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Appalachian Society of American Forester

Appalachian Society of American Forester (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $62,522 to it, the largest being SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS ($62,522). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$154k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$63k
Net assets
$533k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Appalachian Society of American Forester does

Mission

Advance the science, technology, education, and practice of forestry ensure the continued health and use of forest ecosystems and the present and futre availability of forest resources to benefit society

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Conferences, conventions, and meetings - opportunities for exhibitors to present programs to advance the science, technology, education, and practiceof forestry to ensure the continued health and use of forest ecosystems and to provide the present and future availability of forest resources to benefit the public, management students and graduate students

    $112,400 spent$40,920 earned by the program
    93% of program spending
  2. Grants to domectic organizations and indivuals - grants given to deserving organizations and individuals to further the organization's mission

    $6,522 spent
    5% of program spending
  3. Newsletter - quarterly newsletter "the trail blazer" published to provide members with information on activities and upcoming events of the organzation.

    $1,800 spent
    1% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $120,722.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($181k) Expenses 100 ($167k) Net assets 100 ($457k)2024 Revenue 99 ($178k) Expenses 81 ($135k) Net assets 112 ($511k)2025 Revenue 85 ($154k) Expenses 79 ($131k) Net assets 117 ($533k)
202320242025
Revenue (85)Expenses (79)Net assets (117)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $457k to $511k (+12%).

$457k
$511k
$540k
202320242025
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.

2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$14k
’23
$43k
’24
$23k
’25
6.3
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.

Board chair

Neil Clark

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202320242025
Listed899
Joined·+6+1
No longer listed·51
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $14k → $7k.

Funder
'18
'19
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of Appalachian Society of American Forester’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 Society of American Forester draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.

DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
’21
’22
’23
Virginia out of state home

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 Society of American Forester

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 Virginia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Appalachian Society of American Forester?
Appalachian Society of American Forester (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $62,522 to it, the largest being SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS ($62,522). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Appalachian Society of American Forester have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $62,522 in grants to Appalachian Society of American Forester, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Appalachian Society of American Forester?
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS is the largest funder on record, with $62,522 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Appalachian Society of American Forester find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), 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