CFOV: Community Impact Grants

Community Impact Grants

While many of the charitable funds established at the Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley, Inc. have been either designated for a specific purpose or are otherwise restricted in their distribution, the Foundation has developed a pool of several unrestricted funds. These funds were accumulated from multiple donors who simply wanted to make an unrestricted gift and placed their trust in the Community Foundation to manage the gifts and their distributions.

It is these unrestricted funds that allow the Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley to engage in a process of “Community Impact” grant-making each year.

Focus Areas

• Substance Abuse Prevention/Treatment
• Next Generation Leadership/Mentoring
• Youth Recreation/Activities
• Programs that enhance Economic Development and Workforce Development

While these focus areas have been identified by the foundation, they do not prohibit funding to projects that fall outside the areas should they be a great benefit to the community.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

• Applicants must be a 501(c)(3) as determined by the IRS, faith-based organization, or government entity (i.e. libraries, schools, etc.).
• Organizations must provide services within the counties of Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Tyler and Wetzel in West Virginia and Belmont and Jefferson in Ohio.

Ineligibility

• CFOV generally does not make grants to support:
  • Annual appeals or fundraising campaigns
  • Organizations outside of our service area
  • Endowment campaigns
  • Sectarian religious purposes
  • Loans or loan pay-offs
  • General operating or maintenance grants for established organizations