West Virginia · Community foundation
Beckley Area Foundation Inc
To inspire and facilitate generous charitable giving that advances our community.
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 81
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,097
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $141,525
- Organizations funded a year
- 41 to 51
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $79M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Beckley Area Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 78 | $1.8M | 35% |
| FY2024 | 41 | $746k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 44 | $669k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 44 | $651k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 48 | $720k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 44 | $573k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 51 | $649k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 49 | $707k | 37% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Education$1.1MReligion$1.0MHuman Services$797kArts & Culture$770kAnimals$673kFood & Nutrition$587kHealth$546kRecreation & Sports$299kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humane Society of Raleigh County Inc | $523,542 | 9 | 12% |
| Beckley Presbyterian Church | $519,206 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Beckley - Bill Withers Project | $379,109 | 9 | n/a |
| Hospice of Southern West Virginia Inc | $370,164 | 9 | 0% |
| Comprehensive Womens Service Counci | $291,058 | 9 | 4% |
| Helping Hands Community Resource Center | $270,708 | 9 | 48% |
| Young Men's Christian Association O Southern West Virginia Inc | $251,857 | 9 | 4% |
| The University of Charleston Inc | $224,052 | 8 | 0% |
| Just for Kids Inc | $219,700 | 9 | 7% |
| Raleigh County Board of Education | $214,559 | 9 | n/a |
Show all 125 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humane Society of Raleigh County Inc | $523,542 | 9 | 12% |
| Beckley Presbyterian Church | $519,206 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Beckley - Bill Withers Project | $379,109 | 9 | n/a |
| Hospice of Southern West Virginia Inc | $370,164 | 9 | 0% |
| Comprehensive Womens Service Counci | $291,058 | 9 | 4% |
| Helping Hands Community Resource Center | $270,708 | 9 | 48% |
| Young Men's Christian Association O Southern West Virginia Inc | $251,857 | 9 | 4% |
| The University of Charleston Inc | $224,052 | 8 | 0% |
| Just for Kids Inc | $219,700 | 9 | 7% |
| Raleigh County Board of Education | $214,559 | 9 | n/a |
| Mac's Toy Fund | $172,500 | 6 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $171,421 | 9 | n/a |
| United Way of Southern Wv Inc | $155,189 | 9 | 5% |
| West Virginia Public Broadcasting Founda | $130,477 | 9 | 5% |
| United Methodist Temple | $118,518 | 8 | n/a |
| Greenbrier Repertory Theatre Company | $114,880 | 8 | 2% |
| Beckley Concert Association | $107,822 | 9 | 74% |
| Carpenters Corner | $101,186 | 9 | n/a |
| Trap Hill High School Alumni Scholarship Fund Incorporated | $93,314 | 4 | n/a |
| Raleigh County Veterans Assoc Inc | $88,805 | 1 | n/a |
| Raleigh County Public Libraries | $85,993 | 8 | n/a |
| Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of West Virginia | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brians Safehouse Inc | $77,898 | 8 | 2% |
| Piney Creek Watershed Association | $71,124 | 7 | 12% |
| Bread of Life Outreach Center | $70,034 | 8 | n/a |
| Trap Hill High School Scholarship Foundation | $69,983 | 8 | n/a |
| Appalachian Bible College Inc | $63,452 | 9 | 0% |
| St Francis Desale Catholic Church | $61,871 | 9 | n/a |
| Three Rivers Avian Center Inc | $60,743 | 4 | 18% |
| Beckley Health Right Inc | $59,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Theatre Arts of West Virginia Inc | $49,343 | 5 | 8% |
| First Baptist Church | $48,941 | 8 | n/a |
| Raleigh County Commission on Aging Inc | $41,472 | 5 | 0% |
| Beckley Dream Center Inc Dba Fishes and Loaves | $37,081 | 4 | 10% |
| The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Southern Appalachian Labor School Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Presbytery of West Virginia | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beckley Art Group Inc | $32,957 | 5 | 18% |
| Ashland Main Street Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Christophers Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tulsa Chautauqua Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Love Hope Center for the Arts | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Naval Aviation Museum Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Raleigh County Animal Rescue | $28,355 | 4 | n/a |
| West Virginia University Foundation Inc | $27,720 | 4 | 0% |
| Buckskin Council Boy Scouts of America | $27,369 | 4 | 1% |
| Wildwood Cemetery Preservation Association | $26,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Operation Underdog Inc | $24,755 | 3 | 40% |
| Beckley Rotary Club Charities Inc | $24,390 | 3 | n/a |
| Brccc Foundation Inc | $24,364 | 3 | 21% |
| Catholic Charities West Virginia Inc | $23,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Oak Hill High School Alumni Association Inc | $22,300 | 1 | 12% |
| New River Humane Society Inc | $22,090 | 1 | 11% |
| Hinton Area Foundation Inc | $21,350 | 2 | n/a |
| Victory Baptist Academy | $21,274 | 3 | n/a |
| Raleigh County Community Action Association Inc | $21,262 | 3 | 0% |
| For the Children | $21,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Marshall University Foundation Incorporated | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Appalachian Reading Center Inc | $20,299 | 3 | 3% |
| Coda Mountain Academy Inc | $17,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Ghent Area Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $16,892 | 2 | 1% |
| Lillian James Learning Center Inc | $16,873 | 3 | 1% |
| 4-H Clubs Association of Webster County | $16,329 | 2 | n/a |
| Beaver Volunteer Fire Department | $15,940 | 2 | 1% |
| Mountainheart | $15,767 | 2 | 0% |
| Quota Club of Beckley | $15,756 | 2 | n/a |
| Crab Orchard Baptist Church | $15,595 | 2 | n/a |
| West Virginia Golf Association Limited | $15,150 | 2 | 1% |
| New River Youth Symphony and Chorus | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Texas at El Paso | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Quota International of Beckley Inc | $14,849 | 2 | n/a |
| Itmann Food Bank | $14,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Wyoming County Paw Patrol Inc | $14,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Beckley Raleigh County Convention Center Inc | $14,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Raleigh County 4-H | $13,745 | 2 | n/a |
| First Christian Church | $13,705 | 2 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $13,698 | 2 | 0% |
| The Children's Home Society of West Virginia Inc | $13,458 | 2 | 0% |
| Raleigh County Historical Society Inc | $12,769 | 2 | n/a |
| Beckley Little League Inc | $12,479 | 1 | 15% |
| Mtn State Bar Assoc Inc | $12,440 | 2 | n/a |
| Mountaineer Food Bank Inc | $12,167 | 2 | 0% |
| Little League International | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mount Hope Heritage & Hope Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 34% |
| State of West Virginia West Virginia University | $11,684 | 2 | n/a |
| Forward Southern West Virginia Inc | $11,605 | 2 | n/a |
| Marsh Fork High School Alumni Association Inc | $10,802 | 2 | n/a |
| Coal City Volunteer Fire Department | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Historic Fayette Theater | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Sophia Police Department | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern West Virginia Preparedness Partnership Inc | $9,999 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Restored Community Enrichment Project | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Raleigh County Sheriff's Office | $8,604 | 1 | n/a |
| Trap Hill-Liberty Citizens Scholarship Fund | $8,075 | 1 | n/a |
| Woman's Club of Beckley | $7,974 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of New River Gorge National River | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Storm Haven Inc | $7,181 | 1 | n/a |
| Shepherds Table Inc | $7,002 | 1 | n/a |
| McDowell County Museum Commission Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| School of Harmony Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Muster Project Incorporated | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Virginia Music Hall of Fame Inc | $6,750 | 1 | 4% |
| Mountain State Centers for Independent Living Inc | $6,649 | 1 | 1% |
| Beaver Lions Club | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| McDowell County Commission on Aging Inc | $6,360 | 1 | 0% |
| Gods Grace Ministry | $6,046 | 1 | n/a |
| Beckley-Raleigh County Health Department | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Apostolic Faith Church | $5,715 | 1 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council Inc | $5,706 | 1 | 0% |
| Active Southern West Virginia Inc | $5,646 | 1 | 1% |
| Southern West Virginia Multi- Cultural Museum and Community Cent | $5,600 | 1 | n/a |
| One Voice Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 2% |
| New River Gorge Regional Development Authority | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sophia Christian Academy | $5,488 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope in the Mountains Inc | $5,289 | 1 | 15% |
| The West Virginia Land Trust Inc | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Bex Arts Inc | $5,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc | $5,110 | 1 | 0% |
| Beckley Children Theatre Inc | $5,099 | 1 | n/a |
| West Virginia Parkways Authority | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mountain State Trail Alliance Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Little League Baseball Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 23% |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($282k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Beckley Area Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 62.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Carter Family FoundationWV47.3× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Carter Family Foundation · The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation · Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation · United Way of Southern Wv Inc · Truist West Virginia Foundation Inc · Encova Foundation of West Virginia · American Water Charitable Foundationinc · Peoples Bank Foundation · Skewes Family Foundation · The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc · Milan Puskar Foundation Inc · American Electric Power Foundation
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About Beckley Area Foundation Inc
- How much does Beckley Area Foundation Inc give?
- Beckley Area Foundation Inc reported 81 itemized grants totaling $1,778,788, out of $3,238,057 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 51 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Beckley Area Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (15%), Religion (14%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Beckley Area Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Humane Society of Raleigh County Inc ($524k), Beckley Presbyterian Church ($519k), City of Beckley - Bill Withers Project ($379k).
- Does Beckley Area Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Beckley Area Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Carter Family Foundation, The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation.
- Where is Beckley Area Foundation Inc based?
- Beckley Area Foundation Inc is based in WV.
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