Grants
The Foundation offers three grant programs:
The Fall Grant cycle is for requests over $500. Applications are available after August 1. The deadline to file is the 3rd Friday in September.
The Mini Grant cycle is for requests of $500 or less. Applications are accepted anytime.
The Run For It Grant campaign kicks off April 1 and culminates with a 2k/5k race the last Saturday in September. No application required – just fill out an entry form, register or join a team, and walk or run for it. Grants reward efforts to raise awareness and support for your favorite community cause or charity.
The income generated by the following Endowed Funds (and other unrestricted income) provides grant support according to distribution guidelines. Our goal is to distribute 5% of the Total Market Value annually which may vary depending on market conditions.
| Endowed Grant Funds | Purpose | Service Area | Market Value 12.31.14 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AREA | |||
| Preston Community Fund | Unrestricted grants & Scholarships | Preston | $11,738 |
| ARTS | |||
| Fred T. Busk Fund | Arts Education | Unrestricted | $11,413 |
| Carl Delsignore Fund | Creative Arts | Unrestricted | $45,888 |
| Garrett James "Dutch" Easton Fund | Creative Arts | Tucker | $50,894 |
| WVHighlands STArt Fund | School to Art Project | Tucker | $5,751 |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | |||
| Mountaineer Humane Society Fund | Perpetual funding for MHS | Tucker | $6,836 |
| PARKS & RECREATION | |||
| Rubenstein / Schilansky Fund | Recreation, Thomas & Davis Area | Tucker | $10,847 |
| National Bank of Davis Fund | Recreation Davis area | Tucker | $7,456 |
| C. W. Pell Fund | Construction and Maintenance of a park in Davis | Tucker | $12,653 |
| ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | |||
| Terra Alta Economic Development Corporation Fund | Economic Development of Terra Alta | Preston | $18,345 |
| Tucker County Economic and Community Development Fund | Job creation, job retention and general improvements to the business climate of the county. | Tucker | $4,400 *seed fund |
| EMERGENCY SERVICES | |||
| Donaldson-Corey Fund | Canaan Valley EMS | Tucker | $15,412 |
| Capt. Karl Patrik Youngblood Memorial Fund | EMS training | Tucker | $8,228 |
| James D. Jordan Fund | Canaan Valley & Harman EMS | Tucker | $14,525 |
| Tucker County EMS Fund Fund | Emergency Medical Services | Tucker | $13,297 |
| Shaffer Parsons VFD Fund | Parsons Volunteer Fire Dept. | Tucker | |
| HEALTH | |||
| Harold & Ruth Shaffer Mountain Hospice Fund | Mountain Hospice, Inc. | $36,824 | |
| Billie G. Armstrong Fund | Pregnancy Care Center | Tucker/multi | $26,289 |
| Cortland Acres Association Fund | Cortland Acres Association | Tucker/multi | $15,636 |
| Davis Health System Foundation Fund | Davis Health System Foundation | Randolph / Region | $209,087 |
| YOUTH | |||
| Thomas P. Patrick, DDS Fund | Boy Scout Troop 96 | Tucker | $93,188 |
| Falling Green Fund | Equestrian youth programs, 4-H, Youth organizations | Tucker | $162,554 |
| Elliott Kepler and Alice Mae Degler Smith Fund | Various youth organizations | $7,382 | |
| P. J. Zickefoose Fund | Skiing opportunities for youth | Randolph / Tucker | $12,253 |
| PHS US Army JROTC Fund | Pay expenses for equipment, travel to competitive events and other program expenses. | Preston | $22,438 |
| Ohio-West Virginia Youth Leadership Association Fund | Ohio-WV YMCA | $19,939 | |
| Parsons Kiwanis Club /J. Kenton Lambert Fund | Community youth projects | Tucker | $33,993 |
| EDUCATION | |||
| John P. & Sarah Catherine Swartz Fund | Music education in Tucker County schools | Tucker | $7,127 |
| George W. & Marjorie H. Walburn Memorial Fund | K-12 geography course work | $16,774 | |
| Dehari Fund | TC educational school trips, guest speakers & education technology | Tucker | $102,765 |
| Margaret Kump Roberts Fund | Educational resources | Randolph | $28,028 |
| Ellis Boury III Fund | Education and/or development of creative or technical writing. | Region | *Seed Fund |
| HISTORIC PRESERVATION | |||
| Brights Chapel Cemetery Fund | Brights Chapel Cemetery | Tucker | $9,718 |
| Buena Chapel Cemetery Fund | Buena Chapel Cemetery | Tucker | $8,236 |
| Leadmine Cemetery Fund | Leadmine Cemetery | Tucker | $8,757 |
| McNeeley Cemetery Fund | McNeeley Cemetery | Tucker | $52,208 |
| Davis Cemetery Fund | Davis Cemetery | Tucker | $65,840 |
| Utterback Family Fund | Alpine Heritage Preservation, Inc. Cotrill Opera House | Tucker | $6,972 |
| Holly Meadows - Long Family Cemetery Fund | Long Family Cemetery | Tucker | $12,554 |
| Tucker County Veteran's Memorial Fund | Maintenance of Parsons Veterans Memorial | Tucker | $18,831 |
| Mindy Pierce Historic Preservation Fund | Bricks and mortar historic building projects. | Preston | $10,871 |
| Mt. Hebron Cemetery Fund | Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Canaan Valley | Tucker | $20,691 |
| Harsh Cemetery Fund | Harsh Cemetery | ||
| SENIOR CITIZENS | |||
| Grant County Senior Citizen Fund | Grant County Senior Citizen Center | Grant | $12,384 |
| Shaffer Senior Citizen Fund | Tucker County Senior Center | Tucker | |
| LIBRARIES & LITERACY PROGRAMS | |||
| McClain Fund | Parsons Five Rivers Library | Tucker | $16,776 |
| Mt. Top Library Fund | Mt. Top Library | Tucker | $10,300 |
| Pioneer Memorial Public Library Fund | Perpetual funding for PMPL | Randolph | $36,384 |
| Mountaintop Public Library New Building Fund | Building campaign | Tucker | $62,196 |
| Crimson Shamrock Literacy Fund | To provide project funds for activities that will lead to the improvement of literacy in West Virginia | $12,179 | |
| CHURCH FUNDS | |||
| Richard & Mary J. Raines Harr Fund | Beuna Chapel Methodist Church | Tucker | $7,052 |
| Valentine Family Fund | Perpetual funding Parsons Presbyterian Church | Tucker | $143,974 |
| Denver & Ethel Raines Smith Memorial Fund | St. Pauls United Methodist Church | Tucker | $9,329 |
| Nan Parsons Presbyterian Church Fund | Parsons Presbyterian Church | Tucker | $7,889 |
| OPERATIONS | |||
| Old Ridge Runner Fund | Tucker Community Foundation Operations | Multi | $15,880 |
| COMMUNITY BASED FUNDS | |||
| Louise Harman Fund | Parsons Cemetery, Parks and/or Five Rivers Public Library | Tucker | $35,765 |
| William M. Harman Memorial Fund | Parsons Cemetery, Parks, Library & Citizens | Tucker | $17,421,620 |
| Sarah Thompson Kaemmerling Fund | Charitable, educational or scientific activities for Davis, Thomas, Canaan Valley area | Tucker | $164,643 |
| GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES | |||
| Louise & Jim Cooper, Jr. Family Fund | Blackwater Ministerial Assoc. to aid the needy | Tucker | $24,927 |
| John, Kathleen & Sharon Syrian/Donald T. Goss Fund | Public parks gardens & beautification, Warm the Children | $7,719 | |
| Woody F. Nestor Memorial Fund | Needy of Tucker County | Tucker | $18,512 |
| Thompson Family Fund | Needy of Davis / Canaan Valley | Tucker | $20,042 |
| George & Mariwyn Smith Fund | General charitable purposes | $22,585 | |
| Philip Warken Fund | Funds for the needy in Tucker County | Tucker | $568,006 |
| UNRESTRICTED | |||
| Citizens Bank of West Virgina Fund | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | $7,400 |
| Directors' General Fund | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | $75,798 |
| Robert W. & Sarah M. Minear Fund | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | $16,624 |
| Mountain Valley Bank, NA Fund | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | $7,555 |
| H. Dailey & Belva Shaffer Martin Fund | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | $10,154 |
| Uncle Sam's Birthday Party Fund | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | $6,174 |