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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Film Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
To adopt the 2020 Three Rivers Film Festival, and to provide transition support during COVID-19
Date Awarded: 06/08/2020
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $125,000.00
Film Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
To launch Teen Screen Virtual across West Virginia and expand Film Pittsburgh’s economic impact in southwestern Pennsylvania by increasing festival and conference programming levels
Date Awarded: 06/14/2022
Program Area: Education
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $75,000.00
Film Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
To increase cultural tourism and support Pittsburgh’s creative industries through a coordinated series of film exhibitions
Date Awarded: 06/13/2017
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $100,000.00
First Choice Services Inc (Charleston, WV)
For statewide expansion of the West Virginia Telehealth web-based therapy project to provide clinical care in the home
Date Awarded: 12/08/2015
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $100,000.00
FMRS Health Systems Inc (Beckley, WV)
To create patient-centered medical homes to reduce early deaths for those with mental and chronic illnesses
Date Awarded: 09/09/2013
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $21,850.00
Foundation For Appalachian Kentucky, Inc. (Hazard, KY)
For the Appalachia Funders Network to accelerate an equitable Appalachian Transition by convening and connecting funders for learning, analysis, and collaboration; increasing investments in the region; and supporting sector-focused groups
Date Awarded: 12/07/2021
Program Area: Community Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $65,000.00
Foundation For Appalachian Kentucky, Inc. (Hazard, KY)
To convene funders for learning, analysis, and collaboration, and support for affinity groups to accelerate an equitable Appalachian economic transition
Date Awarded: 12/06/2022
Program Area: Community Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00
Foundation For Appalachian Kentucky, Inc. (Hazard, KY)
For the Appalachia Funders Network which convenes funders for learning, analysis, and collaboration and supports affinity groups to accelerate an equitable Appalachian economic transition
Date Awarded: 12/05/2023
Program Area: Community Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00
Foundation for the Tri-State (Huntington, WV)
For Country Roads Angel Network which assists West Virginia entrepreneurs with mentoring and prepares them to raise money, while also building a broader network of potential early-stage investors in the state (over two years)
Date Awarded: 09/12/2023
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $150,000.00
Foundations, Inc. (Mount Laurel, NJ)
To support the launch of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading’s consortium of regional funders focused on highlighting opportunities, promising solutions, and emerging developments of special relevance to rural and small-city communities
Date Awarded: 12/05/2023
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00
Friends Of The Cheat, Inc. (Kingwood, WV)
For the Mountaineer Trail Network Recreation Authority to formally launch the Mountaineer Trail Network as a collection of non-motorized trails promoting outdoor recreation tourism (over three years)
Date Awarded: 08/03/2021
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $125,000.00
Future Generations University (Franklin, WV)
To expand West Virginia’s maple industry by establishing production hubs and connecting producers with assistance, business coaching, and existing agricultural services
Date Awarded: 03/12/2019
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $130,000.00
Future Generations University (Franklin, WV)
For Woodland Economies to establish an Agroforestry Network for Appalachia by advancing the sustainable use of West Virginia’s forested lands and support economic growth
Date Awarded: 12/07/2021
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $250,000.00
Future Generations University (Franklin, WV)
To create a resilient maple economy in West Virginia through marketing and COVID-19 response coaching to producers, farmers, agricultural businesses, and service providers
Date Awarded: 12/08/2020
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $119,000.00
Future Generations University Corporation (Franklin, WV)
For support to the agroforestry economy to assist in the diversification of non-timber forest products and the general increase in the utilization of emerging methodologies in production processes
Date Awarded: 06/13/2023
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $160,000.00
Future Of Nursing West Virginia WV (Charleston, WV)
To strengthen the West Virginia nursing workforce by addressing bedside and faculty shortages and continuing coalition sustainability (over two years)
Date Awarded: 11/06/2019
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $140,000.00
Future Of Nursing West Virginia WV (Charleston, WV)
To develop the West Virginia Nurse Entrepreneur Center to create nurse businesses that increase economic development and improve the health of West Virginians (over two years)
Date Awarded: 12/08/2020
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $100,000.00
Future Of Nursing West Virginia WV (Charleston, WV)
To analyze healthcare workforce data to develop strategic interventions to address nursing shortages, nursing education, and health promotion in West Virginia (over two years)
Date Awarded: 03/14/2017
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $178,000.00
Generation West Virginia (Charleston, WV)
To provide support for the statewide network of Generation West Virginia Chapters
Date Awarded: 09/13/2016
Program Area: Community Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $85,000.00
Generation West Virginia (Charleston, WV)
To continue expansion of the Impact Fellowship to attract, retain, and advance young talent in West Virginia
Date Awarded: 10/09/2019
Program Area: Community Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $118,000.00