ARC OF APPALACHIA

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

N600

Classification

1000

Street

7660 CAVE RD

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).

Mission and programs · 2025

• 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

• 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.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $8,944,566

  Expenses

  $1,660,816

  Contributions

  $8,514,656

  Grants paid

  $17,834

• 2024

  Revenue

  $8,117,359

  Expenses

  $1,535,825

  Contributions

  $7,717,406

  Grants paid

  $3,046

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,896,336

  Expenses

  $1,188,652

  Contributions

  $4,466,901

  Grants paid

  $16,196

• 2022

  Revenue

  $7,210,769

  Expenses

  $1,211,824

  Contributions

  $6,859,725

  Grants paid

  $7,793

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

  $4,388,591

  Expenses

  $1,068,865

  Assets (EOY)

  $25,541,103

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,882,662

  Expenses

  $878,798

  Assets (EOY)

  $23,093,098

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,654,878

  Expenses

  $912,398

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,252,206

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.

Grants made

• Wilderness East

  $12,477

  2025 · 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.

• Wilderness East

  $6,658

  2023 · payment of real estate taxes for land currently owned by entity.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• COLUMBUS FOUNDATION

  $942,684

  2024 · CONSERVATION

• COLUMBUS FOUNDATION

  $635,007

  2023 · CONSERVATION

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $264,500

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $220,000

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $186,655

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS INC

  $143,456

  2024 · CONSERVATION

• COLUMBUS FOUNDATION

  $135,374

  2022 · CONSERVATION

• CRANE FAMILY FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2025 · CONSERVATION

• GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION

  $62,950

  2023 · PROGRAMATIC SUPPORT

• THE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST

  $60,000

  2024 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

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

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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