Click Here to learn more about the Two Rivers Giving Circle. This is one of the few organizations in the region that awards grants to support natural resources conservation and historic preservation. With members from all three Eastern Panhandle counties, the Two Rivers Giving Circle is currently accepting grant proposals.
EWVCF to Award Grants to Nonprofits Serving Eastern Panhandle Senior Citizens
CALLING FOR A LETTER OF INQUIRY
EWVCF Kings Daughters Senior Citizens Charitable Fund
The Eastern WV Community Foundation will be awarding a limited number of Kings Daughters Senior Citizens Charitable Fund grants in 2019. This Fund was established to award grants to nonprofit organizations that provide elderly persons with housing facilities and/or services specifically designed to meet their physical, social, and psychological needs, and to promote their health, security, happiness, and usefulness in longer living. Preference will be given to projects or programs based in Berkeley County, West Virginia. However, grants may also be awarded for projects or programs serving Jefferson and Morgan counties of West Virginia.
A Letter of Inquiry (LOI) is requested as the initial step in the grant process. Submission of an LOI does not guarantee formal consideration for funding. Only those organizations selected by the Grants Committee will be invited to submit full proposals. Call 304.264.0353 or email [email protected] if you have any questions.
2019 Grant Guidelines & Eligibility – DOWNLOAD GUIDELINES HERE
To be eligible for a grant from the Kings Daughters Senior Citizens Charitable Fund, a grantee must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing the services described in paragraph one above in one or more of the following West Virginia counties: Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan.
Grant amounts will be $10,000 for a one-year project or program or $20,000 for a two-year project or program. The organization must expend the full amount of the grant in either one or two (2) years. EWVCF will not consider grants for lesser amounts.
An LOI from an organization that is part of a government agency will only be considered if the project or program is specifically targeted toward a senior population.
What to Include in your Letter of Inquiry
- Complete contact information for the individual and organization submitting the LOI;
- If you are seeking a one-year ($10,000) or two-year ($20,000) grant;
- A brief overview of the organization and the proposed project or program, including the counties and number of people projected to be served (400 words or less);
- Potential Impact if the proposed project or program is funded. (500 words or less) and;
- Project/Program Budget (200 words or less, in narrative format)
The LOI should be no more than two pages long. Please do not submit any additional materials with the LOI. A request for full proposals will be issued by the end of April.
Letter of Inquiry Due Date
The LOI must be postmarked or hand-delivered to our office by 5 PM on April 5, 2019, to be considered. We will acknowledge receipt of your LOI with an email. Please mail or hand-deliver the LOI to:
Eastern WV Community Foundation
229 E. Martin Street, Suite 4
Martinsburg, WV 25401
Grantee Recognition Breakfast CANCELLED
The Community Foundation’s Grantee Recognition Breakfast scheduled for March 1st has been cancelled due to the Winter Weather Advisory that is in effect. We are mailing the Grant Award Letters to all of the nonprofit organizations and schools that are receiving one or more of our competitive grants. Although the forecast for tomorrow morning is a bit uncertain, we felt it was prudent to make the call today and not risk having anyone on the road at the crack of dawn when there may be 2 to 4 inches of snow, covered with a thin coating of ice. It is our hope that the forecast is wrong and that Friday turns out to be a beautiful day, but better safe than sorry. Thank you to the Holiday Inn in Martinsburg for being so understanding.
Senior Programs to Benefit from Kings Daughters Housing Donation
Martinsburg based Berkeley County Meals on Wheels will benefit from a newly established endowment fund within the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation. Created through the vision of the Board of Directors of Kings Daughters Housing, Inc., the Berkeley County Meals on Wheels Endowment Fund will provide annual support in perpetuity to this local nonprofit organization.
With an army of volunteer drivers, a small but dedicated staff, the support of several community churches, and the kitchen facilities of Kings Daughters Court, Berkeley County Meals on Wheels has prepared and delivered more than one million hot, nutritious, low-cost noon time meals since its inception in 1971. Drivers deliver a meal daily to the home of anyone in Berkeley County who is home bound or for any reason is unable to prepare at least one balanced meal per day, regardless of his or her age, infirmity, race, or gender.
“Establishing this endowment fund is a wonderful way to support this remarkable organization and give back to the community,” stated Montie Hicks, President of Kings Daughters Housing, Inc. “We’re honored to be able to provide meaningful support to another local nonprofit that serves senior citizens and has a mission quite similar to ours.”
In addition to the Meals on Wheels endowment, Kings Daughter Housing, Inc. has established two other endowed funds at the Community Foundation. The Kings Daughter Charitable Funds will award annual grants totaling more than $60,000 to nonprofit organizations serving senior citizens in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The mission of Kings Daughters Housing is “to provide elderly persons with housing facilities and services specifically designed to meet their physical, social and psychological needs, and to promote their health, security, happiness and usefulness in longer living” and the new endowments will continue to serve this mission by providing much needed funding to community-based nonprofit organizations with similar missions.
The Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation was established in 1995 and awards nearly $1 million in grants and scholarships annually. With more than 225 endowed funds and assets of just over $25 million EWVCF is one of the largest grantmaking organizations serving the Eastern Panhandle.
The Foundation is located at the historic Caperton Train Station at 229 East Martin Street, Suite 4, Martinsburg, WV 25401. For more information, visit the website www.EWVCF.org or contact EWVCF Executive Director Michael Whalton at [email protected] or call 304-264-0353.
Community foundations number more than 800 across America and attract gifts and bequests to benefit local communities through everlasting endowment.
The Future is Bright
Susan and I were Christmas shopping in Shepherdstown on Saturday afternoon when we popped into the Sweet Shop Bakery for a cup of coffee. A young lady behind the counter had just finished serving an older gentleman when she realized that he’d mistakenly given her a tip of two new five dollar bills that were stuck together. She ran out onto rainy German Street to find the man and return the second five-dollar bill.
Susan and I commended her for her honesty and kindness when she came back into the shop. I thought she looked familiar, and said to Susan, “I think she may have gotten one of our scholarships.” Never one to be shy, Susan said to her. “My husband thinks he knows you. Did you receive a scholarship from the Community Foundation?” The young lady smiled and said, “Yes, and he looked familiar to me, too.”
She introduced herself as Carly Holben and we immediately connected all the dots. Carly was the recipient a Dr. T.K. Oates Nursing Scholarship that was awarded by the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation this year and she is enrolled at Shepherd University, studying to become a nurse. Susan and I had met Carly during the scholarship interviews in April and she left a lasting impression because of her intelligence, composure, and fine sense of humor. On her way to a performance of the Martinsburg High Good Times Show Choir, she had been dressed in jeans and a red t-shirt.
Carly just finished her first semester at Shepherd and has done very well with her studies. It was delightful catching up with her, and hearing about her success in school. The future of the world is bright and in good hands, with young, honest people like Carly stepping up to lead us into better times.
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