The Stelio and Betty Tracy Corte
Bluefield, WV · EIN 55-6119269. Reported 281 grants totalling $847,644 to 181 recipients 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. The Stelio and Betty Tracy Corte 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 $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $110 and $1,700; the smallest was $15 and the largest $62,432. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluefield University | Bluefield, VA | $181,089 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Town of Bluefield Va | Bluefield, VA | $129,326 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Methodist Church | Bluefield, VA | $61,169 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southwest Va Community College - Richlands Va | Richlands, VA | $44,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southwest Va Community College | Richlands, VA | $39,926 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Christ School | Arden, NC | $35,125 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mt View High School | Welch, WV | $28,560 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Town of Kimball Wv | Kimball, WV | $27,507 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bluefield Baseball Club | Bluefield, WV | $24,840 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Operation Home | N Charleston, SC | $24,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Crab Orhcard Museum | Tazewell, VA | $18,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Life | Bluefield, VA | $16,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sanders House | Bluefield, VA | $15,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bluefield Wv Police Dept | Bluefield, WV | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wade Center | Bluefield, WV | $11,975 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Graham High School | Bluefield, VA | $11,125 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bluefield Va Police Dept | Bluefield, VA | $10,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bluefield State College Foundation | Bluefield, WV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Church | Bluefield, WV | $7,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bluefield Young Life | Bluefield, VA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| VFW Post 9696 | Bluefield, VA | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Philips Episcopal Church | Charleston, SC | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Children's Home Society | Princeton, WV | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Hill Center | Durham, NC | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Trilogy School | Raleigh, NC | $4,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bergadier Foundation | Charleston, WV | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Citadel Brigadier Foundation | Charleston, SC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Phoenix Center | Fredericksurg, VA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Foundation | Bluefield, WV | $3,650 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| K9 Working Dogs | Ashland, OH | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| White Memorial Presbyterian Church | Raleigh, NC | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Graham High School Food Pantry | Bluefield, VA | $3,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Blue Ridge Junior Golf Tour | Bluefield, VA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bluefield Va Library | Bluefield, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Citadel Ducks Unlimited | Charleston, SC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Darlington School | Rome, GA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Virginia Episcopal School (ves) | Lynchburg, VA | $2,700 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Salem Academy | Winston Salem, NC | $2,610 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Citadel Foundation | Charleston, SC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bluefield Union Mission | Bluefield, WV | $2,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| We Can | Princeton, WV | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Claytor Lake | Fairlawn, VA | $1,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Graham High School Foundation | Bluefield, VA | $1,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bluefield Primary School | Bluefield, WV | $1,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Jude Childrens Hospital | Memphis, TN | $1,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Westminster Presbyterian Church | Bluefield, WV | $1,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bible in the Schools | Bluefield, WV | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Connor White | Bluefield, VA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Houston Methodist Church | Welch, WV | $1,435 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation of the Virginias | Bluefield, WV | $1,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Broughton Ptsa | Raleigh, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bryson Fanning Foundation | Princeton, WV | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Citadel Duel Club | Charleston, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Graham High School Swim Team | Bluefield, VA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Graham High School Wrestling | Bluefield, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Graham Middle School | Bluefield, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meade Armory | Hampton, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Main Street | Mt Pleasant, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sacred Heart Missions | Northfork, WV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Phillips Church | Charleston, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| USC | Columbia, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bluefield High School | Bluefield, WV | $925 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beni Kedem Shriners | Charleston, WV | $890 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Legion | Bluefield, WV | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clinch Valley Community Action | N Tazewell, VA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Princeton Community Hospital Foundation | Princeton, WV | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Graham Intermediate School | Bluefield, VA | $700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Legion Riley - Vest Post 9 | Bluefield, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Amish Families | Bluefield, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bland Ministry | Bland, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bluefield Va Oes | Bluefield, VA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Calvary Hill Church | Bluefield, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Charleston Home Builders | Charleston, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Drift Fest | Charleston, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ear for Music | Mt Pleasant, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Methodist Church Morehead City | Morehead City, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Graham High School Band | Bluefield, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Graham High School Band Boosters | Bluefield, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hodges Family Trust | Mt Pleasant, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Just Be You | Sullivans Island, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leukemia Lymphoma | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mark Graham | Richlands, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tazewell County Library | Bluefield, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tunnel to Towers | Staten Island, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tazewell County Sheriff Natl Child Safety | Tazewell, VA | $440 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mt Pleasant Sertoma | Mt Pleasant, SC | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Second Chance for Cats | Bluefield, WV | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bluefield Shrine Club | Bluefield, WV | $375 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Bluefield Wv | Bluefield, WV | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bland County Historical Society | Bland, VA | $325 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oberlin Magnet Middle School | Raleigh, NC | $325 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bethlehem Church | Reidsville, NC | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bethlehem United Methodist Church | Reidsville, NC | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bluefield Ridge Runners Boosters | Bluefield, WV | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dudley Elementary Food Pantry | Bluefield, VA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East River Soccer | Bluefield, VA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Graham High School Cheer | Bluefield, VA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Graham Intermediate School Food Pantry | Bluefield, VA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Graham Middle School Food Pantry | Bluefield, VA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Helpful Harvest Food Bank | Athens, WV | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Latin Appalachian | Welch, WV | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Open Door Community | Wytheville, VA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Patchwork Quilters | Bluefield, VA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Patchwork Qulters | Bluefield, VA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Michael's | Charleston, SC | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nscda - Wv | Charleston, WV | $295 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| John Chapman Chapter Dar | Bluefield, WV | $285 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ebenezer Methodist Church Men's | Bluefield, VA | $275 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ole No 3 | Pocahontas, VA | $270 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shepherd's Way | Wichita, KS | $267 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Black Diamond Girl Scouts | Charleston, WV | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Five Loaves and Two Fishes | Welch, WV | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Glenwood Elementary School | Princeton, WV | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Graham Warrior Travel Basketball | Bluefield, VA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Low Country Warrior Moms | Charleston, SC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southwest Training Foundation | Richlands, VA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Graham Commandery | Bluefield, VA | $245 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Colonial Dames | Charleston, WV | $225 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| W G Bottimore #28 | Bluefield, VA | $205 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bonsace Baptist Pre-School | Roanoke, VA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carolina Studios | Charleston, SC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catawba College | Salisbury, NC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christ Episcopal Church | Bluefield, WV | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Craik-Patton House | Charleston, WV | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| First Baptist Church | Princeton, WV | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sertoma | Mount Pleasant, SC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tazewell County Historical Society | Tazewell, VA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harman Lodge #22 | Bluefield, VA | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nscda | Charleston, WV | $145 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Child Safety Council | Michigan Center, MI | $110 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Adams County Historical Society | West Union, OH | $105 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| All Saints Episcopal Church | Thomasville, GA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society | Bluefield, WV | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Amy's House of Hope | Princeton, WV | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aquinas High School | Augusta, GA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ballard Christian School | Ballard, WV | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Balnd Street Methodist Church | Bluefield, WV | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carroll County Faa | Hillsville, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Charleston Animal Society | N Charleston, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Church of the Cross | Columbia, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Boating Center | New Bedford, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Christmas Tree | Bluefield, WV | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East River Church | Bluefield, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eastern Carolina Community Foundation | Florence, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eastminister Presbyterian Church | Columbia, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ebenezer Methodist Church | Bluefield, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Emmaues Church | Poquoson, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Episcopal Boys of Va | Covington, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Presbyterian Church | Bluefield, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friars Club | Cincinnati, OH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Graham High School Boosters | Bluefield, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hopeway | Charlotte, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hospice Pallative Care | Charlotte, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Immanuel Baptist Church | Princeton, WV | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legacy Hospice | Richlands, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mannin UMC | Mannin, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Monte Vista Baptist Church | Maryville, TN | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Msa Home Health & Hospice | Richlands, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Musc Foundation | Charleston, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Outward Bound School | Asheville, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northwest Ga Health System | Gainesville, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Patriot Family Foundation | Mooresville, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Royal Arch Chapter | Bluefield, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sacred Heart Food Pantry | Northfork, WV | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| South Carolina Als | Johns Island, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St John Greek Orthodox Church | Tampa, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St John in the Wilderness | Flat Rock, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Pauls Methodist Church | Orangeberg, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Thomas Episcopal Church | Windsor, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tabernacle Missionary Church | Bluefield, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Task | N Tazewell, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tazewell County Animal Shelter | Bluefield, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tisch Brain Tumor Society | Durham, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trinity United Methodist Church | Sumter, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unity Christian Church | Radford, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wytheville Presbyterian Church | Wytheville, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bluefield Beautification | Bluefield, WV | $95 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harman Lodge #222 | Bluefield, VA | $75 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| W G Bottimore | Bluefield, VA | $55 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Graham Commandery #22 | Bluefield, VA | $45 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Graham Historical Society | Bluefield, VA | $30 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
51 of 181 (28%) 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 37%, across 3 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 53 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 | 70 | $212,944 | $300 |
| 2022 | 84 | $179,426 | $500 |
| 2023 | 67 | $241,797 | $500 |
| 2024 | 60 | $213,477 | $550 |
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
68% of its giving went to organizations in 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 $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 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 The Stelio and Betty Tracy Corte's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: First Community Bank Inc Po Box, Bluefield, WV, 24701. 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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