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Who funds employment in West Virginia

$28M reached 58 employment organizations in West Virginia, from 151 funders, with no single one dominating.

$28M
granted
58
organizations
49%
from in-state

The short version

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 Board Inc$7M2United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe$4M3Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$3M4The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation$1M5Ascendium Education Solutions Inc$889k6Lowes Foundation$825k7Painters and Allied Trades Labor- Management Cooperation Initiative$656k8Parkersburg Area Community Foundation Inc (Previously Pacf Inc)$631k9Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation$627k10United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counites Inc$531k

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 Foundation Inc$7M
48 other employment organizations$6M
The High Rocks Educational Corporation$4MW VA State Pipe Trade Association$4MSw Resources Inc$1MCoalfield Development Corporation$1M

How to find employment funders in West Virginia

  1. 1
    Start with the funders already active in West Virginia

    The funders giving the most to employment in West Virginia are Region VI Workforce Investment Board Inc, United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program. A funder already writing employment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.

  2. 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. 3
    Add the out-of-state funders reaching in

    51% of employment money in West Virginia comes from funders elsewhere, so national employment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in West Virginia.

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 Board Inc, United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program. 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 Board Inc gives the most to employment organizations in West Virginia, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to employment in West Virginia?
$28M reached 58 employment organizations in West Virginia, from 151 funders. 49% 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.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.