Welcome to the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky is delighted to announce its newest affiliate, the Letcher County Community Foundation. Affiliates community foundations combine the passion of local people living within that community with the ... KEEP READING
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Transforming Big Ideas into Action: Building Locally-Controlled Philanthropy
The Appalachian Big Ideas Festival brought together leaders in building locally controlled philanthropy for one of the community conversations sessions. The panel included Leslie County Community Foundation’s Board member, Kirsten Webb, Perry County Community Foundation’s Wanda Brown, the ... KEEP READING
Community Support for Generations
What is your vision for your community? The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky consistently asks this question to donors, boards, affiliates and program directors. It's a part of the overall concept of rising where we're rooted. And, we're proud to say that the answers are often turned into ... KEEP READING
The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky Again Acknowledged for Excellence
The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky has once again been approved for re-accreditation with National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations®. National Standards ensures that we have policies in place for financial stability and longevity, affirming our continued commitment to excellence ... KEEP READING
Unprecedented Public Funding Opportunities are Accessible to Eastern Kentucky Communities
Multiply your community impact with the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky through the L.I.F.T. Fund In order to capture this funding, our communities must be ready to submit competitive applications. A major barrier many communities face is a lack of access to required matching funds for ... KEEP READING
Celebrating Kentuckian and LGBTQ+ Activist, Lige Clarke
Elijah “Lige” Clarke (1942-1975) was a native of Hindman, Kentucky and a formative figure of the Queer Liberation Movement in the mid-20th Century. In the mid-1960’s, while he was in the US Army (with top security clearances, assigned to the Army’s Chief-of-Staff at the Pentagon), Lige would pass ... KEEP READING
Floyd County Community Foundation makes Grant to The David School
The Floyd County Community Foundation recently awarded a $4,000 grant to The David School. The grant will be used to help fund a science lab for teaching general chemistry, physics, and advanced biology classes. The David School is a nonprofit educational facility located in David, KY (Floyd ... KEEP READING
The Fight to End Food Insecurity
The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky has been working to tackle food insecurity, a prevalent problem throughout Kentucky. Food insecurity refers to the lack of access to nutritionally adequate foods for a healthy active life. It may reflect a household’s need to make trade-offs between ... KEEP READING
A Reflection on AIF’s First Five Years
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
