Grants Awarded
As indicated, users may search by Program Area, State, or Year of Authorization. In addition, by entering a term in the criteria field, the search will return grants with that term in either the organization name or city fields.
Grant seekers are reminded that the emphasis of the Foundation’s grants program evolves over time and that prior grants may not be indicative of the Foundation’s future program emphasis.
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West Virginia Manufacturers Association Educational Fund, Inc. (Buckhannon, WV)
To strengthen West Virginia’s manufacturing career pipeline, through advancing manufacturing education and engaging industry professionals in high-level programming
Date Awarded: 06/11/2024
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $160,000.00
West Virginia Manufacturers Association Educational Fund, Inc. (Buckhannon, WV)
To strengthen West Virginia’s manufacturing career pipeline by advancing manufacturing education and engaging industry professionals in high-level programming
Date Awarded: 06/17/2025
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $141,500.00
West Virginia Manufacturers Association Educational Fund, Inc. (Buckhannon, WV)
To strengthen West Virginia’s manufacturing career pipeline through the advancement of manufacturing education
Date Awarded: 06/13/2023
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $160,000.00
West Virginia Medical Institute, Inc. (Charleston, WV)
To assist rural medical practices in developing capacity as patient-centered medical homes (over two years)
Date Awarded: 09/09/2013
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $300,000.00
West Virginia Military Authority (Charleston, WV)
To support small business education and outreach focused on veterans, active military personnel, and military family members by providing entrepreneurship skills training, covering business concepts through to operations
Date Awarded: 06/11/2024
Program Area: Community and Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $104,000.00
West Virginia Mine Wars Museum (Matewan, WV)
For Camp Solidarity 2025, a labor training and organizing conference that supports workforce development by equipping workers, union members, and emerging organizers with practical skills and strategies to build power on the job and in their communities
Date Awarded: 07/07/2025
Program Area: Community and Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $2,000.00
West Virginia Mine Wars Museum (Matewan, WV)
To expand rural community capacity to grow cultural tourism and regional development along the West Virginia Mine Wars Trail (over two years)
Date Awarded: 12/09/2025
Program Area: Community and Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $250,000.00
West Virginia Mine Wars Museum A Non-Profit Corporation (Matewan, WV)
To implement a summer art series, develop a new museum position, and establish an educators’ advisory committee to deepen local engagement and strengthen education initiatives
Date Awarded: 06/11/2024
Program Area: Arts
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $30,000.00
West Virginia Ministry of Advocacy and Workcamp, Inc. (South Charleston, WV)
For the SERVE project, which will develop a structured workforce reentry initiative, bridging recovery and skilled trade employment through partnerships, training, and strategic planning to ensure long-term sustainability
Date Awarded: 06/17/2025
Program Area: Community and Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $26,000.00
West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, Inc. (Charleston, WV)
To deliver educational programs and community-building events to share the rich culture and proud music history of the people of West Virginia
Date Awarded: 06/11/2024
Program Area: Arts
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00
West Virginia National Guard Foundation Inc (Charleston, WV)
To support a multi-faceted agriculture project to provide employment and entrepreneurial opportunities, especially to veterans (over two years)
Date Awarded: 03/14/2017
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $175,000.00
West Virginia Nonprofit Association (Wheeling, WV)
To refine the West Virginia Nonprofit Association’s programming and strategies for member engagement and recruitment, addressing the sector’s distinct challenges while maintaining essential capacity-building support
Date Awarded: 12/02/2024
Program Area: Community and Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $125,000.00
West Virginia Nonprofit Association (Lewisburg, WV)
To expand sustainability and help strengthen West Virginia nonprofits
Date Awarded: 12/05/2023
Program Area: Community Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $136,000.00
West Virginia Nonprofit Association (Lewisburg, WV)
To strengthen the West Virginia Nonprofit Association as a sector leader that brings value to its members and serves as the voice of West Virginia nonprofits
Date Awarded: 12/07/2021
Program Area: Community Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $122,000.00
West Virginia Nonprofit Association (Lewisburg, WV)
To strengthen the West Virginia Nonprofit Association as a sector leader that brings value to its members and serves as the voice of West Virginia nonprofits
Date Awarded: 12/06/2022
Program Area: Community Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $127,000.00
West Virginia Nonprofit Association (Wheeling, WV)
To expand programming and boost nonprofit resilience and resource growth by deepening statewide connections, launching new capacity-building efforts, and releasing data related to challenges and opportunities facing the sector
Date Awarded: 12/09/2025
Program Area: Community and Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $125,000.00
West Virginia Nonprofit Association (Lewisburg, WV)
To support the annual work-plan of the West Virginia Nonprofit Association which brings value to its members and serves as the voice of West Virginia nonprofits
Date Awarded: 12/11/2018
Program Area: Community Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $125,000.00
West Virginia Nonprofit Association (Lewisburg, WV)
To further establish the West Virginia Nonprofit Association as a sector leader that brings value to its members and serves as the voice of West Virginia nonprofits
Date Awarded: 09/12/2019
Program Area: Community Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $102,000.00
West Virginia Nonprofit Association (Lewisburg, WV)
To support development and resilience among West Virginia nonprofits dealing with organizational impacts of COVID-19
Date Awarded: 12/08/2020
Program Area: Community Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $112,000.00
West Virginia Oral Health Coalition Inc (Charleston, WV)
To launch a public education campaign to raise families’ knowledge of the negative impact of excess sugar, and of strategies to curb intake
Date Awarded: 03/14/2017
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $100,000.00