Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc

We serve our mission to build a new economy by offering flexible loans and technical support to existing and startup businesses and organizations; helping businesses, nonprofits, public agencies and homeowners find much- needed energy savings; and by engaging in research, communications and advocacy for policy and narrative change. We…

$1.0M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 10
Itemized grants FY2025: 7
Organizations funded FY2024: 71%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $973k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $50,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $400,000
Organizations funded a year: 5 to 17; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 4
Total assets, FY2025: $35M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 71% of the organizations Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $301k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EnvironmentHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionEducationPublic BenefitHealthOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	10	$973k	50%
FY2024	7	$765k	71%
FY2023	5	$722k	0%
FY2022	10	$556k	10%
FY2021	13	$2.2M	15%
FY2020	16	$637k	25%
FY2019	10	$640k	0%
FY2018	17	$706k	53%

95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Public Benefit$5.9MEnvironment$530kPhilanthropy$520kFood & Nutrition$473kCommunity Improvement$343kHousing & Shelter$254kHealth$68kHuman Services$65kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Kentucky Coalition Inc	$4,305,652	9	34%
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc	$1,484,010	1	59%
Appalachian Investment Corporation	$220,000	1	65%
Housing Oriented Ministries Established for Servic	$168,926	2	3%
Appalachian Sustainable Development	$152,234	6	2%
Rural Action Inc	$138,037	8	1%
Appalachian Center for Economic Networks Inc	$128,844	6	5%
Community Farm Alliance Inc	$126,925	6	4%
Appalachian Voices	$114,000	5	0%
City of Middlesboro	$87,700	1	n/a

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All grantees of Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Kentucky Coalition Inc	$4,305,652	9	34%
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc	$1,484,010	1	59%
Appalachian Investment Corporation	$220,000	1	65%
Housing Oriented Ministries Established for Servic	$168,926	2	3%
Appalachian Sustainable Development	$152,234	6	2%
Rural Action Inc	$138,037	8	1%
Appalachian Center for Economic Networks Inc	$128,844	6	5%
Community Farm Alliance Inc	$126,925	6	4%
Appalachian Voices	$114,000	5	0%
City of Middlesboro	$87,700	1	n/a
Partner Community Capital Inc	$79,550	6	1%
Coalfield Development Corporation	$70,216	6	0%
Leslie County Fiscal Court	$70,000	1	n/a
Kentucky Voices for Health Inc	$67,500	2	11%
Martin County Health Department	$50,000	1	n/a
Laurel County African American Heritage Center Inc	$50,000	1	n/a
West Virginia Food & Farm Coalition Inc	$47,250	2	3%
Office of Kentucky Legal Services Programs Inc	$42,500	2	2%
Berea College	$31,500	3	0%
Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council	$30,700	4	6%
Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development Inc	$22,500	2	1%
Highlander Research & Education Center Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Presbyterian Child Welfare Agency	$20,000	1	0%
Heart and Hand House Inc	$17,414	2	2%
Housing Development Alliance Inc	$14,742	1	0%
Solar United Neighbors Inc	$11,500	1	0%
Ohio Hill Country Heritage Are	$9,500	1	n/a
Farmers Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation	$8,482	1	n/a
Step by Step Inc	$7,500	1	1%
Energy Efficient West Virginia	$6,500	1	n/a
University of North Alabama Foundation	$6,000	1	0%
Grayson Gallery and Art Center	$5,237	1	n/a
Learning Landscapes	$5,050	1	n/a
Appalshop Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Ultimate Recycling Center Re Use Industries	$5,000	1	1%

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($432k), not named here.

Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 26.

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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.

The Educational Foundation of AmericaMD25.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Educational Foundation of America · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Incorporated · Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky Inc · Rockefeller Family Fund Inc · Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · Appalachian Voices · Berea College · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Clif Family Foundation · Appalachian Sustainable Development · Charles M and Mary D Grant Fdn Xxxxx0004

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.

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About Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc

How much does Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc give?: Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc reported 10 itemized grants totaling $973,146, out of $1,009,655 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (69%), Environment (6%), Philanthropy (6%).
Who are Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Kentucky Coalition Inc ($4.3M), Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc ($1.5M), Appalachian Investment Corporation ($220k).
Does Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Educational Foundation of America, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Incorporated.
Where is Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc based?: Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc is based in KY.