Funding search · EIN 016225742 · Wheeling, WV

Chris Hess Foundation

Name: Chris Hess Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

44
grants reported: $1.5M
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.

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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.

Top recipients

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

Oglebay Foundation4 grants · $820,000
Wheeling Central4 grants · $195,000
Ymca of Wheeling4 grants · $150,000
Think Pink3 grants · $50,000
The Linsly School1 grant · $50,000
Oglebay Institute4 grants · $45,000
Moundsville Veterans Honor Guard4 grants · $40,000
Good Shepherd Nursing Home2 grants · $35,000
Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley1 grant · $20,000
Ohio Valley Wellnes Coalition2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$350,000

2022

$310,000

2023

$301,000

2024

$582,000

2025

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

$220,000
Oglebay Foundation · Wheeling, WV · 2025
Charitable
$200,000
Oglebay Foundation · Wheeling, WV · 2024
Charitable
$200,000
Oglebay Foundation · Wheeling, WV · 2023
Charitable
$200,000
Oglebay Foundation · Wheeling, WV · 2022
Charitable
$110,000
Ymca of Wheeling · Wheeling, WV · 2025
Charitable
$75,000
Wheeling Central · Wheeling, WV · 2025
Charitable
$50,000
The Linsly School · Wheeling, WV · 2025
Charitable
$40,000
Wheeling Central · Wheeling, WV · 2024
Charitable
$40,000
Wheeling Central · Wheeling, WV · 2023
Charitable
$40,000
Wheeling Central · Wheeling, WV · 2022
Charitable
$30,000
Think Pink · Wheeling, WV · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Good Shepherd Nursing Home · Wheeling, WV · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley · Wheeling, WV · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Faith in Action · Wheeling, WV · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Oglebay Institute · Wheeling, WV · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Orchard Park Hospital · Wheeling, WV · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Ymca of Wheeling · Wheeling, WV · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Ymca of Wheeling · Wheeling, WV · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Holy Family Child Care & Development Center · Wheeling, WV · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
King'S Daughters · Wheeling, WV · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Moundsville Veterans Honor Guard · Moundsville, WV · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Newbridge Academy for Kids · Wheeling, WV · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Ohio Valley Wellnes Coalition · Wheeling, WV · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Moundsville Veterans Honor Guard · Moundsville, WV · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Oglebay Institute · Wheeling, WV · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Ohio Valley Wellnes Coalition · Wheeling, WV · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Think Pink · Wheeling, WV · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Faith in Action Caregivers · Wheeling, WV · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Good Shepherd Nursing Home · Wheeling, WV · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Moundsville Veterans Honor Guard · Moundsville, WV · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Oglebay Institute · Wheeling, WV · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Think Pink · Wheeling, WV · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Moundsville Veterans Honor Guard · Moundsville, WV · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Oglebay Institute · Wheeling, WV · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley · Wheeling, WV · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Wheeling Country Day School · Wheeling, WV · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Ymca of Wheeling · Wheeling, WV · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
American Legion Post #1 · Wheeling, WV · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
St Vincent De Paul Parish · Wheeling, WV · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Casa for Children · Moundsville, WV · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Faith in Action Caregivers · Wheeling, WV · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Valley Hospice · Wheeling, WV · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley (Ovgh History Group) · Wheeling, WV · 2024
Charitable

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.