Maier Foundation Grants
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Can we apply?
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Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Other requirements
- Also, documentation confirming that the applicant is not a private foundation under Section 509(a)
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: In general, the Foundation is unable to provide grants to entities that are not classified as tax exempt under IRS Code Section 501(c)(3)
- Not eligible: Please note that the Maier Foundation does not grant scholarships directly to individuals
- Not eligible: And consistently rejects requests from
- Not eligible: Churches or religious organizations
- Not eligible: Political parties or politically-aligned organizations
- Not eligible: For-profit entities
- Not eligible: Individual students for direct scholarships
- Not eligible: Other private foundations
- Not eligible: Governmental entities
- Not eligible: Primary or secondary educational institutions
- Not eligible: Sports-related organizations
- Not eligible: The Foundation will not provide grants to any entity that deducts an advancement fee, gift fee, or other similar fee from a grant and reallocates that fee towards a different purpose, program, or effort (including any fundraising program), other than that purpose specified by the grant
Overview
Maier Foundation
A private, non-profit, charitable corporation for the furtherance of higher education in the State of West Virginia.
The primary focus of Maier Foundation, Inc. is on the furtherance of higher education in West Virginia and on the higher education of West Virginia residents attending colleges and universities elsewhere.
Eligibility
_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._
* Verification of federal tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service code.
* Also, documentation confirming that the applicant is not a private foundation under Section 509(a).
Ineligibility
* In general, the Foundation is unable to provide grants to entities that are not classified as tax exempt under IRS Code Section 501(c)(3).
* Please note that the Maier Foundation does not grant scholarships directly to individuals.
* The Foundation will not fund and consistently rejects requests from:
* Churches or religious organizations
* Political parties or politically-aligned organizations
* For-profit entities
* Individual students for direct scholarships
* Other private foundations
* Governmental entities
* Primary or secondary educational institutions
* Sports-related organizations
* The Foundation will not provide grants to any entity that deducts an advancement fee, gift fee, or other similar fee from a grant and reallocates that fee towards a different purpose, program, or effort (including any fundraising program), other than that purpose specified by the grant.
What Maier Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 28
- Total given
- $2.48M
- Median grant
- $35K
- Range
- $5,000–$500K
- By dollars: West Virginia >99%, North Carolina <1%. Top recipient cities: Charleston, WV; Huntington, WV; Buckhannon, WV.
- 36% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 17% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of WV · Charleston, WV
Building revitalization
$500K
Marshall University Foundation Inc · Huntington, WV
Scholarship endowment
$500K
University of Charleston Inc · Charleston, WV
Building renovation & scholarship endowment
$500K
WV Independent Colleges & Universities · Charleston, WV
Scholarships
$120K
The Foundation for Thomas Memorial and Saint Francis Hospitals Inc · South Charleston, WV
Aspiring nurse program
$100K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Education
- Foundation
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