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Floyd County Community Foundation makes Grant to The David School

The Floyd County Community Foundation recently awarded a $4,000 grant to The David School. The grant will be used to help fund a science lab for teaching general chemistry, physics, and advanced biology classes. The David School is a nonprofit educational facility located in David, KY (Floyd ... KEEP READING

The Fight to End Food Insecurity

The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky has been working to tackle food insecurity, a prevalent problem throughout Kentucky. Food insecurity refers to the lack of access to nutritionally adequate foods for a healthy active life. It may reflect a household’s need to make trade-offs between ... KEEP READING

A Reflection on AIF’s First Five Years

Five years ago, the Appalachian Impact Fund (AIF) started with the passion of one family and a dream jotted down on a piece of paper that said we’d achieve a set of goals to redevelop downtowns, make impact investments into promising sectors, make grants to nonprofits creating economic opportunity, ... KEEP READING

AIF’s Co-Founder Reflects on Impact

Impact. Often an ill used word, sometimes obvious, sometimes not so much.  The work- “impact”- of AIF over the past five years has been obvious in helping business, their employees and families within the region survive pandemics, floods, and the collapse of a mono-economy. Perhaps not so ... KEEP READING

A Message from Our CEO

It’s hard to know how to talk about what we have collectively been through as a country and a region over the last two years. It’s been a period of collective ambiguity, challenges, and a seemingly never-ending series of surprises. Many of us are ending this year wondering, “What could possibly come ... KEEP READING

First Homeowner Moves In at Gurney’s Bend!

New Homeowner Alfred has his own bedroom - and a bed to sleep in - for the first time in 10 years.  For 10 years, Alfred slept on a couch every night so that his grandchildren could have a bed. His daughter and her children had to move in with Alfred all those years ago, even though his home ... KEEP READING

Rising Where We’re Rooted

“The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky is a community foundation. But we’re more than that.” A year ago, we partnered with P&P Creative to create an authentic brand for the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky. The phrase "but we're more than that" continued to come up with each discovery ... KEEP READING