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SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN STEWARDS
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN STEWARDS (Virginia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $522,125 to it, the largest being TIDES CENTER ($175,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2022
- $55k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $522k
- Net assets
- $14k
What Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards does
Mission
To create just and equitable communities while addressing current and legacy costs of extraction in our region
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
To provide assistance with the appalachian floods of mid-summer 2022
$24,561 spentof which $25,188 as grants64% of program spendingProviding community meal distribution and assistance with heating and electrical based on statement of need.
$13,762 spentof which $13,027 as grants36% of program spendingContribution to assist the appalachian african american culture center
$250 spent1% of program spendingContribution for black lung association, local chapter 2
$100 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $38,673.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $100k → $157k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN STEWARDS’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
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN STEWARDS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
58% 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 SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN STEWARDS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 64% — 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.
Where its funders are
56% of SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN STEWARDS's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $227k that is directly attributable, 55% of it comes from Virginia funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $295k 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
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN STEWARDS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,054 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,054 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2022
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In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN STEWARDS?
- SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN STEWARDS (Virginia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $522,125 to it, the largest being TIDES CENTER ($175,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN STEWARDS have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $522,125 in grants to SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN STEWARDS, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN STEWARDS?
- TIDES CENTER is the largest funder on record, with $175,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN STEWARDS 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2022–2022), and the filings of 6 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