West Virginia · Public charity
Empty Bowls Monongalia
Through education and continued community involvement, the organization provides resources and broker assistance to Monongalia County WV agencies supporting individuals and families threatened by food insecurity.
- $145k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $102k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $159k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Empty Bowls Monongalia funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 12 | $102k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $56k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $114k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $41k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $103k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $73k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native American Community Center | $65,500 | 8 | 9% |
| Covenant Christian School | $58,325 | 8 | n/a |
| Clay-Battelle Area Family Service | $52,300 | 6 | n/a |
| St Ursula Food Pantry | $40,450 | 6 | n/a |
| Morgantown Area Meals on Wheels | $36,700 | 5 | 6% |
| Avery UMC Snack Program | $30,275 | 5 | n/a |
| The Pantry Plus More Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Rock Forge Presbyterian | $27,750 | 4 | n/a |
| Shack Neighborhood House Inc | $27,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Scotts Run Settlement House Inc | $26,545 | 3 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native American Community Center | $65,500 | 8 | 9% |
| Covenant Christian School | $58,325 | 8 | n/a |
| Clay-Battelle Area Family Service | $52,300 | 6 | n/a |
| St Ursula Food Pantry | $40,450 | 6 | n/a |
| Morgantown Area Meals on Wheels | $36,700 | 5 | 6% |
| Avery UMC Snack Program | $30,275 | 5 | n/a |
| The Pantry Plus More Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Rock Forge Presbyterian | $27,750 | 4 | n/a |
| Shack Neighborhood House Inc | $27,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Scotts Run Settlement House Inc | $26,545 | 3 | 1% |
| Bartlett House Inc | $24,700 | 4 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army | $23,650 | 3 | n/a |
| Mon Co Starting Points | $23,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Community Kitchen Inc | $18,800 | 3 | 7% |
| Catholic Charities West Virginia Inc | $13,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Rape and Domestic Violence Information C | $13,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Christian Help Inc | $11,600 | 2 | 1% |
| Caritas House Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Canyon Presbyterian Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Empty Bowls Monongalia 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: Milan Puskar Foundation Inc · United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counites Inc · Your Community Foundation of North Central Wv Inc · John M Brown Family Foundation · George D Hott Foundation · Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust · Lynch Foundation Inc · Weldon Family Foundation · Truist West Virginia Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Empty Bowls Monongalia
- How much does Empty Bowls Monongalia give?
- Empty Bowls Monongalia reported 12 itemized grants totaling $101,500, out of $145,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Empty Bowls Monongalia fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (93%), Housing & Shelter (5%), Health (3%).
- Who are Empty Bowls Monongalia's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Native American Community Center ($66k), Covenant Christian School ($58k), Clay-Battelle Area Family Service ($52k).
- Does Empty Bowls Monongalia fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Empty Bowls Monongalia?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Milan Puskar Foundation Inc, United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counites Inc, Your Community Foundation of North Central Wv Inc.
- Where is Empty Bowls Monongalia based?
- Empty Bowls Monongalia is based in WV.
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