West Virginia · Private foundation
Chris Hess Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $582k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $220,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Chris Hess Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $582k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $301k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $310k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $330k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $506k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $473k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $443k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $434k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oglebay Foundation Inc | $1,600,000 | 8 | 5% |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Wheeling | $210,000 | 8 | 1% |
| City of Wheeling | $177,300 | 4 | n/a |
| The Linsly School Incorporated | $160,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Oglebay Institute | $116,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Moundsville Veterans Honor Guard Inc | $80,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Wheeling Country Day School | $63,950 | 5 | 1% |
| Faith in Action Caregivers Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 9% |
| United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Augusta Levy Learning Center Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oglebay Foundation Inc | $1,600,000 | 8 | 5% |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Wheeling | $210,000 | 8 | 1% |
| City of Wheeling | $177,300 | 4 | n/a |
| The Linsly School Incorporated | $160,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Oglebay Institute | $116,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Moundsville Veterans Honor Guard Inc | $80,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Wheeling Country Day School | $63,950 | 5 | 1% |
| Faith in Action Caregivers Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 9% |
| United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Augusta Levy Learning Center Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Grow Ohio Valley Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Ohio Valley Wellness Coalition | $20,000 | 2 | 72% |
| Faith in Action Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Casa for Children Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Holy Family Child Care & Development Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wheeling Jamboree Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Great Stone Viaduct Historical Education Society Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The King's Daughters Child Care Centers Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($725k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Chris Hess Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Inc · The Driehorst Family Foundation · Albert Schenk III & Kathleen H Schenk Charitable Trust · Elizabeth Stifel Kline Foundation · Stamp 2001 Charitable Fund · Stamp Charitable Fund · Eqt Foundation · Harry and Helen Sands Charitable Trust · Robinson S Parlin Trust · W E Stone Foundation · James B Chambers Memorial · Ann Sonneborn Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About Chris Hess Foundation
- How much does Chris Hess Foundation give?
- Chris Hess Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $582,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Chris Hess Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (43%), Human Services (17%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are Chris Hess Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Oglebay Foundation Inc ($1.6M), Young Mens Christian Association of Wheeling ($210k), City of Wheeling ($177k).
- Does Chris Hess Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Chris Hess Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Chris Hess Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Inc, The Driehorst Family Foundation, Albert Schenk III & Kathleen H Schenk Charitable Trust.
- Where is Chris Hess Foundation based?
- Chris Hess Foundation is based in WV.
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