Foundation Announces 2025 Fourth Quarter Discretionary Grants

Education

• Lincoln County Schools – Project Hope-Summer Programming for Harts and Midway Elementary School: $55,000
• West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. – STEAM Technical Assistance Center (STEAM TAC): $50,000
• Read Aloud West Virginia, Inc. – Pleasure Reading to Better Reading in the Greater Kanawha Valley: $39,400
• West Virginia Professional Dance Company – STREAMing Through Our Many Colored Days: $43,000

Community Economic Development (CED)

• Institute West Dunbar Pinewood Sub Area Planning Committee, Inc. – Building a Stronger Future: $19,425
• Goodwill Industries of KYOWVA Area, Inc. – Lincoln County Community Education and Recycling Services: $37,000
• West Virginia Women Work, Inc. – Step Up+Second Shift: Advancing Economic Mobility for Underserved West Virginians: $40,000
• CADCO Foundation – Enhanced Public Safety and Lighting Pilot through Smart Technology: $25,000
• Invest Appalachia – 2025 Invest Appalachia Catalytic Capital Proposal – West Virginia Sub-Pool: $50,000

Health

• Community Autism Resources and Education Systems – CARES Family Programming and Support Services: $48,000
• Mountaineer Food Bank, Inc. – Extra Mile Program Clay County: $40,000
• West Virginia Alliance for Creative Health Solutions, Inc. – West Virginia’s Clear Future using the CATCH My Breath Vaping Prevention Curriculum: $38,350
• Hamlin-Lincoln County Public Library – Getting Lincoln County Healthy One Family at a Time: $16,850
• Women’s Health Center of West Virginia – WHC Trans Health Equity Project: $56,850

Arts & Culture

• Opus Chorale of West Virginia – 2025–2026 Opus Chorale of West Virginia Concert Season: $1,000
• womanSong Chorale, Inc. – womanSong 2026 Performance and La Caccina Collaboration: $4,542
• Kanawha Valley FOOTMAD – Dance of Hope 2026: $8,000
• Appalachian Community Theatre, Inc. – Appalachian Community Theatre Main Stage Production: $12,900
• Children’s Theatre of Charleston – Children’s Theatre of Charleston’s Satellite Programs: Beyond the Stage & Find Your Light: $8,000
• Marigold Creative Reuse Company – Marigold Lot Mini Mural Fencing Project: $10,000
• Charleston Civic Chorus, Inc. – The Charleston Civic Chorus 2025–2026 Concert Season: $1,000

Basic Needs

• Mountain Mission, Inc. – Mountain Mission’s Emergency Assistance Program: $40,000
• Covenant House, Inc. – Improving Quality of Life for the Homeless and Low-Income: $32,500
• Fayette County Family Resource Network – Basic Need Fulfillment: $36,000
• Facing Hunger Foodbank, Inc. – Lincoln County Child, Family, & Senior Food Resource Support: $45,000
• Kanawha Valley Collective, Inc. – Strengthening the Safety Net for Our Vulnerable Population: $65,000

Field-of-Interest

• West Virginia State University Metro Area Agency on Aging – Region II – Caring for the Caregiver Conference: $30,271

Dental

• The Kanawha Valley Fellowship Home, Inc. – Oral Health Initiative 25–26: $25,000
• Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. – CAMC Cancer Dental Grant: $30,000

Emergency Aid

• Bream – the Neighborhood SHOP – the Neighborhood Shop Food Pantry Project: $24,500
• Charleston-Institute (WV) Chapter of The Links, Inc. (Fiscal Agent: KISRA) – Harambee – Linking to Increase Food Access to All: $22,000
• Clay County Health Department – Equity in Accessing Prescription Medication in Clay County: $25,000
• Community Care of West Virginia, Inc. – 2026 Emergency Assistance for Social Determinants of Health: $40,000
• Covenant House, Inc. – Housing Stabilization Chronically Homeless: $20,000
• Hope for All – New HVAC System and Participation Fee Recovery: $15,380
• Mission West Virginia – Carry-On Emergency Aid Grant: $30,000
• Morgantown Sober Living, Inc. dba WBSL Solutions – Supportive Services for Justice Involved Individuals: $38,000
• Southern Appalachian Labor School – Fayette Emergency Food Program: $16,000
• STAR Club, Inc. – Keeping the Lights on for STAR Club Families: $15,000
• TEAM for West Virginia Children, Inc. – Western Regional CASA’s It Takes a Village: $25,500
• The Healing House, Inc. – Elevate 2026: $34,950
• United Way of Central West Virginia – United We Feed: $25,000
• Vets 4 Vets Jackson County West Virginia – Medical Equipment Program: $5,000
• West Virginia Health Right – Healing Opportunities for Parents Everywhere (HOPE): $28,788
• West Virginia Fostering Together – WV Fostering Together, A New Chapter: $20,000

Childcare

• Bream Center for Childhood Development – Strengthening Our Foundation: $50,000
• YWCA of Charleston – Mel Wolf Child Development Center: $60,000
• West Virginia Association for Young Children – Family Child Care Network Support: $61,000
• Together We Grow, Inc. – Together We Grow – Fayette County Task Force Support: $55,300
• YMCA of Kanawha Valley – Sustaining Essential Childcare Services for Working Families: $50,000
• Zion Child Development Center – Creating Capacity and Sustainability for Childcare: $61,250

Special Initiatives

• Kanawha Valley Council on Philanthropy – West Side Community Initiative: $25,000

Narrative Change

• Black By God – Youth Voices Rising: Storytelling for Belonging in Appalachia: $18,000
• Marshall University Research Corporation – Tell Your Story: a Filmmaking Workshop: $16,000
• Mountain Stage Spotlight – Youth Citizens Agenda: $20,000
• Oglebay Institute (Fiscal Agent for YNST Media) – West Virginia Visionaries: $10,000
• The Real WV Foundation – The Real WV According to Gen Z: $10,000
• West Virginia Public Broadcasting Foundation, Inc. – Stay or Go: Youth Voices Weigh Staying, Leaving, and Building a Future: $18,000
• WTSQ 88.1 FM – WTSQ 88.1 On The Road presents: Youth Wave: Stories That Echo: $15,000

Rapid Response

• BARN Community Center – 2025 Emergency Food Assistance: $10,000
• Bream Neighborhood SHOP – 2025 Emergency Food Assistance: $5,000
• Common Grounds Food Pantry – 2025 Emergency Food Assistance: $10,000
• Covenant House – 2025 Emergency Food Assistance: $10,000
• Facing Hunger Food Bank – 2025 Emergency Food Assistance: $10,000
• Heart and Hand – 2025 Emergency Food Assistance: $10,000
• Mountain Mission – 2025 Emergency Food Assistance: $10,000
• Risen Lord Catholic Church – 2025 Emergency Food Assistance: $10,000
• Southern Appalachian Labor School – 2025 Emergency Food Assistance: $10,000
• Heartbeat of the Valley – 2025 Emergency Food Assistance: $2,500
• First Baptist Church – 2025 Emergency Food Assistance: $7,500
• Kanawha Valley Collective – Emergency Food Assistance: $5,000