Appalachian Voices

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Boone, NC501(c)(3)Since 1997EnvironmentEIN 56-2049956

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Appalachian Voices brings people together to protect the land, air, and water of central and southern appalachia and advance a just transition to a generative and equitable clean energy economy.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 133 volunteers and 39 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $634K a year · 13% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$988K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 82% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $66K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$859K
11% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 11% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.8M
+5% vs prior year
Spent
$7.3M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$7.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$6.8M
FY2024▲ +5%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.9M
FY2021$3.8M
FY2022$5.0M
FY2023$6.4M
FY2024$6.8M
Expenses
$7.3M
FY2024▲ +42%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.6M
FY2021$2.8M
FY2022$3.9M
FY2023$5.1M
FY2024$7.3M
Net assets
$7.0M
FY2024▼ -7%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.8M
FY2021$3.8M
FY2022$5.0M
FY2023$7.6M
FY2024$7.0M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 1998.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $6.0M Management & general 12% · $853K Fundraising 7% · $502K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $988K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$193,053Pt VII · Sec A
Deputy Executive Director
$166,422Pt VII · Sec A
Dir of Finance & Operations
$146,015Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Programs
$134,655Pt VII · Sec A
Reg Dir of Community & Economic Dev
$129,445Pt VII · Sec A
Dir of Strategic Advancement
$110,311Pt VII · Sec A
Dir of State Energy Policy
$108,136Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Thomas D Cormons’s $193K as Executive Director is at the 82nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Thomas D Cormons$193,053$180,149———
Kathleen K Boyle$166,422$162,763———
Genevieve D Silverman$146,015$134,694———
Matthew F Wasson$134,655$115,891———
Tom Cormons——$134,282$128,271$119,375
Adam T Wells$129,445$105,970———
Kathleen Boyle——$123,780$110,771$98,499
Martin L Harrison$110,311$103,110———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Protects Appalachia's environment and promotes a clean energy economy.

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3 programs · $6.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Address coal's impacts and accelerate a just transition to healthy, prosperous communitiesaddressed the ongoing and legacy impacts of the extraction and use of coal for electricity generation that are passed on to the public in the form of air and water pollution, habitat destruction and increased health costs, and worked in broad…

$3.4Mprogram expense
02

Prevent new investments in fossil fuels and accelerate the transition to clean energyopposed major new investments in fossil fuel infrastructure including gas pipelines and fossil fuel power plants that would lock us into decades of continued fossil fuel use, and promoted policies and strengthened efforts to hasten a transition to clean…

$2.4Mprogram expense
03

Build Awareness of Regional Issues

Continued to produce the appalachian voice newspaper, to build awareness of environmental threats and opportunities to transition to sustainable energy and economic alternatives.

$155Kprogram expense

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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$66K
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Grants paid · 34 grants · $704K · 2023–2024
Martin County Health DepartmentFY2024$128,813
Cabell County Public LibraryWV · FY2024$34,000
Renewall INCWV · FY2024$33,350
Steele Memorial United Methodist ChurchFY2024$25,000
Neon First Church of GodKY · FY2024$24,000
Virginia Polytechnic InstituteFY2024$23,919
First Presbyterian ChurchFY2024$23,570
Leslie County Fiscal CourtFY2024$22,500
Experience Learning INCWV · FY2024$22,400
Virginia Organizing INCVA · FY2024$22,000
Red Bird Mission INCKY · FY2024$21,000
Huntington City MissionWV · FY2024$16,600
Lawrencefield Parish ChurchFY2024$12,500
Broomgrass Community Association INCFY2024$10,644
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$83K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$25K
Money outPt IX
$7.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$6.0M
Managementcol C$853K
Fundraisingcol D$502K
Owns and owesPt X
$7.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.3M
Total assetsLn 16$7.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$859K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$5K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$25K
Investment incomeLn 3$83K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Total revenueLn 12$6.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$484K
SavingsLn 2$3.9M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$13K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$32K
Other assetsLn 15$526K
Total assetsLn 16$7.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$859K
Net assetsLn 32$7.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 539
VolunteersI 6133
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.9M$4.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$13K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$44K$32K
Total assetsLn 16$8.2M$7.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$615K$859K
Net assetsLn 32$7.6M$7.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$547K$547K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$6K$6K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$576K$337K$202K$37K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.5M$2.8M$393K$282K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$91K$72K$11K$8K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$391K$309K$48K$34K
Payroll taxesLn 10$283K$215K$44K$24K
Legal feesLn 11b$82K$57K$24K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$33K$23K$10K$466
Lobbying feesLn 11d$7K$7K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$85K$67K$10K$8K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$31K$28K$161$3K
Office expensesLn 13$10K$7K$2K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$175K$125K$24K$26K
OccupancyLn 16$190K$146K$28K$16K
TravelLn 17$131K$109K$9K$13K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$96K$81K$6K$10K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$13K$10K$2K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$6K$4K$915$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$938K$909K$15K$15K
All other expensesLn 24e$159K$119K$18K$22K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.3M$6.0M$853K$502K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $6.8M$7.3M−$552K$7.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.4M$5.1M$1.3M$7.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.0M$3.9M$1.1M$5.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.8M$2.8M$1.0M$3.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.9M$2.6M$258K$2.8M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,757,001 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,280,280
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$5,367,499
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$5,250
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,647,779
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $25,000$25,000
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $83,011$83,011
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,211$1,211
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $25,000 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $84,222$6,757,001
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,309,149 across 21 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $547,347$547,347
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $5,500$5,500
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $336,978 · Management $202,083 · Fundraising $36,615$575,676
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,783,789 · Management $393,336 · Fundraising $281,877$3,459,002
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $72,289 · Management $11,156 · Fundraising $7,936$91,381
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $309,154 · Management $47,928 · Fundraising $33,937$391,019
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $215,346 · Management $43,875 · Fundraising $23,614$282,835
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $56,958 · Management $23,561 · Fundraising $1,151$81,670
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $23,042 · Management $9,531 · Fundraising $466$33,039
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $7,000$7,000
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $67,153 · Management $10,339 · Fundraising $7,769$85,261
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $27,900 · Management $161 · Fundraising $3,154$31,215
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,916 · Management $1,665 · Fundraising $1,723$10,304
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $124,568 · Management $24,149 · Fundraising $25,812$174,529
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $146,438 · Management $27,713 · Fundraising $15,814$189,965
IX-17 TravelPrograms $109,372 · Management $8,553 · Fundraising $12,969$130,894
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $80,545 · Management $6,279 · Fundraising $9,552$96,376
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $9,572 · Management $1,843 · Fundraising $1,138$12,553
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,780 · Management $915 · Fundraising $1,319$6,014
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $908,522 · Management $15,092 · Fundraising $14,696$938,310
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $119,084 · Management $18,016 · Fundraising $22,159$159,259
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,954,253 · Management $853,195 · Fundraising $501,701$7,309,149
Part X · Balance sheet $7,867,330 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,357,557$484,295
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,526,779$3,858,510
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,762,507$2,514,711
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $26,810$364,947
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $50,306$74,626
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $44,230$31,677
X-12 Other securities$12,802
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $407,411$525,762
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $8,175,600$7,867,330
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $91,972$365,381
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $523,139$493,608
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $615,111$858,989
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,041,946$2,741,304
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $4,518,543$4,267,037
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $7,560,489$7,008,341
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $8,175,600$7,867,330
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,008,341 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,757,001
XI-2 Total expenses$7,309,149
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$552,148
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$7,560,489
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,008,341

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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