Totals
- Total revenue
- $8,944,566
- Total expenses
- $1,660,816
- Contributions and grants received
- $8,514,656
- Grants paid
- $17,834
- Program service revenue
- $361,372
- Investment income
- $68,538
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $53,138,761
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $842,171
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $52,296,590
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,407,405
- Management and general expenses
- $139,631
- Fundraising expenses
- $113,780
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,407,405
Program services were 84.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$2,275,167
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$6,239,489
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$372,960
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2a · Program service revenue: Education, events, lodging
total $361,372 · related or exempt $361,372 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $68,538 · related or exempt $68,538 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $17,834 · program services $17,834
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0 · program services $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $84,217 · program services $46,319 · management and general $25,265 · fundraising $12,633
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $726,480 · program services $633,800 · management and general $48,702 · fundraising $43,978
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $72,035 · program services $60,177 · management and general $7,069 · fundraising $4,789
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11b · Fees: legal
total $733 · program services $733 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $32,740 · program services $0 · management and general $32,740 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $26,223 · program services $2,408 · management and general $4,065 · fundraising $19,750
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13 · Office expenses
total $68,669 · program services $29,073 · management and general $9,884 · fundraising $29,712
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16 · Occupancy
total $201,926 · program services $200,451 · management and general $1,475 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $27,860 · program services $27,710 · management and general $79 · fundraising $71
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20 · Interest
total $1,889 · program services $227 · management and general $1,662 · fundraising $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $180,691 · program services $180,691
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23 · Insurance
total $42,813 · program services $34,123 · management and general $8,690 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: Events and workshops supplies
total $24,787 · program services $21,940 · management and general $0 · fundraising $2,847
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24b · Other expenses: Noncapital special projects
total $151,919 · program services $151,919 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $191,973 · end of year $377,936
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $2,292,391 · end of year $1,774,226
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $47,581 · end of year $112,446
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $2,337,611 · end of year $6,135,387
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $0 · end of year $11,282
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $59,513 · end of year $172,715
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$41,459,962
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,765,724
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $36,126,429 · end of year $39,694,238
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $3,440,815 · end of year $4,860,531
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $84,180 · end of year $103,244
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $30,695 · end of year $34,824
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20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $10,049 · end of year $703,000
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $1,103 · end of year $1,103
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $43,695,425 · end of year $48,421,456
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $674,861 · end of year $3,875,134
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
Our Mission: Arc of Appalachia protects the rich diversity of life within North America's Great Eastern Forest. Our Work: We acquire and steward wildlands in the Appalachian heartland. We create sanctuaries where people can connect with the natural world. We teach about our forest heritage to inspire a global conservation ethic.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Our Mission: To protect the rich diversity of life within North America's Great Eastern Forest. Our Work: We acquire and steward wild lands in the Appalachian heartland. We create sanctuaries where people can connect with the natural world. We teach about our forest heritage to inspire a global conservation ethic.
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Land Acquisition & Nature Preservation - In 2025, Arc of Appalachia (the Arc) expanded its nature preserve holdings by eight properties and 2,267 acres. The Arc also supported a partner nonprofit, Wilderness East, in its purchase of seven properties totaling 1,691 acres. The Arc will purchase these properties from Wilderness East once grant and public funding have been achieved. All of these acquisitions further the Arc's mission of wildlands preservation. Over the organization's 30-year history, 181 separate land acquisitions have been consummated, establishing 38 preserve regions, nearly all of which remain actively stewarded by the Arc. Through a combination of grants and private donations, the Arc acquired in Ohio: 956 acres in Gallia County (86 acre Beaver Wetlands and 870 acre Mudsoc Woods), 60 acres in Hocking County (Pip Ridge), 5 acres in Scioto County (addition to our Ohio Hanging Rock Preserve), 1 acre in Holmes (part of our Killbuck Preserve), 45 acres in Jackson County (Welkin Ring), and 1,200 acres in Greenbrier County, West Virginia (Wild Rock Canyon).Land Stewardship & Hiking Trails. The Arc Land Stewardship Team in 2025 was able to complete Sugarbush, Rock Oak, Cliff Run, and one trail at our Tremper Mound Preserve. Trails that are still under development include Big Cola, Sylvan Deep, and the trail at Noel Hollow, with an expected completion in 2026. Non-native invasive plant control is a year-round task across the preserve system, focusing primarily on bush honeysuckle, multiflora rose, autumn olive, and Chinese lespedeza. Arc staff continue to track and treat hemlock wooly adelgid, a non-native invasive insect, in five of our preserves with stands of Canadian hemlock. The Arc continues management of an Ohio History Connection-owned site, Fort Hill, in Highland County.
Expenses $719,810 · Grants $12,787 · Revenue $8,554
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Education - In 2025 Arc of Appalachia was committed to teaching the value of Ohio's natural landscapes through its outdoor education courses, through interpretive displays and staff contact at the Appalachian Forest Museum, and via nature immersion opportunities presented to visitors on the Arc's nearly 80 miles of hiking trails. Calculated through head counts, registration data, and car counters, the Arc attracted 144,324 visitors in 2025. Notable attendance includes: 12,306 visitors to the Appalachian Forest Museum, 11,825 visitors to Fort Hill Preserve, 25,302 visitors to Junction Earthworks. The Arc hosted four large annual events in 2025: Wildflower Pilgrimage, Mothapalooza, Tree People, and the John Roger Simon Sorghum Festival.
Expenses $687,595 · Revenue $352,818
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Nancy J Stranahan
Director
- Total calculated
- $84,216
- From this org
- $84,216
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 50
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Brian Blair
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Randy Carmel
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jean Farkas
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Martha Fikes
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hazel Morrow Jones
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael Rigsby
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jenny Sadler
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jim Silver
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lewis Ulman
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rick Perkins
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Marilyn Welker
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dave Todt
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kathleen Bruns
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
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$12,477
The 2025 grant covers the cost of insurance on properties owned and held by Wilderness East, while Arc of Appalachia waits for grant funding to purchase the properties from Wilderness East.
Taxable family on this return
Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.
Related corporations and trusts
Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.
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Charitable Remainder Trust #1
T · Irrevocable remainder interest · OH · 0% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $789,608
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 20 September 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202602649349300505
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