Appalachian Community Fund

Appalachian Community Fund The Appalachian Community Fund (ACF) funds, supports, and encourages grassroots social change in Central Appalachia.
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We believe in, and strive for, change — not charity. The Appalachian Community Fund (ACF) is a publicly supported, non-profit grantmaking organization that provides resources and support to grassroots organizations working to overcome the underlying causes of poverty and injustice in Central Appalachia.

Across Appalachian Kentucky, people are creating spaces where LGBTQ+ neighbors can gather, support one another, and cele...
06/29/2026

Across Appalachian Kentucky, people are creating spaces where LGBTQ+ neighbors can gather, support one another, and celebrate community.

Today, we’re highlighting Pikeville Pride, Pride of Morehead, and PFLAG Somerset. Through Pride Celebrations, advocacy, and ongoing support, each organization helps foster connection and create spaces where people feel seen, welcomed, and valued.

While Pride Month offers a special opportunity to celebrate, these organizations continue showing up for their communities throughout the year. Their work is a reminder that LGBTQ+ communities have always been a part of Appalachia and will continue shaping its future. Organizations like these continue to strengthen our region by making space for connection, belonging, and joy throughout the year.

Community grows when we show up for one another. We invite you to learn more about their work by following their pages, sharing their stories, and supporting the community they’re building.

No two communities celebrate Pride in exactly the same way, and that’s part of what makes this work so meaningful.Across...
06/29/2026

No two communities celebrate Pride in exactly the same way, and that’s part of what makes this work so meaningful.

Across Tennessee, organizations like Knox Pride, TriPride, Upper Cumberland Pride, and Blount Pride are creating opportunities for LGBTQ+ people to find connection, celebrate openly, access resources, and build community in ways that reflect their own regions and neighbors.

Whether you’re attending an event, sharing their work, or learning more about what they do throughout the year, every act of support helps these organizations continue creating spaces where people can belong.

We invite you to learn more about their work by following their pages, sharing their stories, and supporting the community they’re building.

Community is built when people have opportunities to share their stories, cultures, and traditions.  In this grantee spo...
06/17/2026

Community is built when people have opportunities to share their stories, cultures, and traditions.  

In this grantee spotlight, we’re highlighting how the Asian Culture Center of Tennessee, through the , creates a space where thousands of people gather each year to learn from one another, celebrate Asian arts and cultures, and build meaningful connections across communities.

We’re grateful to support this work of connection, belonging, and community-building.  

Join the 13th Knox Asian Festival on Saturday, August 30th, 2026, ad World’s Fair Park in Knoxville, TN.  

Learn more at www.asianculturetn.org

This month, we’re honored to spotlight the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum and their powerful public memory initiative, C...
05/19/2026

This month, we’re honored to spotlight the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum and their powerful public memory initiative, Courage in the Hollers.

Through monuments, storytelling, and deep community collaboration, Courage in the Hollers is preserving the history of the miners’ 50-Mile March and the Battle of Blair Mountain, honoring the multiracial, multiethnic working people who came together in pursuit of dignity, justice, and labor rights.

We’re grateful for their work and proud to stand alongside them. Swipe through to learn more about Courage in the Hollers and the ongoing effort to preserve this vital chapter of Appalachian history.

If this work resonates with you, or if you’d like to support and learn more about the important work being done to preserve Appalachian history and strengthen community memory, we encourage you to become a member by visiting the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum’s membership page.

And stay tuned, there’s more to come! Later this month, we’ll also be featuring the museum’s “Entirely Preventable” project, a photography exhibit exploring the ongoing realities of black lung and silicosis, and the communities most impacted by these entirely preventable diseases.

International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day, is rooted in the fight for wages, safe working conditions, and dignit...
05/01/2026

International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day, is rooted in the fight for wages, safe working conditions, and dignity for workers.

In Appalachia, that history is not separate from daily life, it is part of how communities have always understood work and survival. From coal miners and energy workers to teachers, healthcare workers, and farmers, from caregivers to community organizers, labor here has long shaped both the land and the people who call it home.

This work sustains life across homes, workplaces, fields, schools and public spaces. Work that has always been essential to how this region holds itself together.

While much of this work is named, much of it is not defined. It exists in the early mornings and long nights. It is caring for what others depend on. It is the dependence on care, organizing, support and the space made for change, even in the face of a hard and unknown future. This work is the steady presence of people keeping communities grounded through every season.

This International Worker’s Day, Appalachian Community Fund recognizes the work and the communities who make calling this place home possible. We are honored to support organizations, cultural bearers and community efforts carrying this work forward.

We are honored to highlight the C.B. Nuckolls Community Center & Black History Museum in Ashland, Kentucky, as an Appala...
04/27/2026

We are honored to highlight the C.B. Nuckolls Community Center & Black History Museum in Ashland, Kentucky, as an Appalachian Community Fund Grantee Spotlight, recognizing its powerful work preserving and sharing local Black history.

The work began in 2020 when Darrell Smith created the Ashland Black History page after noticing how little of the community’s Black history was documented online.

By sharing his own family photos and inviting others to contribute, he helped spark a growing community archive, as residents began sending in photographs, memorials, and stories that now form the foundation of the museum’s ongoing work.

Swipe to read more about this incredible museum and the work that has been put into it.

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100 5th Street, Suite 530
Knoxville, TN
37620

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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