Impact

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Invest Appalachia is a regional social impact investment platform built by and for the communities we serve. Interact with our impact through our live data or impact reports.

Live Investment Impact Data

As part of our commitment to transparency, we share live data on our investments.

This data dashboard is interactive! When you use your mouse to hover over map features and charts, you’ll find that more information is available.

Last year, Invest Appalachia deployed more capital than in all prior years combined. 

Our 2025 Impact Report documents a year of significant growth — 63 deals, $18.3 million deployed, and a region that keeps showing us what’s possible when capital shows up on terms that build local ownership and lasting prosperity.

Our 2025 Impact Report

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Invested Here: Local Dollars, Lasting Change

Every investment we make is a bet on a place — on the people who know it best, the organizations already doing the work, and the belief that capital structured with care can do what extractive capital never could: stay, strengthen, and multiply what’s already there.

These are the stories of what that looks like on the ground.

Prior Year Impact Reports

By forging partnerships, pooling resources, and pioneering new capital tools, we ensure that each community in Central Appalachia is equipped with the investment necessary to thrive now and in the years to come.

Invest Appalachia’s staff and operations have been directly impacted by Hurricane Helene’s devastation. Thanks for your understanding with any delays in normal communications.

We are headquartered in Western NC, and involved in local recovery efforts as well as investment strategies to rebuild for long-term resilience and equity. Any financial contributions to Invest Appalachia will go directly to recovery and rebuilding efforts in impacted communities.