Fahe Impact

Our Impact

Fahe is building thriving Appalachian communities where people want to live. We envision Appalachia as a place where empowered residents have access to the resources needed to build resilient communities that provide opportunity for all to realize their potential.

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As a purpose-oriented Network, Fahe identifies and pursues people and place-sensitive capital to create a virtuous cycle of investment, capacity, collaboration, and influence.

We have set our sights on creating lasting opportunity and positive change for Appalachia. Through our strategic collaborations we can correct decades of disinvestment (through housing, business, and infrastructure investment), end the brain drain (through childcare, education, workforce, health and wellness investment), and see evidence that our voices matter (by lifting rural voices at the local, state, regional, and national level).

We’ve come a long way and are proud of our impact so far. We are following our Strategic Plan and look forward to achieving even more results in the coming years.

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Two people are standing outside of the Delmonte Market. A green door and brick walls are behind them and there is an array of plants beside them.

A mother is smiling holding her two smiling children outside. She is wearing a black university cap and gown.

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Our Historic Impact

Since 1980 Fahe has invested over $2.08B generating $1.85B in finance.

This investment was channeled through our Members and community partners, directly changing the lives of over 1 million people.

FY25 Impact

The Fahe Network served 64,590 people with housing and community development services.

Fahe made total direct investments of $137M. Total capital under management including investments managed and loans serviced for other organizations topped $416M.

Fahe’s Mortgage Division, JustChoice Lending, served 1,192 people with loans totaling approximately $98M.

Fahe’s Community Loan Fund made a total of 16 loans for $36M leveraging $29M.

The Fahe Network employed 4,043 people.

Get to Know Who We Impact

Fahe is proud to work alongside our Members and partners across Appalachia to expand access to affordable housing, strengthen communities, and create pathways to stability and opportunity. Behind this work are people, families, and communities whose stories show why housing can’t wait. Explore these stories and see how Fahe’s network is helping communities across the region move forward.

Advocacy

Fahe’s advocacy work draws on the real-world experiences of Appalachians to design innovative policy solutions, ensuring our communities thrive. We collaborate with local leaders to influence policies at the local, state, and federal levels that lead to lasting positive change in policy, implementation, funding and narrative around poverty.

Partners for Rural Transformation (PRT)

Fahe is a founder and steering committee member of the Partners for Rural Transformation, a national coalition of CDFIs serving the three-quarters of the country’s persistent poverty counties. The Partners work collaboratively across geographies and cultures to collectively influence policy and simultaneously lead, advocate, innovate, and finance individual and community solutions to poverty. As with every national initiative Fahe undertakes, the lessons learned and wins we experience with PRT directly benefit our Appalachian communities.