Organizations must have a 501(c)3 tax exempt status, or a 501(c)3 fiscal sponsor, in order to receive ACF funding. The organization or project must be in the Appalachian counties of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, or West Virginia. See our website for a list of those counties. http://www.appalachiancommunityfund.org/where we fund/ ACF Does Not Fund profit making organizations, electoral lobbying for initiatives or public office, individual efforts, major capital projects, or social services organizations unless they demonstrate some analysis and strategies to challenge the systems that led to the problem.