About One Foundation
One Foundation concentrates large, targeted gifts to a very small set of organizations focused on community resilience, education, and local development. They favor partnerships with higher-education institutions and community-based nonprofits — including support for tribal schooling — and fund multi-year or repeat commitments that build organizational capacity and local programming.
Focus Areas
University-led community resilience programs (e.g., WVU Center for Resilient Communities)Local workforce and youth development initiatives ('Grow Your Own Future')Native/tribal K–12 education and community development (Sicangu Lakota School)Regional community development in West Virginia and nearby rural areas
Who They Fund
rural communities (Boone County, West Virginia and similar)women entrepreneurs and small business ownersyouth and children (including after-school participants)Indigenous students/communities (Sicangu Lakota School)
About One Foundation
One Foundation’s recent giving is marked by a concentrated set of large, repeat grants to a few organizations, especially the Wvu Foundation and Center for Peaceful Solutions. The foundation has backed the WVU Center for Resilient Communities with three grants across 2023 and 2024, including $303,150 and $298,034, while also supporting Grow Your Own Future in both West Virginia and Chicago. That pattern points to a funder that favors sustained commitments rather than one-off awards. Their portfolio also reaches beyond higher education into community development, youth programming, and tribal schooling. The Sicangu Lakota School received a $125,000 grant in 2025 through Sicangu Community Development, and Floyd Co Cares Inc received $100,000 for Be Well Now. Other sizeable gifts support local organizations such as Playmates Preschools & Child Care, WV Wesleyan College, Seed Sower, Riffraff Arts Collective, and Active SWV. Across the recent grants list, the foundation repeatedly uses working capital support, project support, and capacity-building grants to reinforce organizations already operating in community-facing roles.
What One Foundation Funds
A clear theme in One Foundation’s grantmaking is community resilience tied to higher education. The Wvu Foundation received $303,150 in 2023 and $298,034 in 2024 for the Center for Resilient Communities, plus a $75,000 grant in 2023 for the same effort. That kind of repeated support suggests an interest in sustained program development. The foundation also backs workforce and youth pathways. Center for Peaceful Solutions received $288,000 in 2024 for Grow Your Own Future, following a $182,000 grant in 2023 for the same initiative and a separate $91,350 award for working capital operations. In education, Playmates Preschools & Child Care received $50,000 for A Place to Grow, while WV Wesleyan College received $50,000 for the Center for Restorative Justice. The portfolio also includes Native education through Sicangu Community Development’s Sicangu Lakota School and economic development work through Partner Com Capital’s Women’s Business Center Project.
How One Foundation Gives
One Foundation’s typical grant size is modest-to-midrange for a foundation with a few much larger awards: the p25 is $1,000, the median is $2,812, and the p75 is $25,000. The recent grants list shows a heavy concentration around $50,000 awards, alongside occasional six-figure commitments. The same recipients appear across multiple years, including the Wvu Foundation, Center for Peaceful Solutions, Seed Sower, Riffraff Arts Collective, Active SWV, and WV Community Development. That repeat pattern fits the larger summary of multi-year or repeat commitments. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Grants are given nationally, with a strong in-state share in West Virginia.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$561K
Total Assets
$21.3M
Total Revenue
$2.3M
Total Expenses
$979K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1K and $25K, with a median of $3K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$3K
75th Percentile
$25K
Geographic Reach
National22 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where One Foundation Funds
Top 3 recipient countries by grant volume for One Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 144 | $3.2M | 98.6% |
| 2 | Turkey | 1 |
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