Open Foundations · West Virginia

Darrell K Cales Trust

Rainelle, West Virginia · EIN 816410366. 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 $667K across 36 grants in 2025, a median of $11K each.

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$667K
paid in 2025
36
grants paid
$11K
median grant
16%
to first-time recipients
$6.4M
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
JOHN BUCKLAND
Address
732 MAIN STREET, RAINELLE, WV, 25962
Phone
3044385611
Form the request should take
NO SPECIFIC FORM IS REQUIRED. ALL REQUESTS SHOULD OUTLINE THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND TIMELINE.
Submission deadline
THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC SUBMISSION DEADLINES
Restrictions on awards
SCHOLARSHIPS ARE LIMITED TO GRADUATES OF GREENBRIER WEST HIGH SCHOOL, MEADOW BRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, SUMMERS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDLAND TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL. ALL OTHER GRANTS (GOVERNMENTAL, CHARITABLE OR RELIGIOUS) ARE LIMITED TO THE DESIGNATED GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY,FAYETTE COUNTY AND SUMMERS COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202621009349101962. 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 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

community

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 36 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Sewell Valley Baptist ChurchWV$75,000GENERAL SUPPORT
2College Scholarships to Local GraduWV$72,500SCHOLARSHIPS
3Town of RainelleWV$57,800GENERAL SUPPORT
4Greenbrier West High SchoolWV$40,200COMMUNITY SUPPORT & EQUIPMENY
5Quinwood Volunteer Fire DepartmentWV$39,500COMMUNITY SUPPORT
6Hinton Area FoundationWV$30,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT
7First Baptist Church of RainelleWV$25,428GENERAL SUPPORT
8Grace Bible AcademyWV$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT
9Greenrbier Historical SocietyWV$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT
10Summers County Public LibraryWV$25,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT
11Western Greenbrier Little LeagueWV$22,500GENERAL SUPPORT
12Marvel CenterWV$20,000COMMUNITY SUPPORT
13Wellspring of Greenbrier IncWV$20,000GENERAL SUPPORT
14Clintonville Fire DepartmentWV$15,000GENERAL SUPPORT
15Rainelle Volunteer Fire DepartmenWV$15,000GENERAL SUPPORT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202035$390K
202154$655K
202243$592K
202331$531K
202432$597K
2025 (partial year)36$667K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
West Virginia100%

Who decides

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

Andrea PendletonDIRECTOR · 2025
David RossDIRECTOR · 2025
John BucklandCHAIRMAN · 2025
Sandra SorrellsDIRECTOR · 2025
Venetta BrownDIRECTOR · 2025

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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