Albert Schenk III & Kathleen H
Wheeling, WV · EIN 55-0764535. Reported 109 grants totalling $1,487,515 to 53 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Albert Schenk III & Kathleen H did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $375 and the largest $80,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oglebay Foundation Inc | Wheeling, WV | $220,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hoh Share Inc | Wheeling, WV | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities Wv | Wheeling, WV | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oglebay Institute | Wheeling, WV | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Services System | Wheeling, WV | $91,625 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| House of the Carpenter | Wheeling, WV | $81,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Soup Kitchen of Greater Wheeling | Wheeling, WV | $64,490 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Elmhurst House of Friendship | Wheeling, WV | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wheeling Country Day School | Wheeling, WV | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Laughlin Memorial Chapel | Wheeling, WV | $47,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Marshall Co Family Resource Network | Moundsville, WV | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ohio County Schools | Wheeling, WV | $41,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bethlehem Alliance Church | Wheeling, WV | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bethlehem Apostolic Temple | Wheeling, WV | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Helping Heroes-Veterans Housing | Wheeling, WV | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wheeling Symphony Society | Wheeling, WV | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Appalachian Outreach | Wheeling, WV | $23,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Education Alliance | Charleston, WV | $20,425 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Belco Works Inc | St Clairsville, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Home of Wheeling | Wheeling, WV | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mountaineer Food Bank | Gassaway, WV | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St John's Home for Children | Wheeling, WV | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wheeling Health Right | Wheeling, WV | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wv Independent Colleges & Univ | Charleston, WV | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Marshall County Schools | Moundsville, WV | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arc of Ohio County | Wheeling, WV | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| YWCA | Wheeling, WV | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation | Wheeling, WV | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| King's Daughters Child Care | Wheeling, WV | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Wheeling | Wheeling, WV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| NAMI of Greater Wheeling | Wheeling, WV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Life Hub | Wheeling, WV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way | Wheeling, WV | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| YMCA | Wheeling, WV | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grow Ohio Valley | Wheeling, WV | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marshall County Animal Shelter | Moundsville, WV | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ohio County Animal Shelter | Triadelphia, WV | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ohio County Family Resource Network | Wheeling, WV | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Younglife | Wheeling, WV | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| West Liberty University Foundation | West Liberty, WV | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| All-in Missions | Dallas, WV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Wheeling Recreation | Wheeling, WV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grow West Virginia | Wheeling, WV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safe Haven Baby Boxes | Woodburn, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Mother Jones House | Wheeling, WV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Make a Wish | Charleston, WV | $4,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Faith in Action | Wheeling, WV | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Change Inc | Wheeling, WV | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Philanthropy Wv | Morgantown, WV | $2,075 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Heather Miller Memorial | St Clairsville, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wayman AME Church | Wheeling, WV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| West Virginia Norther Comm College | Wheeling, WV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
30 of 53 (57%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 61%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Ohio County Schools
WORKPLACE WELLNES/MADISON SCHOOL - All-in Missions
RECREATION - RESOURCE CENTER - Appalachian Outreach
WAREHOUSE WORKER - PAYROLL - Marshall County Schools
CAMERON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 50 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | $362,815 | $7,500 |
| 2022 | 33 | $543,425 | $10,500 |
| 2023 | 27 | $311,875 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 18 | $269,400 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Albert Schenk III & Kathleen H has 3 of them, worth $67,500. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Northwood Health Systems | Wheeling, WV | $50,000 |
| King's Daughters Child Care | Wheeling, WV | $12,500 |
| Hoh Share Inc | Wheeling, WV | $5,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 98% of this one's giving went to organizations in West Virginia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $7,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in West Virginia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Albert Schenk III & Kathleen H's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: C/O 2084 National Road, Wheeling, WV, 26003. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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