About Kanawha Valley Collective
The Kanawha Valley Collective is a collaborative network dedicated to preventing and ending homelessness by improving homelessness services and removing barriers to housing in Kanawha, Boone, Clay and Putnam counties.
Focus Areas
Homelessness prevention and interventionPermanent housing (including rapid rehousing and permanent supportive housing)Transitional housingCoordinated entry / centralized assessmentShelter operations and warming stationsWelcome Home program (household goods for newly housed)HMIS data and system coordinationVolunteer coordination and community partnerships
Who They Fund
West Virginia-based nonprofits or service providersrecipients of WVDHHR-funded programs
About Kanawha Valley Collective
Kanawha Valley Collective Inc. channels housing and homelessness funding through a local coordination role, including large pass-through grants tied to WVDHHR and the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation. The recent record shows that much of its work is not direct program delivery but allocation, ranking, and disbursement for agencies serving people experiencing homelessness in West Virginia. In the recent grants list, Union Mission Ministries Inc. received $612,500 in 2024, while Clarksburg Missions Inc. and Huntington City Mission each received $362,500 that same year through WVDHHR pass-through funds. The pattern points to a funder that moves public and philanthropic dollars into existing service providers rather than funding individuals. Its program materials reinforce that role. The collective has posted Continuum of Care competition materials, priority listings, and project-ranking documents, and it solicits agencies for HUD CoC project applications in its service area. Its stated work covers homelessness prevention and intervention, permanent housing, transitional housing, coordinated entry, shelter operations, the Welcome Home program, HMIS coordination, and volunteer partnerships. The foundation’s leadership is listed as Traci Strickland, and its grants are entirely within West Virginia.
What Kanawha Valley Collective Funds
Housing stabilization is central to the collective’s grantmaking. In 2025, it gave $130,635 to Bream in Charleston as pass-through funds from the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, and it also supported the same organization with $15,125 in 2024 through that same funding channel. The collective also supports organizations connected to shelter and renewal services. United Way of Central Wv in Charleston received $82,825 in 2025 from the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation pass-through stream, while Religious Coalition for Community Renewal in Charleston received $26,085 in 2025 from federal grants passed through from WV, after also receiving $7,870 in 2024 from the same source. Other awards show support for local housing-related service providers. YWCA Charleston received $15,125 in 2024 and again in 2025, and Daymark Inc received $15,125 in both years, both through Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation pass-through funds. Covenant House in Charleston received $10,000 in 2025 from that same source.
How Kanawha Valley Collective Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$229K
Total Assets
$593K
Total Revenue
$1.8M
Total Expenses
$1.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $15K and $126K, with a median of $21K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$21K
75th Percentile
$126K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
TRACI STRICKLAND
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