The Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation is offering West Virginia residents NIP Tax Credits for qualifying gifts made to the Foundation. Thanks to the West Virginia Development Office Neighborhood Investment Program (NIP), West Virginia residents can actually reduce their state tax liability by up to 50%. A $1,000 gift to the Community Foundation translates into an […]

Pictured left to right are City National Bank’s Keith Unger, EWVCF Past President Darlene Truman, NCIF CEO Marten Jenkins, NCIF Business Development Manager Hannah Vargason, and EWVCF VP and Investment Committee Co-Chair Bill White. These five joined David DeJarnett and me for the official document signing and transfer of funds on Thursday afternoon.     […]

Sixty-seven grants totaling more than $160,000 were awarded during the Community Foundation’s annual Nonprofit Partners Breakfast in March of 2018. A wide variety of nonprofit organizations including the Berkeley County BackPack program received funding. Applications for the 2019 competitive grant program are now being accepted. Grant Applications Being Accepted Thru December 10 2019 EWVCF Competitive […]

The Need More and more, teachers are faced with the challenge of keeping children interested and engaged with few resources beyond the basics. In its first two years, the Mini Grants to Teachers program awarded grants to fund classroom book sets, a giant abacus, Speed Stackers, Rekenreks, an Autism Cafe, K’NEX building sets, sheet music, […]