Appalachian Sustainable Development: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 31-1445533)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$2.1M
FY2021	$3.1M
FY2022	$3.1M
FY2023	$4.2M
FY2024	$6.7M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$2.2M
FY2021	$2.6M
FY2022	$2.9M
FY2023	$3.6M
FY2024	$5.2M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$476K
FY2021	$827K
FY2022	$1.0M
FY2023	$1.7M
FY2024	$3.2M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 1996.

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Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

84%

Program services 84% · $1.8M Management & general 5% · $111K Fundraising 10% · $225K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

16 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Jim Baldwin

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Steven Bradley

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Theresa Burris

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kayla Carter

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ben Casteel

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Heather Champey

Director/ Ch

$0Pt VII · Sec A

John Gifford

Director/Sec

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Earl Gohl

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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Questions the 990 asks

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Educates residents and farmers on organic farming and conservation benefits.

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2 programs · $1.8M · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

Education of farmers in organic growing methods and finding markets for their crops

$1.8Mprogram expense

02

Helping those with food needs to find access to their nutritional supplies and food nutrition education

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2024

The Richard and Leslie Gilliam FoundationFY2024$500K

Anne & Gene Worrell FoundationFY2024$500K

Edwards Mother Earth FoundationFY2024$425K

Clif Bar Family FoundationFY2024$150K

The Nature ConservancyFY2024$103K

The Seattle FoundationFY2024$60K

The Rapha FoundationFY2024$45K

East West Tea Company FoundationFY2024$40K

Total grants receivedfrom 21 funders$2.0M

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Grants paid · 61 grants · $3.3M · 2020–2024

Coalfield Development CorporationWV · FY2024$284,326

Appalachian Center for EconomicFY2024$257,129

Rural Action INCOH · FY2024$165,554

Savanna InstituteWI · FY2024$142,434

Interlace Commons INCVT · FY2024$111,705

University of MissouriFY2024$44,285

Bristols Promise Youth Networking AllianceTN · FY2024$35,000

Cornell Cooperative Extension ofFY2024$30,915

East Tennessee State UniversityFY2024$28,836

Radford University Foundation INCVA · FY2024$28,269

North Carolina State UniversityFY2024$20,119

Appalachian-Northeast Tenn Resource Conservation and Development CouncTN · FY2024$8,508

Sprouting Farms CorporationWV · FY2024$7,681

University of VirginiaFY2024$7,258

United Plant SaversFY2024$6,151

Interlace Commons INCVT · FY2023$100,824

Coalfield Development CorporationWV · FY2023$91,398

Bristols Promise Youth Networking AllianceTN · FY2023$62,950

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By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$2.1M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M

Other incomeLn 4–11$675K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$8K

Money outPt IX

$2.2M

Ln 25

Programscol B$1.8M

Managementcol C$111K

Fundraisingcol D$225K

Owns and owesPt X

$476K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$114K

Total assetsLn 16$1.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M

PeoplePt VI, VII

16

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a14

IndependentVI 1b14

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M

Government grantsLn 1e$885K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$8K

Investment incomeLn 3$387

Other incomeLn 4–11$675K

Total revenueLn 12$2.1M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$114K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$114K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$745K

Total assetsLn 16$1.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M

Net assetsLn 32$476K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 549

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$236K	$114K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$707K	$745K
Total assetsLn 16	$1.3M	$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$749K	$1.1M
Net assetsLn 32	$516K	$476K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$482K	$482K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$10K	$10K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$940K	$687K	$75K	$178K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$20K	$14K	$2K	$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$50K	$37K	$4K	$10K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$81K	$59K	$6K	$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$3K			$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$10K	$7K	$784	$2K
Office expensesLn 13	$53K	$41K	$4K	$7K
OccupancyLn 16	$86K	$78K	$6K	$2K
TravelLn 17	$27K	$25K	$1K	$996
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$764	$611	$61	$92
InterestLn 20	$18K	$16K	$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$85K	$84K	$1K
InsuranceLn 23	$47K	$42K	$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$234K	$231K	$917	$2K
All other expensesLn 24e	$9K	$8K	$2K	$94
Total functional expensesLn 25	$2.2M	$1.8M	$111K	$225K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$6.7M	$5.2M	$1.5M	$3.2M	990 PDF
FY2023	$4.2M	$3.6M	$600K	$1.7M	990 PDF
FY2022	$3.1M	$2.9M	$150K	$1.0M	990 PDF
FY2021	$3.1M	$2.6M	$534K	$827K	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$2.1M	$2.2M	−$40K	$476K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $2,116,070 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,257,536$1,432,404

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $112,403$7,944

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $378$387

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $479,958$675,335

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,850,275$2,116,070

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $197,048$491,861

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $960,981$1,091,375

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $772,419$573,146

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,930,448$2,156,382

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$80,173−$40,312

Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, 4 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14

VI-1b Independent voting members14

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,116,070 across 7 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $493,648 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1e Government grants$884,945

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$547,459

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,432,404

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $7,944$7,944

VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $387$387

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $181,687$181,687

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $501,592 · Unrelated business $387 · Excluded from tax $181,687$2,116,070

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,156,382 across 17 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $481,861$481,861

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $10,000$10,000

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $686,514 · Management $75,204 · Fundraising $178,327$940,045

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $14,446 · Management $1,582 · Fundraising $3,752$19,780

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $36,807 · Management $4,032 · Fundraising $9,561$50,400

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $59,264 · Management $6,492 · Fundraising $15,394$81,150

IX-11g Other fees for servicesFundraising $2,954$2,954

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $7,152 · Management $784 · Fundraising $1,859$9,795

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $41,396 · Management $4,251 · Fundraising $7,492$53,139

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $77,618 · Management $6,341 · Fundraising $1,819$85,778

IX-17 TravelPrograms $25,179 · Management $1,116 · Fundraising $996$27,291

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $611 · Management $61 · Fundraising $92$764

IX-20 InterestPrograms $16,263 · Management $1,414$17,677

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $83,703 · Management $1,387$85,090

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $41,654 · Management $5,111$46,765

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $231,385 · Management $917 · Fundraising $2,174$234,476

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $7,511 · Management $1,812 · Fundraising $94$9,417

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,821,364 · Management $110,504 · Fundraising $224,514$2,156,382

Part X · Balance sheet $1,579,662 assets, 12 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $236,322$114,473

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $82,817$353,958

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $239,460$365,993

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $707,042$745,238

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,265,641$1,579,662

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $397,932$503,028

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $313,391$317,916

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $37,980$282,690

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $749,303$1,103,634

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $516,338$476,028

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $516,338$476,028

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,265,641$1,579,662

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $476,028 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$2,116,070

XI-2 Total expenses$2,156,382

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$40,312

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$516,338

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$476,028

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Appalachian Sustainable Development FY2020 filing

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Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Appalachian Sustainable Development

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV