APPALSHOP INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A200

Classification

2000

Street

9404 HWY 805 STE B

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 · 2024

• APPALSHOP FILMS CONTINUES ITS FIFTY-YEAR PLUS TRADITION BY CONTINUING TO DOCUMENT AND TELL THE STORIES OF THE REGION. A WORKING COHORT OF FIVE YOUNG, UP AND COMING FILMMAKERS FROM THE REGION HAS SUPPORTED THE FULL TIME FILMMAKERS AT APPALSHOP AND COMPLETED WORK FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERS NEEDING VIDEO ASSISTANCE. THE FILMMAKERS' CONTENT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED AND SHARED WITH MULTIPLE FILM FESTIVALS, GARNERING AWARDS AT SEVERAL RECENT EVENTS.

  Expenses $354,652 · Revenue $23,105

• WMMT-FM, APPALSHOP'S PUBLIC COMMUNITY RADIO STATION, BROADCASTING AROUND THE CLOCK, PRIMARILY WITH VOLUNTEER DISC JOCKEYS, WMMT PRODUCES RADIO SERIES THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED NATIONALLY AND PRODUCES LOCAL PROGRAMMING INCLUDING "MOUNTAIN TALK" THAT ADDRESSES LOCAL AND REGIONAL ISSUES. THE COMMUNITY CORRESPONDENTS CORPS PROJECT IS TRAINING PEOPLE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF APPALSHOP AS LOCAL RADIO PRODUCERS.

  Expenses $295,954 · Revenue $393,720

• THE APPALSHOP ARCHIVE WAS FIRST FOUNDED IN 2003. PROJECT STAFF, INCLUDING TWO ARCHIVISTS, HAVE EVALUATED THE APPALSHOP ARCHIVES OF FILM, VIDEO, AND AUDIO RECORDINGS, BOTH FINISHED PRODUCTS AND "RAW TAPE." THEY DESCRIBE THEIR WORK AS "STABILIZING AND ORGANIZING THE COLLECTION" SO IT CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY. THIS HAS INCLUDED BUILDING A NEW VAULT, PRESERVATION OF WORK IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS, CATALOGUING THE MATERIALS, AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO COLLECTION. THE ARCHIVE PROJECT IS WORKING WITH OTHER APPALSHOP STAFF TO MAKE ARCHIVAL MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN NEW FORMATS AND TO EVALUATE PAPER HOLDINGS.

  Expenses $631,614 · Revenue $295,571

• ALL OTHER PROGRAMS ARE OPERATED TO ACCOMPLISH GOALS OF APPALSHOP. FOR EXAMPLE, OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE: (1) THE APPALACHIA MEDIA INSTITUTE: AMI HAS TRAINED LOCAL APPALACHIA YOUNG PEOPLE IN MEDIA SKILLS SINCE 1988. (2) THE COMMUNITY MEDIA INSTITUTE: CMI WORKS WITH PEOPLE IN GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP THEM DEVELOP THE SKILLS TO TELL THEIR OWN STORIES. THE CMI "MAKING CONNECTIONS PROJECT" DOCUMENTS INITIATIVES OF MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS REPIDLY CHANGING ECONIMC AND POLITICAL REALITIES. (3) SEEDTIME ON THE CUMBERLAND, IN ITS 36TH YEAR, IS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTS FESTIVAL BRINGING TOGETHER SOME OF THE FINEST REGIONAL AND NATIONAL MUSICIANS, CRAFTSPEOPLE, AND VENDORS, AS WELL AS PRODUCING A SERIES OF FILM SCREENINGS AND WORKSHOPS. (4) THE TRADITIONAL MUSIC PROJECT SUPPORTS TRADITIONAL MUSIC IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES WITH OLD-TIME DAYS AT APPALSHOP; THE AFTER-SCHOOL "PASSING THE PICK AND BOW" CLASSES, IN WHICH TRADITIONAL MUSICIANS TEACH CHILDREN FIDDLE, BANJO, AND GUITAR; PROGRAMMING ON WMMT AND PUBLICIZING TRADITIONAL REGIONAL MUSIC FESTIVALS. (5) MANY OTHER PROGRAMS TO ENLIST THE POWER OF EDUCATION, MEDIA, THEATER, MUSIC, AND OTHER ARTS TO DOCUMENT AND REVITALIZE THE LASTING TRADITIONS AND CONTEMPORARY CREATIVITY OF APPALACHIA; TO TELL STORIES THAT THE COMMERCIAL CULTURAL INDUSTRIES DO NOT TELL; CHALLENGING STEREOTYPES WITH APPALACHIAN VOICES AND VISIONS; TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES' EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE JUSTICE AND EQUITY, AND SOLVE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS IN THEIR OWN WAY; TO CELEBRATE CULTURAL DIVERSITY AS A POSITIVE SOCIAL VALUE; AND TO PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL DIALOGUE TOWARD THESE ENDS.

  Expenses $718,168 · Grants $215,483 · Revenue $2,331,976

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,354,923

  Expenses

  $3,487,483

  Contributions

  $2,884,139

  Grants paid

  $215,483

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,664,004

  Expenses

  $3,721,710

  Contributions

  $3,050,755

  Grants paid

  $173,080

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,390,521

  Expenses

  $3,593,393

  Contributions

  $2,003,911

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $4,366,517

  Expenses

  $3,374,408

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,657,430

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,149,775

  Expenses

  $2,587,951

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,650,033

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,458,366

  Expenses

  $2,473,315

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,638,652

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,309,433

  Expenses

  $2,250,090

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,853,998

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,396,143

  Expenses

  $1,962,359

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,224,404

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,932,347

  Expenses

  $1,747,193

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,319,575

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,125,194

  Expenses

  $1,741,020

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,797,625

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,612,548

  Expenses

  $1,443,689

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,133,623

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $815,766

  Expenses

  $1,423,653

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,151,736

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,623,689

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,426,788

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

• Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky

  $123,143

  2024 · TO FURTHER THE TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• CONCERNED LETCHER COUNTIANS LLC

  $35,440

  2023 · TO FURTHER THE TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• Hemphill Community Center

  $30,000

  2024 · TO FURTHER THE TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• Carcassonne Community Center

  $25,000

  2024 · TO FURTHER THE TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• Cowan Community Action Group

  $25,000

  2024 · TO FURTHER THE TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• COWAN COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP

  $15,000

  2023 · TO FURTHER THE TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• CARCASSONNE COMMUNITY CENTER

  $10,000

  2023 · TO FURTHER THE TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• HEMPHILL COMMUNITY CENTER

  $10,000

  2023 · TO FURTHER THE TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• SANDLICK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

  $10,000

  2023 · TO FURTHER THE TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

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Grants received

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $200,000

  2023 · EDUCATION

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $170,755

  2024 · RCSG

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $150,000

  2024 · CULTURE & ARTS

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $132,917

  2023 · RCSG

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $112,229

  2022 · RCSG

• POWER TO DECIDE

  $105,600

  2023 · ALL ACCESS EASTERN KENTUCKY PROJECT

• SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $100,618

  2022 · MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $100,000

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• POWER TO DECIDE

  $81,000

  2024 · ALL-ACCESS EASTERN KY PROJECT

• BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $75,000

  2023 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

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

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