West Virginia · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Education in West Virginia

Imperigo has identified 329 funders that made 1,579 grants totaling $153.2M to 113 education organizations in West Virginia, with a median grant of $24K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in West Virginia

Total granted $153.2M
Funders 329
Grants 1,579
Organizations funded 113

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation
79 grants to 25 organizations · largest $770K · through 2024 · 16.6% of their giving
$8.3M
2. West Virginia United Health System Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 85.8% of their giving
$5.3M
3. Camc Foundation Inc
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 16.1% of their giving
$4.9M
4. Library Foundation of Kanawha County Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.2M · through 2020 · 54.1% of their giving
$2.2M
5. Arthur B Hodges Educational Trust
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $243K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.5M
6. St Louis Community Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.0M · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$10.0M
7. WV Emulation Endowment Trust
46 grants to 7 organizations · largest $70K · through 2025 · 58.5% of their giving
$1.2M
8. United Hospital Center Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
9. West Virginia University Innovation Corporation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $361K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$640K
10. Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Inc
22 grants to 9 organizations · largest $399K · through 2024 · 9.2% of their giving
$1.4M
11. Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $281K · through 2024 · 13.4% of their giving
$708K
12. The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc
25 grants to 7 organizations · largest $50K · through 2023 · 19.7% of their giving
$415K
13. Natural Science Endowment Fund Bradford
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$405K
14. Masonic Scholarship Endowment Trust of WV
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $108K · through 2025 · 52.0% of their giving
$392K
15. Marshall University Real Estate Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $165K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$301K
16. Armstrong County Community Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $135K · through 2024 · 15.9% of their giving
$369K
17. United Health Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $228K · through 2024 · 19.5% of their giving
$228K
18. Univ of Char Marshall Evans Endow Co
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $51K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$221K
19. Kate C Scott Foundation Co Bb&T
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $57K · through 2025 · 75.4% of their giving
$174K
20. West Virginia Drug Testing Laboratories Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $46K · through 2024 · 32.4% of their giving
$169K
21. The Community Trust Foundation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $85K · through 2024 · 15.4% of their giving
$205K
22. Appalachian Transportation and Technology Institute Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $120K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$120K
23. Lillie B Gould Perpetual Charitable - Rbc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $31K · through 2024 · 25.2% of their giving
$114K
24. West Virginia University School of Dentistry Alumni Association
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 89.5% of their giving
$90K
25. Cpwr the Center for Construction Research and Training
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $210K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$834K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 12 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 education 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 education funding in West Virginia, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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