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 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)
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 mapping and connecting major research strengths of West Virginia, Southwestern Pennsylvania & eastern Ohio universities and private facilities to attract new sponsors and drive regional economic development in natural gas utilization and manufacturing
Date Awarded: 04/08/2016
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $50,000.00
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 assist communities in writing successful applications for funding to remove vacant and dilapidated structures
Date Awarded: 03/08/2016
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $50,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For the second W.V. Legislators’ Forum on Education and the Economy
Date Awarded: 02/05/2018
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $5,000.00
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 feature West Virginia’s entrepreneur development efforts in a week-long series of conferences and events
Date Awarded: 01/21/2022
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $14,500.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For the Appalachian Vision Outreach Program (AVOP) to address vision care to patients that are financially or geographically isolated
Date Awarded: 03/08/2022
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $120,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For the West Virginia Statewide Afterschool Network to complete a mapping project of out-of-school time programs in West Virginia to determine gaps in service and program quality needs (over two years)
Date Awarded: 03/08/2022
Program Area: Education
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $150,000.00
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
To provide a collaborative course for health care professionals on the application of evidence-based pharmacological and counseling interventions for effective tobacco abstinence
Date Awarded: 03/08/2022
Program Area: Health
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $53,950.00