US Wind Force Foundation Inc
Petersburg, WV · EIN 27-3380430. Reported 91 grants totalling $302,569 to 48 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. US Wind Force Foundation Inc 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $4,000; the smallest was $400 and the largest $20,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Co Commission | Petersburg, WV | $21,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Eastern Wv Comm & Tech College Foundation Inc | Moorefield, WV | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Elk District Ambulance Service | Elk Garden, WV | $19,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wvu Foundation Inc | Morgantown, WV | $15,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Union Educational Complex | Mt Storm, WV | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Petersburg | Petersburg, WV | $13,018 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Developmental Center & Workshop Inc | Keyser, WV | $12,650 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fountain Vol Fire Co | Keyser, WV | $11,025 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Elk District Vol Fire Co | Elk Garden, WV | $11,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mineral County Parks & Recreation | Keyser, WV | $10,300 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Jennings Randolph Lake | Elk Garden, WV | $9,700 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Compelled to Change | Keyser, WV | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mt Storm Vol Fire Dept | Mt Storm, WV | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Elk Garden | Elk Garden, WV | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Keyser Area Little League | Keyser, WV | $7,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Burlington Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | Burlingtion, WV | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kitzmiller Volunteer Fire Department Inc | Kitzmiller, MD | $7,175 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Ashby's Fort Inc | Fort Ashby, WV | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Creek Volunteer Fire Department Inc | New Creek, WV | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tri-Towns Fire Co #1 Inc | Piedmont, WV | $6,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Barton Hose Company No 1 Inc | Barton, MD | $5,271 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Antioch United Methodis Church | New Creek, WV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Burlington Um Family Services Inc | Keyser, WV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Elk Garden Primary School | Elk Garden, WV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Petersburg High School | Petersburg, WV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Keyser-Mineral Co Public Library | Keyser, WV | $4,850 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Catamount Children's Center Inc | Keyser, WV | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aging & Family Services of Mineral Co | Keyser, WV | $3,800 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boyce-Houser Post 41 American Legion | Keyser, WV | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mineral County Family Resource Network | Keyser, WV | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Elk District Volunteer Fire Co | Elk Garden, WV | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fountain Primary PTO | Keyser, WV | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mineral County Schools | Keyser, WV | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Keyser High School | Keyser, WV | $2,838 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Highland Arts Unlimited Inc | Keyser, WV | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mineral Co Board of Eductation | Keyser, WV | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fountain Ruritan Club | Keyser, WV | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Keyser Lions Club | Keyser, WV | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Petersburg Beautification Project | Petersburg, WV | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Creek Primary School | New Creek, WV | $1,875 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mineral Co Historical Foundation Inc | Keyser, WV | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Keyser | Keyser, WV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nancy Hanks VFW Post 3518 | Keyser, WV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wvu - Potomac State | Keyser, WV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mineral Co Convention & Visitors Bureau | Keyser, WV | $967 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grant Co Chamber of Commerce | Petersburg, WV | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mineral County Genealogical Society Inc | Keyser, WV | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Keyser-Mineral County Library Association | Keyser, WV | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
16 of 48 (33%) 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 43%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Eastern Wv Comm & Tech College Foundation Inc
ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR WIND TECHNOLOGY DEGREE - Grant Co Commission
PURCHASE OF PLAYGROUND FOR WELTON PARK - Wvu Foundation Inc
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FOR AG BUILDINGS AT FAIRGROUND AND INSTALLATION OF 16 NEW WINDOWS IN THE DINING HALL AT CAMP MINCO - Union Educational Complex
CONVERSION OF UNUSED CLASSROOM INTO A WEIGHT ROOM AND PURCHASE OUTDOOR STORAGE BUILDING FOR ATHLETIC/PE EQUIPMENT STORAGE - Town of Elk Garden
CONCRETE FLOOR FOR GARAGE - Mt Storm Vol Fire Dept
PURCHASE OF SCBA AIRPACKS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 36 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | $20,000 | $1,800 |
| 2022 | 28 | $146,244 | $3,500 |
| 2023 | 28 | $82,954 | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 24 | $53,371 | $1,575 |
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. US Wind Force Foundation Inc has 7 of them, worth $13,100. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Town of Elk Garden | Elk Garden, WV | $5,000 |
| Wvu Foundation Inc (fbo Mineral Co 4-H Leaders) | Morgantown, WV | $2,100 |
| Keyser Area Youth Soccer Inc | Burlingtion, WV | $2,000 |
| Keyser Area Little League | Keyser, WV | $1,500 |
| Andrew Coalition for Community Service | Piedmont, WV | $1,000 |
| Rees Chapel United Methodist Church | New Creek, WV | $1,000 |
| Elk Garden Primary School | Elk Garden, WV | $500 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 96% 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 $2,500. 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 US Wind Force Foundation Inc'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: Po Box 571, Petersburg, WV, 26847. 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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