Encova Foundation of West Virginia
ActivePhilanthropy & VoluntarismFunds Individuals
CHARLESTON, WVWebsite
About Encova Foundation of West Virginia
The Encova Foundation of West Virginia concentrates large, targeted investments in higher education, health care, and community-serving programs within West Virginia. Its support emphasizes capital and programmatic investments that build local capacity—medical infrastructure and specialty research (neuroscience), professional health training, business/innovation facilities, and county-level literacy/outreach initiatives. Grants are sizable and often made repeatedly to the same institutions, indicating long-term partnerships with flagship state universities and regional health systems.
Focus Areas
University research and medical centers in West Virginia (e.g., Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute)Higher education capital projects and innovation/business center facilities (e.g., Brad D. Smith Center)Health system capital & equipment purchases for regional hospitalsHealth professional training programs (e.g., Master of Science in Occupational Therapy)County-level early childhood literacy/outreach administered through university extension/centers (Dolly Parton Imagination Library partnerships)
Who They Fund
underprivileged children and low-income youth
About Encova Foundation of West Virginia
Encova Foundation of West Virginia’s recent giving is defined by long-term, high-dollar commitments to West Virginia universities and health institutions. The largest grants in the file support the Encova Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at West Virginia University, including a $515,000 payment in 2024 and a $330,000 final payment in 2025. The foundation also backed Marshall University Foundation with repeated $450,000 grants tied to the Brad D. Smith Center for Business and Innovation, showing a clear pattern of facility-focused support rather than one-off gifts. That same approach appears in health and training investments. The foundation gave $400,000 in 2025 to the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute through the WVU Foundation and awarded $250,000 to the University of Charleston for its Rehabilitation Science and Athletic Training Center. It also supported the university’s Master of Science in Occupational Therapy program with a $250,000 grant in 2024 and a $130,000 grant in 2023. Beyond campus projects, the foundation has funded regional health and community organizations such as St Mary’s Medical Center Foundation, West Virginia Child Advocacy Network, and Shawnee Park Foundation.
What Encova Foundation of West Virginia Funds
Higher education capital projects are a major theme. The foundation gave Marshall University Foundation $450,000 in 2024 for the Brad D. Smith Center for Business and Innovation auditorium, following a $450,000 grant for the same project in 2023. It also awarded the WVU Foundation $515,000 in 2024 and $330,000 in 2025 for the Encova Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Health professional education is another clear line of support. In 2025, Encova Foundation of West Virginia gave the University of Charleston $250,000 for its Rehabilitation Science and Athletic Training Center, and in 2024 it provided $250,000 to the same institution for the Master of Science Occupational Therapy Program. Community and family-serving programs also appear in the grant list. The foundation gave West Virginia Child Advocacy Network $200,000 in 2023 for various programs and operational costs, and later added $100,000 in 2024 for the same purpose. In youth and shelter services, it supported YWCA of Charleston WV with $152,500 for replacing network in Sojourner’s Shelter.
How Encova Foundation of West Virginia Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.3M
Total Assets
$51.7M
Total Revenue
$5.4M
Total Expenses
$2.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $3K and $10K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$10K
Geographic Reach
Local17 states funded
Funding intensity
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