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 University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
To establish a Rural Tourism Institute aimed at supporting small rural destination management organizations engaged with tourism
Date Awarded: 06/11/2024
Program Area: Community and Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $50,265.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For the Resilient Communities Institute, which provides training to community leaders, project coordinators, and scholars through intensive professional development workshops held at West Virginia University
Date Awarded: 06/11/2024
Program Area: Community and Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $73,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
To train emergency medical service personnel on Mindfulness-Based Resilience training aimed at mitigating occupational trauma and increasing resilience in this workforce
Date Awarded: 06/11/2024
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $100,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
To develop and pilot a methodology for identifying and aligning current workforce skills with future workforce demand, ensuring communities successfully navigate significant economic transitions
Date Awarded: 06/11/2024
Program Area: Community and Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $100,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For the Appalachian Vision Outreach Program which addresses vision care to West Virginia adult patients that are financially or geographically isolated
Date Awarded: 06/11/2024
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $120,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
To assist the West Virginia University Land Use Law Clinic in collaborating with five communities to create a tailored comprehensive plan, meeting specific goals and objectives, while also developing a statewide comprehensive plan guidebook (over 2 years)
Date Awarded: 06/11/2024
Program Area: Community and Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $150,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For the Sparking Early Literacy Growth in West Virginia Next Phase Grant Program, which supports transformational early literacy programs for children in West Virginia from birth to age 8 in high-need areas
Date Awarded: 06/11/2024
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $348,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For the West Virginia Statewide Afterschool Network to launch new quality initiatives in support of out-of-school time providers, including an online training platform aligned to statewide standards
Date Awarded: 09/10/2024
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $75,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For Focus Forward 2025, the seventh event in a series of summits designed for public and private sector leaders to explore emerging issues that will impact West Virginia’s workforce and economy
Date Awarded: 12/02/2024
Program Area: Community and Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $43,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
To expand the delivery 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: 12/03/2024
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $65,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For technical assistance and mini-grants to catalyze revitalization of brownfield sites (over two years)
Date Awarded: 12/11/2018
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $180,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For the second annual Focus Forward Summit which will address the impact of data analytics on education and the economy
Date Awarded: 05/15/2019
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $15,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
To evaluate the dependent care system in pilot counties to inform policy solutions and innovative dependent care business models
Date Awarded: 11/06/2019
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $60,500.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
To analyze how the Opportunity Zone program can be utilized in West Virginia and to support the development of eligible economic development projects which can attract tax incentive-based investment
Date Awarded: 10/09/2019
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $50,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
To engage faculty and students in experiential learning by providing direct assistance to community projects (over two years)
Date Awarded: 09/12/2019
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $164,250.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
To establish a screening program at the West Virginia University School of Dentistry to screen for diabetes among dental school patients
Date Awarded: 03/10/2020
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For the planning phase of a multi-year initiative to improve 3rd grade literacy
Date Awarded: 06/08/2020
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $200,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For customized out-of-school services in support of school district COVID-19 response plans for Fall 2020 reopening
Date Awarded: 09/14/2020
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $150,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
To promote economic development on remediated sites through continued development of the West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation
Date Awarded: 12/09/2014
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $75,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
To provide mentoring and graduate courses to preschool teachers seeking National Board Teaching Certification
Date Awarded: 03/10/2015
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $150,000.00