Create Appalachia

Analysis

Create Appalachia is a registered charity in United States, based in Kingsport, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public and societal benefit, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Create Appalachia reported income of $230k and spending of $242k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2024, income fell from $283k to $230k (-19%), an average of -6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Create Appalachia sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spiritual Renewal Center of ($230k), Fsic American Innovation and Opportunity Fund ($230k) and Dickinson County Historical Society ($230k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $178k against liabilities of $15k, net assets of $163k.