West Virginia · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Recreation & Sports in West Virginia

Imperigo has identified 98 funders that made 335 grants totaling $14.9M to 62 recreation & sports organizations in West Virginia, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Recreation & Sports Funding in West Virginia

Total granted $14.9M
Funders 98
Grants 335
Organizations funded 62

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Oglebay Park-Oglebay Institute Trust
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $485K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.4M
2. Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Inc
16 grants to 3 organizations · largest $331K · through 2024 · 12.9% of their giving
$1.9M
3. James H Harless Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $178K · through 2024 · 63.1% of their giving
$603K
4. Waha Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $463K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$463K
5. Reynolds Memorial Hospital Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2023 · 22.3% of their giving
$30K
6. Pleasants Community Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024 · 8.9% of their giving
$57K
7. The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation
23 grants to 9 organizations · largest $54K · through 2024
$496K
8. University Healthcare Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2024 · 7.7% of their giving
$26K
9. Medbrook Children's Charity Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023 · 7.0% of their giving
$25K
10. Old White Charities Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2019 · 7.4% of their giving
$20K
11. Pirates Charities
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $38K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$48K
12. Tides Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2023
$950K
13. United Health Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2019 · 1.7% of their giving
$20K
14. National Basketball Players Association Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024
$75K
15. The Health Plan of West Virginia Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2019
$25K
16. Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2024
$136K
17. Greater Morgantown Convention & Visitors
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2025 · 2.5% of their giving
$7K
18. doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2022
$60K
19. Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $70K · through 2019
$70K
20. Federation of Humane Organizations
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $23K · through 2024
$23K
21. National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $19K · through 2023
$19K
22. Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024
$30K
23. Beckley Area Foundation Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $9K · through 2022
$20K
24. Parkersburg Area Community Foundation Inc (Previously Pacf Inc)
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024
$28K
25. Lyrasis
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2023
$7K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to recreation & sports 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. 11 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 recreation & sports 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 recreation & sports funding in West Virginia, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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