Aspen CSG partners with Rural Development Hubs across the country to strengthen local leadership, align funding, and build regional capacity. Through research and peer learning, we support Hub leaders to refine strategies and apply what works across regions.
In Kentucky, we work with Hub partners that coordinate across sectors, align resources, and connect communities to advance long-term regional strategies:
Fahe is a purpose-oriented Network of 50+ diverse community-based nonprofits serving the Appalachian states of Alabama, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. With a focus on leadership, housing, education, health and social services, and economic opportunity, Fahe empowers the people and communities of Appalachia with the resources, opportunities, and tools needed to build a better life.
Fahe is featured in these Aspen CSG resources: Support Local Hurricane Recovery Efforts, Support Local Efforts for Eastern Kentucky, Funding Rural Futures: A Call to Action and more.
The Mountain Association is a nonprofit, established in 1976, that invests in people and places in order to build a new economy in Eastern Kentucky. They serve this mission through flexible lending for businesses and organizations, hands-on business support services, expert energy consulting, and partnerships that drive research, advocacy, and innovative projects across Eastern Kentucky.
Shaping Our Appalachian Region
Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) is a nonprofit serving the 54 Appalachian Regional Commission counties of Eastern Kentucky. Born from the economic fallout of the coal industry, SOAR’s mission today is to solve the deep-seated issue of population retention and growth in Eastern Kentucky.
SOAR is featured in these Aspen CSG resources: Through Natural Disaster to Prosperity: A Call to Action, Mapping a New Terrain: Call to Action, Rural Development Hubs: Strengthening America’s Rural Innovation Infrastructure, and more.
Appalshop operates a radio station, a theater, a public art gallery, a record label, an archive, a filmmaking institute, a reproductive justice program, a community development program, and an array of other initiatives, all from Letcher County, Kentucky.
Appalshop is featured in these Aspen CSG resources: Support Local Efforts for Eastern Kentucky
Invest Appalachia works to improve how communities can connect to funding in a region that has long been overlooked. By combining different types of funding to meet project needs, they help investment-worthy projects become investment-ready – unlocking opportunities for equitable prosperity in underserved communities.
Invest Appalachia is featured in these Aspen CSG resources: Balanced Development Outcomes, Learnings on Rural Migration and Displacement, and How Can We Secure Enduring Capital for Equitable Rural Prosperity?
Foundation for Appalachia Kentucky
By supporting communities, growing assets and strengthening leadership, the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky is rising where they’re rooted. Their mission is to empower Appalachian Kentucky communities to thrive through collaboration, asset building, and leadership development.
