September 1, 2026 By Elaine Bobo

Nonprofit Sustainability Series

Registration is now open.

Two-Part Series featuring a keynote speaker and a panel discussion of professionals. You may attend one or both!

Featured keynote presenter Dani Battle, drawing from her experience cofounding RICH – Restoring Inner City Hope, Inc. and the RICH Juice Bar, she will lead “Proximity to Possibility: Building Community, Enterprise, and Impact”. Anthony Sartori, a social entrepreneur who trains leaders to build connected workplaces, will share “Five Essentials for Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being.”

Sept. 23: Nonprofit Numbers – From budgets to banking, strengthening the bottom line. Keynote: Dani Battle
Sept. 30: Beyond the Budget – Building boards, bylaws, and balance. Keynote: Anthony Sartori

Two locations:

In-person at the Multipurpose Room of the Berkeley County Offices, 2^nd floor, 400 W. Stephen St., Martinsburg.
Virtually from Taggart Hall, 91 South High St., Romney WV
Zoom Link to be offered for remote attendees. Please email [email protected] to receive the link.

Registration deadline is Wed., Sept. 16, 2026

August 24, 2026 By Elaine Bobo

2026 Two Rivers Giving Circle Grant Application

Our 2026 Two Rivers Giving Circle grant application is now OPEN!

Click HERE to register and apply!

The Two Rivers Giving Circle is one of the few local sources of grants for Eastern Panhandle nonprofit groups that are engaged in historic preservation and natural resource conservation.

Two Rivers Giving Circle members come from Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties, and confine their grant making to those counties. The Two Rivers Giving Circle will consider grants (range is $500-$2500) for:

Safeguarding Habitat: Protection of habitat is critical to the preservation of biodiversity. Focus is placed on buffer zones, wildlife areas, watersheds, and functioning ecosystems.
Children and Nature: Education and involvement of the next generation are extremely important. Programs that address youth activism, knowledge, hands-on activity, and physical movement.
Saving Panhandle Treasures: We all have a deep care for our countryside and heritage. Initiatives that provide increased protection of historic, cultural, and pastoral places in the Panhandle.
Waste and Recycling: Efforts that catalyze underserved recycling efforts, promote effective household waste treatment, and deter non-point source pollution in the Panhandle.
Energy Conservation: Initiatives that promote increased energy conservation and decreased consumption behaviors in our Panhandle community.
Growing the Movement: Programs that engage, organize, and empower new constituencies who add to the advancement of programs through volunteerism and leadership that lead to new ways of thinking and acting.

Applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements:

An already existing nonprofit, 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(13) organization in good standing with the IRS, or
An existing government/quasi-governmental agency, or public school applying for a project that is not funded by tax revenue, or
A religious organization requesting funding for a non-sectarian charitable purpose, or
A civic group that is not a 501(c)(3) organization requesting funding for a charitable community cause.

Required Financial Information for 501(c)(3) Organizations

Applications must include financial information for the organization as a whole, and in addition:

Applicants with charitable contributions over $300,000 but less than $500,000 must provide the most recent financial review performed by an independent certified public accountant.
Applicants with charitable contributions over $500,000 must provide the most recent audit performed by an independent certified public accountant.

In addition, 501(c)(3) organizations must be in good standing with:

West Virginia Secretary of State’s Business & Licensing and also the Charities Division: http://apps.sos.wv.gov/business/corporations/ & https://sos.wv.gov/business/Pages/Charities.aspx
IRS, as assessed via IRS Pub 78 and GuideStar: https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/ & https://www.guidestar.org/Home.aspx

Applications will close on SEPTEMBER 14, 2026. Two Rivers Giving Circle representatives may contact applicants for a phone or face-to-face interview and site visit.

Trust-Based Philanthropy Reporting Requirements: Grants range from $500 to $2,500 and are awarded up front. A final report, including outcomes of the funded program, and a summary of your grant expenses must be submitted by the date that will be given in your award email. Under unusual circumstances, the Community Foundation may consider an extension.

August 5, 2026 By Elaine Bobo

2026 Hampshire County Mini Grants to Teachers

The Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation invites applications for the Hampshire County 2026 Mini Grants to Teachers. Hampshire County public schools and WVSD&B teachers and student support staff are eligible to apply for up to $500 to purchase supplies and materials for special projects, classroom resources, and support for programs not covered by school budgets or other means. The application cycle is: Monday, August 17th – September 11, 2026.

SPECIAL NOTICE: USE THE ONLINE APPLICATION AND SELECT THE ONE TITLED 2026 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY MINI GRANTS TO TEACHERS.

The online application is available here: https://goapply2.akoyago.com/ewvcf

“The purpose of the program is to show appreciation for the dedication of our local teachers, and provide them with a few extra resources to help them engage their students in new and creative ways, said Amy Pancake, Associate Director. The program has grown steadily, with more teachers applying and more grants being awarded each year.”

Since the program’s inception in 2014, 282 grants have been awarded totaling over $108,000.

The Mini Grants to Teachers program is supported primarily by the Foundation’s Partners in Philanthropy, corporate sponsors whose annual gifts support the Foundation in a variety of ways. Support also comes from a distribution from the Hampshire County Education Fund, Hampshire County Schools, and individual donors.

Grants will be announced in October. Recipients will be notified by email. Grant checks will be made payable to your school.

QUESTIONS: Please contact Amy Pancake, [email protected], or call 304-822-7200.

November 10, 2025 By Elaine Bobo

Community Foundations Make More Possible

When you give through EWVCF, you join a powerful collective of donors who are making positive impacts right here at home. You can make more good possible, and we welcome the opportunity to work with you in meeting your philanthropic goal.

Since our founding in 1995, donors have established over 320 endowed funds at the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation (EWVCF). Created to serve Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire, and Hardy counties, these funds address a myriad of needs in the community. With over $60 million in total assets under management, EWVCF is one of the largest grantmakers in the Eastern Panhandle. Donors wishing to establish a fund have several options and each fund agreement is created to address the specific desires of the donor. Funds support a wide variety of nonprofit organizations and charitable causes, as well as scholarship opportunities for students.

Unrestricted Funds

When you establish an Unrestricted Fund, your gift can address a broad range of local needs — including future needs that often cannot be anticipated at the time your gift is made. We evaluate all aspects of community well-being: arts and culture, economic development, education, environment, health and human services, neighborhood revitalization, and more. The flexibility of your unrestricted gift enables your community foundation’s program experts to respond to the community’s most pressing needs, today and tomorrow. Unrestricted funds can be established with a gift of as little as $5,000 and can be named in honor or in memory of a loved one.

Agency Endowed Funds

Nonprofit organizations can establish an Agency Endowment at the community foundation. It’s a simple and efficient way to build an endowment — and help create sustainability — for your nonprofit organization. The community foundation’s experienced staff can also help your organization develop a campaign to build your endowment. The minimum to endow an agency fund is $10,000, but nonprofit organizations can seed an agency fund with a $1,000 initial gift and have five years to grow the fund to the $10,000 endowed level.

Designated Funds

Establishing a Designated Fund allows you to support the good work of a specific nonprofit organization — a senior center, museum, or virtually any nonprofit charitable organization. Because it’s given through your Community Foundation, your gift provides the organization you select with funding and investment management services through the power of endowment. Designated funds, like agency endowed funds, have a $10,000 minimum with the same seed fund option.

Field of Interest Funds

By establishing a Field of Interest Fund, you can target your gift to address needs in an important and specific area of community life: Arts. AIDS. Aging. At-risk youth. Education. Historic Preservation. Conservation. You identify your personal interest area when making your gift; our board awards grants to community organizations and programs that are making a difference in the area you select. Your gift stays flexible enough to meet community needs in your interest area — even as they change over time. A field of interest fund can be endowed with a $5,000 gift to the community foundation and like all of the funds we offer may be named to remember a loved one who has passed or to recognize someone for an outstanding accomplishment.

Donor-Advised Funds

A Donor-Advised Fund allows you to make a gift to the Community Foundation and remain actively involved in suggesting uses for your gift. You can work with the Community Foundation staff to suggest ongoing uses for the fund — targeting the issues you care about most. Grant awards are issued to charities in the name of the fund (or anonymously if you prefer). It’s a simple, powerful, and highly personal approach to giving. The minimum endowed level for donor-advised funds is $10,000.

Scholarship Funds

In creating a scholarship, you invest in your community’s future and show students you care. Your community foundation provides the expertise to help you meet your personal goals and awards scholarships to deserving students. Your gift can help students — from preschool to postgraduate — achieve their lifetime dreams. Because of the complexity in administering a scholarship fund, the minimum for one to endow a fund of this type is $20,000.

If you would like to speak with someone about establishing a fund at the Community Foundation, please call 304.264.0353 or 304-822-7200, or email [email protected] and we will be happy to help. The process is simple, it doesn’t take very long, and there is no cost to create a fund.