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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Natural Capital Investment Fund, Inc. (Charles Town, WV)
To facilitate small grants to emerging creative placemaking projects in communities throughout West Virginia
Date Awarded: 09/12/2019
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $40,000.00
Natural Capital Investment Fund, Inc. (Charles Town, WV)
To advance economic opportunities for West Virginia forest farmers and associated industries using best practices that conserve wild populations of non-timber forest products and woodlands
Date Awarded: 10/09/2019
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $120,000.00
Natural Capital Investment Fund, Inc. (Charles Town, WV)
To capitalize a revolving loan fund to finance catalytic commercial real estate projects and small businesses which support downtown revitalization of coal impacted communities (over three years)
Date Awarded: 03/12/2019
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $250,000.00
Natural Capital Investment Fund, Inc. (Shepherdstown, VA)
For outreach and capital to support the growth of business in economically distressed areas of West Virginia
Date Awarded: 12/12/2017
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $250,000.00
Natural Capital Investment Fund, Inc. (Shepherdstown, WV)
To support commercial real estate redevelopment projects through targeted technical assistance, predevelopment services and financing (over three years)
Date Awarded: 06/12/2018
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $345,000.00
Natural Capital Investment Fund, Inc. (Shepherdstown, WV)
To: build and strengthen local food supply chains within and between rural and urban areas; develop a downtown building loan program; and develop a New Markets Tax Credit lending strategy
Date Awarded: 12/08/2015
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $150,000.00
Natural Capital Investment Fund, Inc. (Charles Town, WV)
As matching funds for a U.S. Economic Development Administration CARES Act grant to deploy emergency loans and technical assistance to businesses and nonprofit enterprises impacted by COVID-19 (over three years)
Date Awarded: 12/08/2020
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $300,000.00
Natural Capital Investment Fund, Inc. (Shepherdstown, WV)
For development and implementation of redevelopment financing models for properties in downtown districts to promote economic development in small towns
Date Awarded: 06/09/2015
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $250,000.00
Natural Capital Investment Fund, Inc. (Shepherdstown, WV)
To support loans to businesses for energy efficiency improvements and update of organizational strategic plan (over two years)
Date Awarded: 09/09/2013
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $186,000.00
Natural Capital Investment Fund, Inc. (Shepherdstown, WV)
To provide investment capital for business development in West Virginia’s underserved and distressed counties
Date Awarded: 12/09/2014
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $175,000.00
Nazareth Farm, Inc. (Salem, WV)
For administrative expenses relating to a capital campaign to raise funds to support physical improvements which facilitate a volunteer home improvement program
Date Awarded: 03/09/2021
Program Area: Community Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $50,000.00
Neighborhood Allies, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA)
For an Opportunity Zone learning event to explore the greater Pittsburgh region-specific opportunities that can benefit communities, businesses, and investors
Date Awarded: 10/21/2019
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $10,000.00
Neighborhood Community Development Fund (Pittsburgh, PA)
To increase access to capital, and technical support for minority-owned businesses, and to help build long-term resiliency for Pittsburgh’s Northside Community
Date Awarded: 06/13/2023
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00
New America (Washington, DC)
To co-host a series of events that elevate connections between the humanities and smarter, responsible, inclusive uses of technology
Date Awarded: 03/12/2019
Program Area: Education
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $100,000.00
New Appalachian Farm and Research Center Inc (Rock Cave, WV)
For development of a farm to school transition plan based on regional supply chain systems (Original grant amount of $27,100; refund of $9,611.90 received 8/7/2017. Completed their project and did not require the entire grant which was awarded.)
Date Awarded: 06/14/2016
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $17,488.10
New Appalachian Farm and Research Center Inc (Rock Cave, WV)
To support strategies to increase the supply of West Virginia food products to schools, and to promote a food hub for regional product aggregation and distribution
Date Awarded: 06/10/2013
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $160,000.00
New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (Beckley, WV)
For marketing and recruitment of participants for regional entrepreneurship support centers in southern West Virginia to accelerate business development in a nine-county region
Date Awarded: 12/08/2015
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $166,000.00
New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (Beckley, WV)
To support the implementation of a contactless loan application portal
Date Awarded: 05/14/2020
Program Area: Community Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $12,000.00
New River Gorge Trail Alliance, Inc. (Fayetteville, WV)
To engage trail stakeholders and advocates in a statewide trail summit to explore the development of a statewide trail strategy
Date Awarded: 03/10/2020
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $65,000.00
New Roots Community Farm (Fayetteville, WV)
To facilitate planning for livestock production, demonstration operations, and programming to better support viable, diversified, small-farm enterprises in the New River Gorge region
Date Awarded: 03/07/2023
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $50,000.00