Warm Hearth Foundation Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Blacksburg, VA EIN: 54-1639629

Warm Hearth Foundation receives and administers supporting funds for the purposes of residents of warm hearth village as follows: (a) housing services to elderly and handicapped as provided by trolinger house, inc., new river house, inc., new century housing, inc., founders forest, inc., and warm hearth, inc., (b) non-profit nursing home and assisted living care as provided by nrv nursing center, inc., showalter center, inc., warm hearth at home, inc., and warm hearth hospice, inc.

Warm Hearth Foundation Inc at a glance

In short: Warm Hearth Foundation Inc gave $325K across 6 grants in 2025 (avg $54K), mostly in Virginia. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$325,137
+34.1% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
6
+50.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$54,190
-10.6% vs 2024
Median grant
$54,673
Total assets
$5,236,561
+30.0% vs 2024
Primary geography
Virginia (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Warm Hearth Foundation Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 6 recipients in 2025

Warm Hearth at Home Hospice: $116KWarm Hearth at Home Hospice$116KNRV Nursing Center Inc: $82KNRV Nursing Center Inc$82KWarm Hearth at Home Service: $75KWarm Hearth at Home Service$75KWarm Hearth: $34KWarm Hearth$34KTrolinger House Inc: $12KTrolinger House Inc$12KNew River House Inc: $5KNew River House Inc$5K

The largest 2025 recipient was Warm Hearth at Home Hospice ($116K). Together the top 6 received $325K.

Grant Size Distribution

18 grants across all recorded years

12<$50K4$50–100K2$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 12 grants of 18 (67%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 6 itemized grants.

States

Cities

Blacksburg

How Warm Hearth Foundation Inc gives

  • Giving grew 1332% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K$400K0 grants2019 3 grants2020 2 grants2021 2 grants2022 4 grants2023 4 grants2024 6 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $23K (2022) to $325K (2025). In 2025 it made 6 grants totaling $325K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Warm Hearth at Home Hospice Blacksburg, VAGeneral Support$115,942
NRV Nursing Center Inc Blacksburg, VAGeneral Support$82,145
Warm Hearth at Home Service Blacksburg, VAGeneral Support$75,000
Warm Hearth Blacksburg, VAGeneral Support$34,346
Trolinger House Inc Blacksburg, VAGeneral Support$12,272
New River House Inc Blacksburg, VAGeneral Support$5,432
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$5,236,561$675,979$789,040$325,1376$2,026
2024$4,027,224$746,266$708,536$242,3934$22,704
2023$3,485,543$780,258$538,828$87,7174$6,858
2022$3,186,690$569,564$350,140$22,7012$-3,756
2021$3,025,481$579,475$387,827$75,1372$206,676
2020$3,061,773$974,302$357,270$89,6303$-7,584
2019$2,343,883$500,941$350,111——$126,459

About Warm Hearth Foundation Inc

Based on IRS filings

Warm Hearth Foundation Inc is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Blacksburg, VA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $5.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 6 grants totaling $325K. Net investment income was $2K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Warm Hearth Foundation Inc is led by William Lester, President & CEO on every filing since 2024; none of the 12 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • William Lester

    President & CEO

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Spears

    Director

    Secretary → Treasurer, 2024

    Treasurer → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Thomas Pierce

    Director

    President → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Shepherd

    Director

    Director → Trustee, 2024

    Trustee → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karen Hanks

    Director

    Secretary → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Savanna Dyer

    Director

    Trustee → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Walter Williams

    Director of Network Services

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Molly Nevitt

    CFO

    CFO → Current CFO, 2020

    Current CFO → CFO, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tambra Dixon

    Vice President of Philanthropy

    Director of Marketing & Development → Director of Marketing, 2022

    Director of Marketing → Vice President of Philanthropy, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Alison Trigg

    Showalter Administrator

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joshua Toney

    Rn Administrator Warm Hearth at Home

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • William Jones

    Khcc Administrator

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (13)
  • Former: Kevin Sands (2023–2024) — Rn Director
  • Former: Shaunna Andrews (2024) — Director of Nursing
  • Former: Ed Bunce (2019–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Heather Gearhart (2019–2023) — Vice President
  • Former: Brad Dalton (2021–2023) — Former President & CEO
  • Former: Korie Flannagan (2023) — Nursing Home Administrator
  • Former: Lester Luther (2023) — President & CEO
  • Former: Ferne Moschella (2019–2021) — Former President & CEO
  • Former: Nancy Wolfe (2019–2020) — Secretary
  • Former: Wayne Howell (2019–2020) — Former CFO
  • Former: Ed Lawhorn (2019) — Treasurer
  • Former: Jo Lynn Price (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Tom Pierce (2019) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Warm Hearth Foundation Inc

How much does Warm Hearth Foundation Inc give each year?

Warm Hearth Foundation Inc gave $325K across 6 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $242K across 4 grants.

What is Warm Hearth Foundation Inc's typical grant size?

Warm Hearth Foundation Inc's median grant in 2025 was $54,673, and its average grant was $54,190, across 6 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Warm Hearth Foundation Inc give grants?

Warm Hearth Foundation Inc gives mostly in Virginia: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Blacksburg, VA (6 grants).

Does Warm Hearth Foundation Inc give general operating support?

Yes: 100% of Warm Hearth Foundation Inc's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (6 of 6) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Who are Warm Hearth Foundation Inc's largest grantees?

Warm Hearth Foundation Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Warm Hearth at Home Hospice ($115,942), NRV Nursing Center Inc ($82,145) and Warm Hearth at Home Service ($75,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 84% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Warm Hearth Foundation Inc?

Warm Hearth Foundation Inc reported $5.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $676K.

What is Warm Hearth Foundation Inc?

Warm Hearth Foundation Inc is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Blacksburg, VA. It holds $5.2M in total assets as of 2025.

What is Warm Hearth Foundation Inc's EIN?

Warm Hearth Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 54-1639629. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 10, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 11, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 11, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 17, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 8, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 3, 2026)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 2, 2020)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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