Appalachian Community Fund Change, Not Charity Report 2018-2019
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Celebrating over 30 Years of Change, Not Charity ™ in Central Appalachia.
MISSION The Appalachian Community Fund (ACF) funds and encourages grassroots social change in Central Appalachia. ACF works to build a sustainable base of resources to support community-led organizations seeking to overcome and address issues of race, economic status, gender, sexual identity, and disability. As a community-controlled fund, ACF offers leadership to expand and strengthen the movement for social change through its practices and policies.
VISION On the journey to justice, our vision is to work for the day when Appalachia’s land, air and water are safe from destruction and contamination; where the economy is stable, strong, and provides diverse employment opportunities for all people; where government and industry are accountable to human needs without exploitation of people and their health; where justice, equity, appreciation of diversity and celebration of our common humanity replace racism, sexism, heterosexism and other “isms”; where wealth and resources are shared equally; where all children grow up free from hatred and violence; and where justice overcomes oppression in any form.
VALUES • • • •
The critical importance of anti-racism work as a part of bringing about social change
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Leadership of people involved in issues and action
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Building a sense of community and promoting inclusiveness
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Grassroots experience, skills, wisdom and plain good sense
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Celebration of culture, heritage, survival, community, and victories for justice
Diversity of voices, experience, and geography Decision-making that is built on consensus, equal participation, and shared leadership
Equality of people and equity in practice Accountability, friendliness and openness to our donor partners, our grantee partners and all allies who seek justice Sharing of stories and experience to build relationships, leadership and solidarity Speaking out and standing up Seeing, sharing and creating the connections among people, communities, environment, the region and the world
The natural and human resources that make Appalachia a rich and diverse region
PRINCIPLES The Appalachian Community Fund (ACF) operates on principles of compassion and respect for all beings, integrity, transparency, a belief in and commitment to justice, and care for our region and our planet. An analysis of oppression, particularly racism, informs ACF’s work; and in all of its activities, goals and outcomes, ACF seeks to model an organization which is effective, responsible, accountable, democratic, anti -racist, and committed to developing leadership. ACF works to change systems and institutions and also believes in changing those it is a part of, recognizing and acknowledging that the systems it seeks to change transcend geographic, national and international boundaries. The Fund believes in sharing power, sharing responsibility, and seeking input and ideas from all components of the organization as it strives to embody, and to encourage other organizations to embody, these principles.
FUNDS The GENERAL FUND is an annual board-directed program focusing on organizing for social change. Organizations may use these monies for general support as well as for programs and projects.
The TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE program is designed to help build strong organizations. These are small grants for specific technical assistance needs identified by the organization. By helping staff, board, and members hone their skills, ACF believes an organization’s work will be stronger and more effective.
The LGBTQ FUND (LESBIAN/GAY/BISEXUAL/TRANSGENDER/QUESTIONING) was established in 2006 to develop and strengthen resources for LGBTQ organizing efforts in Central Appalachian communities. This Fund is designed to support LGBTQ organizational building, strengthening lesbian and gay community institutional resources, and capacity building for LGBTQ organizing efforts. ACF also seeks applications from new and emerging organizations that work with LGBTQ youth and networking efforts to connect LGBTQ work throughout Central Appalachia.
The FOCIS GIVING CIRCLE (FEDERATION OF COMMUNITIES IN SERVICE) was formed at the Appalachian Community Fund in 2007. FOCIS started in 1967 when over 40 women left the Glenmary Sisters to emphasize their community development work in Appalachia. The FOCIS Giving Circle honors and preserves the community service values of FOCIS and encourages future generations to nurture and sustain these values. Giving circles are a growing area of philanthropy, where a group of people pool their resources and make collective decisions on how to ‘socially invest’ their dollars. The POWER & POWERLESSNESS FUND was founded by John Gaventa, and funded from the royalties of his prize-winning book, Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion, published by the University of Illinois Press in 1982. During the work on his PhD, John spent a great deal of time in the Appalachian coal communities about which the book was written, particularly the four counties of Campbell and Claiborne in Tennessee, and Bell and Whitley in Kentucky. This fund was created as a modest way to attempt to thank these communities and organizations for all the lessons they taught, the hospitality they gave, and the courage which they exhibited in challenging the issues of power and powerlessness in the region, with a special but not exclusive focus on the four counties of the Clear Fork Valley area. Special consideration shall be given to requests from organizations which supported the research and writing of the book.
Occasionally, ACF receives DONOR-ADVISED Grants and DONOR-DESIGNATED Gifts. This happens when individual donors contact us to make grants and gifts on their behalf.
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PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS The Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium is a new collective of funders, activists and community leaders working to advance the movements for Black girls and women in the Southeast. It’s a partnership with the NoVo foundation, Appalachian Community Fund, Black Belt Community Foundation, Fund for Southern Communities, and Truth Speaks Consulting.
In 2018-2019, the consortium co-created an infrastructure for regional grantmaking and movement building, providing resources to locally based organizations run by and working directly for Black girls, including those outside of traditional non-profit groups. The consortium partnered with girls and those who center girls in their work to design an infrastructure to manage grantmaking and additional capacities needed in the Southeast, while supporting and strengthening social movements for Black girls. In addition to direct grantmaking, the consortium will coordinate efforts and support opportunities providing spaces for healing, political education, and organize capacity building for movements that center around and are led by Black girls and women. The consortium is coordinated entirely by a community of Black women in philanthropy, activism and girls’ work, who hold deep roots in movement-building throughout the Southeast. The partnership recognizes their critical role and the importance of centering the lived experiences and leadership of those most impacted by deep-seated injustice.
Out in Appalachia provides support to LGBTQ communities and individuals in Central Appalachia. This project is a grantee of the broader Out in the South Initiative coordinated by the Funders for LGBTQ Issues as a strategy to increase funding and deepen fundraising strategies and relationships for LGBTQ communities across the South.
Our goals include building secure communities, breaking down isolation, supporting leaders and encouraging emerging leaders, introducing fundraising tools and expanding grantmaking capacity in what has been an underserved region. This work requires long term commitments to vision and relationship building. Four gatherings were held at the beginning of the project attended by a total of 170 people. The gatherings identified the needs of the LGBTQ community including the need for community capacity to tackle healthcare and quality of life issues for LGBTQ people in our region. There was also the recognition of the obstacles faced in anti-LGBTQ bias and a climate of fear and intolerance. The development of Out in Appalachia (formerly known as Out in the South/Appalachia) has coincided with the growth of LGBTQ community organizations in small towns throughout Central Appalachia. ACF plays a role in supporting start-up efforts of new Pride and service groups. We understand that it will take a culture shift in our communities to be able to survive and thrive openly. We believe that shift is happening and deserves support. No one should have to leave their hometowns in order to feel welcome.
GRANTEES
2018-2019
General Fund A Step Ahead Foundation of E. Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
$2,500
The Alliance for Appalachia, London, KY
$2,500
American Friends Service Committee, Charleston, WV
$2,000
Bridge Refugee Services, Knoxville, TN
$1,500
Catholic Committee of Appalachia, Spencer, WV
$1,000
Dorothy M. Kincaid Beloved Community Outreach Foundation, Alcoa, TN
$1,000
High Rocks Educational Corporation, Hillsboro, WV
$1,000
Knoxville Gay Men’s Chorus, Knoxville, TN
$2,500
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Huntington, WV
$2,000
One World Circus, Knoxville, TN
$2,000
Open Heart Ministries, Bluefield, WV
$2,000
Owsley County Alliance for Recreation & Entertainment, Booneville, KY
$1,000
Pikeville Pride, Lexington, KY
$2,500
Project Read, Madison County Literacy Council, Richmond, KY
$1,000
Radio Eye, Lexington, KY*
$1,500
Sexy Sex Ed, Whitesburg, KY
$2,000
South Central Educational Development, Bluefield, WV
$2,500
Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, Big Stone Gap. VA
$1,000
Teach for America-Appalachia, Hazard, KY
$2,000
Tennessee Clean Water Network, Knoxville, TN
$2,000
TriPride TN, Johnson City, TN
$2,500
West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy, Charleston, WV
$2,000
Woodland Community Land Trust, Clairfield, TN
$1,000
Total
$40,000
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* designated for work in Appalachian counties
Technical Assistance Children’s Advocacy Center of Hamilton County, Chattanooga, TN
$800
East Tennessee Young Farmers Coalition, Knoxville, TN
$800
Of One Accord, Rogersville, TN
$800
Total
$2,400
LGBTQ Initiative Springhouse Community School, Pilot, VA
$2,000
GRANTEES 2018-2019 Out in Appalachia Special Project
$42,500
Power & Powerlessness Fund Highlander Research Center, New Market, TN
$500
Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium Highlander Research and Education Center, New Market, TN
$10,000
Datule Artist Collective, Little Rock, AR
$10,000
Our Children, Our Future, Charleston, WV
$10,000
Total
$30,000
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Donor-Advised Grants Allies of Knoxville’s Immigrant Neighbors, Knoxville, TN
$500
Beck Cultural Center, Knoxville, TN
$200
Bridge Refugee Services, Knoxville, TN
$200
City Council Movement Voter Education Fund, Knoxville, TN
$200
Highlander Research and Education Center, New Market, TN
$500
Jobs with Justice of East Tennessee, Louisville, TN
$500
Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment, Knoxville, TN
$200
Total
$2,300
2019 GRAND TOTAL $119,700
FINANCIALS A full copy of Appalachian Community Fund financial statements as audited by independent public accountants is available on our website under About
ACF/Financials and Reports.
EXPENSES
For fiscal year ending June 30, 2019
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INCOME
DONORS 2018-2019
Anne Brinser Anne N. Baldwin
Annette Anderson and Robert Wilson
OUR DONORS BELIEVE IN
Anonymous (26) Ardeth Deay Ariel Trahan Arlene Bermann August Cosentino Belinda and Jagade Burns Ben Abramson Benjamin Becker
Black Belt Community Foundation Brandi Augustus Brandon Jent Candie Carawan Carl Katims Carl Sciortino Carol and Bill Reuther Carol Nickle Carol Ready
Catherine Corliss Catherine Hoffman Catherine Joseph Chantelle Fisher-Borne Charles and Ellen Rockwell Aaron Kohring Abe Rybeck Abigail Hershberger Alexander Ellis Alexander Lee Allen and Ruth Ann Zacharias AmazonSmile Amelie Ratliff Amy Jonason Amy Weinberg Andre Weinstock and Michelle Hewitt Angela Reed Ann and Bruce Mathews
Ann Lowery and Allison Powers Anne B. and Michael Blakeney
Charlie Biggs and Laura Howes Chloie Airoldi-Watters Connie Vetter dalemei jamieson
Danny Orsburn Darryl Cannady David and Donna Gage David and Sandra Lyons David Ferrier David Reaves Dawn Warfield Debra Jacobs Dennis and Rona Fischman
Diana Fox Directions for Rural Action Donna Friedman
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Dorothy Fruchtman
Doug and Pegeen Reichert Powell Doug Gamble and Nina Gregg Edwin Gabler Elizabeth Brunello Elizabeth Crowe Ellen Hertzmark Emily Saunders Eric Wepsic Erica Vinskie Erin Smith
Jacqueline E. Hill
Estelle Disch
James and Darcey Dingan-Seaver
Fran Froehlich
James Collins
Funders for LGBTQ Issues
James Holmes
Gail Milliken
Jamie Harris and David Massey
George and Louise Kegley
Jane Doe
Gita and Martin Lefstein
Jane Sorensen
Glenda Struss-Keyes and Marcus Keyes
Janice Holland
Guy Osborne
Jean Byrne
H. and Geraldine Ziegenfuss
Jean Entine
Harvey and Naomi Cohen
Jen Girdish
Helen Moore
Jennifer Allen
Henry Allen
Jennifer Spirko
Howard Mechanic
Jennifer Stiles
Isyss Honnen
Jill Ellen Rosenthal and George Shaler
Jack Kaplan and Marian Macsai
Jim Sessions and Fran Ansley Jo Brown Joanne and Steve Grossman
Jody Smith Joel Hillhouse and Christine Adler John and Jean Rosenberg John D. Zuidema Jr. John Gaventa and Juliet Merrifield John Magan John Meszaros Jonathan Dudley Joseph and Pamela Viglione Josh Raisler Cohn and Christy Pardew Joshua Hayne Joyce Tavon
M. Brinton Lykes
Marc Miller Marcia Tanur Marcus Wilkes Margaret Martin Margo Miller Marjorie Miller Marjorie Siegel Mark Bevelhimer Marsha and Terry Uselton Mary Eva and Robert “Bo� Martin Judy Norsigian
Maryanne Henderson
Julie States
Matt Prater
Justine Richardson
Mel Hoover and Rose Edington
Karen Jones and Bev Futrell
The Merck Foundation
Katey Lauer
Michael Hirschhorn and Jimena Martinez
Kathie DeNobriga Kathleen H. Mavournin and Bob Richmond Kathleen Hutson
Kathryn Kieran Kathy Jennings-Johnson and Michael Johnson Katie MacKay Katy Ross Kelli Woodend Kelly Bonnevie Kelly Stewart Kerry Lehnerd- Reilly and Maggie Lehnerd-Reilly Kevin Johnson Kristen Strezo Kroger Larry Hollar and Karen Cassedy Lawrence Glass Leocha Fund of Tides Foundation Leslie Lipka LGBTQ Anonymous Lilly Marcelin Linda and William Mashburn Linda Ewald Lisa Mount Louisa Murrey
Michele Block Misty Boyes Mitchell Klein
Morgan Hall N. Briton Lykes Nadav David Nancy Nichols Nelle Chilton Nicholas Rosenstone Nick Szuberla Ogdenburg Borough Board of Education Olivia Lowery
Oscar Frederick Paige and Russell Billman Patricia and Domenic Mantoan Patrick Flannery-Reilly Patsi and Richard Trollinger Paul Beach Peter Schattner Phillip Szuromi Ray Daffner
Raymond E. and E. Crane Foundation Reed Young Reilly Swennes
Renee Taylor
Suzanne and Tambry Young
Ricardo Nazario-Colon
Tena Willemsma and Don Prange
Rich and Lucy Henighan
Terry Ward
Richard Stonestreet
Theresa Burriss and James Werth
Robert Davies
Thomas W. and Judith Rodd
Robin Carton and Meredith Smith
Todd Steed
Rocio Huet and Charlie Burchett
Tom and Susan Bell
Ronald M. Ansin and Jim Stork
Vivian Stockman
Rose and Stephen Wilkins
Wayne Kramer
Ross Hamachek
Will McCutcheon
Sara Lovelady
William Browne
Sara Mosteller
William Rubenstein
Scott and Lisa Starbuck
William Weiss
Scott Schaftlein
Winky Foundation
Scott Widmeyer and Alan Yount Shana Wagnon Shelley Dunnings Shelley Wascom The Social Justice Charitable Foundation Sonia Kowal and James Wildash Steve Fisher and Nancy Garretson Sue Ella Kobak and Art VanZee Susan and Bob Ambler Susan Gushee O’Malley
BOARD Angela Reed, Bluefield, West Virginia Angela Alston, Lewisburg, West Virginia Ashley M. Browning, Knoxville, Tennessee Brandi Augustus, Knoxville, Tennessee Darryl Cannady, Bluefield, West Virginia Emanuel Bailey, Knoxville, Tennessee Mo Hall, Knoxville, Tennessee Paige Cordial Billman, Sugar Grove, Virginia Teresa Collins, Whitesburg, Kentucky
Tyler Hughes, Big Stone Gap, Virginia Richard Stonestreet, Charleston, West Virginia
STAFF Belinda Burns, director’s assistant
Kathy Jennings Johnson, office manager Margo Miller, executive director
ORGANIZING TEAM Rachel Carretta, intern Walter Davis Taysha DeVaughn Jessie Watts Shane Wilkerson Reed Young
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Celebrating over 30 Years of Change, Not Charity ™ in Central Appalachia.