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APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being APPALACHIAN COMMUNITY CAPITAL CORPORATION ($150,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$905k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$150k
Net assets
$6.4M
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 19%
01What it does

What Appalachian Development Corporation does

Mission

Adc is a nonprofit organization formed to further the economic development of south carolina by providing multiple financing options to qualified small businesses.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Adc is a certified development company authorized by the small business administration in the state of south carolina to facilitate sba 504 loans. The sba 504 loan offers long-term, fixed rate subordinate financing for acquisition and/or renovation of capital assets including land, buildings and equipment, as well as eligible soft costs such as architect, engineering, and environmental fees. Projects are financed in partnership with financial institutions who obtain a senior position on the project assets.

    $337,159 spent$578,684 earned by the program
    51% of program spending
  2. Adc is a sub-recipient of grant funds awarded to the south carolina appalachian council of governments (scacog) by the appalachian regional commission (arc). Adc is responsible for the following two grants: the arc revolving loan fund and the arc entrepreneurial initiative revolving loan fund.

    $246,283 spent$257,534 earned by the program
    38% of program spending
  3. Adc participates in the u.s. Department of agriculture ("usda") intermediary relending program ("irp").

    $53,431 spent$27,483 earned by the program
    8% of program spending
  4. Adc is a sub-recipient of a grant awarded to the south carolina appalachian council of governments (scacog) by the south carolina budget and control board through the federal match program. Adc is responsible for one grant: the state of south carolina revolving loan fund.

    $18,582 spent$20,685 earned by the program
    3% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $655,455.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($702k) Expenses 100 ($615k) Net assets 100 ($5.6M)2018 Revenue 99 ($692k) Expenses 99 ($610k) Net assets 101 ($5.7M)2019 Revenue 89 ($628k) Expenses 93 ($571k) Net assets 102 ($5.7M)2020 Revenue 112 ($786k) Expenses 88 ($543k) Net assets 107 ($6.0M)2021 Revenue 87 ($609k) Expenses 88 ($541k) Net assets 108 ($6.0M)2022 Revenue 101 ($712k) Expenses 113 ($697k) Net assets 108 ($6.1M)2023 Revenue 112 ($784k) Expenses 114 ($698k) Net assets 110 ($6.2M)2024 Revenue 120 ($843k) Expenses 116 ($711k) Net assets 113 ($6.3M)2025 Revenue 129 ($905k) Expenses 138 ($846k) Net assets 114 ($6.4M)
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Revenue (129)Expenses (138)Net assets (114)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $8.6M to $8.4M (−2%).

$8.6M
$8.6M
$8.5M
$8.7M
$8.6M
$8.4M
$8.4M
$8.4M
$8.4M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$87k
’17
$82k
’18
$57k
’19
$243k
’20
$68k
’21
$15k
’22
$85k
’23
$133k
’24
$59k
’25
40
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed111112111011131313
Joined·+2+2+1+0+1+2+1+1
No longer listed·21210011
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'20
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 1 state in all.

VA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

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In South Carolina

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 23%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

SC

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being APPALACHIAN COMMUNITY CAPITAL CORPORATION ($150,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $150,000 in grants to APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Who is the largest funder of APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
APPALACHIAN COMMUNITY CAPITAL CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing