Fahe brings people, organizations, and resources together to build homes, communities, and a thriving Appalachia.

About Us
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With our network of 50+ diverse community-based nonprofits, we expand economic opportunity and security for all.

Our Members
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As leaders, we speak with a unified voice to influence policy, philanthropy, and systems change.

Our Impact
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Building Thriving Communities

Fahe is a purpose-oriented Network of 50+ diverse community-based nonprofits serving the Appalachian states of AL, MD, KY, TN, VA, and WV. We have cultivated the deepest-reaching platform to connect investment to boots-on-the-ground-leadership throughout one of the most difficult places to serve in the country.

How Fahe Works

Locally

Fahe works through our on-the-ground Membership to support local leaders, address local needs, and build up existing capacity. Fahe is Member-owned and—governed—as the needs of our Members and their communities change, so do Fahe’s strategies and priorities.

Regionally

By working together to achieve Strength in Numbers across Appalachia, Fahe has grown in the depth and breadth of our impact and in our ability to influence opportunity across communities, sectors, systems, constituencies, and geographies.

Nationally

Fahe has expanded our Appalachia-focused “go further together” strategy to become a leader of coalitions that advance national advocacy and systems change informed by the perspectives of local leaders and practitioners so all of our nation’s underserved regions can become places of opportunity for all people.

Since 1980, Fahe has worked with our Members and community partners to invest $1.91 billion, generate $1.76 billion in finance, and change the lives of over 941,707 people.

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Fahe Members

Fahe is powered by our boots on the ground: our Member organizations.

Latest News and Events Updates

Celebrating the Opening of Bellefonte Hospital and Recovery Center

March 26, 2024

On March 19, Fahe CEO Jim King joined Governor Andy Beshear, Addiction Recovery Care (ARC) Founder and CEO Tim Robinson, community leaders, and industry partners in Ashland to celebrate both the

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Remarkable Women in Housing and Community Development, Then and Now

March 14, 2024

Working for justice has always required focus and grit. Women like Cushing Dolbeare have been up to the task. Her lifetime of advocacy centered on one principle: that decent housing is basic to our

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Fahe In the News

February 19, 2024

We love to see Fahe in the news. Here are a few recent items featuring coverage of Fahe’s advocacy work and news of our Members. Members are invited to send your news to communicationteam@fahe.org

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