Appalachian Forest Heritage Area Inc

Analysis

Appalachian Forest Heritage Area Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Elkins, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Appalachian Forest Heritage Area Inc reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.1m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $726k to $1.1m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Appalachian Forest Heritage Area Inc sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Center City District Foundation ($1.1m), Central United Methodist Church of Detroit Community Development Corp ($1.1m) and The Right Question Institute Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% and program service revenue 14% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $679k. At year end it held assets of $623k against liabilities of $213k, net assets of $409k. It reported 61 employees.