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)
For IgniteWV, a program open to all West Virginian residents to support the start and growth of businesses (over two years)
Date Awarded: 09/12/2023
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $200,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For the West Virginia Public Education Collaborative’s continued efforts toward increasing statewide reading proficiency by identifying, funding, supporting, scaling, and evaluating early literacy projects (over two years)
Date Awarded: 09/12/2023
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $233,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
To support the development of a Citizen Planner Program for West Virginia
Date Awarded: 09/12/2023
Program Area: Community Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $62,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For “Roads to Wellness” which will craft an in-depth systems analysis underscoring the vital intersection of transportation and health in West Virginia
Date Awarded: 12/05/2023
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $90,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For Invest West Virginia to provide technical assistance and project marketing support to help projects attract a diverse range of investors that prioritize high impact projects in underinvested areas (over two years)
Date Awarded: 12/05/2023
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $170,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
To recruit and retain teachers to West Virginia by highlighting quality of life, intentionally integrating them within the community, and offering opportunities for personal and professional growth (over two years)
Date Awarded: 12/05/2023
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $300,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For Focus Forward 2024, the sixth 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: 12/05/2023
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $33,500.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
To provide professional development on creating inclusive classrooms for all students in rural elementary schools
Date Awarded: 03/19/2024
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $53,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For the West Virginia Community-driven Outdoor Recreation Economy Initiative, a statewide collaborative effort aimed at expanding West Virginia’s outdoor economy through advancing local businesses and nonprofit organizations (over three years)
Date Awarded: 03/19/2024
Program Area: Community and Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $225,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For a student intellectual property patent services pilot project, to support provisional patent applications by the WVU Entrepreneurship and Innovation Law Clinic in support of student innovations
Date Awarded: 03/11/2013
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $80,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
To establish the West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation, a nonprofit organization facilitating redevelopment of post-industrial sites
Date Awarded: 06/10/2013
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $147,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For the WVU Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health to work in interprofessional teams to implement community-based care projects
Date Awarded: 12/10/2013
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $115,517.89
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
To assist communities in accelerating the redevelopment of former industrial sites along the Ohio River in northern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania (over three years)
Date Awarded: 03/11/2014
Program Area: Human Services
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $378,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For a collaborative program to develop and implement financing strategies for 16 brownfield redevelopment projects (over two years)
Date Awarded: 06/10/2014
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $174,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For support of the Brownfield, Abandoned and Dilapidated (BAD) buildings redevelopment program within sixteen communities
Date Awarded: 09/09/2014
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $135,000.00
West Virginia University Research Corporation (Morgantown, WV)
To establish a health services, outcomes, and policy center that will support policy development and seek solutions to healthcare problems in local communities
Date Awarded: 12/10/2013
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $150,000.00
West Virginia University Research Corporation (Morgantown, WV)
To provide a pediatric obesity and comorbidities program addressing insulin resistance with scalable methods
Date Awarded: 06/08/2021
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $50,000.00
West Virginia Youth Symphony (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: $20,000.00
West Virginians for Affordable Health Care (Charleston, WV)
To provide information, leadership, and coordination of healthcare issues of interest to consumers and stakeholder organizations including healthcare providers, payers, education and faith communities, policymakers, and advocates
Date Awarded: 12/08/2020
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $130,000.00
West Virginians for Affordable Health Care (Charleston, WV)
To provide information and coordination on critical healthcare issues for consumers and organizations, including health care providers, payers, education and faith communities, policymakers, and advocates
Date Awarded: 12/07/2021
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $150,000.00