West Virginia · Private foundation
The Driehorst Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $258k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Driehorst Family Foundation 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 | 17 | $258k | 35% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $254k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $245k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $209k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $219k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $170k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $183k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $210k | 55% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oglebay Foundation Inc | $440,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Bethany College | $202,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Marshall County Animal Rescue League | $160,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Augusta Levy Learning Center Inc | $155,388 | 7 | 1% |
| Oglebay Institute | $152,100 | 7 | 1% |
| Wheeling Symphony Society Inc | $145,000 | 8 | 2% |
| United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley Inc | $80,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Wheeling Country Day School | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Russell Nesbitt Services Inc | $55,844 | 5 | 0% |
| The King's Daughters Child Care Centers Inc | $50,575 | 5 | 2% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oglebay Foundation Inc | $440,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Bethany College | $202,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Marshall County Animal Rescue League | $160,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Augusta Levy Learning Center Inc | $155,388 | 7 | 1% |
| Oglebay Institute | $152,100 | 7 | 1% |
| Wheeling Symphony Society Inc | $145,000 | 8 | 2% |
| United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley Inc | $80,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Wheeling Country Day School | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Russell Nesbitt Services Inc | $55,844 | 5 | 0% |
| The King's Daughters Child Care Centers Inc | $50,575 | 5 | 2% |
| Youth Services System Inc | $50,200 | 5 | 0% |
| The Linsly School Incorporated | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ohio Valley Recovery Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 9% |
| North Wheeling Community Youthbuild Center Inc | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Helping Heroes Inc | $23,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Wheeling Health Right Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Service - Upper Ohio Valley Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Grow Ohio Valley Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Childrens Home of Wheeling Inc | $3,835 | 1 | 0% |
| Faith in Action Caregivers Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($184k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Driehorst Family Foundation 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: Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Inc · Stamp 2001 Charitable Fund · Albert Schenk III & Kathleen H Schenk Charitable Trust · W E Stone Foundation · Chris Hess Foundation · Raymond A & Gertrude D Hyer Foundation · Stamp Charitable Fund · Robert L& Helen E Levenson Family Charitable Tr · Vna Home Support Services Inc · Elizabeth Stifel Kline Foundation · Ann Sonneborn Charitable Foundation · Francis J and Edith Jackson Founda Security National Trust Company
How this is measured
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About The Driehorst Family Foundation
- How much does The Driehorst Family Foundation give?
- The Driehorst Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $258,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Driehorst Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (24%), Education (21%), Arts & Culture (17%).
- Who are The Driehorst Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oglebay Foundation Inc ($440k), Bethany College ($202k), Marshall County Animal Rescue League ($160k).
- Does The Driehorst Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Driehorst Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Driehorst Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Inc, Stamp 2001 Charitable Fund, Albert Schenk III & Kathleen H Schenk Charitable Trust.
- Where is The Driehorst Family Foundation based?
- The Driehorst Family Foundation is based in WV.
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