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United Methodist Foundation of West Virginia Inc

The mission of the Foundation is to create a culture of generosity by raising, managing, and distributing funds for charitable and religious purposes, with a special interest on United Methodist causes.

$2.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
65
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$101k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$4.8MEducation$1.1MHuman Services$1.0MPhilanthropy$818kPublic Safety & Disaster$341kFood & Nutrition$172kHousing & Shelter$136kCivil Rights$54kOther$0
02FY2024 · 65 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 65 grants below total $1,314,074, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,454,858 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,140,784 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k28 grants · $200k
  • $10k–50k31 grants · $651k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $463k
$10,406
Median grant
5
States reached
$149M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
West Virginia Wesleyan College$101,104
Pension Funds Inc$98,102
Duffey Memorial Methodist Church$76,425
Burlington United Methodist Family Services Inc Beckley Campus$67,418
Christ United Methodist Church Weirton$66,030
Burlington United Methodist Family Services Inc$53,594
Heart and Hand Outreach Ministries Inc$44,344
United Methodist Committee on Relief$43,941
City National Bank Trust Department$37,028
Wesley Theological Seminary$34,813
Individual grant recipient$32,631
St Andrew United Methodist Church St Albans$32,037
West Hamlin United Methodist Church$31,880
Gassaway United Methodist Church$30,524
John Stewart United Methodist Church$25,500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $836k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%House Of The Carpenter Inc: $26k → 15%Scott's Run Settlement House: $17k → 19%Heart and Hand House Inc: $14k → 20%House Of The Carpenter Inc: $24k → 15%Scott's Run Settlement House: $13k → 19%Heart and Hand House Inc: $12k → 20%House of the Carpenter Inc: $23k → 15%Tyrand Cooperative Ministries: $15k → 17%Scott's Run Settlement House: $7k → 19%Heart and Hand House Inc: $8k → 20%House of the Carpenter Inc: $22k → 15%Burlington United Methodist Family Services Inc: $96k → 16%Tyrand Cooperative Ministries: $9k → 17%Scotts Run Settlement House: $6k → 19%Burlington United Methodist Family Services Inc: $62k → 20%House of the Carpenter: $21k → 15%Burlington United Methodist Family Services Inc: $95k → 16%Scott's Run Settlement House: $5k → 19%House Of The Carpenter Inc: $19k → 15%Burlington United Methodist Family Services Inc: $66k → 16%Scott's Run Settlement House: $5k → 19%House of the Carpenter: $14k → 15%Burlington United Methodist Family Services Inc: $54k → 16%Scott's Run Settlement House: $5k → 19%House Of The Carpenter Inc: $13k → 15%Burlington United Methodist Family Services Inc: $47k → 16%Burlington United Methodist Family Services Inc: $57k → 20%Burlington United Methodist Family Services Inc: $46k → 16%Burlington United Methodist Family Services Inc: $25k → 16%The Healing House Inc: $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

IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
RI
WV
VA
MD
TN
DC
GA
FL
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.6M · 61 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

61 repeat relationships: 44 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

61
107

Total granted

$6.6M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+0%
+11%

Still filing today

16%
12%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $323k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthCivil RightsAnimalsReligionOther
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

  • TH
    THE HOUSE OF THE CARPENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $161k · revenue +48%
  • UC
    Upshur Cooperative Parish Inc
    7× · 2017–2024 · $84k · revenue +340%
  • SR
    SCOTTS RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $59k · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • BU
    Burlington UM Family Serv
    one grant, 2017 · $61k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $60k
  • FU
    First United Methodist Church
    one grant, 2019 · $52k
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
West Virginia Homes Inc

Provide housing to low-income families.

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2
Martinsburg Union Rescue Mission Inc

To provide housing, food and religious counseling for the needy and underprivileged.

Housing & Shelter
3
Communityworks in West Virginia Inc

Communityworks in west virignia (cwwv) creates housing and community development solutions for all west virginians through a network of member organizations. cwwv carries out its mission by providing effective training and technical…

Housing & Shelter
4
Wvhy Inc

The organization is a community-based mutual-aid nonprofit, providing supplies and support to people experiencing homelessness and advocating for compassionate, just, and collaborative solutions to homelessness.

Human Services
5
Wv Helping Hands
Human Services
6
United Methodist Foundation of West Virginia Inc

The mission of the Foundation is to create a culture of generosity by raising, managing, and distributing funds for charitable and religious purposes, with a special interest on United Methodist causes.

Religion
7
Tug Valley Recovery Shelter Associationinc

Shelter service for abused women and children in mingo and logan counties in west virginia.

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8
Church United in West Virginia Inc

To work with government and business organizations to improve quality of life for citizens

Religion
9
Cumberland Valley Domestic Violence Services Inc

To provide shelter for victims of domestic violence

Human Services
10
West Virginia Community Action Partnersh

West virginia community action partnership is an alliance of community action agencies that supports and strengthens our members, advocates for low-income and families and promotes partnerships.

Community Improvement
11
West Virginia Bar Foundation Inc

Improve the administration of justice and the provision of legal services for west virginia's citizens.

Crime & Legal
12
Valley Comprehensive Community Health Center Inc

Valley healthcare system shall improve our community's health by delivering the highest quality behavioral healthcare guided by our consumer's needs.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Religious Coalition for Community Renewal Inc; the most unlike its peers is Big Blue Wardensville. 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

29 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. 29 of the 191 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/29
Grantees still filing
17/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Pension Funds Inc: $733,146 · OtherPension Funds IncIndividual grant recipient: $387,091 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHEART AND HAND OUTREACH MINISTRIES INC: $358,171 · OtherHEART AND HAND OUTREACH MINISTRIES INCBurlington United Methodist Family Services Inc Beckley Campus: $321,747 · OtherLewisburg United Methodist Church: $304,179 · OtherWest Hamlin United Methodist Church: $240,780 · Other+166 more: $4,196,267 · Other+166 moreWEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $762,041 · EducationWEST VIRGIN…UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $50,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY …UNITED METHODIST HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $36,000 · Education+1 more: $24,000 · EducationBURLINGTON UNITED METHODIST FAMILY SERVICES INC: $547,669 · Human ServicesBURLINGTON …THE HOUSE OF THE CARPENTER INC: $161,433 · Human ServicesTHE HOUSE O…SCOTTS RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $58,669 · Human ServicesSCOTTS RUN …HEART AND HAND HOUSE INC: $33,962 · Human Services+3 more: $44,036 · Human ServicesVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $70,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GREATER KANAWHA VALLEY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyLIBRARY FOUNDATION OF KANAWHA COUNTY INC: $10,425 · PhilanthropyUpshur Cooperative Parish Inc: $84,320 · ReligionNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $36,000 · Civil RightsBVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC: $18,000 · Civil RightsAbundant Life Recovery Housing Network: $30,517 · HealthCABELL HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $7,996 · Health
Other$6,541,381Education$872,041Human Services$845,769Philanthropy$95,425Religion$84,320Civil Rights$54,000Health$38,513

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 WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $762,041 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBURLINGTON UNITED METHODIST FAMILY SERVICES INC: $547,669 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetHEART AND HAND OUTREACH MINISTRIES INC: $358,171 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetTHE HOUSE OF THE CARPENTER INC: $161,433 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetUpshur Cooperative Parish Inc: $84,320 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetSCOTTS RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $58,669 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED METHODIST HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $36,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $36,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEART AND HAND HOUSE INC: $33,962 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetAbundant Life Recovery Housing Network: $30,517 over 1y, 27% of budgetTyrand Cooperative Ministries Inc: $24,036 over 2y, 25% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $24,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEAM FOR WEST VIRGINIA CHILDREN: $16,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GREATER KANAWHA VALLEY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BLUE WARDENSVILLE: $12,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetLIBRARY FOUNDATION OF KANAWHA COUNTY INC: $10,425 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSouthern Appalachian Labor School Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHEALING HOUSE: $10,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetNORTH STAR CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE HOPE RECOVERY MANOR INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER CHARLESTON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetPAWS SQUAD: $8,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetCABELL HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $7,996 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetADVOCATES SAVING ADOPTABLE PETS INC: $7,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetRELIGIOUS COALITION FOR COMMUNITY RENEWAL INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWV VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER INC: $6,000 over 1y, 7.6% 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.

  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BURLINGTON UNITED METHODIST FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds HEART AND HAND OUTREACH MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOUSE OF THE CARPENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Upshur Cooperative Parish Inc ↗
  • Who funds VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds SCOTTS RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗

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…Peoples Bank Foundati…Encova Foundation of …The Strong-Treister F…Bowles Rice FoundationBernard McDonough Fou…Pallottine Foundation…Sisters of St Joseph …Parkersburg Area Comm…Claude Worthington Be…Eqt FoundationEnterprise Holdings F…
The Greater Kanawha Valley FoundationWV23.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation · Peoples Bank Foundation · Encova Foundation of West Virginia · The Strong-Treister Family Foundation · Bowles Rice Foundation · Bernard McDonough Foundation Inc · Pallottine Foundation of Huntington West Virginia · Sisters of St Joseph Charitable Fund Inc · Parkersburg Area Community Foundation Inc (Previously Pacf Inc) · Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation · Eqt Foundation · Enterprise Holdings 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.

    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 191 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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