A Child's Place CASA, Ltd.
Credit Awarded: $852.50
Percentage Used: 58.65
Counties Served: Brooke, Hancock
This project develops volunteers who will stand up for abused and neglected children in court, helping to expedite their placement into safe, permanent, nurturing homes.
Contact:
Rhonda Stubbs
720 Charles Street
Wellsburg, West Virginia 26070
(304) 737-4444
Allohak Council, Boys Scouts of America
Credit Awarded: $9,370
Percentage Used: 70.22
Counties Served: Wood, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson, Lewis, Pleasants, Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Tucker, Upshur, Wirt
This project does outreach to low income youth in 15 West Virginia counties to increase their participation in Boy Scouts of America, a youth mentoring program which has been shown to increase community involvement, reduce crime and increase the likelihood of completing high school and entering college.
Contact:
Dale Musgrave
1340 Juliana St.
Parkersburg, West Virginia 26101
(304) 422-4507
American Red Cross
Credit Awarded: $2,840
Percentage Used: 91.20
Counties Served: Monongalia
The American Red Cross, through its strong network of volunteers, donors and partners, aspires to turn compassion into action so that all people affected by disasters receive care, shelter and hope; our communities are ready and prepared for disasters; all members of our armed services and their families find support and comfort whenever needed; and in an emergency, there are always trained individuals nearby, ready to use their Red Cross skills to save lives.
Contact:
Shauna G. Soom
1299 Pineview Dr
Morgantown, West Virginia 26505
(304) 598-9500
Appalachian Outreach, Inc.
Credit Awarded: $10,735
Percentage Used: 90.29
Counties Served: Braxton, Boone, Calhoun, Doddridge, Greenbrier, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, McDowell, Mingo, Nicholas, Pleasants, Preston, Raleigh, Ritchie, Tyler, Upshur, Webster, Wetzel, Wirt, Wyoming
This project will provide for the procurement and delivery of basic needs to victims of poverty and disaster in West Virginia where other charities do not exist or are too small to meet local needs.
Contact:
Rose Hart
P.O. Box 233
Glen Dale, West Virginia 26038
(304) 845-2762
Beckley Area Foundation, Inc.
Credit Awarded: $84,730
Percentage Used: 61.88
Counties Served: Fayette, McDowell, Mercer, Raleigh, Summers, Webster, Wyoming
BAF will attract new donors through NIP and provide opportunities to improve the quality of life for under-served children, students, adults and seniors who need access to education, health services, housing, employment and other services.
Contact:
Dena Cushman
129 Main Street, Suite 203
Beckley, West Virginia 25801
(304) 253-3806
Believe in West Virginia
Credit Awarded: $11,710
Percentage Used: 38.86
Counties Served: Statewide
This project supports the work of non-profit organizations through Storehouse West Virginia, a gifts-in-kind warehouse.
Contact:
John deBlecourt
P.O. Box 8622
South Charleston, West Virginia 25303
(304) 552-7601
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Tri-State
Credit Awarded: $5,255
Percentage Used: 80.97
Counties Served: Cabell, Wayne
This project will serve at-risk youth, primarily from low-income families, who have little or no positive role models in their lives. This service will be provided on a one-to-one basis through the matching, mentoring, friendship, and guidance of adult volunteers.
Contact:
Patricia Price
501 5th Avenue, Suite 3
Huntington, West Virginia 25701
(304) 522-2191
Bluefield State College Foundation
Credit Awarded: $31,190
Percentage Used: 63.62
Counties Served: McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Raleigh, Wyoming
This project provides scholarships to enable West Virginians from economically disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue higher educational opportunities at Bluefield State College.
Contact:
Elizabeth Pruett
219 Rock Street
Bluefield, West Virginia 24701
(304) 327-4031
Braxton County Senior Citizens Center, Inc.
Credit Awarded: $4,150
Percentage Used: 18.07
Counties Served: Braxton
Plans to extend our Heritage Gardens to our hillside area and along a newly paved walking/bicycle trail, enhance safety for seniors through paving gravel parking lot and creating safe walkways through the grassy areas between the parking lot and the building.
Contact:
Mary Chapman
33 Senior Center Drive
Sutton, West Virginia 26601
(304) 765-4090
Cabell-Huntington Coalition for the Homeless, Inc.
Credit Awarded: $12,880
Percentage Used: 67.08
Counties Served: Cabell
This project serves individuals and families experiencing, or at-risk of, homelessness by providing long-term solutions and basic human services such as permanent housing, healthcare, and job training.
Contact:
Corey Whisman
627 Fourth Avenue
Huntington, West Virginia 25701
(304) 523-2764
Carnegie Hall, Inc.
Credit Awarded: $32,575
Percentage Used: 88.80
Counties Served: Fayette, Greenbrier, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Summers, Webster
Carnegie Hall provides free and low-cost arts/education programs to the Greenbrier Valley with emphasis on bringing artistic experiences to school age children and reaching at-risk populations via free access.
Contact:
Tammy Janz
105 Church Street
Lewisburg, West Virginia 24901
(304) 645-7917
Catholic Charities West Virginia
Credit Awarded: $67,225
Percentage Used: 83.20
Counties Served: Statewide
Catholic Charities WV aims to alleviate the distress of poverty by responding to people's basic human needs of food, shelter, clothing, and to reduce the languishing effects of poverty by offering opportunities to improve an individual's or family's circumstances regardless of the individual's religious, social, ethnic or economic background.
Contact:
Patricia Phillips-Tiu
2000 Main Street
Wheeling, West Virginia 26003
(304) 905-9860
Change, Inc.
Credit Awarded: $1,400
Percentage Used: 86.07
Counties Served: Hancock and Brooke
The purpose of this project is to provide support for victims of domestic violence in Brooke and Hancock counties, including shelter, counseling and legal advocacy.
Contact:
Judy Raveaux
3136 West Street
Weirton, West Virginia 26062
(301) 797-7733
Charles Town Health Right Inc.
Credit Awarded: $50,320
Percentage Used: 84.80
Counties Served: Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan
This project provides free medical care, mental health services, health education, medications, free access to specialists and diagnostic testing for low-income, uninsured residents of Eastern WV.
Contact:
Vicki Shean
1212 North Mildred Street
Ranson, West Virginia 25438
(304) 724-6091
Charleston Ballet, Inc.
Credit Awarded: $17,275
Percentage Used: 90.38
Counties Served: Kanawha, Putnam
This project provides a scholarship program "Ballet for All" that enables economically disadvantaged children and families to experience the performing arts, gaining cultural and educational benefits.
Contact:
Kim Pauley
100 Capital Street, Suite 302
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
(304) 342-6541
Charleston West Side Main Street
Credit Awarded: $692.50
Percentage Used: 72.20
Counties Served: Kanawha
This project is an educational program for business members to assist them in areas of entrepreneurialism that will strengthen their businesses (i.e. financial, legal, start-up) and ensure long-term success, ultimately improving the economy on the West Side.
Contact:
StephanieJohnson
303 Washington Street West
Charleston, West Virginia 25302
(304) 720-3161
Chestnut Mountain Ranch
Credit Awarded: $6,630
Percentage Used: 66.67
Counties Served: Monongalia
The purpose of this project is to complete the first home that is under construction and by completing this home we will be able to reach more West Virginia families in need of hope and healing.
Contact:
Trina Cutright
244 Ponderosa Ponds Road
Morgantown, West Virginia 26508
(304) 241-1709
Child and Youth Advocacy Center
Credit Awarded: $7,855
Percentage Used: 73.20
Counties Served: Greenbrier, Monroe, Pocahontas
The CYAC is a child-focused program that provides and coordinates services for children who have been abused in Greenbrier, Monroe and Pocahontas Counties.
Contact:
Tameran Asbury
212 W. Washington Street
Lewisburg, West Virginia 24901
(304) 645-4998
Children's Home Society of West Virginia
Credit Awarded: $92,955
Percentage Used: 68.88
Counties Served: Statewide
This project maintains necessary services to children and families in crisis. Specific projects include emergency children's shelters, "Foster to Adopt" Initiative, Birth to Three, and the WECAN mentoring program for abused children.
Contact:
Mary White
1422 Kanawha Boulevard
Charleston, West Virginia 25330
(304) 346-0795
Children's Therapy Clinic, Inc.
Credit Awarded: $18,885
Percentage Used: 73.37
Counties Served: Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Roane
The Children's Therapy Clinic provides physical, speech, occupational therapies and an autism socialization program to children with special needs who have insufficient insurance coverage and/or come from low-income families.
Contact:
Valicia Leary
113 Lakeview Drive
Charleston, West Virginia 25313
(304) 342-9515
Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences of WV
Credit Awarded: $32,575
Percentage Used: 72.29
Counties Served: Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Mingo
This art and science integration project works to educate West Virginia workers of the 21st century across the life span and through a broad spectrum of formats and in both rural and urban settings.
Contact:
William Jeffries, III
One Clay Square
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
(304) 561-3503
Community Resources, Inc
Credit Awarded: $1,460
Percentage Used: 34.25
Counties Served: Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood
This program will support the implementation of a new Case Management program to help low-income individuals and families.
Contact:
Sarah Holt
601 Avery Street
Parkersburg, West Virginia 26101
(304) 485-5525
Criss-Cross, Inc.
Credit Awarded: $4,900
Percentage Used: 91.58
Counties Served: Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Taylor, Barbour, Doddridge
The agency provides emergency financial assistance for utility terminations, prescription assistance, rental evictions, mortgage foreclosures and credit counseling services.
Contact:
Amie Darway
209 West Pike Street, Suite B
Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301
(304) 623-0921
Davis-Stuart, Inc.
Credit Awarded: $5,268.75
Percentage Used: 73.56
Counties Served: Greenbrier
Davis-Stuart provides a residential treatment program, providing some job training and education to an at risk population of WV youth.
Contact:
Heather Falls
RR02 Box 188A
Lewisburg, West Virginia 24901
(304) 647-5577
DAYMARK, Inc.
Credit Awarded: $15,415
Percentage Used: 43.55
Counties Served: Kanawha
DAYMARK provides food, shelter, counseling, education, and other support for youth ages 12+ in the community.
Contact:
Kim Andrews
1592 Washington Street East
Charleston, West Virginia 25311
(304) 340-3675
Dignity Hospice of Southern WV
Credit Awarded: $10,987.50
Percentage Used: 81.91
Counties Served: Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne
This project provides home based nursing for terminally ill patients and counseling for the patient’s family. Dignity Hospice is actively pursuing a hospice house to be opened for people who cannot be accommodated in their own homes.
Contact:
Susan Gore
Box 4304
Chapmanville, West Virginia 25508
(304) 855-4764
East End Family Resource Center
Credit Awarded: $8,261.25
Percentage Used: 87.76
Counties Served: Kanawha
The East End Family Resource Center NIP Project is designed to build and support the Center's capacity to coordinate, initiate and/or facilitate activities and programs serving the community-identified needs of children and families living in the East End of Charleston.
Contact:
Carolyn Wesley
502 Ruffner Avenue; P.O. Box 11559
Charleston, West Virginia 25339
(304) 344-1656
Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation
Credit Awarded: $93,845
Percentage Used: 68.79
Counties Served: Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan
EWVCF provides funding for health care, recreation, housing, youth programs, and education op rtunities for at-risk, low-income residents of West Virginia.
Contact:
Michael Whalton
229 East Martin Street, Suite 4
Martinsburg, West Virginia 25401
(304) 264-0353
Fairmont Community Development Partnership
Credit Awarded: $2,127.50
Percentage Used: 47.00
Counties Served: Marion
This project will support neighborhood revitalization in the Maple/Ogden, Virginia/Gaston, and Traction Square neighborhoods of Fairmont. This will involve the safe removal of dilapidated homes, new construction and rehabilitation of safe, affordable housing.
Contact:
Robert Gribben
109 Fairmont Avenue, Suite 2
Fairmont, West Virginia 26554
(304) 366-7600
Fairmont State Foundation, Inc.
Credit Awarded: $102,515
Percentage Used: 60.72
Counties Served: Statewide
This program provides Neighborhood Investment Program Scholarships to West Virginia residents pursuing a 2 or 4 year degree whose household income is at or below 125% of federal poverty level.
Contact:
Chris Morgan
P.O. Box 461, 301 Adams St.
Fairmont, West Virginia 26554
(304) 534-8786
Faith in Action of the River Cities, Inc.
Credit Awarded: $2,300
Percentage Used: 76.09
Counties Served: Cabell, Wayne
Faith in Action encourages independence and improves the quality of life for elderly and disabled adults by training volunteers and coordinating service provision to attain vital, non-medical services.
Contact:
Rose Thornburg
848 Ninth Avenue
Huntington, West Virginia 25701
(304) 697-1274
First Stage Theatre Company
Credit Awarded: $3,675
Percentage Used: 80.27
Counties Served: Cabell
This NIP project will provide education, auditions and participation for low income children pursuing the performing arts.
Contact:
Chad Lovejoy
6421 Route 60 East
Barboursville, West Virginia 25504
(304) 522-3038
Foundation for the Tri-State Community, Inc.
Credit Awarded: $31,165
Percentage Used: 32.09
Counties Served: Cabell, Mingo, Wayne
This project will build charitable endowments to provide permanent funding sources for projects in Cabell, Wayne and Mingo counties that meet NIP eligible guidelines.
Contact:
Mary Witten Wiseman
P.O. Box 7932
Huntington, West Virginia 25779
(304) 942-0046
Genesis Youth Crisis Center
Credit Awarded: $7,855
Percentage Used: 77.82
Counties Served: Harrison
This project provides emergency shelter care, crisis support, and diagnostic services to at-risk children with a goal of stabilization and successful transition to a permanent home and a life of betterment in the community.
Contact:
Jayne Landacre
192 Safe Haven Drive, P.O. Box 546
Clarksburg, West Virginia 26302
(304) 622-1907
Good News Mountaineer Garage
Credit Awarded: $102,530
Percentage Used: 75.96
Counties Served: Statewide
This project repairs donated vehicles and provides them to West Virginia families who are on public assistance so they can get to work or job training and become self-sufficient.
Contact:
Barbara Bayes
221 1/2 Hale Street
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
(304) 344-8445
Good Shepherd Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers
Credit Awarded: $2,840
Percentage Used: 87.73
Counties Served: Jefferson
This project conducts home improvement projects, the Medical Equipment Loan program, and other non-medical caregiving services for the elderly and disabled.
Contact:
Paula Marrone-Reese
P.O. Box 1882
Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443
(304) 876-3325
Greenbrier County Committee of Aging, Inc.
Credit Awarded: $662.50
Percentage Used: 37.74
Counties Served: Greenbrier