Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation
Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation
The Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation is about Local Leadership . . . overseeing Local Assets . . . meeting Local Needs . . .
Our Mission? To improve the quality of life in the Eastern Panhandle by building permanent endowment to benefit Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan Counties.
Our Vision? To Gather Grow and Grant. Our goal is to build or gather a permanent endowment for our community. Gifts of any amount build our local strength. Rather than spend your gift, we invest it, and grow its worth. Then, each year, earnings from the investments are used to provide grants to charities and scholarships to students in our community.
Our Organization? Established in 1995, the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation has grown to be one of the largest grantmakers in the region with more than $15 in assets. In 2012, the average endowed fund at the Community Foundation earned 12.87% returns for the year. And, during the past three years, a total of slightly more than $3 million was granted to local nonprofit organizations and charitable causes.
Eastern West Virginia
Community Foundation
229 East Martin Street, Suite 4
Martinsburg, West Virginia 25401
phone: (304) 264-0353
facsimile: (888) 507-8375
Gather • Grow • Grant
Spirit of the Panhandle Honors Three
On April 12, the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation honored Peter Smith of Shepherdstown, Pat Murphy of Martinsburg, and Larry Lower of Berkeley Springs for their work on behalf of more than a dozen nonprofit organizations in the Eastern Panhandle.
The three were feted during a gala celebration at the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races and each received a $5,000 endowment to dedicate to a favorite charity.
Peter Smith added his fund to the existing Two Rivers Giving Circle Fund, Pat Murphy established the Pat & Bev Murphy Boys & Girls Club Arts Fund and Larry Lower is in the process of determining how his new fund can benefit Morgan County’s Association for Food and Farms.
Felicia Fuller, Finance & Administration Manager; Michael Whalton, Executive Director; and Amy Pancake, Affiliate Director & Scholarship/Grants Manager
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Scott Roach, President
Darlene Truman,
Vice-President
Tia McMillan,
Treasurer
Lisa Welch,
Secretary
Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation Officers for 2013
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