Open Foundations · West Virginia

James B Chambers Memorial

Wheeling, West Virginia · EIN 550360517. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $633K across 21 grants in 2023, a median of $25K each.

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$633K
paid in 2023
21
grants paid
$25K
median grant
19%
to first-time recipients
$11.0M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
EMILY SCHRAMM-FISHER
Address
PO BOX 3047, WHEELING, WV, 26003
Phone
3042439373
Form the request should take
SEE ATTACHMENT
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
GEOGRAPHICAL: - GREATER WHEELING, WV AREA OTHER : YOUTH & YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2023, IRS filing object id 202421579349101112. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2023 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

summerplayground

Biggest grants in 2023

The 15 largest of the 21 grants paid in 2023, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1YmcaWV$97,692PLAYGROUND
2Oglebay InstituteWV$95,000SUMMER CAMPS
3Orchard Park HospitalWV$50,000SUPPORT
4Bethlehem Apostolic TempleWV$46,684CHILDRENS SCHOOL SUPPLIES
5Grow Ohio ValleyWV$45,000SUPPORT
6Oglebay FoundationWV$41,396SUPPORT
7Hoh ShareWV$37,000MOBILE PLAYGROUND
8Wheeling Counry Day SchoolWV$35,000SUMMER CAMPS
9Kleine KlassePA$30,000CHILDREN COMMUNITY SEVICES
10Laughlin Memorial ChapelWV$30,000SECURITY
11Ohio County SchoolsWV$25,000INTERNET CONNECTIONSSTEEL DRUMSANCHOR PROGRAM
12House of the CarpenterWV$24,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
13Wheeling Housing AuthorityWV$22,391PLAYGROUND
14W Alexander Pres ChurchPA$12,000SUPPORT
15Young LifeWV$12,000SUMMER CAMP

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202015$611K
202117$656K
202220$578K
202321$633K

Where the money went

Share of 2023 grant dollars by recipient state
West Virginia91%
Pennsylvania10%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Brian E JosephCHAIRMAN · 2023
Charlie SavageSECRETARY/TREASURER · 2023
Chris FreemnBOARD MEMBER · 2023
Edward G Sloane JrBOARD MEMBER · 2023
Henry B AltmeyerBOARD MEMBER · 2023
James E AltmeyerBOARD MEMBER · 2023
Lisa AllenBOARD MEMBER · 2023
Thomas GompersVICE CHAIRMAN · 2023

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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