Our hearts go out to everyone affected by Hurricane Helene.
Fahe is focused on recovery in Tennessee and Virginia. Learn how you can support the Fahe Hurricane Helene Relief Fund, get involved in creating solutions on the ground, and access helpful resources.
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Fahe brings people, organizations, and resources together to build homes, communities, and a thriving Appalachia.
About Us
With our network of 50+ diverse community-based nonprofits, we expand economic opportunity and security for all.
Our Members
As leaders, we speak with a unified voice to influence policy, philanthropy, and systems change.
Our Impact
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 nationwide investment to boots-on-the-ground-leadership throughout one of the most challenging places to serve in the country, resulting in place-informed and people-responsive solutions.
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
Fahe Spotlights Our Work with Native CDFIs During Native American Heritage Month
There are significant barriers to homeownership in Native communities: historic disinvestment, limited housing stock on tribal land, tribal land status and lengthy loan processing timelines. Fahe has
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Fahe at OFN40
Fahe staff and Members joined 2,500 community development finance industry (CDFI) practitioners and partners at the Opportunity Finance Network’s (OFN) 40th anniversary conference themed “Made By
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Standing Together—Fahe’s Response to Hurricane Helene’s Impact
Our hearts go out to everyone who was impacted across six states from Florida to North Carolina. Fahe is dedicating our resources to the hard-hit communities in Eastern Tennessee and Southwest
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