8 Foundations that have given Preservation grants in West Virginia

Provide coordinating support for organizations and agencies within the Appalachian Forest Heritage Area who regularly engage in forest heritage culture, historic preservation, conservation, and community development related to our organizational themes.

THE OLD HEMLOCK FOUNDATION PRESERVES AND MAINTAINS AN HISTORIC HOME AS WELL AS THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT SURROUNDING THE HISTORIC HOME TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES. TOURS OF THE HISTORIC HOME AND SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THE FOUNDATION ALSO EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ON THE PRESERVATION OF VARIOUS ECOSYSTEMS AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN A DIVERSE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE IMPROVEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH EDUCATION, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING,

The Clio Foundation supports efforts to connect the public to history and culture throughout the United States. We offer a free website and mobile application at www.theclio.com that allows organizations to create interpretive walking tours, virtual tours of museums, and other resources. For the second year of the pandemic, our services helped museums, archives, and the general public.

WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE CHALLENGES ITS STUDENTS TO A LIFE-LONG COMMITMENT TO DEVELOP THEIR INTELLECTUAL, ETHICAL, SPIRITUAL, AND LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL AND TO SET AND UPHOLD STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE. FIRMLY ROOTED IN THE LIBERAL ARTS TRADITION AND CLOSELY RELATED TO THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, THE COLLEGE IS A COMMUNITY OF LEARNING BASED ON FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES FORMED AT THE INTERSECTION OF CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIBERAL EDUCATION: INTELLECTUAL RIGOR, SELF-DISCOVERY, HUMAN DIGNITY, MUTUAL SUPPORT, SOCIAL JUSTICE, SELF-DISCIPLINE, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELLNESS, THE APPRECIATION OF DIVERSITY AND THE NATURAL WORLD, AND THE JUDICIOUS USE OF RESOURCES. THE COLLEGE RECOGNIZES AND AFFIRMS ITS INTERDEPENDENCE WITH THE EXTERNAL COMMUNITIES-LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL-AND ITS COVENANT WITH THE PEOPLE OF WEST VIRGINIA TO SHARE ITS EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.