Open Foundations · West Virginia

George a Laughlin Tr

Wheeling, West Virginia · EIN 556016889. 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 $1.4M across 104 grants in 2024, a median of $3K each.

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$1.4M
paid in 2024
104
grants paid
$3K
median grant
60%
to first-time recipients
$20.2M
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
MARNIE HEDGES
Address
C/O WESBANCO BANK 1 BANK PLAZA, WHEELING, WV, 26003
Phone
3042349400
Form the request should take
UNIVERSAL RESIDENTIAL LOAN APPLICATION (URLA), SUPPORTING FINANCIAL DOCUMENTATION, AND ADDENDUM LISTING LEGALLY DEPENDENT CHILDREN LIVING AT HOME AND THEIR AGES
Submission deadline
APRIL 1 - APRIL 30
Restrictions on awards
INTEREST FREE MORTGAGE LOANS TO OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA RESIDENTS WITH AT LEAST 1 LEGALLY DEPENDENT CHILD LIVING AT HOME AND UNABLE TO SECURE A MORTGAGE LOAN THROUGH NORMAL PROCESSES.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202502409349101105. 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 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

housing

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 104 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Troy MalleryWV$205,676HOUSING
2Codey Caldwell and Jacquelin HelmsWV$202,532HOUSING
3Arianna MillerWV$193,232HOUSING
4Megan MayoWV$166,888HOUSING
5Zachary Scott and Isabella MitchellWV$138,562HOUSING
6Faith NewellWV$124,305HOUSING
7Natasha SorgWV$34,534HOUSING
8Alberta HinkleWV$14,900HOUSING
9Nancy MccarthyWV$12,727HOUSING
10Robert Kimberly HallWV$8,015HOUSING
11Katherine MarshallWV$7,646HOUSING
12Erica PowellWV$7,305HOUSING
13Cortni BeasleyWV$6,924HOUSING
14Cynthia LewisWV$6,706HOUSING
15Dejah DeeverWV$6,514HOUSING

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020109$1.0M
2021104$907K
2022103$1.6M
2023109$1.4M
2024104$1.4M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
West Virginia100%

Who decides

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

No officers or trustees are listed on the filing we hold.

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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