Five years ago, the Appalachian Impact Fund (AIF) started with the passion of one family and a dream jotted down on a piece of paper that said we’d achieve a set of goals to redevelop downtowns, make impact investments into promising sectors, make grants to nonprofits creating economic opportunity, ... KEEP READING
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Rising Where We’re Rooted
“The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky is a community foundation. But we’re more than that.” A year ago, we partnered with P&P Creative to create an authentic brand for the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky. The phrase "but we're more than that" continued to come up with each discovery ... KEEP READING
Appalachian Rises Telethon Brings Kentuckians Together to Raise $1.2M for Eastern Kentucky
The over $1.9M in funding raised for flood relief efforts included $1.2M taken in during the March 8th Appalachia Rises Telethon that aired on WYMT and WKYT. The over $1.9M in funding raised for flood relief efforts included $1.2M taken in during the March 8th Appalachia Rises Telethon that aired ... KEEP READING
Foundation Helps Provide over 1.9M in Critical Flood Relief Funding to Eastern KY
Within hours of historic flood waters ripping through Eastern Kentucky counties last month, the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky launched the Southeast Kentucky Flood Relief Fund. Flooding and the residual effects, including mudslides, left thousands of Eastern Kentuckians uprooted, essential ... KEEP READING
A Foundation Fosters Deep Relationships to Boost Economic Resilience in Rural Kentucky
Last year, the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky provided emergency relief to local businesses, like Sassy Trash, a store in Harlan, Ky., that sells antiques and work by local artists. Original story posted on Philanthropy.com, by Nicole Wallace on May 4, 2021. From day one, the Foundation ... KEEP READING
Responding to COVID-19 in… Appalachian Kentucky
This post continues a series highlighting the responses of SECF members to the COVID-19 pandemic in their communities. We will use this series to highlight partnerships, coalitions and innovative examples of giving that help those affected by this crisis. If you are involved in a program you would ... KEEP READING
National Standards Accreditation Affirms Our Commitment to Excellence
The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky is pleased to announce that we have recently been approved for re-accreditation with National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations®. This accreditation, signified by the Seal shown here, indicates that the Foundation ... KEEP READING
Ten Years of Giving
This month marks the beginning of our Foundation’s 10th year. We believe our success in growing from start-up to scale-up calls for celebration. It also calls for forward thinking because there’s no doubt, our greatest accomplishments as a Foundation and as the Appalachian region still lie ... KEEP READING
