The Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation has been serving donors and nonprofit organizations in our region for the past 26 years. We award more than $1 million in grants and scholarships annually and have grown from a single $100,000 scholarship fund to 260 endowments holding $35 million in assets. In 2020 we established our COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund […]
Community Foundation Receives WV NIP Tax Credits
The West Virginia Neighborhood Investment Program recently announced that the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation was allocated $28,000 in 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 these West Virginia NIP tax credits actually reduce […]
Mayor Harriet Johnson Memorial Fund for Youth and Education
Family and friends of Harriet Johnson have established an endowed field of interest fund at the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation to honor her remarkable legacy. The Mayor Harriet Johnson Memorial Fund for Youth and Education will award grants to nonprofit organizations that provide youth and/or education programs in Martinsburg and Berkeley County. Donations to […]
Rebecca Knight Joins EWVCF Team
We’d like to introduce you to the newest member of our EWVCF team. Rebecca Knight started working here as Administrative Assistant/Office Manager on Monday, June 28th and she’s already fitting in nicely. Although we’ve been operating with just three team members for the past eight months, and we are all on a steep learning […]
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 […]