MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

S32Z

Classification

1000

Street

433 CHESTNUT ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• KENTUCKY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY INC

  EIN 84-4979582

• KENTUCKY NATURAL LANDS TRUST INC

  EIN 61-1276913

Mission and programs · 2023

• LENDING AND BUSINESS SUPPORT THE LENDING TEAM OFFERS LOANS TO EXISTING AND STARTUP BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS. AS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AND A NONPROFIT, THE ORGANIZATION CAN OFFER GREATER FLEXIBILITY AND LEND TO FOLKS WHO MAY NOT OTHERWISE QUALIFY. THE BUSINESS SUPPORT PROGRAM CONNECTS BUSINESS OWNERS AND NONPROFIT LEADERS TO CONSULTANTS WHO CAN HELP THEM SUCCEED - FROM WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT TO PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY, AND MORE. AT FISCAL YEAR END, THE COMBINED PORTFOLIO OF MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION AND ITS AFFILIATED NONPROFIT APPALACHIAN INVESTMENT CORPORATION INCLUDED 197 LOANS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 21,680,056. THERE WERE 53 LOANS CLOSED DURING FISCAL YEAR 2024, DISBURSING A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 6,596,227.

  Expenses $1,987,118 · Grants $11,119 · Revenue $1,002,627

• APPALACHIAN TRANSITION COMMUNICATIONS & POLICY APPALACHIAN TRANSITION IS BOTH THE OVERARCHING FRAMEWORK OF OUR VISION FOR APPALACHIA'S BRIGHTER FUTURE AND A BODY OF WORK AIMED AT MOVING US TOWARD THAT FUTURE. THIS TEAM IS FOCUSED ON CONDUCTING COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS, TELLING IMPORTANT STORIES THROUGH A BROAD RANGE OF AVENUES, AND CONNECTING WITH LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS PART OF SHIFTING THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE REGION, OUR ECONOMIC TRANSITION AND OUR BRIGHT FUTURE.

  Expenses $536,168 · Grants $450,000

• ENERGY PROGRAMS THE ORGANIZATION'S ENERGY EXPERTS HELP BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS, AND PUBLIC AGENCIES FIND MUCH-NEEDED ENERGY SAVINGS THROUGH UTILITY BILL ANALYSIS, ON-SITE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SOLAR ASSESSMENTS, FINANCING, AND GRANT APPLICATION SUPPORT.

  Expenses $858,622 · Grants $301,272 · Revenue $37,686

• OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES CENTRAL APPALACHIAN NETWORK THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN NETWORK (CAN)'S MISSION IS TO DEVELOP AND DEPLOY ECONOMIC STRATEGIES THAT BUILD WEALTH IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES, CONSERVE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, AND EMPOWER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. CAN WORKS IN COLLABORATION ACROSS SECTORS, PARTNERING WITH OTHER NON-PROFITS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, FUNDERS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND PRIVATE BUSINESS. CAN ACTIVELY PURSUES ECONOMIC TRANSITION IN CENTRAL APPALACHIAN COMMUNITIES THROUGH A VARIETY OF ECONOMIC SECTORS AND MARKET- BASED STRATEGIES. MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION SERVES AS FISCAL SPONSOR FOR CAN. STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES PROGRAM WORKS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITIES IN EASTERN KENTUCKY BY HELPING THEM DESIGN AND BUILD UNIQUE AND PLACE-BASED INTERVENTIONS IN ECONOMIC SECTORS THAT FILL GAPS AND DEMONSTRATES WHAT'S POSSIBLE IN THE REGION'S NEW ECONOMY. THIS INCLUDES HELPING TO DEVELOP AND SUPPORT A GRASSROOTS NETWORK OF COMMUNITY GROUPS FOCUSED ON DIVERSIFYING THEIR LOCAL ECONOMIES, AS WELL AS HELPING COMMUNITIES PLAN FOR AND RESPOND TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLIMATE DISASTERS. AS A PART OF THIS WORK, THE ORGANIZATION ALSO CONTINUES DEEP, LONG-TERM INVESTMENT IN HAZARD, KENTUCKY AS A WAY TO SHOW HOW COLLABORATIVE WORK AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS CAN, OVER TIME, FORWARD A NEW ECONOMY. GENERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HISTORICALLY, MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION HAS PROVIDED ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES TO AND HAS MAINTAINED A JOINT EMPLOYER RELATIONSHIP WITH SEVERAL SMALL NONPROFITS WHOSE MISSIONS CLOSELY ALIGN WITH THE ORGANIZATION. CURRENTLY, MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION PROVIDES THESE SERVICES TO KENTUCKY NATURAL LANDS TRUST (KNLT) AND KENTUCKY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY (KY POLICY). KNLT IS A NONPROFIT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION WORKING TO SECURE FUNDS TO PROTECT NATURAL LANDS AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR LONG-TERM STEWARDSHIP. KY POLICY PRODUCES CREDIBLE RESEARCH TO KENTUCKIANS AROUND COMPLEX ISSUES SUCH AS PUBLIC INVESTMENTS, TAXES, EDUCATION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, HEALTH CARE, JOBS, AND THE ECONOMY. AS PART OF ITS MISSION, MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION ALSO SERVES AS A FISCAL SPONSOR FOR UNINCORPORATED NONPROFIT PROJECTS DOING WORK THAT SUPPORTS OUR GOALS. FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECTS ARE DIRECT ACTIVITIES OF MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION.

  Expenses $708,466 · Grants $2,800 · Revenue $245,125

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2023

  Revenue

  $8,094,633

  Expenses

  $5,452,825

  Contributions

  $6,741,704

  Grants paid

  $765,191

• 2022

  Revenue

  $6,043,653

  Expenses

  $4,549,571

  Contributions

  $5,013,840

  Grants paid

  $721,752

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,576,709

  Expenses

  $4,193,321

  Assets (EOY)

  $33,227,736

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,372,361

  Expenses

  $5,689,729

  Assets (EOY)

  $28,716,288

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,177,710

  Expenses

  $5,578,299

  Assets (EOY)

  $29,767,514

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,620,303

  Expenses

  $4,891,234

  Assets (EOY)

  $30,963,740

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,825,297

  Expenses

  $5,071,264

  Assets (EOY)

  $29,669,397

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,843,949

  Expenses

  $4,778,183

  Assets (EOY)

  $26,565,941

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,041,377

  Expenses

  $4,000,824

  Assets (EOY)

  $25,140,623

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,867,836

  Expenses

  $3,759,580

  Assets (EOY)

  $26,667,678

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,045,668

  Expenses

  $3,909,967

  Assets (EOY)

  $23,193,447

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $3,538,208

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,666,601

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• Kentucky Coalition

  $645,652

  2022 · To support public education and other activities leading to increased state revenue in Kentucky & to promote Just Transition for Central Appalachia

• KENTUCKY COALITION

  $450,000

  2023 · SUPPORT PUBLIC ED

• MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

  $94,000

  2023 · SOLAR PROJECT

• CITY OF MIDDLESBORO

  $87,700

  2023 · SOLAR PROJECT

• LESLIE COUNTY FISCAL COURT

  $70,000

  2023 · SOLAR PROJECT

• HOUSING ORIENTED MINISTRIES INC

  $34,830

  2023 · SOLAR PROJECT

• Various other

  $26,100

  2022 · Community development in Appalachia.

• Appalachian Voices

  $25,000

  2022 · Central Appalachian Network participation

• Rural Action

  $15,000

  2022 · Central Appalachian Network participation

• HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE INC

  $14,742

  2023 · SOLAR PROJECT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• RURAL ACTION INC

  $2,762,641

  2024 · Pass through to organization.

• TIDES CENTER

  $400,000

  2024 · SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT

• THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST

  $320,000

  2023 · FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.

• OPPORTUNITY FINANCE NETWORK

  $300,000

  2023 · FINANCE JUSTICE FUND SUBGRANT

• WESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE

  $213,500

  2022 · Rural Power Coalition

• ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

  $200,000

  2022 · GENERAL

• BEREA COLLEGE

  $150,882

  2022 · SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION WORKING TO IMPROVE GENERAL WELFARE WITHIN THE APPALACHIAN REGION

• OPPORTUNITY FINANCE NETWORK

  $100,000

  2022 · 2022 RENEWABLE ENERGY EFFICIENT GRANT

• ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

  $50,000

  2023 · GENERAL

• COALFIELD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

  $50,000

  2022

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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