Kentucky · Nonprofit
FEDERATION OF APPALACHIAN HOUSING ENTERPRISES INC
FEDERATION OF APPALACHIAN HOUSING ENTERPRISES INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,614,448 to it, the largest being THE FB HERON FOUNDATION ($22,981,292). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $39M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $59M
- Net assets
- $59M
What Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises Inc does
Mission
Fahe makes a difference by providing opportunities to the appalachian region, which has historically been one of the most impoverished in the nation. These opportunities positively change the lives of over 80,000 individuals annually by connecting other non-profits, communities, and individuals with the resources they need to create better lives. These resources include funding, partnership, education, advocacy, and consulting. Our efforts empower families to take the steps needed to buy a home, start a business, or access essential services for their communities. The primary way in which fahe is able to serve the region so effectively is due to its membership network. With 50+ local non-profit organizations across 6 states serving as boots-on-the-ground community liaisons, fahe is able to leverage its expertise through local partners to affect change to those in locations where traditional markets have failed.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Strategic programs connects different organizations to specialized resources that will help expand their projects and improve the quality of life in their communities. This team manages grant funded programs such as the kentucky access to recovery program and partners for rural transformation.
$8,508,740 spentof which $4,151,121 as grants$7,902,203 earned by the program39% of program spendingCommunity lending services - fahe couples a community loan fund with outstanding lending expertise to facilitate the flow of impactful private and public investments into housing and community development projects across the region.
$3,735,878 spentof which $45,570 as grants17% of program spendingHome lending - jcl is a full-service mortgage lender that strengthens communities by creating successful homeowners. Justchoice was the first nonprofit third party originator for freedom and has been instrumental in creating a national nonprofit packaging system for usda rural development 502 direct loans. Jcl is a fannie/freddie seller/servicer as well allowing rural regions to access capital that could be unavailable from other lenders.
$2,382,599 spentof which $34,499 as grants11% of program spendingLoan servicing
$1,431,741 spentof which $41,427 as grants7% of program spendingMembership
$5,582,492 spentof which $4,158,437 as grants26% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $21,641,450.
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. 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 2024 to 2025, from $121M to $159M (+32%).
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: 2017 37% · 2018 16% · 2019 33% · 2020 32% · 2021 34% · 2022 37% · 2023 16% · 2024 36% · 2025 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of FEDERATION OF APPALACHIAN HOUSING ENTERPRISES INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
Jim King
CEO and president of board
Board chair
Jackie Mayo
Chairperson of board, tn c
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $741k → $4.1M.
6 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 FEDERATION OF APPALACHIAN HOUSING ENTERPRISES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 funders by total. 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
FEDERATION OF APPALACHIAN HOUSING ENTERPRISES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
37% 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 FEDERATION OF APPALACHIAN HOUSING ENTERPRISES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 71% · 2019 65% · 2020 33% · 2021 69% · 2022 82% · 2023 62% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
31% of FEDERATION OF APPALACHIAN HOUSING ENTERPRISES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 31% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
FEDERATION OF APPALACHIAN HOUSING ENTERPRISES INC draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
FEDERATION OF APPALACHIAN HOUSING ENTERPRISES INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 449 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 449 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding FEDERATION OF APPALACHIAN HOUSING ENTERPRISES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9.2M on record.
- Department of the Treasury$7.6M
- Appalachian Regional Commission$1.6M
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 FEDERATION OF APPALACHIAN HOUSING ENTERPRISES 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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 19 states
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Fahe Capital Corporation I · disregarded
- Fahe Consulting LLC · disregarded
- Fahe Holding Company LLC · disregarded
- Fahe Tn LLC · disregarded
- Park Community LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FEDERATION OF APPALACHIAN HOUSING ENTERPRISES INC?
- FEDERATION OF APPALACHIAN HOUSING ENTERPRISES INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,614,448 to it, the largest being THE FB HERON FOUNDATION ($22,981,292). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FEDERATION OF APPALACHIAN HOUSING ENTERPRISES INC have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $58,614,448 in grants to FEDERATION OF APPALACHIAN HOUSING ENTERPRISES INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FEDERATION OF APPALACHIAN HOUSING ENTERPRISES INC?
- THE FB HERON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $22,981,292 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FEDERATION OF APPALACHIAN HOUSING ENTERPRISES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 32 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