Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

• $348,000

  West Virginia University Foundation · Morgantown, WV · 2024

  For the sparking early literacy growth in west virginia next phase grant program, which supports transformational early literacy programs for children in west virginia from birth to age 8 in high-need areas

• $274,000

  Coalfield Development Corp · Huntington, WV · 2024

  To launch a first of its kind climate change resiliency strategy to transform the economy in the coalfields region of west virginia as part of the national build back better challenge (over three years)

• $200,000

  The Education Alliance-Business and Community for Public Schools · Charleston, WV · 2024

  To create accelerated career pathways from k-12 for high skill/high wage jobs for youth in healthcare and manufacturing through the career acceleration, readiness, and employment experiences for regional students progra…

• $200,000

  Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit · Camp Hill, PA · 2024

  For the pennsylvania school-age child care alliance to convene the out-of-school time community around a cohesive statewide advocacy agenda to increase dedicated funding and support to out-of-school time organizations

• $175,000

  Friends of Blackwater · Thomas, WV · 2024

  For the west virginia mountain railroad historic trail project, which aims to activate the strategy for a new 107-mile regional trail connecting 20 towns and hubs between elkins, blackwater canyon, and the chesapeake an…

• $175,000

  Allegheny Conference On Community Development · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  To support the allegheny conferences 2024-2026 work plan, which strives to advance a thriving, future-focused economy for southwestern pennsylvania

• $160,000

  West Virginia Manufacturers Association Educational Fund · Buckhannon, WV · 2024

  To strengthen west virginias manufacturing career pipeline, through advancing manufacturing education and engaging industry professionals in high-level programming

• $150,000

  Valley School of Ligonier · Ligonier, PA · 2024

  To support valley schools child-centered learning model rooted in connection to nature, through the construction of the paul g. Benedum, jr. Nature playground and expanded trout program (over two years)

• $150,000

  American Heart Association West Virginia · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  To catalyze the west virginia food ecosystem by evaluating and strengthening the capacity of healthy kids, inc. And their central kitchen project (over two years)

• $150,000

  The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  To support the professional development needs of early childhood providers, as they navigate new methods of classroom delivery designed to reduce the incidence of learning loss and ensure preparedness as children transi…

• $150,000

  Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation · Homestead, PA · 2024

  To develop sustainable cultural/economic growth in the city of monongahela and the mid-monongahela valley (over three years)

• $150,000

  Allegheny Intermediate Unit · Homestead, PA · 2024

  To support catalytic grantmaking that enables schools and out-of-school programs to test audacious ideas around redesigning school systems, reengineering instruction, and co-authoring personalized learning for all stude…

• $150,000

  Pittsburgh Opera · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  For operating support for the 2024-25 season

• $145,000

  Team for West Virginia Children · Huntington, WV · 2024

  For partners in community outreach to build the capacity of in-home family education programs to serve young children and their families

• $130,000

  Tug River Health Association · Gary, WV · 2024

  To staff and re-open dental services at the main health center, at the school based health center, and on a mobile unit

• $130,000

  West Virginians for Affordable Health Care · Charleston, WV · 2024

  To connect every west virginian, especially children, low-income or underemployed workers, and people with disabilities, to the appropriate healthcare system

• $129,700

  West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine · Lewisburg, WV · 2024

  To create and implement an extensive social determinants of health clinical rotation for student doctors to enhance care for patients in rural communities

• $125,000

  Edventure Group · Morgantown, WV · 2024

  For the west virginia entrepreneurship ecosystem which promotes connection and collaboration of entrepreneurs with essential resources to ensure any individual can be successful in starting and growing innovative busine…

• $125,000

  Seed Sower · Meadow Bridge, WV · 2024

  To support sustainability strategies for recovery housing and transportation programs

• $125,000

  Intermediate Unit 1 · Coal Center, PA · 2024

  To expand bricolages "midnight radio jr." programming into all intermediate unit 1 alternative schools and extend programming into frazier and magnolia schools

• $125,000

  Greenbrier County Health Alliance · Lewisburg, WV · 2024

  To develop new programs and partnerships in collaboration with the center for rural and community health to address health disparities and conduct community-driven research

• $125,000

  Allegheny Partners for Out-of-School Time Apost · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  To strengthen and improve the quality of out-of-school time organizations in allegheny county through advocacy, professional development, networking, and quality initiatives

• $125,000

  West Virginia Nonprofit Association · Wheeling, WV · 2024

  To refine the west virginia nonprofit association's programming and strategies for member engagement and recruitment, addressing the sector's distinct challenges while maintaining essential capacity-building support

• $120,000

  West Virginia Department of Arts Culture and History · Charleston, WV · 2024

  For the steam power mini-grant initiative that encourages the integration of the arts and stem disciplines through the funding of innovative, hands-on, and educational school and community projects

• $120,000

  Everychild Now · Charleston, WV · 2024

  For everychild now to advance child well-being through five critical aspects of a childs life: education, economy, connection, neighborhood, and healthcare

• $120,000

  West Virginia University Foundation · Morgantown, WV · 2024

  For the appalachian vision outreach program which addresses vision care to west virginia adult patients that are financially or geographically isolated

• $120,000

  Martinsburg Initiative · Martinsburg, WV · 2024

  To explore a behavioral health center expansion of services to mitigate the negative consequences resulting from substance misuse and/or trauma to high-risk children

• $120,000

  West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation · Fairmont, WV · 2024

  For the innova commercialization program which will provide a pathway for early-stage companies to access support and capital

• $120,000

  Main Street Morgantown · Morgantown, WV · 2024

  For the artisan entrepreneurship program which will help morgantown-area creative entrepreneurs develop sustainable local businesses by providing access to low-cost workspace, business coaching and education, and tangib…

• $116,500

  West Virginia University Foundation · Morgantown, WV · 2024

  For the west virginia public education collaboratives continued efforts toward increasing statewide reading proficiency by identifying, funding, supporting, scaling, and evaluating early literacy projects (over two year…

• $115,000

  Pittsburgh Symphony · Pittsbugh, PA · 2024

  For operating support for the 2024-25 season

• $110,000

  McDowell County Commission On Aging · Welch, WV · 2024

  To reduce the tobacco use rate among african americans in west virginia by building the capacity of the west virginia african american tobacco prevention network

• $110,000

  Wv Perinatal Partnership · Charleston, WV · 2024

  For the pilot project to examine the use of moodr healths digital healthcare solution with the west virginia drug free moms and babies program

• $110,000

  Future Generations University Corporation · Franklin, WV · 2024

  To enhance farm-to-school participation among high school agriculture students across west virginia

• $110,000

  Preston-Taylor Community Health Centers Incorporated · Grafton, WV · 2024

  To establish a school-based health center in taylor county, west virginia

• $110,000

  American Friends Service Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  To support a guaranteed income pilot in partnership with zion child development center, serving low-income families in charleston, west virginia

• $110,000

  Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley · Wheeling, WV · 2024

  For grants to community-based, people of color-led groups or organizations to advance racial justice initiatives and build capacity for continued work across west virginia

• $110,000

  Legal Aid of West Virginia · Charleston, WV · 2024

  To support the lawyer in the school program, partnering with public schools to provide legal help to caregivers, ensuring that children remain healthy, safe, and housed in stable family units

• $106,960

  Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area · Elkins, WV · 2024

  To expand the successful highlands creative economy initiative, using collaboration and assistance to enhance cultural heritage, natural, and human assets to grow tourism and benefit communities (over two years)

• $104,000

  United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley · Parkersburg, WV · 2024

  To support the development and implementation of a statewide coalition addressing mental health and substance use disorder across sectors

• $104,000

  West Virginia Military Authority · Charleston, WV · 2024

  To support small business education and outreach focused on veterans, active military personnel, and military family members by providing entrepreneurship skills training, covering business concepts through to operations

• $102,500

  Civil-Military Innovation Institute · Morgantown, WV · 2024

  For civil-military innovation institute, in partnership with the clay county school district, to develop a hands-on, experiential learning, technology and innovation-focused curriculum for high school students

• $100,000

  Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  For operating support for the 2024-25 season

• $100,000

  Bridgeway Capital · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  To operationalize the monongahela valley progress economic development initiative with mission lending to businesses in southwestern pennsylvania and northern west virginia (over three years)

• $100,000

  August Wilson African American Cultural Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  For fellowships that will contribute to the pipeline of arts management professionals of color, benefiting the field, as well as the pittsburgh arts ecosystem (over two years)

• $100,000

  Friends of New River Gorge National River · Oak Hill, WV · 2024

  To hire an executive director for the friends of new river gorge national park to lead organizational change from a volunteer organization to a professionally led nonprofit

• $100,000

  Butler Area School District · Butler, PA · 2024

  For a microcredentialing pilot program designed to empower students to earn transcript credit through purpose-driven learning, with a focus on building meaningful relationships

• $100,000

  Communityworks in West Virginia · Charleston Wv, WV · 2024

  To provide housing and community development organizations in west virginia with summer interns; creating future capacity in the nonprofit housing and community development sectors

• $100,000

  Capitol Market · Charleston, WV · 2024

  For the "outdoor market growth at capitol market" project which is aimed at growing support, capacity, and sustainability for growers, farmers, and producers in the outside section of the farmer's market

• $100,000

  Wv Hive Network · Beckley, WV · 2024

  To support west virginia hives entrepreneurial assistance efforts in their expanded service area covering 13 counties

• $100,000

  West Virginia University Foundation · Morgantown, WV · 2024

  To train emergency medical service personnel on mindfulness-based resilience training aimed at mitigating occupational trauma and increasing resilience in this workforce

• $100,000

  West Virginia University Foundation · Morgantown, WV · 2024

  To develop and pilot a methodology for identifying and aligning current workforce skills with future workforce demand, ensuring communities successfully navigate significant economic transitions

• $100,000

  West Virginia University Foundation · Morgantown, WV · 2024

  For ignitewv, a program open to all west virginian residents to support the start and growth of businesses (over two years)

• $100,000

  West Virginia Rural Health Association · Barboursville, WV · 2024

  To develop a platform to disseminate rural health best practices and resources to enable shared learning among rural health stakeholders and to host the west virginia rural health conference

• $100,000

  West Virginia Alliance for Creative Health Solutions Inc (Wvachs) · Culloden, WV · 2024

  To further develop a sustainable practice-based research network and for the mentoring of emerging leaders in primary care and medical trainees in translational research

• $100,000

  United Way of Harrison County · Clarksburg, WV · 2024

  For medical respite care, an intentional strategy to disrupt the cycle of certain categories of homelessness by addressing acute/chronic health issues and social determinants of health

• $100,000

  The Good Nation Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

  For the west virginia science and technology policy fellowship program, which provides rigorous, non-partisan science and technology policy research and analysis for members of the west virginia legislature

• $100,000

  Riffraff Arts Collective · Princeton, WV · 2024

  For create your state to provide immersive, experiential learning tours, cultivate a peer-to-peer network, and offer mentorship and coaching

• $100,000

  Public Health Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024

  To provide capacity-building support aiming to accelerate multi-sector partnerships that support improved health and economic vitality to wild, wonderful and healthy west virginia

• $100,000

  Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  For operating support for the 2024-25 season

• $100,000

  Oglebay Foundation · Wheeling, WV · 2024

  To modernize programs needed to position oglebay and wheeling park for success in their second century of service to the community (over two years)

• $100,000

  Montgomery General Healthcare System · Montgomery, WV · 2024

  For the opening of a pulmonary center, seeking to be a part of a grace anne dorney koppel pulmonary network for communication, best practices, and training, within montgomery general hospital

• $98,000

  Marshall County Family Resource Network · Moundsville, WV · 2024

  For the appalachian innovation collective to provide nonprofit leadership and organizational development services to improve the capacity and quality of nonprofit organizations and their leaders (over two years)

• $98,000

  Libera · Morgantown, WV · 2024

  To increase access to steam career exposure activities for elementary students and employment access for young women in at-risk environments through the expansion of liberas social enterprise model

• $96,000

  Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education · Oakland, MD · 2024

  To develop a robust and well-resourced network of k-12 youth-serving practitioners to increase access to entrepreneurial opportunities for youth (over two years)

• $92,000

  West Virginia Alliance for Creative Health Solutions Inc (Wvachs) · Culloden, WV · 2024

  To expand the catch my breath vaping prevention program to an additional six west virginia counties, 12 schools, and 4,000 students with the goal of preventing first use of nicotine (over two years)

• $91,542

  Shepherd Entrepreneurship and Research Corporation · Shepherdstown, WV · 2024

  For the community leadership & civil advocacy certificate program which prepares students to actively pursue community leadership roles and effectively advocate for themselves and their communities (over two years)

• $90,000

  The Reach Initiative · Charleston, WV · 2024

  For the integration of a reentry navigator model that targets justice-involved populations to improve health outcomes and successful community reentry using marshall universitys community health worker-integrated chroni…

• $90,000

  West Virginia University Foundation · Morgantown, WV · 2024

  For reach, a program to increase matriculation, persistence, and graduation rates for under-represented and under-resourced students throughout their college career (over two years)

• $90,000

  Alzheimer'S Disease and Related Disorders Association · South Charleston, WV · 2024

  To implement state policy and infrastructure, to foster public health efforts that support residents and families in navigating alzheimer's disease and dementia, while focusing on aging in place

• $85,000

  West Virginia Child Abuse Network · Charleston, WV · 2024

  For the west virginia child abuse medical program to improve the quality and accessibility of specialized child abuse medical care throughout west virginia

• $85,000

  Pittsburgh Chapter National Tooling & Machining Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  For botsiq to inspire students to pursue careers in manufacturing by equipping teachers with the necessary tools and knowledge to introduce manufacturing concepts effectively

• $84,400

  Augusta Heritage Center · Elkins, WV · 2024

  For the augusta heritage centers community educational outreach program, reaching four counties in north-central west virginia

• $80,000

  Fayette County Cultural Trust · Connellsville, PA · 2024

  To continue the expansion of the rural arts collaborative arts education project in washington, fayette, and greene county schools

• $80,000

  Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  For the expansion of a school-based model to engage students in deep exploration of data within a socially minded context across various courses

• $80,000

  Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  For the entertainment technology center to partner with educational providers to establish relevant, equitable, and engaging learning opportunities inspired by the use of ed-tech

• $80,000

  Rural Health Access Corporation (Dba Coalfield Health Center) · Chapmanville, WV · 2024

  To urgently address the pressing challenges associated with pediatric mental health and substance use disorder in the southern coalfields of appalachia (over two years)

• $80,000

  Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2024

  For the implementation of a community impact approach focused on the facilitation of kindergarten readiness initiatives in clay and nicholas counties

• $80,000

  Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corp · Norwalk, CT · 2024

  For the formative research phase of a statewide community-based stigma reduction campaign in west virginia, to reduce public stigmas against people with substance use disorder

• $80,000

  West Virginia Association for Young Children · Clarksburg, WV · 2024

  To improve child care infrastructure, build provider capacity, and advocate for the expansion of dedicated funding to increase access to affordable, high-quality early education programs

• $80,000

  Woodlands Community Lenders · Elkins, WV · 2024

  To support regional grant coordination and capacity-building strategies within the monongahela forest towns partnership through a grant opportunity from the appalachian regional commissions partnerships (over three year…

• $75,000

  West Virginia University Foundation · Morgantown, WV · 2024

  For the west virginia statewide afterschool network to launch new quality initiatives in support of out-of-school time providers, including an online training platform aligned to statewide standards

• $75,000

  Marshall University Foundation Incorporated · Huntington, WV · 2024

  To transform higher education, marshall inside integrates online and in-person learning, on-the-job training, mentorship, and micro-credentialing to support learners often excluded from traditional systems

• $75,000

  West Virginia Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics · Fairmont, WV · 2024

  To support the west virginia chapter of pediatricians to provide evidenced-based programming and to serve as advocates for children and families (over two years)

• $75,000

  West Virginia Association of Free Clinics · Beckley, WV · 2024

  To strengthen the free clinic association in response to the covid-19 pandemics impact and enhance healthcare access for the uninsured and medically underserved

• $75,000

  Wheeling Hospital · Wheeling, WV · 2024

  To create school-based health centers for increased healthcare access to students and teachers in ohio county schools, beginning with madison elementary school

• $75,000

  West Virginia University Foundation · Morgantown, WV · 2024

  For the west virginia community-driven outdoor recreation economy initiative, a statewide collaborative effort aimed at expanding west virginias outdoor economy through advancing local businesses and nonprofit organizat…

• $75,000

  Renewall · Huntington, WV · 2024

  For renewalls cultural wealth hub project, which aims to create a new heritage and cultural tourism destination, contributing to local and regional economic diversification and neighborhood revitalization

• $75,000

  Homeless Children'S Education Fund · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  For the expansion of the teen career education opportunities program, which is designed for rising 11th and 12th-grade students who have experienced or are experiencing housing instability and are seeking meaningful wor…

• $75,000

  Foundation for the Tri-State · Huntington, WV · 2024

  For country roads angel network which assists west virginia entrepreneurs with mentoring and prepares them to raise money, while also building a broader network of potential early-stage investors in the state (over two …

• $75,000

  Renewable Manufacturing Gateway · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  To access state and federal investment for community lending, while expanding the delivery of lending products that serve worker transportation options, affordable housing, and small businesses (over two years)

• $75,000

  Heritage Farm Foundation · Huntington, WV · 2024

  To facilitate the programmatic expansion into adventure tourism and increase the long-term viability of the operation

• $75,000

  West Virginia University Foundation · Morgantown, WV · 2024

  To assist the west virginia university land use law clinic in collaborating with five communities to create a tailored comprehensive plan, meeting specific goals and objectives, while also developing a statewide compreh…

• $75,000

  Regional Economic Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania (Rid · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  To partner with distressed communities with seeds of growth to produce strategies that leverage community assets (over three years)

• $75,000

  August Wilson African American Cultural Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  For operating support for the 2024-25 season

• $75,000

  Mon Valley Alliance Foundation · Monongahela, PA · 2024

  To launch a business resource center within the mid mon valley, piloting a program to aid small businesses in accessing capacity-building resources to begin, grow, and scale

• $75,000

  The West Virginia Chamber Foundation · Charleston, WV · 2024

  For the expansion of the jobs for west virginia's graduates program, which enhances student outcomes by providing access and exposure to career and experiential learning opportunities, into jackson and clay counties

• $75,000

  National Youth Science Foundation · Davis, WV · 2024

  To improve cross-generational steam access, engagement, and identity for rural families in tucker county, west virginia, through the facilitation of co-designed, sociocultural steam-based experiences

• $75,000

  The Committee of Seventy · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  To engage teachers and k-12 students across southwestern pennsylvania in activities designed to develop civic skills and foster lifetime habits of citizenship

• $75,000

  County of Greene · Waynesburg, PA · 2024

  To develop the greene county business incubator into a fully operational incubator supporting the diversification of the local economy in a coal-impacted county and encouraging small, home-grown businesses in greene cou…