West Virginia · Private foundation
The Tom & Virginia Seely Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $381k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2026
- 40
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $64,984
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 40
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $4.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 45% of the organizations The Tom & Virginia Seely Foundation 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; $119k 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 | 34 | $381k | 32% |
| FY2025 | 40 | $362k | 45% |
| FY2024 | 35 | $347k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $331k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $283k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $319k | 42% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $161k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $115k | 5% |
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan County Starting Points Inc | $363,062 | 10 | 11% |
| Blackcat Music Cooperative | $137,170 | 10 | 36% |
| Life or Drugs - Tri-State Support | $107,500 | 10 | n/a |
| Morgan Arts Council Inc | $86,500 | 9 | 6% |
| Stepping Stones to a Brighter Future Inc | $63,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Morgan County Public Library | $60,600 | 9 | 5% |
| Morgan County Tennis Association | $25,654 | 6 | n/a |
| Greenwood School Community Center Inc | $22,018 | 3 | n/a |
| Morgan County Observatory Foundation Inc | $14,590 | 1 | n/a |
| Morgan County Association for Food and Farms | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan County Starting Points Inc | $363,062 | 10 | 11% |
| Blackcat Music Cooperative | $137,170 | 10 | 36% |
| Life or Drugs - Tri-State Support | $107,500 | 10 | n/a |
| Morgan Arts Council Inc | $86,500 | 9 | 6% |
| Stepping Stones to a Brighter Future Inc | $63,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Morgan County Public Library | $60,600 | 9 | 5% |
| Morgan County Tennis Association | $25,654 | 6 | n/a |
| Greenwood School Community Center Inc | $22,018 | 3 | n/a |
| Morgan County Observatory Foundation Inc | $14,590 | 1 | n/a |
| Morgan County Association for Food and Farms | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bath Civic Trust Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Senior Life Services of Morgan County Inc | $9,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Paw Paw Festival | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 69 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
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.
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How this is measured
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About The Tom & Virginia Seely Foundation
- How much does The Tom & Virginia Seely Foundation give?
- The Tom & Virginia Seely Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $381,202 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 40 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Tom & Virginia Seely Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (20%), Human Services (14%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are The Tom & Virginia Seely Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Morgan County Starting Points Inc ($363k), Blackcat Music Cooperative ($137k), Life or Drugs - Tri-State Support ($108k).
- Does The Tom & Virginia Seely Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Tom & Virginia Seely Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Tom & Virginia Seely Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Tom & Virginia Seely Foundation based?
- The Tom & Virginia Seely Foundation is based in WV.
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