Appalachian Sustainable Development

Analysis

Appalachian Sustainable Development is a registered charity in United States, based in Duffield, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1996, 30 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 Sustainable Development reported income of $4.2m and spending of $3.6m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.9m to $4.2m (+128%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Appalachian Sustainable Development sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc ($4.2m), Crowder Industries Inc ($4.2m) and Logan Square Neighborhood Assoc Inc ($4.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 106% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.9m. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 49 employees.