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Shott-Baker Family Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Bluefield, West Virginia · EIN 844000525

Shott-Baker Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Bluefield, West Virginia. In tax year 2025 it gave $15,500 in 11 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $4,500. 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 $21,000 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$17,00013$363,675
2024$21,00013$424,569
2025$15,50011$444,462

How to apply

ContactJohn H Shott
422 Oakhurst Avenue, Bluefield, WV 24701
Phone or email(304) 324-3236

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Shott-Baker Family Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to West Virginia.

StateGrantsAmount
West Virginia7$9,000
North Carolina1$4,500
New York2$1,000
California1$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 11 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Davidson College
Davidson, NC
Educational$4,500
Community Foundation of the Virginias
Bluefield, WV
Charitable$4,000
Bluefield Union Mission
Bluefield, WV
Charitable$1,000
Davis-Stuart Inc
Lewisburg, WV
Charitable$1,000
Gary Bowling House of Art
Bluefield, WV
Charitable$1,000
Mountain State Spotlight Inc
Charleston, WV
Charitable$1,000
Redwood Empire Food Bank
Santa Rosa, CA
Charitable$1,000
Bluefield Primary School
Bluefield, WV
Educational$500
Braver Angels
New York, NY
Charitable$500
Craft Memorial Library
Bluefield, WV
Charitable$500
New York Times Neediest Cases Fund
New York, NY
Charitable$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Shott-Baker Family Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Shott-Baker Family Foundation Inc give?

$15,500 in tax year 2025, across 11 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Shott-Baker Family Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists John H Shott (President) and Burke Herbert Bank (Trustee).

What does Shott-Baker Family Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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