PLACE-BASED
Community-serving organizations play a significant and unique role in creating the conditions for people to participate in, contribute to, and benefit from the economic transition. Family foundations, community foundations, CDFIs, capacity-building nonprofit organizations, cultural hubs, and local government entities are all essential parts of successful place-based strategies.
about the PLACE-BASED group
Community and place-based organizations build community capacity by developing partnerships, building trusting relationships, and giving voice to community-based priorities and realities that are going to move our communities forward. Read more about how the group defines community capacity.
The community and place-based landscape across central Appalachia is diverse. Some areas are served by established, multi-county foundations; others by young, single county foundations. Still others are not served by a community foundation at all. Strengthening community-based philanthropy will require a commitment on the part of many players: local, state, and regional.
next PLACE-BASED GROUP Meeting
March 26, 2024 from 3:30-4:30pm ET
This meeting recurs bi-monthly on the last Tuesday at 3:30pm
AFN Members Only
Members
Group Chair:
Kerry Pigman, Athens Foundation
Group Participants:
Beth Rushing, Appalachian College Association
Donna Stanley, Coalfield Water Development Fund
Christopher Worman, Connect Humanity
Angela Anderson, Dogwood Health Trust
Stephen Blount, Dogwood Health Trust
Dominica Bockes, Dogwood Health Trust
Jessika Bond, Dogwood Health Trust
April Bragg, Dogwood Health Trust
Jennifer Bryan, Dogwood Health Trust
Tamia Dame, Dogwood Health Trust
Moriah Dean, Dogwood Health Trust
Greg Byers, Dogwood Health Trust
Jodi Evans, Dogwood Health Trust
Margarita Gonzalez, Dogwood Health Trust
Sarah Grymes, Dogwood Health Trust
Alex Howard, Dogwood Health Trust
Kaitlynn Lovelace, Dogwood Health Trust
Andrew Mayronne, Dogwood Health Trust
Susan Mims, Dogwood Health Trust
Scottie Parks, Dogwood Health Trust
Heather Parlier, Dogwood Health Trust
Mike Pesant, Dogwood Health Trust
Emily Quinlan, Dogwood Health Trust
Rebecca Telberg, Dogwood Health Trust
Sarah Thompson, Dogwood Health Trust
Channah VanRegenmorter, Dogwood Health Trust
Ereka Williams, Dogwood Health Trust
Eric Williams, Dogwood Health Trust
Tricia Wilson, Dogwood Health Trust
Sarah Deal, Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky
Zack Hall, Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky
Kathy King Allen, Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky
Kristin Walker Collins, Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky
Emily Vigue, Foundation for Appalachian Ohio
Hannah Conover, Grant Ready Kentucky
Michelle Foster, The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation
Kate Keller, The Harvest Foundation
Baylen Campbell, Invest Appalachia
Rachael Young, Just Transition Fund
Sharon LaRue, Kentucky Foundation for Women
Fred Rader, Parkersburg Area Community Foundation
Gary Brewer, Redbud Financial Alternatives
Brandy Hudson, Weissberg Foundation