Foundations

Private foundations in West Virginia

Foundations that fund causes in West Virginia

• Education
  $70.2 million from 633 foundations
• Health
  $27.0 million from 251 foundations
• Youth programs
  $20.6 million from 283 foundations
• Faith communities
  $15.4 million from 320 foundations
• Community development
  $12.6 million from 137 foundations
• Environment and conservation
  $12.4 million from 230 foundations
• Science and research
  $12.3 million from 65 foundations
• Arts and culture
  $10.1 million from 156 foundations
• Human services
  $8.3 million from 176 foundations
• Food and hunger
  $4.6 million from 112 foundations
• Housing and homelessness
  $2.9 million from 41 foundations
• Animals
  $2.6 million from 99 foundations
• Disability
  $1.9 million from 62 foundations
• Seniors
  $1.0 million from 47 foundations
• Veterans
  $718,912 from 35 foundations
• International
  $314,242 from 22 foundations

These count grants to recipients in West Virginia, including from foundations based elsewhere.

Foundations by city in West Virginia

• Wheeling
  98 foundations · $19.7 million
• Morgantown
  15 foundations · $14.5 million
• Charleston
  38 foundations · $13.6 million
• Huntington
  28 foundations · $13.5 million
• Parkersburg
  25 foundations · $8.8 million
• Bluefield
  33 foundations · $5.6 million
• Lewisburg
  7 foundations · $2.5 million
• Elkins
  7 foundations · $1.7 million
• Weirton
  6 foundations · $1.1 million
• Charles Town
  7 foundations · $777,623

West Virginia foundations that accept applications

• West Virginia First Foundation Inc · Bridgeport
  Accepts applications $8.5 million a year · typical grant $48,444 · Youth programs
• The Ross Foundation Inc · Parkersburg
  Accepts applications $5.4 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Stamp Charitable Fund · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $3.0 million a year · typical grant $257,500 · Education
• Hugh I Shott Jr Foundation Inc · Bluefield
  Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education
• Maier Foundation Inc · Charleston
  Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Education
• Encova Foundation of West Virginia · Charleston
  Accepts applications $2.3 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• The Elliot Foundation Inc · Charleston
  Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Ann Sonneborn Charitable Foundation · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $1.8 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Health
• Bernard McDonough Foundation Inc · Parkerburg
  Accepts applications $1.7 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Youth programs
• Raymond A & Gertrude D Hyer Foundation · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education
• The H P and Anne S Hunnicutt Foundation · Princeton
  Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• George A Laughlin Trust · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $2,775 · Housing and homelessness
• The James H and Alice Teubert Charitable Trust · Huntington
  Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $24,794 · Disability
• The Daywood Foundationinc · Charleston
  Accepts applications $847,272 a year · typical grant $10,750 · Arts and culture
• Hollowell Dawkins Foundation Inc · Lewisburg
  Accepts applications $800,385 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Ethel N Bowen Foundation · Bluefield
  Accepts applications $794,750 a year · typical grant $2,000 · Education
• Darrell K Cales Trust · Rainelle
  Accepts applications $667,194 a year · typical grant $11,100 · Education
• Seneca Trail Charitable Foundation · Lewisburg
  Accepts applications $635,403 a year · typical grant $11,000 · Youth programs
• Clark Opportunity Foundation Inc · Berkeley Springs
  Accepts applications $591,931 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Starvaggi Charities Inc · Weirton
  Accepts applications $590,465 a year · typical grant $500 · Health
• Chris Hess Foundation · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $582,000 a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education
• Carter Family Foundation · Parkersburg
  Accepts applications $581,065 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• James B Chambers Memorial · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $574,609 a year · typical grant $22,500 · Education
• One Foundation · Beckley
  Accepts applications $560,534 a year · typical grant $3,000 · Education
• Hess Family Foundation · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $493,405 a year · typical grant $21,000 · Youth programs
• Helen J Prince Foundation Security National Trust · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $470,688 a year · typical grant $22,500 · Health
• The Vecellio Family Foundation Inc · Beckley
  Accepts applications $462,500 a year · typical grant $2,500 · Education
• Fitzsimmons Foundation · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $443,000 a year · typical grant $2,500 · Environment and conservation
• Logan Healthcare Foundation Inc · Chapmanville
  Accepts applications $429,136 a year · typical grant $32,500 · Faith communities
• Herschel C Price Educational Foundation · Huntington
  Accepts applications $419,500 a year · typical grant $209,750 · Education
• August J & Thelma S Hoffmann Foundation · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $410,000 a year · typical grant $25,000 · Housing and homelessness
• Bernard H and Blanche E Jacobson Foundation · Charleston
  Accepts applications $410,000 a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education
• Albert Schenk III & Kathleen H Schenk Charitable Trust · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $396,000 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Youth programs
• George W Bowers Family Charitable Trust · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $368,000 a year · typical grant $7,000 · Education
• Ann C and Robert O Orders Jr Family Foundation Inc · Saint Albans
  Accepts applications $365,000 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Community development
• The Valerie William and Loulie Canady Foundation Charitable Trust · Morgantown
  Accepts applications $364,000 a year · typical grant $2,000 · Education
• The Peterman Foundation Inc · Morgantown
  Accepts applications $358,437 a year · typical grant $30,468 · Animals
• Harry E and Olive Barth Charitable Trust · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $347,108 a year · typical grant $12,760 · Animals
• Paisley Foundation Inc · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $327,125 a year · typical grant $13,500
• The Bright Foundation Inc · Summersville
  Accepts applications $324,250 a year · typical grant $1,250 · Education
• The June Oblinger Shott Foundation Inc · Bluefield
  Accepts applications $322,172 a year · typical grant $23,068 · Education
• O J Stout Scholarship Fund · Parkersburg
  Accepts applications $316,400 a year · typical grant $316,400 · Education
• Laposta-Banketas Family Foundation · Weirton
  Accepts applications $311,298 a year · typical grant $2,000 · Faith communities
• Charles & Mary Fayne Glotfelty Foundation Inc · Charleston
  Accepts applications $308,238 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Arts and culture
• Eternal Seed Foundation · Mt Clare
  Accepts applications $302,000 a year · typical grant $78,000 · Faith communities
• The Huntington Foundation Inc · Huntington
  Accepts applications $289,000 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Arts and culture
• Paul W Blake and Virginia Blake Mem Foundation · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $282,345 a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education
• Fenton Foundation Inc · Williamstown
  Accepts applications $276,250 a year · typical grant $3,000 · Human services
• Mutschelknaus Family Foundation Inc · Salem
  Accepts applications $269,182 a year · typical grant $8,000 · Faith communities
• Robinson S Parlin Trust · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $268,650 a year · typical grant $20,000 · Youth programs

Largest foundations in West Virginia

• Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust · Morgantown
  Preselected only $10.9 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Health
• West Virginia First Foundation Inc · Bridgeport
  Accepts applications $8.5 million a year · typical grant $48,444 · Youth programs
• The Ross Foundation Inc · Parkersburg
  Accepts applications $5.4 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Preservati Family Char Tr Fdn · Princeton
  Preselected only $3.5 million a year · typical grant $75,000 · Health
• Pallottine Foundation of Huntington · Huntington
  Preselected only $3.4 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Health
• Stamp Charitable Fund · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $3.0 million a year · typical grant $257,500 · Education
• Hugh I Shott Jr Foundation Inc · Bluefield
  Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education
• Maier Foundation Inc · Charleston
  Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Education
• Encova Foundation of West Virginia · Charleston
  Accepts applications $2.3 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Milan Puskar Foundation Inc · Morgantown
  Preselected only $2.1 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Health
• The Elliot Foundation Inc · Charleston
  Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Arthur and Joan Weisberg Family Foundation Inc · Huntington
  Preselected only $2.0 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Faith communities
• Board of Trustees of Prichard Schoo · Huntington
  Preselected only $1.8 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Arts and culture
• Ann Sonneborn Charitable Foundation · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $1.8 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Health
• Bernard McDonough Foundation Inc · Parkerburg
  Accepts applications $1.7 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Youth programs
• Raymond A & Gertrude D Hyer Foundation · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education
• The H P and Anne S Hunnicutt Foundation · Princeton
  Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Spartan Foundation · Vienna
  Preselected only $1.4 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Health
• Augusta Family Foundation Inc · Charleston
  Preselected only $1.4 million a year · typical grant $67,500 · Education
• George A Laughlin Trust · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $2,775 · Housing and homelessness
• The Wing 2 Wing Foundation · Huntington
  Preselected only $1.3 million a year · typical grant $48,257
• Meagel Charitable Trust · Parkersburg
  Preselected only $1.2 million a year · typical grant $61,071 · Education
• The James H and Alice Teubert Charitable Trust · Huntington
  Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $24,794 · Disability
• The Morris Foundation · Glenville
  Preselected only $1.0 million a year · typical grant $12,352 · Education
• The Nutting Foundation · Wheeling
  Preselected only $924,600 a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education
• Helping Hand Foundation · Moundsville
  Preselected only $915,725 a year · typical grant $18,450 · Human services
• The Daywood Foundationinc · Charleston
  Accepts applications $847,272 a year · typical grant $10,750 · Arts and culture
• The Jeanne G Hamilton and Lawson W Hamilton Jr Family Foundation Inc · Lewisburg
  Preselected only $837,210 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Health
• Hollowell Dawkins Foundation Inc · Lewisburg
  Accepts applications $800,385 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Ethel N Bowen Foundation · Bluefield
  Accepts applications $794,750 a year · typical grant $2,000 · Education
• Alice Degler Smith Foundation Inc · Elkins
  Preselected only $721,554 a year · typical grant $360,777 · Youth programs
• Darrell K Cales Trust · Rainelle
  Accepts applications $667,194 a year · typical grant $11,100 · Education
• Seneca Trail Charitable Foundation · Lewisburg
  Accepts applications $635,403 a year · typical grant $11,000 · Youth programs
• Clark Opportunity Foundation Inc · Berkeley Springs
  Accepts applications $591,931 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Starvaggi Charities Inc · Weirton
  Accepts applications $590,465 a year · typical grant $500 · Health
• Chris Hess Foundation · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $582,000 a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education
• Carter Family Foundation · Parkersburg
  Accepts applications $581,065 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Sara E Blake Charitable Foundation · Wheeling
  Preselected only $576,825 a year · typical grant $288,412 · Education
• James B Chambers Memorial · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $574,609 a year · typical grant $22,500 · Education
• One Foundation · Beckley
  Accepts applications $560,534 a year · typical grant $3,000 · Education
• Esbenshade Foundation · Vienna
  Preselected only $545,950 a year · typical grant $13,750 · Health
• The McGee Foundation · Charleston
  Preselected only $538,703 a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education
• Leonard R Scott Charitable Test Trust · Huntington
  Preselected only $495,961 a year · typical grant $495,961 · Education
• Hess Family Foundation · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $493,405 a year · typical grant $21,000 · Youth programs
• HB Wehrle Foundation Stephen D Wehrle TTEE · Charleston
  Preselected only $492,200 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Helen J Prince Foundation Security National Trust · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $470,688 a year · typical grant $22,500 · Health
• The Vecellio Family Foundation Inc · Beckley
  Accepts applications $462,500 a year · typical grant $2,500 · Education
• Fitzsimmons Foundation · Wheeling
  Accepts applications $443,000 a year · typical grant $2,500 · Environment and conservation
• Logan Healthcare Foundation Inc · Chapmanville
  Accepts applications $429,136 a year · typical grant $32,500 · Faith communities
• Myles Family Foundation · Elkins
  Preselected only $425,000 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education

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