West Virginia · Nonprofit
THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC
THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC (West Virginia) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $334,917 to it, the largest being FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS ($233,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $335k
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc does
Mission
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.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Grants program - competitive grants to provide for the support of the various state humanities projects. The council's grant program offers financial support to non-profits statewide for the development and implementation of public humanities programming. Grant categories include major grants, minigrants, teacher institues, publication and media grants, fellowships, and tap grants. The council is committed to supporting projects that stimulate meaningful dialogue with scholars, attract diverse audiences, and encourage discovery of the humanities.
$391,385 spentof which $290,146 as grants32% of program spendingWv encyclopedia/e - wv - the west virginia encyclopedia online (e-wv) is an interactive website enhanced with audio and video clips, hundreds of illustrations, maps, timelines, and other features. E-wv builds upon the work accomplished in the previously published print west virginia encyclopedia while providing a vehicle for the continual updating of content. In keeping with the humanities council mission of service, access to e-wv is free to the user and available to anyone.
$100,957 spent$1,980 earned by the program8% of program spendingWest virginia folklife program and direct humanities projects - the west virginia folklore program works to document, sustain, present and support west virginia's vibrant cultural heritage and living traditions. Direct humanities projects change from year-to-year. Examples include history alive presentations, people & mountains publication, the west virginia book festival, the annual mccreight lecture, and the historical macfarland-hubbard house.
$735,407 spent$340 earned by the program60% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,227,749.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $2.0M to $2.6M (+33%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 78% · 2018 80% · 2019 86% · 2020 91% · 2021 92% · 2022 87% · 2023 63% · 2024 77%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Eric Waggoner
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income fell $33k → $6k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 66% · 2021 75% · 2022 89% · 2023 78% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside West Virginia, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $46k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9.2M on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$8.1M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$854k
- National Endowment for the Arts$209k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In West Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC?
- THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC (West Virginia) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $334,917 to it, the largest being FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS ($233,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $334,917 in grants to THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC?
- FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS is the largest funder on record, with $233,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in West Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing