| AGSLP | Appalachian Group to Save the Land and People |
| ALCOR | Alice Lloyd College Outreach Reserves (later) Appalachian Leadership and Community Outreach |
| ARA | Area Redevelopment Administration |
| ARC | Appalachian Regional Commission |
| ARDA | Appalachian Regional Development Act |
| AV | Appalachian Volunteers |
| BLA | Black Lung Association |
| CAA | community action agency |
| CAP | Christian Appalachian Project |
| CSM | Council of the Southern Mountains |
| EOA | Economic Opportunity Act |
| EZ | empowerment zone |
| KFTC | Kentucky Fair Tax Coalition (later) Kentuckians for the Commonwealth |
| KHIC | Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation |
| KUAC | Kentucky Un-American Activities Committee |
| MFD | Miners for Democracy |
| OEO | Office of Economic Opportunity |
| PARC | President’s Appalachian Regional Commission |
| SCEF | Southern Conference Education Fund |
| SOK | Save Our Kentucky |
| TVA | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| UMWA | United Mine Workers of America |
| VISTA | Volunteers in Service to America |
