Funding search · EIN 870786480 · Bluefield, WV

The June Oblinger Shott Foundation

Name: The June Oblinger Shott 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.

34
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $45,000
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.

Grant history

All 34 reported grants, largest first.

$140,000
City of Bluefield · Bluefield, WV · 2024
Charitable - mitchell stadium/shooting range project
$133,000
City of Bluefield · Bluefield, WV · 2025
Charitable - splash pad project
$59,000
City of Bluefield · Bluefield, WV · 2023
Charitable - hardy street park facelift and renovations
$55,287
Bluefield State University · Bluefield, WV · 2024
Educational - football program
$53,012
City of Bluefield · Bluefield, WV · 2024
Charitable - holiday of lights
$50,000
Bluefield University · Bluefield, VA · 2025
Educational - dome renovation
$50,000
City of Bluefield · Bluefield, WV · 2025
Charitable - mitchell stadium/shale renovation
$50,000
Bluefield High School · Bluefield, WV · 2023
Educational - athletics
$50,000
Bluefield State University · Bluefield, WV · 2023
Educational - athletics
$50,000
Bluefield University · Bluefield, VA · 2023
Educational - athletics
$50,000
Graham High School · Bluefield, VA · 2023
Educational - athletics
$50,000
Town of Bluefield · Bluefield, VA · 2023
Charitable - improvements to golf cart paths
$50,000
Bluefield High School · Bluefield, WV · 2022
Educational - for recreational facitlity improvements
$50,000
Bluefield State University · Bluefield, WV · 2022
Educational - recreational facility improvements
$50,000
Bluefield University · Bluefield, VA · 2022
Educational - recreational facility improvements
$50,000
Graham High School · Bluefield, VA · 2022
Educational - for recreational facility improvements
$50,000
Town of Bluefield · Bluefield, VA · 2022
Charitable - recreational facility improvements
$40,000
Town of Bluefield · Bluefield, VA · 2022
Charitable - fincastle baby pool renovations
$26,135
Wade Center · Bluefield, WV · 2025
Charitable - playground equipment
$26,000
Bluefield Little League · Bluefield, VA · 2022
Charitable - for utility building and fence repairs
$25,000
City of Bluefield · Bluefield, WV · 2024
Charitable - police department (education and training)
$21,988
Bluefield State University · Bluefield, WV · 2023
Educational - scorer's table
$20,000
Town of Bluefield · Bluefield, VA · 2025
Charitable - fincastle golf course aera vator
$15,000
Bluefield High School · Bluefield, WV · 2025
Educational - football equipment
$15,000
Graham High School · Bluefield, VA · 2025
Educational - girls sports athletic room
$13,037
West Virginia Garden Club · Charles Town, WV · 2025
Charitable - bluefield high school campus
$11,990
Town of Bluefield · Bluefield, VA · 2022
Charitable - christmas committee annual tree lighting
$10,000
Helping Hands Ministry · High Point, NC · 2024
Charitable - building materials for flood victim homes
$8,000
City of Bluefield · Bluefield, WV · 2024
Charitable - fitness and recreation center
$7,500
Special Olympics West Virginia · Hurricane, WV · 2023
Charitable -mercer county events for disabled athletes
$5,500
Teen Venture · Richlands, VA · 2022
Charitable - equipment and mural project at skate park
$5,000
Special Olympics West Virginia · Hurricane, WV · 2022
Charitable -mercer county events for disabled athletes
$4,000
Bluefield High School · Bluefield, WV · 2024
Educational - athletic program
$1,000
Blue Ridge Junior Golf Tour · Bluefield, WV · 2022
Charitable - 2022 tour

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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.