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Nine Musselman High School students, Makenna Casto, Bryanna Kubovicik, Megan Lloyd, Blair Lewis, (front row) Fabian Perrett, Tyler Robinson, Blair Lewis, Emma Hull (back row), and Courtney White (not in photo) received a total of $32,500 in scholarships from the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation.

Vol. 22 no. 1 Fall 2017

The Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation (EWVCF) honored 61 students at the annual Scholars & Donors Reception held at the Purple Iris on Thursday, May 11. Seventy-three scholarships were awarded from 36 endowed funds. A total of $98,250 was presented and at least one senior from every public high school in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle received a scholarship.

The reception was emceed by Scholarship Coordinator Amy Pancake and guest speakers were Susan Hawkens Whalton, representing the foundation’s donors, and Shepherd University junior Jillian O’Connell, a three-time recipient of the Erin Sponaugle

Scholarship, who is studying to become an educator. Awards ranged from $500 to $5,000 and Martinsburg High topped the list with 13 students receiving scholarships. There were ten scholars from Spring Mills, nine from Musselman, six from Berkeley Springs, six from Jefferson, four from Hedgesville, three from Washington, and one from Paw Paw.

Additionally, there were seven college students who received renewed scholarships. One home-schooled student and a third grader at St. Joseph’s also received scholarships. Pages two and three have more stories and photos about our scholarship program.

FOUNDATION GROWSEWVCF experienced remarkable growth during the past five years, awarding nearly $4 million in grants and building assets of over $22 million in endowed funds. Thanks to strong investment returns, 2017 is off to a great start and grantmaking this year has already topped the $1 million mark.

The Community Foundation has operated with a three person staff for 10 years, with Executive Director Michael Whalton and Finance & Admin Manager Felicia Fuller working from the Martinsburg office and Affiliate Director Amy Pancake working out of a donated office in Romney. With nearly 250 endowed funds and our grant and scholarship programs growing larger every year, we decided to add a Program Manager to our team. In July, Karin Hammann Dunn came aboard and she will be responsible for the many programs that we support, from grants and scholarships to community workshops and nonprofit training.

NEARLY $100,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED

We are delighted that Karin Hammann Dunn has joined the Community Foundation team. As program manager Karin will handle our grants and scholarship.

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Congratulations to all these Eastern Panhandle students receiving scholarships in 2017:

Joseph AffolderRachael AveyTrevor BarrettAllyson BarryDana BishopColton BlackwellChloe CampbellPeyton CarterDavid CarvajalMakenna CastoRyan ChristopherCiera ClawsonSierra DixonLindsay DoddsOlivia DominiskiDylan DoyleAneyla DozierIsrael EllisMarlene FergusonAshley FinkSarah FizerSabrina FoxxJessica HamerslaMikai HammerShade’ HarmisonAshley HessViolet HottEmma HullSeVohn HunterNazene HunterDara InsixiengmayJonai JacksonSophia KeislingGrace KubicBryanna KubovicikAddison LackeyBlair LewisClaire LintonMegan LloydYadara LuckettCassidy LutmanNicholas MillerJon MoodyJillian O’ConnellWilliam PattersonFabian PerrettMaerin PhillipsRaven PowersAmber RagarPatrick RaoIsabella ReichelBrady ReiffTyler RobinsonZachary SalmanAnn StickleyMorgan TriggsAlexandra ValoneVirginia ViderJamara WashingtonCourtney WhiteOlivia Yates

Kevin Walker and Charles Mason dropped by the Community Foundation offices recently to present $10,900 in proceeds from the Fulton L. Walker, Jr. Scholarship Golf Classic.

EWVCF TO PRESENT FULTON L. WALKER, JR. SCHOLARSHIPSThe inaugural Fulton L. Walker, Jr. Scholarship Golf Classic took place at Locust Hill Golf Course in 2017. It was an amazing fundraiser that attracted and engaged community leaders from numerous professions and local organizations. Under light rain and cloudy skies, 64 golfers turned out for this wonderful event.

The tournament raised $10,900 for the Fulton L. Walker, Jr. Scholarship Fund at the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation, bringing first year total contributions to $12,500.

During a recent meeting, tournament committee members Kevin Walker, Charles Mason, Robert Sowell, Bertha Brown, Rick Pill, Paul Mason, and Gregg Wachtel expressed their thanks to everyone who helped make this inaugural event a great success. They are already in the early planning stages of next year’s Fulton L. Walker, Jr. Scholarship Golf Classic.

The W. Randy Smith Family Fund has been busy over the summer, awarding more than a dozen grants to schools and nonprofit organizations in Berkeley County. Supported projects include matching funds for an indoor baseball training facility for the Martinsburg Bulldogs and a new wrestling facility at Musselman High; small grants to the Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival, the inaugural Children’s Home Society of West Virginia 5K Run,

and the Police Unity Tour; funding for Panhandle Home Health’s Bridge Program, lighting at Martinsburg High School, and Hedgesville High School’s Eagle Gridiron Gang Supporters.

Most exciting is the recent approval of a $1 million grant to Martinsburg-Berkeley County Parks and Recreation to construct Phase 3 of the W. Randy Smith Recreation Center in Inwood. The new structure doubles the size of the recreation area under roof.

$1 MILLION GRANT AWARDED

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Musselman High senior Fabian Perrett received the Chad Hammond Memorial Scholarship. EWVCF Board Member Susan Caperton assisted with presenting the awards.

Martinsburg High’s Jonai Jackson is congratulated by EWVCF Board Member Charlotte Norris for receiving the Destiny Baptist Church Patrick J. Walker Scholarship during the Scholars & Donors Reception.

EWVCF Board Member Andrew McMillan presented Yadara Luckett, a senior at Martinsburg High School, one of three scholarships she received from the Community Foundation. Yadara was awarded the Destiny Baptist Church Patrick J. Walker Scholarship, the Martin Luther King Scholarship, and the Clyde E. Smith, Jr. Scholarship.

Musselman High senior Bryanna Kubovicik received the Floyd and Isabel Jacques Memorial Scholarship from EWVCF President Darlene Truman.

Megan Lloyd from Musselman High School was presented the Terry Lee Walker Scholarship by EWVCF Board Member and Treasurer Bill White.

BRIGHT SCHOLARS

In addition to the many college and university scholarships awarded by the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation, we also recognize a small number of K-12 students, with scholarships and recognition awards.

Berkeley Springs High School students Violet Hott and Israel Ellis are the 2017 recipients of the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) based Deborah, Leslie, and Christopher Bright Achievement Award. Violet, a rising senior spent part of the summer at Brown University attending a pre-college course entitled Introduction to Medicine: Do you Want to Be a Doctor?

Israel (Zee) a rising junior was one of 60 dancers (out of thousands who auditioned) who participated in a 4-week intensive at the HARID Conservatory, preparing for a career in dance.

2017 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

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Eastern Panhandle teachers received a total of $32,972.51 in Mini-Grants from the Community Foundation in late 2016. Seventy-six teachers were honored, including this group from Berkeley County.

MATCHING GRANT ESTABLISHES MINI-GRANTS TO TEACHER’S FUND

BCT, Bank of Charles Town Dan Ryan Builders City National Bank

The Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation enjoys the support of many businesses in the region. Our Partners in Philanthropy contribute amounts ranging from $1,500 to $3,500 per year.

These funds pay for the Scholars & Donors Reception where we recognize area students who are receiving scholarships, our Emeritus Council & Nonprofit Leaders Luncheon to honor community leaders, and the Mini-Grants to Teachers Reception in the fall.

PARTNERS IN PHILANTHROPY

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OUR BOARD MEMBERS

& STAFF

OFFICERSDarlene Truman, President

Lisa Welch, Vice President

Bill White, Treasurer

Charles “Chip” Hensell, Secretary

BOARD MEMBERSScott Roach, Past President

Dan Anderson

Beth Brent

Susan Caperton

Michael Funkhouser

Chris Janelle

George Karos

Judi McIntyre

Andrew McMillan

Charlotte Norris

Chris Palmer

Ruth Pritchard

Jan Wilkins

David DeJarnett, Pro bono Legal Council

Teachers from Jefferson County Schools were honored with Mini-Grants totaling $10,799.29. Last year’s Mini-Grants funded everything from archeology materials to xylophones. Teachers were able to purchase Lego robotics kits, Newberry Award books, microscopes, Kindles, beehives, butterfly gardens, art supplies, digital cameras, Osmo coding kits, a robotic mouse, reading workstations, a greenhouse irrigation system, a 3-D printer, bilingual books sets, an AppleTV, crayons, Boomwhackers, an airbrush painting system, rocks & minerals, drumsticks & tambourines, math materials, Orff instruments, and much more.

Morgan County was well represented with teachers from PawPaw Elementary, Berkeley Springs High School, Pleasant View Elementary, Warm Springs Intermediate, and Widmyer Elementary receiving Mini-Grants in 2016.

EWVCF funded a number of Mini-Grants for musical instruments during the 2016-17 school year.

EWVCF STAFF

Finance & Admin Manager Felicia Fuller just celebrated her 10th anniversary at the Community Foundation. Affiliate Director Amy Pancake is about to begin her 10th year on the job. Michael Whalton has been involved with EWVCF since 2002 and has served as executive director for just over five years. Program Manager Karin Hammann Dunn, joined the team in July, and brings years of nonprofit management experience to the job.

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West Virginia is experiencing the largest generational transfer of wealth in its history, and community foundations have a new tool for harnessing those resources.

Keep 5 Local is a statewide program of Philanthropy West Virginia’s Give2WV: Community Foundations Network, and it is based on the fact that West Virginia, like the rest of the country, is in the midst of the biggest personal wealth transfer in history.

If West Virginia communities can capture at least 5 percent of today’s wealth, it will translate to millions, if not billions, in community philanthropy funding across the state. By encouraging local residents to take a new look at philanthropic estate planning through the lens of a community foundation, West Virginia can see a powerful private sector solution to its longtime local charitable needs.

Paul Daugherty, president and CEO of Philanthropy West Virginia, said Keep 5 Local is using economic data compiled by “transfer of wealth” or TOW studies that have been conducted in at least 33 West Virginia counties.

“As wealth transfers from generation to generation, a lot of it is expected to leave the state,” Daugherty said. “But if we manage to keep at least 5 percent of it in West Virginia, we could see thriving communities in every corner of the Mountain State.”

EWVCF has completed a TOW study for each of the five counties we serve: Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire, and Hardy and the results are astounding.

Jefferson and Berkeley counties alone have more than $15.5 billion in personal wealth today and more than $3.6 billion will be transferred to the next generation during the coming 10 years. If 5 percent of that wealth is set aside for community philanthropy, the community foundation will grow to more than $180 million and will be able to award nearly $9 million in grants to local charities every year.

Although this is a lofty goal, other areas of the country have had great success with similar programs. Considering how generous West Virginians are, we believe we can help donors create lasting legacies that will benefit the Eastern Panhandle for generations to come.

SAVING THE MUSIC

Nine Eastern Panhandle middle schools will each receive more than $30,000 in musical instruments for their band programs thanks to challenge grants from the VH-1 Save the Music Foundation and the efforts of former WV State Delegate Steven Skinner and Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History Randall Reid-Smith. Last year, Spring Mills Middle School was the recipient of one of these grants.

In 2017, Charles Town, Wildwood, Harpers Ferry, Musselman, Martinsburg South, Martinsburg North, Hedgesville, Romney, and East Hardy middle schools will be the lucky recipients. EWVCF is proud to have played a part in the effort by providing a small portion of the matching funds needed to support two of these grants.

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FIELD OF INTEREST AND UNRESTRICTED GRANTSSince the founding of the Community Foundation in 1995, donors have established field of interest funds to support youth, education, and recreation programs; along with the preservation of Civil War-era graves and the growing problem of homelessness in the area. In 2017, grants totaling $107,241 were awarded to local schools, daycare centers, women’s shelters, recreation programs, historic cemeteries and more.

The Jane P. Snyder Youth Fund was our first field of interest fund and since its inception in 1995, $400,000 in grants have been awarded and the original gift of $500,000 has grown to more than $630,000.

The Frada Fine Berkeley Education Fund, Bonn “Buzz” Poland Roundhouse Recreation Fund, Robert A. Sanders Fund, Tom & Virginia Seely Morgan County Children’s Fund, C. Scott & Elizabeth C. Shade Youth Fund, and Helen Parker Willard Fund all share similar success stories.

Our newest field of interest fund, the Eastern Panhandle CARE Fund will begin awarding competitive grants to nonprofit organizations in February 2018. The deadline for applying for an EWVCF field of interest grant is December 8 and applications will be available at www.EWVCF.org in early October.

The Community Foundation recently introduced Unrestricted Grants for nonprofit organizations with programs that don’t fit into the existing field of interest categories. Applications and information can be found on the website.

BE-Hive, A Family Inspiration Place

Berkeley County BackPack Program

Berkeley County CCAP/ Loaves & Fishes

Berkeley Heights Elementary School

Blue Ridge Community & Technical College

Boys & Girls Club of the Eastern Panhandle

C&O Canal Trust

CASA of the Eastern Panhandle

Children’s Home Society of WV

Community Alternatives to Violence

Community Combined Ministries

Community Networks, Inc.

Elmwood Cemetery Association

Faith Community Coalition for the Homeless

Good Shepherd Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers

Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery

Hedgesville High School Journalism Class

Hedgesville High School Shop Class

Historic Shepherdstown Commission

Horses with Hearts

Jefferson Co Historic Landmarks Commission

Junior Mentoring Program (JUMP)

Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Libraries

Morgan Arts Council

Morgan County 4-H Leader’s Association

Morgan County Partnership

Morgan County Starting Points

Musselman Middle School

Norborne Preschool and Day Care Center

Outdoor Education Center of For Love of Children

Potomac Valley Audubon Society

Ranson Old Town Community Gardens

Shepherdstown Middle School

Shepherd University

Spring Mills High School Counseling Program

Spring Mills High School Orchestra

Warm Springs Intermediate School

Wind Dance Farm & Earth Education Center

WVU Foundation - Health, Science & Technology Academy (HSTA)

Zion Episcopal Church Cemetery

FIELD OF INTEREST GRANTS AWARDED IN 2017

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Our Mission is to improve the quality of life for all people in Eastern West Virginia. The Community Foundation embraces the concept that people working together can make a difference. We seek a common philosophy whereby people recognize, understand, and act upon the benefits philanthropy brings to our community. We build permanent endowment, offer maximum flexibility to our donors, meet high professional standards, promote effective and efficient grantmaking, and strengthen charitable organizations in our community.

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LEGACY SOCIETY

Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation (EWVCF) officers, (left to right) Secretary Chip Hensell, President Darlene Truman, Vice President Lisa Welch, and Treasurer Bill White recently helped celebrate the installation of seven new Legacy Society plaques at the Community Foundation office in Martinsburg. The checks they hold represent grants awarded by funds that were established through legacy gifts from Jane P. Snyder and

C. Scott & Elizabeth C. Shade. Every year, these Snyder and Shade fund provide more than $70,000 in support for youth and education programs in the Eastern Panhandle. Individuals who remember the Community Foundation in an estate plan – either through a Will or Trust, or by naming EWVCF as a beneficiary of their Traditional IRA – are instrumental in the growth and well being of the organization.