Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in West Virginia

376
foundations
$148.1M
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
153
say they accept unsolicited
$7,500
median grant

Grantlas lists 376 foundations based in West Virginia — 343 private foundations and 33 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $148.1 million in grants in their latest filing year, and 153 of them (41%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Wheeling (100), Charleston (41) and Bluefield (34).

153 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in West Virginia.

Top 25 of 376 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 128 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in West Virginia
West Virginia First Foundation IncBridgeport, WV$48,444$8.5M$1,292–$288,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Ross Foundation IncParkersburg, WV$5,000$5.4M$1,000–$4.8MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Hugh I Shott Jr Foundation IncBluefield, WV$87,500$2.7M$7,000–$400,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Maier Foundation IncCharleston, WV$35,000$2.5M$5,000–$500,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Encova Foundation of West VirginiaCharleston, WV$5,000$2.3M$500–$450,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Elliot Foundation IncCharleston, WV$10,000$2.1M$100–$1.7MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Hp and Anne S HunnicuttPrinceton, WV$5,000$1.8M$20–$700,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Ann Sonneborn Charitable FoundationWheeling, WV$25,000$1.8M$5,000–$400,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Bernard McDonough Foundation IncParkerburg, WV$10,000$1.7M$100–$50,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Raymond A & Gertrude D Hyer FoundationWheeling, WV$20,000$1.4M$2,000–$491,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
George A Laughlin TrustWheeling, WV$2,775$1.4M$12–$205,676FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The James H and Alice TeubertHuntington, WV$24,794$1.1M$100–$741,797FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Carter Family FoundationParkersburg, WV$5,000$886,050$1,000–$504,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Daywood FoundationincCharleston, WV$10,750$847,272$650–$70,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Hollowell Dawkins Foundation IncLewisburg, WV$5,000$800,385$1,000–$65,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Ethel N Bowen FoundationBluefield, WV$2,000$794,750$350–$25,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Darrell K Cales TrustRainelle, WV$14,000$667,194$1,000–$75,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Seneca Trail Charitable FoundationLewisburg, WV$10,000$635,403$1,000–$87,500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Clark Opportunity Foundation IncBerkeley Springs, WV$5,000$591,931$35–$150,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Starvaggi Charities IncWeirton, WV$500$590,465$200–$476,915FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Liz and Louis Weisberg Family FoundationCharleston, WV$10,000$587,270$500–$152,500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Chris Hess FoundationWheeling, WV$10,000$582,000$1,000–$220,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
James B Chambers MemorialWheeling, WV$22,500$574,609$250–$166,667FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
One FoundationBeckley, WV$3,000$560,534$72–$125,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Hess Family FoundationWheeling, WV$15,000$493,405$1,750–$50,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.