Totals
- Total revenue
- $8,117,359
- Total expenses
- $1,535,825
- Contributions and grants received
- $7,717,406
- Grants paid
- $3,046
- Program service revenue
- $333,455
- Investment income
- $66,498
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $44,496,313
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $126,027
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $44,370,286
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,311,638
- Management and general expenses
- $129,523
- Fundraising expenses
- $94,664
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,311,638
Program services were 85.4% 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)
$2,087,016
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$5,630,390
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$2,343,346
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2a · Program service revenue: Education, events, and lodging
total $333,455 · related or exempt $333,455 · 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 $66,498 · related or exempt $66,498 · 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 $3,046 · program services $3,046
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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 $81,620 · program services $44,891 · management and general $24,486 · fundraising $12,243
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $650,584 · program services $590,617 · management and general $37,288 · fundraising $22,679
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $66,123 · program services $57,142 · management and general $5,946 · fundraising $3,035
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11a · Fees: management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0 · fundraising $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $7,182 · program services $0 · management and general $7,182 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $38,353 · program services $14,336 · management and general $3,747 · fundraising $20,270
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $66,671 · program services $22,840 · management and general $8,093 · fundraising $35,738
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14 · Information technology
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $142,838 · program services $142,189 · fundraising $649
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17 · Travel
total $29,587 · program services $28,391 · management and general $1,167 · fundraising $29
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $669 · program services $608 · management and general $61 · fundraising $0
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20 · Interest
total $6,798 · program services $817 · management and general $5,981 · fundraising $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $157,069 · program services $157,069 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $37,924 · program services $30,691 · management and general $7,233 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: Events and workshops supplies
total $39,850 · program services $39,829 · management and general $0 · fundraising $21
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24b · Other expenses: Non-capital special projects
total $179,172 · program services $179,172 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: Writeoff value of disposed assets
total $28,339 · program services $0 · management and general $28,339 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $290,559 · end of year $191,973
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $977,168 · end of year $2,292,391
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $66,135 · end of year $47,581
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $1,334,284 · end of year $2,337,611
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $46,882 · end of year $59,513
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$37,711,462
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,585,033
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $31,735,868 · end of year $36,126,429
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $2,820,130 · end of year $3,440,815
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $90,278 · end of year $84,180
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $4,813 · end of year $0
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $31,339 · end of year $30,695
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20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $21,569 · end of year $10,049
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $173,908 · end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,103
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $36,949,119 · end of year $43,695,425
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $0 · end of year $674,861
Mission and programs · 2024
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 2024, the Arc of Appalachia (Arc) expanded its nature preserve holdings by 11 properties and 795 acres. The Arc also supported a partner nonprofit, Wilderness East, in its purchase of four properties totaling 1294 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, 173 separate land acquisitions have been consummated, establishing 33 preserve regions, nearly all of which remain actively stewarded by the Arc. The Arc acquired three properties by donation in Ohio: 37 acres in Hocking Hills (Grow donation), 25 acres in Knox County (Hellbender Preserve Expansion), 167 acres in Gallia County (Howell-Koeler Preserve), and one donation in Kentucky: 110 acres in Carter County (Chegeree Cliffs). One conservation easement was acquired by donation: 27 acres in Hocking County (Fry Easement). Through a combination of grants and private donations, the Arc acquired in Ohio: 80 acres in Perry County (Gailen Forest Reserve), 205 acres in Pike and Ross Counties (two projects expanding Tobacco Barn Hollow Preserve), 101 acres in Jackson County (two projects composing Sylvan Deep Preserve), and 43 acres in Scioto County that expanded the Gladys Riley Golden Star Lily Preserve. One of Wilderness East's four holdings in 2024 included a 1200-acre property in Greenbrier County, WV that will be transferred to the Arc in 2025. Land Stewardship & Hiking Trails - In 2024, Arc's Land Stewardship staff stewarded nearly 80 miles of hiking trails in the Arc preserve system. Trails newly opened to the public this year include the Resilience and Honeycomb Rock trail systems in Hocking County, a third firefly-viewing trail at Gladys Riley Preserve, and two new trails at Tobacco Barn Hollow in Pike & Ross Counties. The development of these new hiking trails was largely funded by the Clean Ohio grant program. Non-native invasive plant control continued to be a year-round task across the preserve system in 2024, with special focus on bush honeysuckle, multiflora rose, autumn olive, and Chinese lespedeza. Arc staff continue to monitor and treat hemlock woolly adelgid, a non-native invasive insect in preserves with stands of Canadian hemlock. Research - Arc of Appalachia staff and volunteers continued to engage in several research studies across its preserves. These included an annual week-long bird survey in the Arc preserves; an ongoing timber rattlesnake habitat study at its Tobacco Barn Hollow preserve; and two bioblitzes, one in Killbuck Swamp Preserve in Holmes County, OH, and one at Wild Rock Canyon in Greenbrier County, WV.
Expenses $825,504 · Grants $1,046
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Education - In 2024, the Arc of Appalachia was committed to teaching nature literacy through workshops, courses, and educational articles provided to the general public, through a monthly series of free workshops for youths called "Nature is Neat," through maintaining nearly 80 miles of public hiking trails which facilitates direct learning, and through interpretive murals and one-on-one contact in the Appalachian Forest Museum at the Arc's headquarters. In 2024, the Arc attracted 140,542 visitors, a 45% increase from 2023's attendance. Numbers were calculated with the aid of headcounts, registration data, and car counters.
Expenses $486,134 · Revenue $317,889
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Nancy J Stranahan
Director
- Total calculated
- $81,577
- From this org
- $81,577
- 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
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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
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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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
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 $0
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 2 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202532799349300613
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