: $206,472 · Human ServicesNEW VISION RENEWABLE ENERGY INC: $152,500 · Human ServicesSTEP BY STEP INC: $127,500 · Human ServicesMARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $362,029 · EducationKeep Your Faith Corporation Inc: $24,100 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION: $15,000 · EducationGENERATION WEST VIRGINIA INC: $252,073 · Youth Development
Other$2,496,856Community Improvement$1,430,269Environment$554,000Philanthropy$530,422Human Services$486,472Education$401,129Youth Development$252,073

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNLIMITED FUTURE INC: $530,422 over 4y, 58% of budgetINVEST APPALACHIA INC: $510,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HUB INC: $499,560 over 3y, 17% of budgetMARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $362,029 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetRURAL ACTION INC: $274,885 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetGENERATION WEST VIRGINIA INC: $252,073 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetNeighbors Helping Neighbors Inc: $206,472 over 3y, 33% of budgetAPPALACHIAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: $180,001 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetWARRIOR CREEK DEVELOPMENT INC: $170,000 over 2y, 87% of budgetRenewall Inc: $167,823 over 6y, 26% of budgetECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GREATER EAST EDGE INCORPORATED: $155,500 over 4y, 16% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS MUSEUM: $153,216 over 2y, 23% of budgetTHE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION: $152,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetNEW VISION RENEWABLE ENERGY INC: $152,500 over 3y, 15% of budgetMOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INC: $150,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetWV HIVE NETWORK INC: $140,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetSTEP BY STEP INC: $127,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSTEPPING STONES INC: $50,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCONSTRUCTION JUNCTION INC: $44,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES KYOWVA AREA INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAMSON HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER INC: $13,455 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAPPALACHIAN CENTER FOR ECONOMIC NETWORKS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOUR JOBS OUR CHILDREN OUR FUTURE INC: $8,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA HEALTHY KIDS AND FAMILIES COALITION: $6,667 over 1y, 2.3% 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.

Claude Worthington Be…The Greater Kanawha V…Bernard McDonough Fou…Pallottine Foundation…Berea CollegeRockefeller Philanthr…Truist Foundation IncSisters of St Joseph …Appalachian Sustainab…Mountain Association …The West Virginia Hum…West Virginia Univers…
Claude Worthington Benedum FoundationPA36.1× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation · The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation · Bernard McDonough Foundation Inc · Pallottine Foundation of Huntington West Virginia · Berea College · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · Sisters of St Joseph Charitable Fund Inc · Appalachian Sustainable Development · Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc · The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc · West Virginia University Research Corporation

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 Coalfield Development Corporation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Coalfield Development Corporation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 49 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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