Organizations We Share Programs With


















2020 Grantee partners
- AdventHealth Manchester
- Appalachia Service Project
- Appalachian Early Childhood Network
- Appalshop, Inc.
- Breathitt County Extension
- Christmas for Charity
- City of Whitesburg
- Come-Unity Cooperative Care
- Corbin Public Library
- Cowan Community Action Group, Inc.
- Days of Grace Food Pantry
- East Kentucky Health Services Center
- Floyd County Homeless Shelter
- Hand in Hand Ministries
- Hazard/Perry County Chamber of Commerce
- Housing Development Alliance, Inc.
- Jackson County Development Association
- KEENStart
- Kentucky River Child Advocacy Center
- Knott Drug Abuse Council
- Knox County Farmers’ Market
- Leatherwood Re-enactment Corporation
- Leslie County Animal Shelter
- Living Stone Outreach Ministries
- New Beginnings Center for Children and Families
- Pathfinders of Perry County
- Sand Gap Christian Church Food Bank
- STAY Project
- The David School
- Whitley County Farmers Market Inc.
- Adventure Learning Center
- Appalachian Artisan Center
- Appalachian Mentoring Project
- Awesome Center for Entrepreneurship (DBA Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame)
- Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky
- City of Hazard
- Clay County Cooperative Extension Office
- Community Farm Alliance, Inc
- Corbin Senior Citizen Center
- Cowan Creek Community Center
- Dewey Dam Dog & Cat Protection Society
- Farmers Market Double Dollars
- God’s Appalachian Partnership Pantry
- Hazard Community & Technical College
- Hindman Settlement School
- InVision Hazard
- Kentucky Colonels
- Kentucky River Regional Animal Shelter
- Laurel County African American Heritage Center, Inc.
- Leslie County Fiscal Court
- LKLP Community Action Council, Inc.
- Northfork Local Food, Inc.
- Perry County Extension Office
- Pike County Extension
- Sandy Valley Habitat for Humanity
- The Appalachian Center for the Arts, Inc.
- Williamsburg Senior Citizen Center
- American Red Cross Eastern Kentucky Chapter
- Appalachian Arts Alliance, Inc.
- Appalachian Research & Defense Fund of Kentucky
- Big Creek Missions
- Christian Life Fellowship Pantry
- City of Hyden
- Clinton County High School
- Corbin Cares
- Council on Foundations
- Daniel Boone Community Action Agency, Inc.
- Disabled American Veterans Chapter 128
- Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry
- Grace Hopkins Ruml Children’s Fund
- Hazard Downtown Incentive Program
- HOMES, Inc.
- Jackson County Cooperative Extension Service
- Jackson County Food Bank, Inc.
- Kentucky Infant Development Station (KIDS)
- Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music
- Laurel County Older Persons Activity Center (OPAC)
- Leslie County High School
- Main Street Pineville
- One East Kentucky
- Redbud Financial Alternatives, Inc
- St. Vincent Mission
- The Crater of Hope, Inc.
- The Pine Mountain Settlement School
Stories of Impact
The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky invests in people rooted in communities working toward lasting, positive change.
June 1, 2022
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 out gay rights pamphlets in the evenings…. KEEP READING
June 26, 2023
Johnson County Community Foundation Awards Grant to Main Street Players
The Johnson County Community Foundation recently awarded a $2500 grant to the Main Street Players to help support their organization and their community outreach programs. The Main Street Players is a local community theatre housed at the Historic SIPP Theater in Paintsville, KY. “The Johnson County Community Foundation is committed to seeing our community thrive… KEEP READING
March 13, 2023
Johnson County Community Foundation Awards Flood Recovery Grants
The Johnson County Community Foundation is helping three local organizations with flood recovery clean up this spring. The community foundation made three grants totaling $7,500 last week to local community organizations supporting community efforts. Grants of $2,500 each were made to The Veterans Referral Center, Paintsville Little League, and Johnson County Cal Ripken. “Being part… KEEP READING
March 1, 2023
Johnson County Community Foundation Launches 264 Club
Friends of Johnson County – there’s an exciting new way to support the area with the Johnson County Community Foundation’s 264 Club. This program is based around the 264 square miles of breathtaking beauty only found in Johnson County, Kentucky! The Community Foundation knows that each mile is treasured, and this giving club will help… KEEP READING