West Virginia · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in West Virginia

Imperigo has identified 94 funders that made 623 grants totaling $22.9M to 125 arts & culture organizations in West Virginia, with a median grant of $14K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in West Virginia

Total granted $22.9M
Funders 94
Grants 623
Organizations funded 125

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation
69 grants to 28 organizations · largest $411K · through 2024 · 9.7% of their giving
$4.8M
2. West Virginia Symphony Orchestra Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $322K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$979K
3. The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc
50 grants to 25 organizations · largest $39K · through 2023 · 38.8% of their giving
$816K
4. Fund for the Arts
35 grants to 7 organizations · largest $54K · through 2024 · 86.6% of their giving
$704K
5. Parkersburg Area Community Foundation Inc (Previously Pacf Inc)
38 grants to 12 organizations · largest $151K · through 2024 · 10.4% of their giving
$1.2M
6. Your Community Foundation of North Central WV Inc
25 grants to 8 organizations · largest $33K · through 2025 · 18.5% of their giving
$356K
7. Craik-Patton House Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$276K
8. Beckley Area Foundation Inc
25 grants to 9 organizations · largest $58K · through 2024 · 6.3% of their giving
$323K
9. Alliance for the Arts Ltd
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $81K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$81K
10. Foundation for the Tri-State Community Inc
16 grants to 4 organizations · largest $12K · through 2024 · 6.0% of their giving
$136K
11. Empty Bowls Monongalia
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 13.9% of their giving
$50K
12. The Greater Greenbrier Valley
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $89K · through 2022 · 3.6% of their giving
$110K
13. Points of Light Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $288K · through 2022
$288K
14. Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation
11 grants to 6 organizations · largest $10K · through 2025 · 1.7% of their giving
$88K
15. Hope in the Hills Incorporated Healing Appalachia
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2025 · 3.4% of their giving
$38K
16. The Cultural Foundation of Harrison County Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $39K · through 2019 · 3.2% of their giving
$39K
17. United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counites Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$52K
18. Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $35K · through 2024
$95K
19. Reynolds Memorial Hospital Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 5.6% of their giving
$8K
20. Pledgeling Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $101K · through 2024
$182K
21. Frontstream Global Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $51K · through 2024
$144K
22. Central Carolina Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2023
$170K
23. United Way of the Eastern Panhandle
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022
$26K
24. West Virginia Wins Inaugural Committee Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2025 · 1.5% of their giving
$10K
25. Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $80K · through 2019
$100K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in West Virginia, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 10 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in West Virginia. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in West Virginia, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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