Hancock County Savings Charitable
Chester, WV · EIN 55-0767253. Reported 117 grants totalling $315,000 to 72 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Hancock County Savings Charitable 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 $1,500 and $3,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $10,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotary Club of Beaver | Beaver, PA | $19,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Salvation Army of Weirton | Weirton, WV | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Brooke Hancock Family Resource Network Inc | Weirton, WV | $14,500 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Brooke Hancock County Veterans Park | Weirton, WV | $11,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| East Liverpool Community Partnershi for Revitalization | East Liverpool, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Chester Newell Fish Foundation | Chester, WV | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Montani Outreach Movement Co | Chester, WV | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Make-a-Wish Greater Pennsylvania & | Morgantown, WV | $7,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Communicycle Beaver County Inc | Aliquippa, PA | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| East Liverpool Beautification Socie | East Liverpool, OH | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Weirton Christian Center | Weirton, WV | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ohio Valley Youth Network | Steubenville, OH | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Blue Stream Farms Corporation | Weirton, WV | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Community Bread Basket Inc | Weirton, WV | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hancock Brooke Ohio Counties Victim Assistance Program Inc | Wellsburg, WV | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Museum of Ceramics | East Liverpool, OH | $5,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New Manchestr Volunteer Fire Dept | New Manchester, WV | $5,700 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Helping Hands of Toronto Ohio | Toronto, OH | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Rotary Charities of Southern Columbiana County - Rotary Club of Calcutta | East Liverpool, OH | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wellsville Community Foundation | Wellsville, OH | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Aim Women's Center | Steubenville, OH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Brooke Hancock County Verterans Memorial Park | Weirton, WV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Center in Midland Pa | Midland, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Helping Heros Inc | Wheeling, WV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jefferson County Community Action Council | Steubenville, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Young Mens Christian Associatio of East Liverpool Ohio | East Liverpool, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chester Volunteer Fire Dept | Chester, WV | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chester Volunteer Firemen's Assoc | Chester, WV | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of East Liverpool | East Liverpool, OH | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Committee for Hancock County Senior Citizens | New Cumberland, WV | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youth Services System Inc | Wheeling, WV | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chester Volunteer Fireman's Association | Chester, WV | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lou Holz Upper Ohio Valley Hall of Fame Foundation | East Liverpool, OH | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rotary Charities of Southern Columbiana County - Rotary Club of East Liverpool | East Liverpool, OH | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| East Liverpool Calcutta Area Garden Club | East Liverpool, OH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hancock Brooke Ohio Counties Victim Assistance | Wellsburg, WV | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hancock County Humane Foundation Inc | New Cumberland, WV | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Newell Glendale Church of the Nazar | Newell, WV | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Newell Volunteer Fire Department Inc | Newell, WV | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ohio Valley Health Center | Steubenville, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Paul School | Weirton, WV | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tri-State Christian Academymercy Baptist Church | Burgettstown, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Southern Columbiana County | East Liverpool, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Upper Ohio Valley Museum & Learning Center | East Liverpool, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wvu Extension Hancock County | New Cumberland, WV | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Child's Place CASA Ltd | Follansbee, WV | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Allen T Allison Elementary | Chester, WV | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brooke County Committee on Aging (bccoa) | Follansbee, WV | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First United Methodist Church | Weirton, WV | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hilltop Horizons Inc | Aliquippa, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Starvaggi Park Civic Association | Weirton, WV | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The City of Follansbee | Follansbee, WV | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Living Well | Wellsville, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Beaver Creek State Park | East Liverpool, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hancock County Sheltered Workshop | Weirton, WV | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Cumberland Ambulance Service Inc | New Cumberland, WV | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Newell Community Improvement Coalition | Newell, WV | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rotary Charities of Southern Columbiana County - Rotary Club of East Liverp | East Liverpool, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Weirton Christion Center | Weirton, WV | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Empower and Link Inc | Colliers, WV | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Greater Weirton Senior Center | Weirton, WV | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Cumberland Volunteer Fire Dept | New Cumberland, WV | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Special Olympics | Weirton, WV | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Center in Midland Pa - Dba the Center | Midland, PA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tomlinson Run State Park Foundation | New Manchester, WV | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beaver County Humane Society | Aliquippa, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coleman Professional Services Inc | Kent, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Care Excellance Inc | Chester, WV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fruit N' Holler | New Cumberland, WV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hancock County 4-H Foundation | New Cumberland, WV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hancock County Parks & Recreation | New Cumberland, WV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tri-State United Soccer | Weirton, WV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
23 of 72 (32%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 38%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Rotary Club of Beaver
BEDS & BEDDING FOR CHILDREN - The Salvation Army of Weirton
SOCIAL SERVICE ASSISSTANCE - Community Bread Basket Inc
FREEZERS AND BUILDING FUND - New Manchestr Volunteer Fire Dept
PROCUREMENT OF ROPE RESCUE EQ - Make-a-Wish Greater Pennsylvania &
ONE-HALF COST ONE WISH HANCOCK COUNT - Helping Heros Inc
BUILDING RENOVATIONS TO ASSIST VETER
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 57 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 26 | $55,000 | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 23 | $45,000 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 19 | $44,500 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 31 | $113,500 | $3,000 |
| 2025 | 18 | $57,000 | $2,500 |
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.
Where its money goes
58% of its giving went to organizations in West Virginia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Hancock County Savings Charitable's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 351 Carolina Avenue, Chester, WV, 26034. 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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