Yew Mountain Center, Inc. Archive

To build on the work of the West Virginia Forest Farming Initiative and diversify economic growth from the Non-Timber Forest Products sector by expanding the Mountain Medicine Trail

For capacity building, including building staff capacity and federal grant readiness through accounting expertise and systems development

To develop a detailed, actionable, community-driven strategy that harnesses the power of trails and outdoor recreation as catalysts for growth in southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia

To build organizational capacity, increase the professionalism of the organization, and complete a strategic plan

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

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

To help design and construct the Market Square Initiative, a transformative public realm project central to Pittsburgh’s Downtown Revitalization Plan (over three years)

To launch a national community of practice with place-based funders to capture learning and best practices among foundations that are devoted to rural communities (over two years)

To expand the STEM-based program, named ILLUME (Innovating. Learning. Leading. Uniting. Making. Experimenting.) to Clay County Middle School and implement the program model at middle and high schools in Braxton, Calhoun, and Brooke Counties

For the West Virginia Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention Program