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GRANT AND FOUNDATION GUIDE 2005

Here you will find a list of funding sources for profit and non-profit organizations in West Virginia. Some of these sources are available to limited areas of the State, so be sure to read the target areas specified under each source.

Albert Schenk III and Kathleen H. Schenk Charitable Trust

1031 National Road

Wheeling, WV 26003

Phone: (304) 243-5440/FAX: (304) 243-5439

Contact Name: Frank A. Jackson

Contact Email: fajacksonlaw@juno.com

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Limited to the Wheeling, West Virginia area

Focus Area(s): Education, human services, children/youth services, economically disadvantaged

Eligibility Requirements: Initial letter of inquiry

Grant Cycle: none listed

 

The Annenberg Foundation

Radnor Financial Center, Suite A-200

150 N. Radnor

Chester, PA 19087

Phone: (610) 341-9066

Contact Name: none listed

Contact Email: info@annenbergfoundation.org

Website: http://www.annenbergfoundation.org

Target Area(s): Nationwide, including West Virginia

Focus Area(s): Education, youth, arts and culture, civic and community and health

Eligibility Requirements: none listed

Grant Cycle: refer to the website

 

August J. and Thelma S. Hoffman Foundation

83 Edgington Lane

Wheeling, WV 26003

Phone: (304) 242-2300

Contact Name: Jeremy Sohn, Secretary

Contact Email: JSOHN@HMHY.com

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): No specific information listed

Focus Area(s): No specific information listed

Eligibility Requirements: Application form required

Grant Cycle: none listed

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

1201 15th Street, NW

Suite 420
Washinton, DC 20005

Phone: (202) 955-6183

Contact Name: Crystal Hurd

Contact Email: churd@cfncr.org

Website: http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com

Target Area(s): Nationwide

Focus Area(s): Family Literacy

Eligibility Requirements: refer to the website

Grant Cycle: refer to the website

Beckley Area Foundation, Inc.

129 Main Street, Suite 203

Beckley, WV 25801

Phone: (304) 253-3806/FAX: (304)253-7304

Contact Name: Grants Committee Chair

Contact Email: funds@beckleyareafoundation.com

Website: http://beckleyareafoundation.com

Target Area(s): Limited to Beckley and Raleigh County area

Focus Area(s): Education, human services, community development

Eligibility Requirements: Initial letter of inquiry (3 pages maximum); refer to website for further requirements

Grant Cycle: none listed

 

Bernard McConough Foundation, Inc.

311 4th Street

Parkersburg, WV 26101

Phone: (304) 424-6280/FAX: (304)424-6281

Contact Name: James T. Wakley, President

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Primarily West Virginia

Focus Area(s): youth development/services; no support for religious organizations

Eligibility Requirements: letter of intent

Grant Cycle: none specified

Bernard H. and Blanche E. Jacobson Foundation

PO Box 1793

Charleston, WV 25326

Phone: (304) 342-1141

Contact Name: John L. Ray, Tr.

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Primarily West Virginia

Focus Area(s): Education, human services, children/youth services

Eligibility Requirements: Letter of intent or inquiry

Grant Cycle: none listed

Board of Trustees of the Prichard School

c/o Bank One, WV, NA, Trust Department

PO Box 179

Huntington, WV 25706

Contact Name: none listed

Contact Email: none listed

Phone: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Primarily West Virginia

Focus Area(s): children and youth services

Eligibility Requirements: none listed

Grant Cycle: none

Carter Family Foundation

c/o United National Bank

129 Main Street

Beckley, WV 25801

Phone: none listed

Contact Name: Todd Robinson

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Limited to WV, primarily Raleigh County

Focus Area(s): YMCA’s, YWCA’s and youth services

Eligibility Requirements: Letter of intent

Grant Cycle: none listed

Clay Foundation

1426 Kanawha Boulevard

Charleston, WV 25301

Phone: (304) 344-8656/FAX: (304)344-3805

Contact Name: Charles M. Avampato, President

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Primarily West Virginia with emphasis on the Kanawha Valley

Focus Area(s): Elementary/secondary education and human services; no support for religious purposes or operating expenses

Eligibility Requirements: Initial letter of inquiry

Grant Cycle: none listed

The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation

1400 Benedum-Trees Building

223 Fourth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Phone: 1-800-223-5948 (toll free from WV)/FAX: (412)288-0366

Contact Name: William P. Getty, President

Contact Email: info@benedum.org

Website: http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/benedum

Target Area(s): West Virginia and Southwestern Pennsylvania

Focus Area(s): Education, health, human services, community development and economic development

Eligibility Requirements: Proposals may be sent to the Foundation year-round

Grant Cycle: refer to the website

Coca-Cola Foundation

PO Box 1734

Atlanta, GA 30301

Phone: none listed

Contact Name: none listed

Contact Email: none listed

Website: http://coca-cola.com

Target Area(s): West Virginia

Focus Area(s): Classroom teaching and classroom learning

Eligibility Requirements: see website; online application only (e-grant)

Grant Cycle: see website

The Daywood Foundation

1600 Bank One Center

Charleston, WV 25301

Phone: (304) 343-4841

Contact Name: William W. Booker, Secretary/Treasurer

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Primarily West Virginia

Focus Area(s): Human services, children and youth services, community development

Eligibility Requirements: Initial letter of inquiry

Grant Cycle: none listed

Fenton Foundation, Inc.

310 W. 4th Street

Williamson, WV 26187

Phone: (304) 375-6122

Contact Name: Frank Fenton, Tr.

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Wood County

Focus Area(s): Primary focus is Christian agencies and churches; human services

Eligibility Requirements: Letter of interest

Grant Cycle: none listed

Gordon C. and Milred R. Jackson Foundation

PO Box 273

Charleston, WV 25321

Phone: (304) 340-3825

Contact Name: G. Thomas Battle, President

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Primarily in Mason County

Focus Area(s): Education, recreation, community facilities, children/youth services, community development

Eligibility Requirements: Letter of interest

Grant Cycle: none listed

 

The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation

900 Lee Street, East

Charleston, WV 25301

Phone: (304) 346-3620/FAX (304) 346-3640

Contact Name: Rebecca C. Cain, Executive Director

Contact Email: tgkvf@tgkvf.org

Website: http://www.tgkvf.org

Target Area(s): Limited to the greater Kanawha Valley

Focus Area(s): Early Childhood education and others

Eligibility Requirements: Initial letter, phone call or email

Grant Cycle: varies; contact the foundation

Henry Logan Children’s Home

415 Market Street

Parkersburg, WV 26101

Phone: (304) 424-0373

Contact Name: Randall Law, Director

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Primarily Wood County

Focus Area(s): Giving primarily to organizations which provide education and training to needy and disadvantaged children; children/youth services

Eligibility Requirements: Application form required

Grant Cycle: Deadline December 1

The H. P. and Anne S. Hunnicutt Foundation, Inc.

PO Box 309

Princeton, WV 24740

Phone: none listed

Contact Name: William Stafford II, Secretary

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Limited to Southern West Virginia

Focus Area(s): Education, human services

Eligibility Requirements: Initial letter of inquiry

Grant Cycle: none listed

Herscher Foundation, Inc.

c/o 906 Kanawha Valley Building

300 Capital Street

Charleston, WV 25301

Phone: (304) 346-9630/FAX: (304) 346-9631

Contact Name: Charles L. Jarrell, President

Contact Email: jarrellcl@aol.com

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): West Virginia

Focus Area(s): Primary focus is human services

Eligibility Requirements: Letter of inquiry

Grant Cycle: none listed

Hess Family Foundation

117 Edgington Lane

Wheeling, WV 26003

Phone: (304) 242-9300

Contact Name: Joseph N. Gompers, Tr.

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Ohio County

Focus Area(s): Elementary/secondary education

Eligibility Requirements: none listed

Grant Cycle: none listed

 

Hollowell Foundation, Inc.

103 East Washington Street

Lewisburg, West Virginia 24901

Phone: none listed

Contact Name: Jesse O. Guills, President

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Greenbrier County

Focus Area(s): Improvement and renovation program

Eligibility Requirements: letter of intent; application form required

Grant Cycle: none specified

Hugh I. Shott Jr., Foundation

c/o First Century Bank, NA

500 Federal Street

Bluefield, WV 24701

Phone: none listed

Contact Name: Richard W. Wilkinson

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Southern West Virginia

Focus Area(s): Community development, health, children/youth services

Eligibility Requirements: Application form required

Grant Cycle: none listed

The Huntington Foundation, Inc.

PO Box 2548

Huntington, WV 25726

Phone: (304) 522-0611

Contact Name: Alyene Arthur, Executive Secretary

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): West Virginia

Focus Area(s): Primary focus is human services

Eligibility Requirements: Letter of interest; application required

Grant Cycle: none listed

James B. Chambers Memorial

PO Box 3047

Wheeling, WV 26003

Phone: (304) 243-9373/FAX: (304) 243-9373

Contact Name: Emily Schramm-Fisher, Administrative Assistant

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Limited to Ohio County

Focus Area(s): Education, human services, youth services

Eligibility Requirements: Initial letter or phone call of inquiry

Grant Cycle: none listed

The James H. & Alice Teubert Charitable Trust

PO Box 2131

Huntington, WV 25722

Phone: (304) 525-6337

Contact Name: Jimelle Bowen, Executive Director

Contact Email: teubert@access.mountain.net

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Primarily Cabell and Wayne

Focus Area(s): Organizations giving support to the blind

Eligibility Requirements: letter of intent

Grant Cycle: Deadlines are August 1 and February 1

 

James Harless Foundation, Inc.

PO Box 1210

Gilbert, WV 25261

Phone: (304)664-3227

Contact Name: none listed

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Mingo County

Focus Area(s): selected programs on an as needed basis

Eligibility Requirements: send letter of inquiry which includes the following: identification of agency, explanation of project, target population, nonprofit status, amount requested, matching funds

Grant Cycle: none specified; as needed or requested

John Matthew Gay Brown Family Foundation

PO Box 895

Morgantown, WV 26507

Phone: none listed

Contact Name: none listed

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Limited to Morgantown, West Virginia

Focus Area(s): Primary focus is human services and family services

Eligibility Requirements: Letter of inquiry

Grant Cycle: none listed

Maier Foundation, Inc.

PO Box 6190

Charleston, WV 25362

Phone: (304) 343-2201

Contact Name: Edward H. Maier, Chairman

Contact Email: EdHMaier@genrlcorp.com

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Kanawha County

Focus Area(s): Education

Eligibility Requirements: Initial letter of inquiry

Grant Cycle: Proposal deadline is October 1

The Mattel Children’s Foundation

Online application only; no address listed

Phone: none listed

Contact Name: none listed

Contact Email: foundation@mattel.com

Website: http://www.mattel .com

Target Area(s): National and international

Focus Area(s): Children in need

Eligibility Requirements: refer to website

Grant Cycle: refer to website

One Foundation

550 N. Eisenhower Drive

Beckley, WV 25801

Phone: none listed

Contact Name: Faramarz Attar, Trustee

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): none listed

Focus Area(s): Human services, community development, federated giving programs

Eligibility Requirements: Letter of interest

Grant Cycle: none listed

 

Parkersburg Area Community Foundation

501 Avery Street

Parkersburg, WV 26102

Phone: (304) 428-4438/Toll Free: 1-866-428-4438/Fax: (304) 428-1200

Contact Name: Judy Sjostedt, Executive Director

Contact Email: info@pacfwv.com

Website: http://www.pacfwv.com

Target Area(s): Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Wirt, Wood, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane

Focus Area(s): Child development education and services

Eligibility Requirements: Letter of intent, phone call or see website for more information, application form is required

Grant Cycle: March 1 and September 1

Sacred Heart Children’s Center

PO Box 1581

Clarksburg, WV 26301

Phone: (304) 624-3400

Contact Name: Albert Cox, President

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Harrison County, West Virginia

Focus Area(s): Giving primarily for children in the areas of general/operating support and equipment

Eligibility Requirements: Letter of inquiry

Grant Cycle: none listed

Segal-Davis Foundation, Inc.

810 Kanawha Boulevard

Charleston, WV 25301

Phone: none listed

Contact Name: Scott S. Segal, President

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Primarily West Virginia

Focus Area(s): not listed

Eligibility Requirements: Letter of inquiry

Grant Cycle: none listed

The Sisters of Saint Joseph Charitable Fund

4400 Rosemar Road

Parkersburg, WV 26104

Phone: (304) 424-6080

Contact Name: none listed

Contact Email: none listed

Website: http://www.ssjcharitablefund.org

Target Area(s): Serving nonprofits in Pleasants, Tyler, Ritchie, Wirt, Calhoun, Roane, Jackson and Wood Counties

Focus Area(s): Health and wellness

Eligibility Requirements: Initial letter of inquiry

Grant Cycle: Deadlines are spring/fall/spring; refer to website for specific dates

Stamp Charitable Trust

c/o WesBanco Bank

1 Bank Plaza

Wheeling, WV 26003

Phone: none listed

Contact Name: F. Stamp, Jr.

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Primarily in Wheeling, West Virginia

Focus Area(s): Education

Eligibility Requirements: Letter of inquiry

Grant Cycle: none listed

Vecellio Family Foundation

PO Box 2438

Beckley, WV 25802

Phone: none listed

Contact Name: none listed

Contact Email: none listed

Website: none listed

Target Area(s): Primarily West Virginia

Focus Area(s): Education, youth services, religious organizations

Eligibility Requirements: Initial proposal

Grant Cycle: November 15

Verizon Foundation

Online application only; no address listed

Phone: none listed

Contact Name: none listed

Contact Email: none listed

Website: http://foundation.verizon.com

Target Area(s): Those communities using Verizon phone service

Focus Area(s): Verizon Reads (literacy) and Verizon Works (technology)

Eligibility Requirements: see website; online application only (e-grant)

Grant Cycle: see website

WalMart

Address: none listed

Phone: 1-800-530-9925

Contact Name: none listed

Contact Email: none listed

Website: http://www.walmartfoundation.org

Target Area(s): see website or contact the local Community Involvement Coordinator at the location nearest you

Focus Area(s): see website

Eligibility Requirements: see website

Grant Cycle: see website

 

Additional Resources

 

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

1255 23rd Street, NW

Washington, DC 20037

1-800-728-2819

http://www.philanthropy .com

 

Directory of Nonprofit Organizations

http://www.wvnonprofit.org

 

E-grants from the US Department of Education

http://e-grants.ed.gov/egHome.asp

 

 

The Foundation Center

79 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10003

(212) 620-4230

www.fdncenter.org

 

Your Local Library

The Foundation Directory: 2004 edition by David G. Jacobs

 

 

 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 

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