West Virginia · Public charity
The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc
The west virginia humanities council awards grants to others, directly funds certain projects, e-wv an online interactive program, and conducts seminars and conferences throughout the state of west virginia.
- $290k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $204k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $11,516
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $28,675
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 45
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyEnvironmentHuman ServicesCommunity 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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $204k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $233k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $270k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 44 | $833k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 45 | $565k | 69% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $190k | 58% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $201k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $223k | n/a |
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What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Arts & Culture$1.6MEducation$445kScience & Tech$209kEnvironment$129kCommunity Improvement$119kRecreation & Sports$77kPhilanthropy$49kPublic Benefit$28kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall University Research Corporation | $228,693 | 8 | 0% |
| Shepherd University Foundation Inc | $207,326 | 8 | 1% |
| West Virginia University Research Corporation | $141,583 | 7 | 0% |
| West Virginia Public Broadcasting Founda | $113,746 | 5 | 3% |
| West Virginia Music Hall of Fame Inc | $113,708 | 6 | 30% |
| West Virginia Mine Wars Museum | $101,489 | 7 | 13% |
| Contemporary American Theater Festival | $99,112 | 8 | 25% |
| Davis & Elkins College | $85,565 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of Blackwater Inc | $79,752 | 5 | 5% |
| West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority | $74,560 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall University Research Corporation | $228,693 | 8 | 0% |
| Shepherd University Foundation Inc | $207,326 | 8 | 1% |
| West Virginia University Research Corporation | $141,583 | 7 | 0% |
| West Virginia Public Broadcasting Founda | $113,746 | 5 | 3% |
| West Virginia Music Hall of Fame Inc | $113,708 | 6 | 30% |
| West Virginia Mine Wars Museum | $101,489 | 7 | 13% |
| Contemporary American Theater Festival | $99,112 | 8 | 25% |
| Davis & Elkins College | $85,565 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of Blackwater Inc | $79,752 | 5 | 5% |
| West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority | $74,560 | 2 | n/a |
| Alchemy Theatre Troupe Inc | $69,591 | 4 | 25% |
| Friends of Ashby's Fort Inc | $69,219 | 3 | 32% |
| Clio Foundation | $61,500 | 3 | 68% |
| Brooke County Library Foundation Inc | $48,884 | 3 | 32% |
| Arthurdale Heritage Inc | $40,590 | 3 | 8% |
| The University of Charleston Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Mountain of Hope Inc | $38,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Prickett's Fort Memorial Foundation Inc | $36,675 | 3 | 8% |
| Harrison County West Virginia Historical Society Inc | $35,890 | 2 | 40% |
| West Virginia International Film Festival Incorporated | $35,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Voices From the Earth Inc | $31,000 | 2 | n/a |
| West Virginia Symphony Orchestra Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Historic Beverly Preservation Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Charleston Ballet Inc | $28,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Thanks Plain and Simple Inc | $26,995 | 2 | n/a |
| Marshall County Historical Society Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 22% |
| Glenville State University | $24,639 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Weston Historical Landmark Commission | $23,998 | 1 | n/a |
| Shepherd University | $23,148 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of Blackwater | $22,762 | 1 | n/a |
| The West Virginia Land Trust Inc | $21,559 | 2 | 1% |
| Randolph County Historical Society | $21,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Greenbrier Historical Society Inc | $21,500 | 1 | 5% |
| West Virginia Museum of American Glass Ltd | $20,000 | 1 | 10% |
| City of Welch | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Adaland Mansion Development Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 43% |
| Positive People Association | $19,984 | 1 | n/a |
| Richwood Chamber of Commerce | $19,803 | 2 | n/a |
| Fairmont State University | $19,708 | 1 | n/a |
| National Coal Heritage Area Auth | $18,462 | 2 | n/a |
| Fort Edwards Foundation Inc | $18,432 | 1 | n/a |
| East Hardy High School | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Summers Cty Historic Land | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Step by Step Inc | $17,055 | 2 | 0% |
| Harpers Ferry Park Association | $15,212 | 1 | 4% |
| Library Foundation of Kanawha County Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| West Virginia Wesleyan College | $14,263 | 2 | 0% |
| Kanawha Valley National Organization for Women | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wals Foundation | $13,075 | 2 | n/a |
| Hardy County Tour & Craft Association | $12,694 | 1 | 40% |
| Augusta Heritage Center Inc | $12,061 | 1 | n/a |
| Craik-Patton Inc | $11,543 | 1 | 11% |
| Berkeley County Schools | $11,470 | 1 | n/a |
| Harpers Ferry Park Assoc | $11,444 | 1 | n/a |
| Carnegie Hall Inc | $11,102 | 1 | 1% |
| Pocahontas County Opera House Foundation Inc | $11,050 | 1 | 10% |
| Hardy Co Convention&Visitor Bureau | $11,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Rich Mountain Battlefield Foundation Inc | $10,963 | 1 | 22% |
| Weirton Area Museum & Cultural Center | $10,599 | 1 | n/a |
| Pearl S Buck Birthplace Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mount Hope Heritage & Hope Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 99% |
| Historic Shepherdstown Commission Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Morgantown Theatre Company | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Heritage Farm Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Congressional Education Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Point Pleasant River Museum Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| WV Strawberry Festival Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of Wv Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Huntington Museum of Art Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vtc Legacy Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oil Gas & Industrial Historical as Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Wheeling Symphony Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rural Appalachian Improvement League Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Fort Randolph Committee | $9,954 | 1 | n/a |
| State of West Virginia | $9,894 | 1 | n/a |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | $9,770 | 1 | n/a |
| West Virginia Archeological Society Inc | $9,486 | 1 | n/a |
| Jefferson Co Historic Landmarks Commission | $8,929 | 1 | n/a |
| Appalachian Forest Heritage Area Inc | $7,800 | 1 | 1% |
| Carter G Woodson Memorial Foundation Inc | $7,261 | 1 | n/a |
| Taylor County Historical & Genealog Ical Society | $7,160 | 1 | n/a |
| Rowlesburg Revitalization Committee Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 19% |
| West Virginia State University Research & Development Corporation | $6,864 | 1 | 0% |
| Preservation Alliance of West Virginia Inc | $6,799 | 1 | 1% |
| West Virginia Association of Museums Inc | $6,150 | 1 | n/a |
| West Virginia Scenic Trails Association Inc | $5,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Shepherdstown Public Library | $5,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Snow Sports Museum of West Virginia | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Education Alliance-Business and Community for Public Schools Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 52 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 52.
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.
Claude Worthington Benedum FoundationPA43.3× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation · The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation · Mid Atlantic Arts Inc · Truist West Virginia Foundation Inc · The Daywood Foundationinc · Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation · Eqt Foundation · Encova Foundation of West Virginia · West Virginia University Research Corporation · Tgkvf Inc · Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Inc · Bernard H and Blanche E Jacobson Foundation
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.
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About The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc
- How much does The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc give?
- The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc reported 16 itemized grants totaling $204,029, out of $290,146 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 45 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (59%), Education (16%), Science & Tech (8%).
- Who are The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Marshall University Research Corporation ($229k), Shepherd University Foundation Inc ($207k), West Virginia University Research Corporation ($142k).
- Does The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts Inc.
- Where is The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc based?
- The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc is based in WV.
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