Bluefield, West Virginia · EIN 550650833. 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 $2.5M across 20 grants in 2025, a median of $101K each.
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Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.
As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202642029349100409. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.
The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.
The 15 largest of the 20 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.
| # | Recipient | State | Amount | Purpose as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bluefield University | VA | $400,000 | ALUMNI HALL DORMITORY RENOVATION |
| 2 | City of Bluefield Wv | WV | $397,215 | LOTITO PARK IMPROVEMENTS |
| 3 | City of Bluefield Wv | WV | $200,000 | ENGINEERING AND DESIGN COSTS ON FORMER MERCER NURSING HOME |
| 4 | City of Princeton | WV | $200,000 | RECREATION COMPLEX - FIRST INSTALLMENT |
| 5 | Wvu Foundation | WV | $200,000 | WVU ROCKEFELLER NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE EQUIPMENT FUND |
| 6 | Bluefield Wv Economic Development Authority | WV | $180,000 | CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ON FORMER WILSON MEDIA BUILDING |
| 7 | Tazewell County Va | VA | $130,000 | RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
| 8 | City of Bluefield Wv | WV | $125,000 | TANDEM TRUCK |
| 9 | Bluefield State University | WV | $109,970 | 2025 GRANT AWARD |
| 10 | Helpful Harvest Food Bank Inc | WV | $101,459 | CONSTRUCTION OF FARM AND COMMUNITY CENTER |
| 11 | City of Bluefield Wv | WV | $100,000 | POLICE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM |
| 12 | Wv Community Services for Women Inc | WV | $75,000 | ACQUISITION/CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT STADIUM DRIVE |
| 13 | Stop the Hurt Inc | WV | $54,000 | CONSTRUCTION OF A VISITATION ROOM AND OFFICE |
| 14 | Chamber of the Two Virginia | WV | $49,094 | ROOF REPLACEMENT ON BLUEFIELD HEADQUARTERS |
| 15 | City of Bluefield Wv | WV | $40,000 | FIRE ENGINE - SECOND INSTALLMENT ON PLEDGE |
| Tax year | Grants | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 20 | $2.2M |
| 2021 | 24 | $2.3M |
| 2022 | 25 | $2.5M |
| 2023 | 11 | $2.2M |
| 2024 | 18 | $2.1M |
| 2025 (partial year) | 20 | $2.5M |
Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.
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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