Open Foundations · West Virginia

Maier Foundation Inc

Charleston, West Virginia · EIN 556023833. 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 28 grants in 2024, a median of $35K each.

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$2.5M
paid in 2024
28
grants paid
$35K
median grant
5%
to first-time recipients
$31.9M
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
BRADLEY M ROWE PRESIDENT
Address
PO BOX 6190, CHARLESTON, WV, 25362
Phone
3043432201
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
PRESCRIBED FORM USED - CONTACT ABOVE FOR GUIDELINES AND FORM.
Submission deadline
OCTOBER 1 OF EACH YEAR.
Restrictions on awards
GRANTS MADE PRIMARILY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN WV AND OTHER EDUCATION RELATED PURSUITS IN KANAWHA COUNTY, WV.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202640569349100414. 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.

scholarship endowmentscholarships

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 28 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of WvWV$500,000BUILDING REVITALIZATION
2Marshall University Foundation IncWV$500,000SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT
3University of Charleston IncWV$500,000BUILDING RENOVATION & SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT
4Wv Independent Colleges & UniversitiesWV$120,000SCHOLARSHIPS
5Marshall University Foundation IncWV$100,000WRITING AWARDS - SPEND & ENDOWMENT
6The Foundation for Thomas Memorial and Saint Francis Hospitals IncWV$100,000ASPIRING NURSE PROGRAM
7Wvsom Foundation IncWV$100,000SCHOLARSHIPS
8Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of WvWV$70,000OPERATING FUNDS
9Concord University Foundation IncWV$60,000SCHOLARSHIPS
10West Virginia Wesleyan CollegeWV$60,000UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
11Wv State University Foundation IncWV$50,000SCHOLARSHIPS
12West Virginia Symphony Orchestra IncWV$48,000OPERATING FUNDS
13West Virginia Symphony Orchestra IncWV$45,000COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS WITH WV HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
14Marshall University Foundation IncWV$40,000STUDY ABROAD SCHOLARSHIPS
15Glenville State University FoundationWV$30,000SCHOLARSHIPS

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202035$2.1M
202134$2.4M
202230$2.4M
202325$2.3M
202428$2.5M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
West Virginia96%
North Carolina4%

Who decides

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

Dr Elizabeth Maier ChernowDIRECTOR · 2024
Dr J Gregory RosencranceDIRECTOR · 2024
Honorable John T Copenhaver JrDIRECTOR · 2024
Mr Bradley M RowePRESIDENT & DIRECTOR · 2024
Mr Edward H MaierSECRETARY & DIRECTOR · 2024
Mr Edward H Maier JrDIRECTOR · 2024
Mr J Randy ValentineTREASURER & DIRECTOR · 2024
Mr Thomas W RoweDIRECTOR · 2024
Ms Chelsea R KinzingerASST. SECRETARY · 2024
Ms Elizabeth a CulwellDIRECTOR · 2024
Ms Sara M RoweVICE PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR · 2024

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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