West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. Archive

To increase consumption of fruits and vegetables among limited-resource youth by reducing food deserts and increasing nutrition education

To increase business and community member access to an Environmental, Social and Governance micro-credential program to drive economic development and Justice40 initiatives within the Central Appalachian Region

To leverage the existing entrepreneurship ecosystem to benefit entrepreneurs starting new forestry ventures by working with Appalachian Forestry Entrepreneurship Center at West Virginia University

For REACH, a program to increase matriculation, persistence, and graduation rates for under-represented and under-resourced students throughout their college career (over two years)

To hire subject matter experts to analyze the potential of a $17 million broadband grant for a nine-county rural area of West Virginia

To provide free emergency home repair and replacement to families in need throughout Central Appalachia by utilizing volunteer labor

For the Community Leader Internship Program which matches high-achieving local college students with substantiative internships in their chosen field to help retain young talent in the Upper Ohio Valley

For the Rural Partners Network Federal Partners Forum which brings together federal and state agencies to share information and promote partnership/funding opportunities with local communities

To repair and make more habitable 10 houses in the Upper Kanawha Valley and Fayette County

For the eighth annual Summer Policy Institute to engage young people in public policy