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 WV Grantmakers to Benefit from Staff LeadershipContacts: Judy Sjostedt, (304) 428-4438
West Virginia Grantmakers Association is a regional association of grantmakers building infrastructure and support for West Virginia philanthropy and enhancing charitable giving. There are 28 such regional associations in the U.S., such as the Ohio Grantmakers Forum, Michigan Council on Foundations, and Indiana Grantmakers Alliance. The Association will provide information, training, and leadership to promote best practices among Mountainstate grantmakers and work to raise the public profile of philanthropic efforts within the state. West Virginia Grantmakers Association offers giving institutions a place to convene, express ideas, and collaborate on charitable giving needs and programs in the state. West Virginia's 25 community foundations and leaders from an estimated 400 private foundations, corporate foundations, and corporate giving programs are invited to join. A recent study underway by the Nonprofit Capacity Focus Team of the West Virginia Vision Shared effort indicates that increased attention is needed to improving West Virginia's overall giving climate to better support the state's nonprofit organizations. The Association is a forum for the state's grantmakers to focus their attention on this issue, among others. Building a strong network among those who give will ultimately benefit the nonprofit organizations that put those gifts to work in local communities across the state. West Virginia Grantmakers Association was started in 1995 through an all-volunteer effort. In 2001, it hired part-time staff and began providing services specifically to increase the capacity of the state's community foundations through support from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Verizon Foundation, and Appalachian Regional Commission.
2005 West Virginia Grantmakers Board of DirectorsWest Virginia Grantmakers Association members voted their 2004-2005 Board of Directors. The following individuals have agreed to serve: 
Standing, l-r, Mary Witten Wiseman, Executive Director, Foundation for the Tri-State Community; Robert Fulton, Manager Media & Community Relations, Dominion Transmission/Dominion Hope Seated, l-r, Jimelle Bowen, Executive Director, The James H. and Alice Teubert Charitable Trust; Rosleyn Clark-Payne, Board Member, Beckley Area Foundation; Judy Sjostedt, Executive Director, Parkersburg Area Community Foundation; Sister Marguerite O'Brien, Board Chair, Sisters of St. Joseph Charitable Fund. Not pictured: Jim Denova, Senior Program Officer, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. The Board oversees the current programs and activities for community foundation training and networking through the organization's West Virginia Community Foundations Consortium, and for taking the Association toward new directions as a statewide regional association of grantmakers. GiveToWestVirginia Logos AvailableDownload a copy of the GiveToWestVirginia logo for your site.
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West Virginia Grantmakers Association announces its new preisdent,Paul Dougherty, to take the organization to a next phase of growth to benefit all of West Virginia.