How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in West Virginia?

Start with the funders already giving to employment in West Virginia, currently Region VI Workforce Investment, West Virginia Community Action Partnersh, Parkersburg Area Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into West Virginia from out of state.

How much grant money goes to employment in West Virginia?

$8M reached 23 employment organizations in West Virginia, from 78 funders. 85% came from funders also based in West Virginia.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · West Virginia · Employment

Who funds employment in West Virginia

Funding is concentrated: Human Resource Development alone draws 51% of every employment grant dollar in West Virginia. One funder dominates the giving, Region VI Workforce Investment, at 50% of the total.

$8M

granted

organizations

85%

from in-state

The short version

78 funders gave $8M to 23 employment organizations in West Virginia across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
85% of that came from funders also based in West Virginia; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of employment in West Virginia is Region VI Workforce Investment, at $4M.
The employment organization drawing the most is Human Resource Development, at $4M.

Largest funders of employment in West Virginia

The funders giving the most to employment organizations in West Virginia, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Region VI Workforce Investment$4M 2West Virginia Community Action Partnersh$482k 3Parkersburg Area Community Foundation$359k 4Generation West Virginia Inc$214k 5The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation$199k 6Coalfield Development Corporation$183k 7Bernard McDonough Foundation Inc$169k 8Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation$163k 9United Way of Monongalia and Preston$159k 10T Causemetics Foundation Dba Thrive$108k

Employment organizations in West Virginia that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

Human Resource Development$4M The High Rocks Educational Corporation$998k Change Inc$698k Sw Resources Inc$585k

13 other employment organizations$517k

How to find employment funders in West Virginia

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Start with the funders already active in West Virginia
The funders giving the most to employment in West Virginia are Region VI Workforce Investment, West Virginia Community Action Partnersh, Parkersburg Area Community Foundation. A funder already writing employment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
Most employment money here is local, so focus on West Virginia funders first before widening the search.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in West Virginia?: Start with the funders already giving to employment in West Virginia, currently Region VI Workforce Investment, West Virginia Community Action Partnersh, Parkersburg Area Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into West Virginia from out of state.
Who is the largest employment funder in West Virginia?: Region VI Workforce Investment gives the most to employment organizations in West Virginia, $4M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to employment in West Virginia?: $8M reached 23 employment organizations in West Virginia, from 78 funders. 85% came from funders also based in West Virginia.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.