DISCOVER THE REAL WEST VIRGINIA FOUNDATION INC

EIN 55-0725474 CHARLESTON, WV

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Revenue 2024: $223,964
Expenses 2024: $181,167

Program services were 64.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: S20Z
Classification: 1000
Street: 405 CAPITOL ST STE 512

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

-ATTRACT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT: WEST VIRGINIA IS BECOMING A LEADER IN THE WORLD MARKETPLACE, AND IT DID NOT ARRIVE HERE BY ACCIDENT. THE FOUNDATION HAS A LONG AND ACCOMPLISHED HISTORY OF ATTRACTING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT BY ELEVATING WEST VIRGINIA'S STATURE IN THE GLOBAL BUSINESS ARENA. -RETAIN AND EXPAND WEST VIRGINIA BUSINESSES: THE FOUNDATION IS A STRATEGIC PARTNER FOR WEST VIRGINIA BUSINESSES. ITS PROGRAMS FOCUS ON PROVIDING WEST VIRGINIA BUSINESSES THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO GROW AND SUCCEED IN TODAY'S GLOBAL ECONOMY. -HIGHLIGHT ISSUES CRITICAL TO ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO HIGHLIGHT ISSUES OR TOPICS CRITICAL TO ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TO FACILITATE ACTION AMONG STAKEHOLDERS.

FRIENDS OF DRWV RECEPTION 2024

Expenses $70,457 · Revenue $30,750
FOCUS FORWARD CONFERENCE 2024

Expenses $46,405 · Revenue $6,549
FOCUS FORWARD CONFERENCE 2025

Revenue $6,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Sara DearingSARA DEARING

EXECUTIVE DI

Total calculated

$95,068

From this org

$73,500

From related orgs

$0

Other

$21,568

Hours/week

40
Thomas A Heywood EsquireTHOMAS A HEYWOOD ESQUIRE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
Craig W HartzellCRAIG W HARTZELL

VICE PRESIDE

Total calculated

$0
Ellen S Cappellanti EsquireELLEN S CAPPELLANTI ESQUIRE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
Patrick RobertsonPATRICK ROBERTSON

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0
William D WilmothWILLIAM D WILMOTH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
Ralph H Baxter JrRALPH H BAXTER JR

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
Steven B HedrickSTEVEN B HEDRICK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
Albert L Wright JrALBERT L WRIGHT JR

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
Marc A HalbritterMARC A HALBRITTER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
Brad N HallBRAD N HALL

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0
Jason S HarshbargerJASON S HARSHBARGER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
Diana Lewis JacksonDIANA LEWIS JACKSON

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0
Josh SwordJOSH SWORD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
Louis WeisbergLOUIS WEISBERG

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
Lisa Chamberlin StumpLISA CHAMBERLIN STUMP

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
Matthew BondMATTHEW BOND

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
Jerry MullensJERRY MULLENS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$223,964

Expenses

$181,167

Contributions

$179,500

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$174,579

Expenses

$167,770

Contributions

$117,904

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$141,685

Expenses

$158,112

Contributions

$107,000

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$223,964	$181,167	$179,500	$0
2023	$174,579	$167,770	$117,904	$0
2022	$141,685	$158,112	$107,000	$0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2021 · 990

Revenue

$146,606

Expenses

$160,073

Assets (EOY)

$100,104
2020 · 990

Revenue

$150,057

Expenses

$139,754

Assets (EOY)

$133,088
2019 · 990

Revenue

$154,582

Expenses

$156,000

Assets (EOY)

$103,292
2018 · 990

Revenue

$226,849

Expenses

$165,770

Assets (EOY)

$104,627
2017 · 990

Revenue

$152,462

Expenses

$177,391

Assets (EOY)

$43,932
2016 · 990

Revenue

$144,367

Expenses

$174,133

Assets (EOY)

$69,042
2015 · 990

Revenue

$192,075

Expenses

$164,920

Assets (EOY)

$98,618
2014 · 990

Revenue

$173,697

Expenses

$200,726

Assets (EOY)

$71,452
2013 · 990

Revenue

$210,501

Expenses

$214,890

Assets (EOY)

$98,426
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$192,054

Assets (EOY)

$103,327

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$146,606	$160,073	$100,104
2020	990	$150,057	$139,754	$133,088
2019	990	$154,582	$156,000	$103,292
2018	990	$226,849	$165,770	$104,627
2017	990	$152,462	$177,391	$43,932
2016	990	$144,367	$174,133	$69,042
2015	990	$192,075	$164,920	$98,618
2014	990	$173,697	$200,726	$71,452
2013	990	$210,501	$214,890	$98,426
2012	990	not reported	$192,054	$103,327

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

WEST VIRGINIA UNITED HEALTH SYSTEM INC

$35,000

2024 Sponsorship
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC

$15,000

2022 Support
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$10,000

2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
GREATER KANAWHA VALLEY FOUNDATION

$10,000

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
MARSHALL HEALTH NETWORK INC

$8,000

2023 SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S MISSION
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC

$5,000

2023 Support

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.