The 2013 Gathering Was A Success!
Network Connections Spur Grantmakers’ New Initiatives
Steering Committee Members Are Featured on Mountain Community Radio
Appalachia Transition Video
The 4th Annual Gathering has concluded and was a success! During the site visits on Wednesday, Earl Gohl, federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission, launched their foodways tour in which Gohl will visit all 13 Appalachian states to sample locally grown foods. Check out more information below: WLOS in Asheville Asheville Citizen-Times and The Daily [Read More]
An article in the Charleston Gazette features a new grantmaking framework incorporated by the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation. The article credits Becky Ceperley, CEO & Director of the GKVF’s membership in the Network as a driving force for this change in their grantmaking structure. Read more about this story here! This is a great example [Read More]
This month, three Steering Committee members – Sandra Mikush, Gerry Roll and Ray Daffner – visited the Mountain Community Radio studios in Whitesburg, Kentucky to talk about the Appalachia Funders Network. Visit the WMMT’s station by clicking here to listen!
Appalachian Transition explores the emergent work by non-profit organizations and funders to advance a just and sustainable economic transition in the Central Appalachian region. For decades, Appalachian communities have struggled to overcome some of the highest rates of poverty, unemployment, and chronic health problems in the nation. As a member of the Appalachia Funders Network, [Read More]