Funding search · EIN 202790169 · Wheeling, WV

Karl and Mildred Niekamp Charitable Foundation

Name: Karl and Mildred Niekamp Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

43
grants reported: $697,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

student department concert feeding kitchen music peoples soul

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

2 grants matching “curtain” · $91,500

$51,500
Strand Theatre Preservation Society · Moundsville, WV · 2025
Fire Curtain Replacement
$40,000
Strand Theatre Preservation Society · Moundsville, WV · 2024
Fire Curtain Replacement

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Strand Theatre Preservation Society4 grants · $198,500
Cameron High School3 grants · $77,500
Marshall County Historical Society4 grants · $61,000
Simpson United Methodist Church4 grants · $61,000
Moundsville Middle School3 grants · $59,000
Moundsville Marshall Co Library2 grants · $46,000
John Marshall High School4 grants · $26,000
Wvncc Foundation1 grant · $25,000
Moundsville Marshall Co Public Lib1 grant · $23,000
Wheeling Symphony4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$180,500

2022

$174,500

2023

$167,000

2024

$175,000

2025

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

$57,000
Strand Theatre Preservation Society · Moundsville, WV · 2022
System Upgrade
$51,500
Strand Theatre Preservation Society · Moundsville, WV · 2025
Fire Curtain Replacement
$50,000
Strand Theatre Preservation Society · Moundsville, WV · 2023
Stage Renovation
$42,500
Cameron High School · Moundsville, WV · 2024
Band Student Assistance Fund and AP Tests
$40,000
Strand Theatre Preservation Society · Moundsville, WV · 2024
Fire Curtain Replacement
$38,500
Moundsville Marshall Co Library · Moundsville, WV · 2025
Microfilm Digitization Project and computers
$30,000
Moundsville Middle School · Cameron, WV · 2024
Art Dept Student Assistance Fund Band Uniforms
$25,000
Wvncc Foundation · Wheeling, WV · 2023
Scholarship Fund
$23,000
Moundsville Marshall Co Public Lib · Moundsville, WV · 2022
Generator and Blinds
$20,000
Cameron High School · Moundsville, WV · 2025
Student Assistance Fund and AP Tests
$20,000
Marshall County Historical Society · Glen Dale, WV · 2025
Visitor Center RepairsCockayne House
$20,000
Cameron Middle School · Cameron, WV · 2023
Student Assistance Fund and AP Fees Assistance
$20,000
Moundsville Middle School · Moundsville, WV · 2023
Student Assistance Fund and Art Department Grant
$20,000
Simpson United Methodist Church · Moundsville, WV · 2023
Feeding People & Soul Kitchen
$20,000
Marshall County Historical Society · Moundsville, WV · 2022
Repaint Cockayne Farmhouse
$20,000
Simpson United Methodist Church · Moundsville, WV · 2022
Feeding People & Soul Kitchen
$18,000
Helping Heroes · Wheeling, WV · 2022
Hanidcapped Access Van
$16,000
Marshall County Historical Society · Glen Dale, WV · 2024
Visitor Cntr RepairsCockayne House Winterization
$15,000
Simpson United Methodist Church · Moundsville, WV · 2025
Feeding Body & Soul Kitchen
$15,000
Cameron High School · Cameron, WV · 2022
Student Assistance Fund and AP Fees Assistance
$10,000
John Marshall High School · Moundsville, WV · 2025
Monarch Tidings Performance
$10,000
Washington Lands Elementary School · Moundsville, WV · 2023
Music Department
$9,500
John Marshall High School · Glen Dale, WV · 2023
Music Department and Drug Free Club
$9,000
Moundsville Middle School · Moundsville, WV · 2022
Student Assistance Fund
$7,500
Moundsville Marshall Co Library · Moundsville, WV · 2024
Microfilm Digitization Project
$7,000
McNinch Primary School · Moundsville, WV · 2022
Student Assistance Fund and Food Program
$6,000
Simpson United Methodist Church · Moundsville, WV · 2024
Feeding Body & Soul Kitchen General Operations
$5,000
Center McMechen Elementary · McMechen, WV · 2025
Student Assistance Fund
$5,000
McNinch Primary School · Moundsville, WV · 2025
Student assistance fund
$5,000
Sherrard Middle School · Wheeling, WV · 2025
Student Assistance Fund
$5,000
Wheeling Symphony · Wheeling, WV · 2025
Young Peoples Concert
$5,000
Central Elementary School · Moundsville, WV · 2024
Student Assistance Fund
$5,000
John Marshall High School · Moundsville, WV · 2024
Music Department
$5,000
McNinch Primary School · Moundsville, WV · 2024
Student assistance fund
$5,000
Sherrard Middle School · Wheeling, WV · 2024
Student Assistance Fund
$5,000
Wheeling Symphony · Wheeling, WV · 2024
Young Peoples Concert
$5,000
Central Elementary School · Moundsville, WV · 2023
Student Assistance Fund
$5,000
Marshall County Historical Society · Moundsville, WV · 2023
Cockayne Farmhouse General Operations
$5,000
St Vincent De Paul Church · New Martinsville, WV · 2023
Food Pantry
$5,000
Wheeling Symphony · Wheeling, WV · 2023
Young Peoples Concert
$5,000
Central Elementary School · Moundsville, WV · 2022
Student Assistance Fund
$5,000
Wheeling Symphony · Wheeling, WV · 2022
Young Peoples Concert
$1,500
John Marshall High School · Glen Dale, WV · 2022
Music Department

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