Beckley Area Foundation Community Grant Program

The Beckley Area Foundation Community Grant Program supports charitable organizations in Raleigh County by providing discretionary grants focused on pressing community needs. Priorities include innovative projects, seed funding for new initiatives, and efforts that address underserved populations. Eligible applicants must be nonprofit entities or public institutions, with projects benefiting Raleigh County within a defined grant period. The foundation emphasizes projects that ensure sustainable support and address urgent needs.

Community Grant Process
Using the pooled income from our discretionary funds, Beckley Area Foundation addresses the community's most pressing needs and promising opportunities. BAF makes annual discretionary grants to charitable organizations serving Raleigh County in the areas of:

• Animal ServicesArtsBasic NeedsCivic beautificationEconomic DevelopmentEducationHealth and Human ServicesPublic recreation
• Grant Priorities
• BAF places priority on the following types of projects:

Innovative special projects not part of the ongoing maintenance or operation of the organization.Seed money for pilot projects or for new organization designed to respond to unmet or emerging community needs.Projects that either serves a significant number of residents or reach a group of under-served residents of Raleigh County.Capital and equipment needs.Matching grants to provide leverage for additional funding.Projects that empower organizations to obtain on-going financial support from other sources.Sudden or urgent needs where prior planning for such needs could not reasonably have been made.

Eligibility

The Foundation considers grant requests from organizations which are:Designated as a nonprofit under Section 501-c-3 of the Internal Revenue Code or is a public institution, school or municipality. An IRS determination letter verifies 501-c-3 status.Programs funded must directly benefit Raleigh County. While the proposed program itself must serve Raleigh County, the applicant organization is not required to be headquartered in Raleigh County.Project or program must occur within the defined grant period: April 1, 2025 — March 31, 2026.

Ineligibility

Generally grants are not made for the following purposes:Projects outside the grant period of April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026On-going maintenance & operating expensesPolitical purposes or lobbyingSectarian religious programsStaff salaries or wagesJerseys or uniformsAnnual campaignsTravel expensesFood for eventsEndowmentsBAF does not accept requests on behalf of individuals or groups that do not have official recognition as a non-profit charitable entity or public institution.