Opportunity Overview
Rolling West Virginia health and medical nonprofit funding opportunity. The Bernard McDonough Foundation accepts grant requests from tax-exempt nonprofit organizations serving residents across all 55 counties of West Virginia and Washington County, Ohio. Its published funding priorities expressly include Health & Medical alongside other charitable areas. This Atlas record is intentionally limited to the Foundation’s documented Health & Medical funding scope; generic arts, education, civic, social-welfare, or other projects do not qualify for Atlas publication unless their specific funded scope independently establishes the required healthcare nexus.
Funding
The Foundation states that it awards more than $2 million annually to nearly 200 nonprofits, but its public guidelines do not publish a standard per-grant minimum, maximum, or total pool for the Health & Medical category. Atlas therefore does not infer an applicant award ceiling.
Deadline and Cycle
The Foundation states that it funds grants on a rolling cycle and has no specific application cycles or deadlines. Organizations may receive Foundation funding only one time during a calendar year. Because no closing date or time is published, the ordinary 48-hour deadline cutoff is not applicable to the rolling cycle; applicant-specific current-year prior-award status must still be verified before pursuit or outreach.
Eligibility and Geography
Applicants must be tax-exempt organizations under the Internal Revenue Code, primarily 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, and must serve residents of West Virginia or Washington County, Ohio. The Foundation does not fund individuals, travel, entities without tax-exempt recognition, government agencies or departments, or national charities unless a local chapter serves the Foundation’s primary geographic area and uses the grant for that area. Certain school clubs, sports, extracurricular organizations, and primarily athletic facilities are also excluded.
Health Publication-Scope Gate
This record passes the hard Atlas publication-scope gate only for proposals in the Foundation’s expressly documented Health & Medical funding area. The Foundation’s broader charitable categories are not treated as healthcare opportunities merely because a nonprofit applicant could imagine a health-related use. Atlas should keep any non-health McDonough proposal outside this record or in Draft unless the controlling source for that specific request documents a direct healthcare, public-health, behavioral-health, clinical, healthcare-workforce, telehealth, medical-equipment, or other qualifying health objective.
Application Guidance and Match
The Foundation advises applicants to keep narratives brief, answer every application question, include all requested materials, and contact the Foundation to discuss the letter of inquiry before submission. It specifically advises applicants not to request 100% of total project funding and says it wants to see diverse funding sources and participation from other funders. This is a strong co-funding expectation, but the public guidelines do not state a mandatory fixed match percentage or cost-share formula. Collaboration, long-term impact, sustainability, avoidance of duplicative services, engaged governance, and sound financial controls are emphasized.
Submission and Contacts
Applications are submitted through the Foundation’s online grant portal. The Foundation lists 304-424-6280 for questions. Current public contacts include Angi Smith, President, Angi@mcdonoughfoundation.org, and Katrina Valentine, Corporate Secretary, katrina@mcdonoughfoundation.org. The accessible public materials do not publish Health & Medical-specific vendor rules, equipment allowability, reimbursement rules, telehealth requirements, addenda, or a fixed application form checklist, so Atlas does not infer them.
N9+ and Dr. Miltie Fit
N9+ Fit Score: 25/100 conditional. The Foundation directly recognizes Health & Medical as a funding priority, but its public materials do not specifically establish telehealth hardware, remote-exam devices, medical equipment purchases, subscription fees, or the Nonagon N9+ remote physical examination platform as allowable costs. Any N9+ component would require an applicant-led healthcare project and written or portal-level confirmation that the proposed expense is eligible.
QC Healthcare Fit: 30/100 conditional. Healthcare program design, implementation support, or related services could fit only when tied directly to an eligible nonprofit’s documented Health & Medical project and when the Foundation confirms those costs are allowable. Dr. Miltie direct-applicant fit: 0/100 because the Foundation’s public eligibility language is directed to tax-exempt nonprofit organizations rather than a for-profit healthcare vendor.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 90/100. This is a statewide, rolling, authoritative nonprofit funding source with an explicitly documented Health & Medical priority and no near-term deadline risk. Its principal limitations are the absence of a public per-award ceiling, the once-per-calendar-year award restriction, and the lack of published Health & Medical-specific cost and equipment rules.
Priority organization: West Virginia Health Right – Organization Opportunity Score 98/100. West Virginia Health Right is a 501(c)(3) free and charitable clinic providing primary care, behavioral health, substance-use treatment and recovery support, dental care, pharmacy services, testing, screening, women’s health, health education, and mobile dental services to medically underserved West Virginians. Any pursuit must remain applicant-controlled and should first verify whether the organization has already received Bernard McDonough Foundation funding during calendar year 2026, confirm the specific project and budget, and verify cost allowability through the Foundation.
Next Actions
For an eligible West Virginia nonprofit health organization, confirm tax-exempt status and service geography; verify no Bernard McDonough Foundation award has already been received in 2026; define a direct Health & Medical project; build a diversified funding plan rather than requesting 100% of project costs; contact the Foundation to discuss the proposed request; confirm allowability of any equipment, telehealth, vendor, or professional-services costs; and submit through the Foundation’s online grant portal.
Official Sources
Bernard McDonough Foundation – What We Fund
Bernard McDonough Foundation – Application Resources and Tips