West Virginia · Private foundation
Darrell K Cales Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $667k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 36
- Grants FY2026
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 54
- FY2020 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $6.4M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 41% of the organizations Darrell K Cales Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $195k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 36 | $667k | 31% |
| FY2025 | 32 | $597k | 41% |
| FY2024 | 31 | $531k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $600k | 48% |
| FY2022 | 54 | $655k | 54% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $390k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $284k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainelle Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $196,129 | 7 | 17% |
| Hinton Area Foundation Inc | $175,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Town of Rainelle | $132,776 | 4 | n/a |
| Wellspring of Greenbrier Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Gods Way Home Inc | $73,680 | 2 | 10% |
| Marvel Center Inc | $65,797 | 4 | 4% |
| Pack-A-Snack Program | $60,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Rainelle Community Development Corporation | $45,056 | 3 | n/a |
| West End Youth Sports League Inc | $39,419 | 2 | n/a |
| Rupert Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $34,419 | 3 | 12% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainelle Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $196,129 | 7 | 17% |
| Hinton Area Foundation Inc | $175,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Town of Rainelle | $132,776 | 4 | n/a |
| Wellspring of Greenbrier Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Gods Way Home Inc | $73,680 | 2 | 10% |
| Marvel Center Inc | $65,797 | 4 | 4% |
| Pack-A-Snack Program | $60,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Rainelle Community Development Corporation | $45,056 | 3 | n/a |
| West End Youth Sports League Inc | $39,419 | 2 | n/a |
| Rupert Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $34,419 | 3 | 12% |
| Highland First Church of God | $33,871 | 2 | n/a |
| Greenbrier County Committee on Aging Inc | $26,540 | 3 | 2% |
| Sunday Road Baptist Church | $26,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Greenbrier Historical Society Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wv Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Danese Sports Complex Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rupert Area Improvement Council Inc | $23,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Danese Volunteer Fire Department & Rescue Squad Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Nuttall Fire Department Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Lick Creek Baptist Church | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Big Clear Creek Baptist Church | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Summers County Council on Aging Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Midland Trail Community Center Inc | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Children's Home Society of West Virginia Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 110 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Darrell K Cales Trust supplied at peak.
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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: Hollowell Dawkins Foundation Inc · The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation · Seneca Trail Charitable Foundation · The Jeanne G Hamilton and Lawson W Hamilton Jr Family Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Darrell K Cales Trust
- How much does Darrell K Cales Trust give?
- Darrell K Cales Trust reported 36 grants totaling $667,194 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 54 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2025.
- What does Darrell K Cales Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (27%), Religion (17%), Public Safety & Disaster (15%).
- Who are Darrell K Cales Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2026: Rainelle Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($196k), Hinton Area Foundation Inc ($175k), Town of Rainelle ($133k).
- Does Darrell K Cales Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Darrell K Cales Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Darrell K Cales Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hollowell Dawkins Foundation Inc, The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, Seneca Trail Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Darrell K Cales Trust based?
- Darrell K Cales Trust is based in WV.
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