West Virginia · Private foundation
The Paul & Carol Cole Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $254k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2026
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $4.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 20% of the organizations The Paul & Carol Cole Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 10 | $254k | 50% |
| FY2025 | 10 | $223k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $198k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $142k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $25k | 88% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $21k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Womens Center of Mercer County | $32,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bluefield State University Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hope Ridge Recovery Inc | $17,000 | 4 | 68% |
| Blue Ridge Junior Golf Tour Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 20% |
| Scott Street Baptist Church | $12,280 | 2 | n/a |
| Bluefield Arts and Revitalization Corporation | $7,260 | 2 | 0% |
| Westminster at Wade Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mountain Acres Properties Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Second Chance for Cats Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Greater Princeton Little League | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Womens Center of Mercer County | $32,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bluefield State University Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hope Ridge Recovery Inc | $17,000 | 4 | 68% |
| Blue Ridge Junior Golf Tour Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 20% |
| Scott Street Baptist Church | $12,280 | 2 | n/a |
| Bluefield Arts and Revitalization Corporation | $7,260 | 2 | 0% |
| Westminster at Wade Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mountain Acres Properties Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Second Chance for Cats Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Greater Princeton Little League | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Dogwood Theatricals | $3,290 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Connections Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercer County Fellowship Home Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Child Protect of Mercer County Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lead Program | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Gap Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($721k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Paul & Carol Cole Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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: K B Tierney Charitable Foundation Trust · Hugh I Shott Jr Foundation Inc · The Stelio and Betty Tracy Corte Charitable Foundation · Timken Foundation of Canton · Celanese Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Paul & Carol Cole Foundation Inc
- How much does The Paul & Carol Cole Foundation Inc give?
- The Paul & Carol Cole Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $254,050 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does The Paul & Carol Cole Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (26%), Education (23%), Animals (6%).
- Who are The Paul & Carol Cole Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Womens Center of Mercer County ($32k), Bluefield State University Foundation Inc ($25k), Hope Ridge Recovery Inc ($17k).
- Does The Paul & Carol Cole Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Paul & Carol Cole Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Paul & Carol Cole Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include K B Tierney Charitable Foundation Trust, Hugh I Shott Jr Foundation Inc, The Stelio and Betty Tracy Corte Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Paul & Carol Cole Foundation Inc based?
- The Paul & Carol Cole Foundation Inc is based in WV.
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