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Helen J Prince Foundation Security National Trust

Accepts applications Wheeling, West Virginia · EIN 256742423

Helen J Prince Foundation Security National Trust is a private foundation in Wheeling, West Virginia. In tax year 2025 it gave $470,688 in 13 grants; the typical grant was $22,500 and the largest $175,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $392,163 the year before.

46% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2021$275,0006$7.2 million
2023$410,5897$6.2 million
2024$392,16311$6.6 million
2025$470,68813$7.2 million

How to apply

ContactMelissa Barr-Security National Trus
1300 Chapline Street, Wheeling, WV 26003
Phone or email(304) 233-5215, mbarr@snt-wv.com
What to submitWritten applications
RestrictionsGrants are generally limited to the wheeling, wv area. All distributions must meet 501(c) (3) requirements.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Helen J Prince Foundation Security National Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in West Virginia.

StateGrantsAmount
West Virginia13$470,688

Grants paid in 2025

All 13 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
The Oglebay Foundation
Wheeling, WV
Charitable$175,000
Youth Services System Inc
Wheeling, WV
Charitable$62,500
Wheeling Health Right
Wheeling, WV
Charitable$55,520
Wheeling Symphony Society
Wheeling, WV
Charitable$35,000
Orchard Park Hospital
Wheeling, WV
Charitable$25,000
Wheeling Park High School Band
Wheeling, WV
Charitable$24,210
House of the Carpenter
Wheeling, WV
Charitable$22,500
Northern Panhandle Conservation District
McMechen, WV
Charitable$20,000
Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center
Wheeling, WV
Charitable$14,800
Middle Creek Elementary School
Triadelphia, WV
Charitable$11,234
Oglebay Institute
Wheeling, WV
Charitable$10,000
United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley
Wheeling, WV
Charitable$10,000
Woodsdale Elementary School
Wheeling, WV
Charitable$4,924

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Helen J Prince Foundation Security National Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Helen J Prince Foundation Security National Trust give?

$470,688 in tax year 2025, across 13 grants, with a typical grant of $22,500.

Who runs Helen J Prince Foundation Security National Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Security National Trust (Trustee).

What does Helen J Prince Foundation Security National Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health, environment and conservation and education.

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