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 Rural Health Association (Barboursvillle, WV)
For workforce development programs focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion; mental health; suicide prevention; and continuing education for various healthcare disciplines
Date Awarded: 09/14/2021
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $125,000.00
West Virginia Rural Health Association (Barboursville, WV)
For the development of an annual conference, a rural health mini-grant program, and the creation of the West Virginia Rural Health Fellowship Program (over two years)
Date Awarded: 09/13/2022
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $200,000.00
West Virginia Rural Health Association (Shady Spring, WV)
To strengthen the organization’s ability to serve its members (over two years)
Date Awarded: 06/14/2016
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $155,000.00
West Virginia Rural Health Association (Shady Spring, WV)
To increase the capacity and usefulness of the West Virginia Health Data Portal to provide health workforce data (over two years)
Date Awarded: 06/10/2014
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $200,000.00
West Virginia Rural Health Association (Shady Spring, WV)
For the development of a webpage for COVID-19 information and resources for West Virginians, and to create a statewide Hepatitis academic monitoring program
Date Awarded: 06/08/2020
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $100,000.00
West Virginia Rural Health Association (Shady Spring, WV)
To support health improvement for rural people through education, professional learning opportunities, and organizational workforce planning (over two years)
Date Awarded: 06/12/2018
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $200,000.00
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (Lewisburg, WV)
To create and implement an extensive social determinants of health clinical rotation for student doctors to enhance care for patients in rural communities
Date Awarded: 12/03/2024
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $129,700.00
West Virginia State Farm Museum (Point Pleasant, WV)
For a series of programs showcasing rural heritage, history, music, and craft education to ensure that youth and adults can develop these skills and pass them to future generations
Date Awarded: 06/17/2025
Program Area: Arts
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00
West Virginia State Parks Foundation (Sneads Ferry, NC)
To build organizational capacity and awareness of the importance of West Virginia State Parks
Date Awarded: 12/09/2025
Program Area: Community and Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $50,000.00
West Virginia State University Foundation, Inc. (Institute, WV)
To assist grandparents and grandchildren with needs identified during COVID-19 including technology needs, bill and grocery assistance
Date Awarded: 06/08/2020
Program Area: Human Services
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (Charleston, WV)
For general operating support of the 2022-2023 season
Date Awarded: 12/06/2022
Program Area: Arts
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $45,000.00
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (Charleston, WV)
For an arts integration project that uses musical theater to teach reading, math, social studies, and visual art
Date Awarded: 06/10/2013
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $50,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation (Morgantown, WV)
To offer the West Virginia University Tobacco Treatment Training Program for providers to earn credentials in evidence-based pharmacological and counseling interventions to assist clients in tobacco abstinence (project over two years)
Date Awarded: 12/09/2025
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $31,800.00
West Virginia University Foundation (Morgantown, WV)
For the Strengthening the Teacher Workforce project, which will expand unique models for teacher recruitment and retention, including Teachers Ascend, the Take Me Home Teacher Residency program, and the Paraprofessional-to-Teacher Pathway (over two years)
Date Awarded: 12/09/2025
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $300,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation (Morgantown, WV)
For Focus Forward 2026, the eighth event in a series of summits, each building upon the last and focusing on emerging issues that will impact West Virginia’s workforce and economy
Date Awarded: 12/09/2025
Program Area: Community and Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $75,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation (Morgantown, WV)
For expansion of entrepreneurship programming for youth through a coordinated statewide planning effort comprised of targeted professional development for educators and hands-on learning experiences for students
Date Awarded: 12/09/2025
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $100,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation (Morgantown, WV)
To help individuals living with Parkinson’s Disease and their families by launching a Parkinson’s Disease Registry, introducing Dance for PD®, and expanding support groups
Date Awarded: 03/11/2025
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $100,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation (Morgantown, WV)
For the West Virginia Public Education Collaborative to provide a second round of Teacher Innovation Mini-Grants, which will provide financial support to teachers to implement innovative learning practices in their school environment
Date Awarded: 03/11/2025
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $100,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation (Morgantown, WV)
For the Appalachian Vision Outreach Program, which addresses vision care to West Virginia patients that are financially or geographically isolated
Date Awarded: 06/17/2025
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $120,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation (Morgantown, WV)
For the West Virginia Statewide Afterschool Network to engage in comprehensive advocacy and quality support initiatives designed to increase access, sustainability, and continuous quality improvement of after-school and summer programming
Date Awarded: 09/09/2025
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $75,000.00