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For West Virginia's Future Inc

For west virginia's future raises funds and provides technical assistance that help state and local non-profit organizations bring people together to support efforts to increase civic participation.

$88k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Public Benefit$1.2MCivil Rights$235kRecreation & Sports$200kInternational$75kEducation$45kCommunity Improvement$40kHealth$30kEnvironment$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $28k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$206k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WV Strong$60,000
WV CAG$15,000
WV Free$13,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%REPRESENT US: $25k → 12%UNPAC: $75k → 8%FOCUS 2020: $10k → 17%UN-PAC: $30k → 10%PROGRESSIVE CHANGE INSTITUTE: $15k → 14%GBAO: $41k → 10%WV WORKING FAMILIES PARTY: $200k → 10%YOUNG WV FORWARD: $65k → 11%TOGETHER FOR WEST VIRGINIA'S FUTURE INC: $100k → 15%WV Free: $13k → 18%RACE MATTERS (CAG): $20k → 18%RESET WEST VIRGINIA: $790k → 19%BLACK VOTER PROJECT (WV CAN'T WAIT VOTES): $20k → 20%COMMON DEFENSE: $30k → 8%NAACP MORGANTOWN: $6k → 19%ACLU: $15k → 17%MAIN STREET ALLIANCE: $40k → 14%WV CITIZEN ACTION GROUP: $57k → 18%WV Strong: $60k → 19%WEST VIRGINIA CITIZEN ACTION EDUCATION FUND INC: $20k → 18%WV HEALTHY KIDS AND FAMILIES: $20k → 18%OUR FUTURE WV: $20k → 18%CITIZEN ACTION GROUP: $16k → 18%WV CAG: $15k → 18%WV FAMILY OF CONVICTED PEOPLE (ACLU): $10k → 18%ASPIRE ACHIEVEMENT PROJECT: $20k → 18%OUR FUTURE WV: $10k → 18%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
IA
CT
CA
WV
MD
DC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

13%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$235k · 4 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
21

Total granted

$235k
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-51%
+30%

Still filing today

100%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsEducationPublic BenefitHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • WV
    WEST VIRGINIA CITIZEN ACTION GROUP
    2× · 2021–2024 · $88k · revenue -51%
  • KI
    Kanawha Institute for Social Research & Action Inc
    2× · 2020–2021 · $62k · revenue +7%
  • WV
    WEST VIRGINIA HEALTHY KIDS AND FAMILIES COALITION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $50k · revenue -99%

Funded once

  • RW
    RESET WEST VIRGINIA
    one grant, 2020 · $790k
  • WW
    WV WORKING K9 CLUB INC
    one grant, 2021 · $200k
  • TF
    Together For West Virginia s Future
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Rise Up Wv

The organization advocates for social welfare and political issues locally and nationally that benefit communities as a whole; such as healthcare availability, quality public education, fair wages, and secure retirement.

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2
American Civil Liberties Union of West V

The american civil liberties union of west virginia (aclu-wv) is a non-partisan, non-profit membership organization whose mission is to fulfill the promise of the bill of rights for all west virginians and expand the reach of its…

Arts & Culture
3
For West Virginia's Future Inc

For west virginia's future raises funds and provides technical assistance that help state and local non-profit organizations bring people together to support efforts to increase civic participation.

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4
New Virginia Majority

New Virginia Majority is a grassroots organization that works with low income people in local communities through leadership development, trainings and workshops, issue education and advocacy.

Civil Rights
5
Virginia Coalition for Progressive Values

To establish an effective, long-term and resilient political infrastructure that advocates for and delivers public policy victories which reflect the values held in common by our members.

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6
Virginia Rising Action Inc

The organization is focused on holding special interest networks accountable and advancing conservative principles. We're fighting for limited government, lowering taxes, fighting goverment over-regulation that stifles freedom, free…

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7
Go West Virginia Inc

Go West Virginia, Inc. is dedicated to advocating and educating the public on issues including economic growth and job creation. We will develop and advance an agenda for West Virginia to promote real policy solutions to create jobs,…

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8
Upvote Virginia

Upvote virginia is a democracy reform organization dedicated to elevating the voices of virginia voters through nonpartisan education, advocacy, and grassroots engagement.

Civil Rights
9
Upstate Action Alliance

Non-PartisanVoter Educ Advocacy

Civil Rights
10
Coalition for a Stronger West Virginia

The coalition of west virginia was formed to help educate citizens of wv and encourage our new leaders to enact bold meaningful legislation that would help create jobs, improve our education system and reght size our government.

Community Improvement
11
Civica Initiatives

Empower people and strengthen democratic institutions

Community Improvement
12
Wv Alliance for Sustainable Families

WVASF coordinates research, education, advocacy, and coalition building on issues related to asset building and economic stability.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Virginia Citizen Action Education Fund; the most unlike its peers is Aspire Achievement Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/19
Grantees still filing
8/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RESET WEST VIRGINIA: $790,000 · OtherRESET WEST VIRGINIAWV WORKING K9 CLUB INC: $200,000 · OtherWV WORKING K9 CLUB INCTogether For West Virginia s Future: $100,000 · OtherTogether For West Virginia s FutureWEST VIRGINIA CITIZEN ACTION GROUP: $88,015 · OtherWEST VIRGINIA CITIZEN ACTION GROUPUNPAC: $75,000 · OtherYoung West Virginia Forward Inc: $65,015 · OtherWEST VIRGINIA STRONG: $60,000 · Other+7 more: $171,515 · Other+7 moreKanawha Institute for Social Research & Action Inc: $62,000 · EducationAspire Achievement Project: $20,000 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA CITIZEN ACTION EDUCATION FUND: $20,000 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA FREE ACTION FUND INC: $34,500 · Civil RightsRACE Matters: $20,000 · Civil RightsWV CANT WAIT MUTUAL AID A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION: $20,000 · Civil RightsFAITHFUL AMERICA: $10,000 · Civil RightsTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $10,000 · Civil RightsWEST VIRGINIA HEALTHY KIDS AND FAMILIES COALITION: $50,000 · HealthRepresentUs: $25,015 · Public BenefitProgressive Change Institute: $15,000 · Public BenefitWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HUB INC: $10,000 · Community Improvement
Other$1,549,545Education$102,000Civil Rights$94,500Health$50,000Public Benefit$40,015Community Improvement$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWEST VIRGINIA CITIZEN ACTION GROUP: $88,015 over 2y, 12% of budgetYoung West Virginia Forward Inc: $65,015 over 1y, 71% of budgetKanawha Institute for Social Research & Action Inc: $62,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA STRONG: $60,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA HEALTHY KIDS AND FAMILIES COALITION: $50,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetBUSINESS ACTION FUND: $40,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA FREE ACTION FUND INC: $34,500 over 3y, 100% of budgetUN-PAC ACTION: $30,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetRepresentUs: $25,015 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA CITIZEN ACTION EDUCATION FUND: $20,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetWV CANT WAIT MUTUAL AID A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION: $20,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProgressive Change Institute: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFAITHFUL AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HUB INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: $10,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Greater Kanawha V…Working Families Orga…Windward FundSixteen Thirty FundTides FoundationAmalgamated Charitabl…New Venture FundFidelity Investments …
The Greater Kanawha Valley FoundationWV15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation · Working Families Organization Inc · Windward Fund · Sixteen Thirty Fund · Tides Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization For West Virginia's Future Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from For West Virginia's Future Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    Find your warmest path to For West Virginia's Future Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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