Opportunity Overview
Open North Central West Virginia women’s health and empowerment funding opportunity. The Women’s Giving Circle of North Central West Virginia, a component fund of Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia, Inc. (YCF), is accepting applications for its 2026-27 funding cycle. The program supports nonprofit and public-institution projects addressing women’s physical and mental health, the healthy development of girls, education and life skills, economic empowerment, and prevention of violence and crime.
Funding
Applicants may request up to $5,000. The controlling program page does not state a total funding pool or number of awards.
Deadline
Applications are due by September 21, 2026. The controlling YCF materials do not publish an exact clock time or time zone, so Atlas does not infer one. YCF states that awards will be disbursed in November and project reports are due the following August 31.
Eligibility and Geography
Eligible applicants are charitable organizations in good standing, including 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and public institutions. Faith organizations may apply for activities that are non-discriminatory, nonsectarian, and benefit the larger community. Projects must serve women or girls in Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, or Taylor County, West Virginia.
Program Priorities
The Women’s Giving Circle supports projects that increase the life skills of women and girls through education, economic empowerment, physical and mental health, and strategies for prevention of violence and crime; encourage the healthy development of girls; or promote gender equity in the community.
Costs, Match, and Restrictions
Grant funds may not be used for fundraising events; alcohol, firearms, or tobacco products; contributions to candidates or partisan political purposes; capital campaigns or endowments; intermediary funding agencies; academic scholarships; general operating expenses; or routine administrative and day-to-day staff operations. Staff time may be charged only when it is directly related to the funded project. The controlling Women’s Giving Circle page does not state a mandatory match or cost-share requirement. YCF’s general grant policy gives priority to matching grants that leverage additional support, but this is not stated as a mandatory percentage for this program.
Submission, Registration, and Contacts
Applications must be submitted through YCF’s online grant portal by selecting YCF Grant Program 2026-27. New applicants must create a portal account. YCF uses a common application form for its current competitive grant programs other than Educator Mini-Grants. Program questions may be directed to YCF at 304-296-3433 or info@ycfwv.org. The accessible controlling materials do not publish opportunity-specific vendor/procurement rules, addenda, or FAQs, so Atlas does not infer them.
N9+ and Dr. Miltie Fit
N9+ Fit Score: 18/100 conditional. The program expressly supports women’s physical and mental health, but the award ceiling is only $5,000 and the published rules do not specifically establish telehealth equipment, remote-exam devices, or the Nonagon N9+ remote physical examination platform as allowable. A device component should not be assumed eligible without applicant-led project justification and YCF confirmation.
QC Healthcare Fit: 30/100 conditional. Limited healthcare-program design or implementation support may fit when it is tied directly to an eligible applicant-controlled women’s health project and is not routine administrative overhead. Dr. Miltie direct-applicant fit: 0/100 because the eligible applicant classes are charitable nonprofits and public institutions.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 88/100. The opportunity is current, authoritative, geographically focused, and directly relevant to women’s physical and mental health. Its principal limitations are the $5,000 ceiling, the absence of an exact deadline clock time/time zone, and the lack of explicit telehealth or equipment guidance.
Priority organization: Milan Puskar Health Right – Organization Opportunity Score 97/100. Milan Puskar Health Right is a 501(c)(3) free and charitable clinic in Monongalia County that provides primary care, mental health services, preventive screening, and specialty screening days including mammography and cervical cancer screening. Its current public materials document strong alignment with low-income and underinsured West Virginia populations. Any application must be based on the organization’s own project design, internal approvals, budget, and confirmation that the proposed costs are allowable.
Next Actions
Confirm an applicant-controlled women’s health or girls’ healthy-development project in an eligible county, build a project-specific budget that avoids prohibited general operating and routine administrative costs, create or confirm the applicant’s YCF portal account, and submit through the YCF Grant Program 2026-27 application by September 21, 2026.
Official Sources
Your Community Foundation – Women’s Giving Circle of North Central West Virginia Grants
Your Community Foundation – Grant Policy