West Virginia · Nonprofit
APPALACHIAN FOREST HERITAGE AREA INC
APPALACHIAN FOREST HERITAGE AREA INC (West Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,823 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ($49,950). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $68k
- Net assets
- $396k
What Appalachian Forest Heritage Area Inc does
Mission
The Appalachian Forest Heritage Area integrates central Appalachian forest history, culture, natural history, products, and forestry management into a heritage tourism initiative to promote rural community development.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
AFNHA AmeriCorps deployed 30 National Service members throughout the state West Virginia to support organizations serving within the themes of Conservation, and Heritage for Community Development. Members provided over 51,000 hours of service to 27 sites. Conservation service specifically included activities such as watershed restoration, environmental education, non-native species management, field data collection, tree planting, trail building and maintenance, environmental recreation support, among others. Heritage members supported museums, cultural centers for music and the arts, and hands on Historic Preservation. Community Development members supported organizations such as welcome centers, municipalities, boards, and foundations. All service members provided support for volunteer management activities for their sites and added greatly to the volunteer capacity and output of their specific organizations. AC members managed over 312 unique volunteers for their sponsoring sites in 2024, increasing capacity for their site. Members provided direct service resulting in the improvement of public lands.
$795,750 spentof which $657,209 as grants$826,488 earned by the program63% of program spendingAFHA Discovery Visitor Center hosted interpretive displays showcasing the Appalachian Fotrest Heritage Area's diverse natural and cultural assets. In 2023 we explored the theme of Material Culture. The exhibit spoke to the influence of the forests played on folk art and music and the materials utilized in the those expressions. In 2023 over 2100 visitors were hosted at the Discovery Center, and over 3000 visitors were hosted at the tenant partner museum located in the Darden Mill known as the WV Railroad Museum.
$27,252 spentof which $11,337 as grants$21,151 earned by the program2% of program spendingAFNHA' National Heritage Partnership Program supported AFNHA General Operations as the coordinating entity for the NHA, provided funding for $119,000 worth of grant making to nonprofits across our region in support of projects that support our mission, supported partnership development for the organization, and the development of branding.
$358,510 spentof which $426,979 as grants$428,787 earned by the program29% of program spendingOther programs include the Highlands Creative Economy to promote tourism and tourism destinations in our region, the Pollinator Initiative to provide education and outreach on the importance of pollinators, and our Indigenous Appalachia program.
$75,857 spentof which $64,586 as grants$64,586 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,257,369.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $194k to $481k (+148%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 76% · 2021 46% · 2022 71% · 2023 74% · 2024 75%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of APPALACHIAN FOREST HERITAGE AREA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Logan Smith
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $23.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of APPALACHIAN FOREST HERITAGE AREA INC’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.
How concentrated its funding is
APPALACHIAN FOREST HERITAGE AREA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund APPALACHIAN FOREST HERITAGE AREA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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 FOREST HERITAGE AREA INC draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside West Virginia, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
APPALACHIAN FOREST HERITAGE AREA INC has grown faster than half of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding APPALACHIAN FOREST HERITAGE AREA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.7M on record.
- Department of the Interior$2.1M
- Department of Agriculture$580k
- Appalachian Regional Commission$50k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like APPALACHIAN FOREST HERITAGE AREA INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In West Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for APPALACHIAN FOREST HERITAGE AREA INC: 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 FOREST HERITAGE AREA INC?
- APPALACHIAN FOREST HERITAGE AREA INC (West Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,823 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ($49,950). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does APPALACHIAN FOREST HERITAGE AREA INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $67,823 in grants to APPALACHIAN FOREST HERITAGE AREA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of APPALACHIAN FOREST HERITAGE AREA INC?
- NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $49,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like APPALACHIAN FOREST HERITAGE AREA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in West Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 4 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