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Community Foundation Announces Fall Grants
Parkersburg, WV - The Parkersburg Area Community Foundation & Regional Affiliates (PACF) recently awarded $249,334 in grant support through its fall Community Action Grant Program. $3,200 of the funding came from the Foundation's regional affiliate fund, Doddridge County Community Foundation. This competitive grant application program provides monetary support to charitable organizations and projects within the Foundation's 11-county service area (Calhoun, Gilmer, Doddridge, Roane, Wirt, Wood, Ritchie, Jackson, Mason, and Pleasants Counties in West Virginia and Washington County, Ohio).
On Tuesday, December 8, representatives of organizations receiving funding from the PACF attended a fall grant award program at the Foundation's Center for Philanthropy in Parkersburg. Minnie Hamilton Health Care System was among the 33 groups that received support. A $5,000 grant to Minnie Hamilton will help the Calhoun Recreation and Development Center Collaborative develop a youth basketball program. Earlier this year, Minnie Hamilton also received an $800 grant from the Little Kanawha Area Community Foundation, a regional affiliate of the PACF, for the same project.
Grants awarded through the PACF's Community Action Grant Program are made possible by generous individuals/businesses who have established a charitable fund with the PACF. The Program uses the resources available through the Foundation's Unrestricted and Field of Interest Funds to meet the ever-changing needs of its service region. The Foundation works with volunteers region-wide to review the grant applications and select the recipients. Additionally, the Foundation consults with individuals established Donor Advised Funds through the PACF and works with these individuals to provide additional grant support for the projects proposed through the Community Action Grant Program.
Parkersburg Area Community Foundation Fall Grant Awards
⢠Alzheimer's Association, West Virginia Chapter - $2,450 to provide educational programs and materials to health care providers
⢠ARTSBRIDGE - $1,500 for operating support and arts programming
⢠Boys and Girls Club of Pleasants County - $5,000 for operating support
⢠City of Spencer - $4,000 for the replacement of windows in the former armory building now operated as a municipal civic center
⢠The Community Action Program Corporation of Washington-Morgan Counties - $2,800 to purchase equipment for the senior home delivered program in Washington County
⢠Doddridge County Board of Education - $5,000 to support the backpack feeding program
⢠Doddridge County Elementary School - $3,300 to support the purchase of e-books
⢠Dora B. Woodyard Memorial Library/Wirt County High School Library - $4,000 to develop a "makerspace" to explore creativity through innovative educational tools
⢠Downtown PKB, Inc. - $5,000 to support the 2016 Summer Concert Series at Point Park
⢠Edison Middle School - $7,500 to install a community garden to benefit students and the South Parkersburg community
⢠EVE, Inc. - $5,000 to assist with major repairs to the shelter
⢠Elizabeth Volunteer Fire Department - $5,600 for the purchase of portable water monitors for fire engines
⢠Generation MOV - $4,500 for programming and strategic planning
⢠Harrisville Volunteer Fire Department - $5,000 to purchase personal protective and firefighting equipment
⢠Mid-Ohio Valley Fellowship Home - $8,000 for operating support
⢠Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department - $8,250 for the Smiles for Life Adult Screening and Referral Dental Program
⢠Minnie-Hamilton Health Care System - $5,000 to support the Calhoun Recreation and Development Center Collaborative effort to develop a youth basketball program
⢠New Haven and Community Volunteer Fire Department - $1,300 for the purchase of firefighting helmets
⢠O'Neill Senior Center, Inc. - $2,500 to support the expansion of the Adult Day Care Program into an Evening Care Program
⢠Oil, Gas & Historical Association, Inc. - $7,500 to assist with restoration of historic windows at Henderson Hall
⢠Parkersburg Area Coalition for the Homeless/House to Home - $5,000 for operating support
⢠Regeneration/Packs of Plenty - $4,000 to purchase food for weekends for Ritchie County students in need
⢠Ritchie County Integrated Family Services, Inc. - $1,000 to provide meals to homebound seniors
⢠The Children's Listening Place - $6,000 to equip a medical examination room and purchase data collection software
⢠Vienna Public Library - $944 to purchase ACT and SAT preparation books for free test preparation programs
⢠Voices of the Street/Essentially Yours - $2,400 to cover the cost of rent at new location
⢠Waverly Elementary School - $2,000 for the purchase of iPads
⢠West Virginia Partnership for Elder Living - $5,000 to provide training for in-home direct care workers
⢠West Virginia University Foundation/College of Creative Arts - $2,600 to bring the Opera on Wheels program to Wood, Gilmer, Jackson and Mason Counties
⢠West Virginia University Academic Innovation Program - $4,500 to provide tuition assistance to low-income students in Wood and Pleasants County to enroll in advanced, college-level, dual-credit mathematics courses while in high school
⢠West Virginia University Foundation/Bonnie's Bus - $9,400 to provide operating support for Bonnie's Bus mobile mammography unit
⢠Wood County Habitat for Humanity - $7,500 to support the remodeling of the new ReStore location in Vienna
⢠YMCA of Parkersburg - $4,300 for facility upgrades and equipment for the pool area
About Parkersburg Area Community Foundation and Regional Affiliates:
The Parkersburg Area Community Foundation and Regional Affiliates (PACF) works with individuals, families, businesses, and civic or non-profit organizations to make a positive and permanent commitment for the future of our community. PACF is a single 501(c)(3) public charity that manages more than 430 charitable funds with nearly $44 million in assets. PACF works in partnership with its local affiliates to provide leadership and develop philanthropic resources to meet the needs of an 11-county service area.
Since 1963, PACF has helped local citizens support charitable needs and touch every aspect of life in the community in a variety of lasting ways. For more information about PACF, visit www.pacfwv.com or call 304-428-4438.
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