This collection is arranged by subject in four series.
Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, the Appalachian Community Fund (ACF) was founded in 1987 to bring new resources for grant funding to groups working for progressive social change in Central Appalachia (East Tennessee, Eastern Kentucky, Southwest Virginia and West Virginia), and to be a sustainable resource base for community organizing and social change work in this region. In their 20-year history, they have awarded over $5 Million to more than 300 organizations working for justice. ACF pools resources from many sources including individuals, businesses, and foundations in order to provide critical financial support needed to help low-income people organizing themselves to address systemic problems of poverty, racism, and social inequity in their own communities and neighborhoods.
The ACF is governed by a regional board of directors made up of community leaders and residents of the four-state area in which they fund. Grantees, donors, allies, and board members make up the ACF network and community which helps guide their work and community-controlled grantmaking.
The ACF funds and encourages grassroots social change in Central Appalachia. ACF works to build a sustainable base of resources to support community-led organizations seeking to overcome and address issues of race, economic status, gender, sexual identity, and disability. As a community-controlled fund, ACF offers leadership to expand and strengthen the movement for social change through its practices and policies.
(Source: www.appalachiancommunityfund.org)
The Appalachian Community Fund records contain 89 boxes, 1977-2008, predominantly documenting 1986-2005. It has been arranged into four series. The majority of the Grants series is arranged by state, then alphabetically by grantee, and includes: grant applications, correspondence, acceptance and rejection letters, grant agreements, and various material associated with the grantee. The series also contains inactive donor files that include correspondence, donation cards, and information about the donors. Various grant cycle materials are also included.
The Organizational series contains various materials relating to the Appalachian Community Fund. Included are three organizational binders, Board of Directors materials such as minutes, meetings, and packets. Also ACF, non-ACF, and globalization publications comprised of newletters, booklets,and books. Papers concerning affliated workshops and events are included, along with Wendy Johnson's papers, SRDI papers, and various other materials concerning ACF.
The Photographs series contains photos from ACF events (including the 5th and 15th year anniversaries of ACF), Board of Directors and staff, grantees, and several unidentified photos. There are also negatives and contact sheets of some of these photographs.
The Financials series contains annual reports, audits, budgets, and financial papers of ACF from 1987-2000.
Boxes 56-58, 66, 76, and 78 are all RESTRICTED because of confidential, personal, and/or finanacial information, contained in them.
2009MS211 : [identification of item], Appalachian Community Fund records, 1977-2008, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.
The Grant series contains the materials from 1977-2007, relating to grant applicants, applications, correspondence, donors, and related materials.
Subseries i.-xi. contains applicant information from Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Washington D.C., Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. Within each state, the grantees are listed alphabetically. Materials include grant applications, correspondence, grantee checklists, acceptance and rejection letters, grant agreements, newsletters, newspaper clippings, brochures, flyers, and photographs. Amount of materials vary per applicant.
The Inactive Donors subseries contains the papers and materials of individuals who donated to the Appalachian Community Fund from 1986-2003. Materials include correspondence, articles about the donors, donation cards, and notes. Amount of materials vary per donor.
The Grant Cycles subseries include papers and materials relating to specific grant cycles. Materials include lists of grantees and amounts rewarded, recommended dockets, grant applications, and correspondence.
Boxes 56-58 are restricted, the "Inactive Donors" subseries, because it contains personal and financial information including checks.
The Inactive Donors subseries is RESTRICTED because it contains personal and financial information about the donors.
The Organizational series contains Board of Directors Meetings and materials, three binders, ACF, Non-ACF, and Globalization publications, publicity materials, information on workshops and events, Wendy Johnson's papers, and SRDI materials, spanning from 1984-2008.
The Board of Directors Meetings subseries contains the materials and individual members' folders pertaining to meetings from 1993-1995. Materials include handouts, notes, correspondence, budgets, recommended dockets of grantees, and agendas.
All organizational binders contain materials that were removed from three different binders for preservation purposes, but kept in original order. The Organizational Binder 1 subseries contains board meeting agendas, Board of Directors minutes, coordinating committee papers, memoranda, miscellaneous, and loose papers placed in the binder.
All organizational binders contain materials that were removed from three different binders for preservation purposes, but kept in original order. The Organizational Binder 2 subseries include board meeting packets from 1989-1993.
All organizational binders contain materials that were removed from three different binders for preservation purposes, but kept in original order. The Organizational Binder 3 subseries contains the Board of Directors mailings from 1988-1995.
The Board of Directors Materials contains papers from 1984-1998, that include board minutes, meetings, and nominations. The subseries also contains the Board of Directors, Fundraising committee, other committees, and the Director's reports and papers.
ACF Publications includes three copies of "Building Connections, Building Communities, Building Social Change," and two copies of "A Grantseeker's Guide to Funders," along with its' paperwork. The subseries also includes the ACF Needs Assessment book, newsletters and their accompaning papers.
Box 66 is restricted because folder 5 contains "Building Connections, Building Communities, Building Social Change," which has "CONFIDENTIAL" written on the papers in the booklet. Box 66, folders 6-7 should also be restricted because while it does not have "CONFIDENTIAL" written, the folders contain updated versions of the one that is restricted.
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Non-ACF Publications include newletters, reports, and booklets from other organizations and foundations from 1991-2008.
The Globalization Publications subseries were originally located with the non-ACF publications, but were seperated by the label, "Global Publications," which focus on the theme of globalization in economics, employment, and grants.
ACF Publicity contains newspaper clippings and correspondence, along with media coverage, radio spots, and press releases that discuss the Appalachian Community Fund from 1987-2001.
The Workshops and Events subseries includes correspondence, notes, handouts, worksheets, and other materials from 1986-1995, pertaining to these events, including the 5th and 10th year anniversaries of ACF.
The Wendy Johnson Papers include materials on SRDI from 1989-1996, including the Southern Funder's Initiative, strategic planning meetings, press conference, board books, profiles, and 1995 Farm Bill.
Box 76 is restricted because folder 3 contains SRDI tax information.
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The SRDI subseries contains reports, a press advisory, papers, and maps concerning the Southern Rural Development Initiative.
Box 78 is restricted because folder 6, "Past Permits," contains tax forms, checks, and personal financial information.
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The Photograph series documents events, ACF Board and Staff, and includes Grantee photographs from 1988-2007. The audio visual materials include disks that contain photographs, NPR report on domestic violence, and a tape of
The Financial series contains annual reports, budgets, audits, statements of activity, financial statements, unrestricted incomes, and financial papers of the Appalachian Community Fund.