The West Virginia Neighborhood Investment Program recently announced that the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation was allocated $29,000 in 2021 NIP Tax Credits. Qualifying gifts of $500 to $4,000 can be made to the Foundation to earn a 50% West Virginia income tax credit for the donor. Because the West Virginia tax credits actually reduce […]
Silver Anniversary Report to the Community
The Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation has been serving donors and nonprofit organizations in our region for the past 25 years. We are grateful for the incredible support that we’ve received and we are proud of our accomplishments. During the past quarter-century, we have grown from a single $100,000 scholarship fund to 250 endowments holding […]
78 Eastern Panhandle Students Receive 94 Community Foundation Scholarships
The Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation (EWVCF) has proudly served the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia for 25 years, and during that time we have awarded a total of $10.5 million in grants and scholarships. The Community Foundation works with thousands of donors who donate millions of dollars to build 244 endowed funds with over […]
Shepherdstown resident leaves $3.45 million to local nonprofits
SHEPHERDSTOWN — Henry Willard was a well-known community member, a husband, and father and a much-loved benefactor to many causes in the community. And with his passing two days before Christmas in 2018, that philanthropy would continue. Thirteen area nonprofit organizations in Berkeley and Jefferson counties received $3.45 million as a result of Willard’s generosity. […]
Community Foundation Establishes COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the crisis created by it in our local nonprofit organizations, the Board of Directors of the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation has established the EWVCF COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund. Targeted to assist nonprofit organizations in the five-county region served by the Community Foundation (Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire, […]