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Paden City Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Paden City, West Virginia · EIN 550678816

Paden City Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Paden City, West Virginia. In tax year 2025 it gave $46,122 in 19 grants; the typical grant was $2,000 and the largest $10,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was down from $78,560 the year before.

75% 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
2022$25,85117$489,958
2023$11,32215$544,589
2024$78,56019$566,987
2025$46,12219$582,473

How to apply

ContactRodney McWilliams or Penny Baker
PO Box 233, Paden City, WV 26159
Phone or email(304) 337-2205
What to submitWritten form with explanation of project and name of qualifying organization.
DeadlinesMay 1st of each year
RestrictionsPaden city and the surrounding area as prescribed in the articles ofr incorporation wetzel and tyler counties

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Paden City Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in West Virginia.

StateGrantsAmount
West Virginia19$46,121

Grants paid in 2025

All 19 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Paden City Development Authority
Paden City, WV
Operations$10,000
Paden City Pools and Commission
Paden City, WV
Operations$3,538
Individual
WV
Scholarship for graduating student$3,500
City of Paden City
Paden City, WV
Operations$3,050
Veterans of Foreign War
Sistersville, WV
Operations$2,621
Individual
WV
Scholarship for graduating student$2,500
Individual
WV
Scholarship for graduating student$2,500
Individual
WV
Scholarship for graduating student$2,500
Individual
WV
Scholarship for graduating student$2,000
Individual
WV
Scholarship for graduating student$2,000
Individual
WV
Scholarship for graduating student$2,000
Paden City Public Library
Paden City, WV
Operations$1,828
Individual
WV
Scholarship for graduating student$1,500
Individual
WV
Scholarship for graduating student$1,500
Individual
WV
Scholarship for graduating student$1,500
Individual
WV
Scholarship for graduating student$1,500
Paden City Lions Club
Paden City, WV
Operations$1,174
Paden City Garden Club
Paden City, WV
Operations$695
Paden City Volunteer Fire Dept
Paden City, WV
Operations$215

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Paden City Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: May 1st of each year.

How much does Paden City Foundation Inc give?

$46,122 in tax year 2025, across 19 grants, with a typical grant of $2,000.

Who runs Paden City Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Donald Billiter (Board Member), Josh Billiter (Board Member), Diane Hayes (Board Member) and Jon Baker (Board Member) among 15 officers and trustees.

What does Paden City Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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