Opportunity Overview
Open West Virginia health and addiction funding opportunity. The Milan Puskar Foundation’s annual grant cycle supports eligible West Virginia organizations whose work aligns with the Foundation’s priorities. Atlas is tracking only the directly health-related portion of the cycle, including organizations that provide health benefits and organizations providing prevention, treatment, counseling, and care services for people struggling with addiction.
Funding
The controlling Foundation pages do not publish a standard per-applicant award range or maximum award. Atlas does not infer a ceiling from historical awards or third-party databases.
Deadline and Application Process
The Foundation states that applications must be submitted by September 30, 2026. The controlling public source does not state an exact clock time or time zone, so Atlas does not infer either.
Applicants must first complete the Foundation’s online Letter of Inquiry. The Foundation states that proposals submitted without a Letter of Inquiry will not be reviewed and that Letters of Inquiry must be submitted no later than September 30. The current public pages do not state a separate 2026 formal-proposal deadline beyond the September 30 application language, so applicants should complete the Letter of Inquiry early and follow any applicant-specific instructions issued by the Foundation.
Eligibility
Recipients must be qualified IRS Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations or equivalent entities, or governmental agencies. Applicants must be authorized to do business in West Virginia and have primary facilities, operations, and activities in West Virginia, with committed key constituents in the state.
Atlas Healthcare Scope
This Atlas record is limited to proposals with a direct healthcare, public-health, behavioral-health, substance-use prevention/treatment, clinical-service, or related health objective. The Foundation also supports broader training, education, homelessness, and youth priorities, but those broader categories are not treated as healthcare opportunities unless the proposed funded scope itself has a direct health nexus.
N9+ and QC Healthcare Fit
N9+ Fit Score: 60/100 conditional. A project involving the Nonagon N9+ device and platform may have a legitimate role where an eligible West Virginia applicant proposes a directly health-related access, clinical-service, or remote-care project and the Foundation confirms the relevant equipment, technology, subscription, or vendor costs are allowable. The public guidelines do not specifically preapprove telehealth devices or the N9+.
QC Healthcare Fit: 70/100 conditional. QC Healthcare may have a legitimate role where an eligible applicant proposes allowable healthcare or addiction-service implementation support. Public Foundation guidance does not establish specific vendor or professional-service cost rules, so those costs must be confirmed before pursuit.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 91/100. This is a verified, open, West Virginia-only foundation opportunity with direct health and addiction priorities and a clear September 30 annual deadline. The strongest applicant targets are established West Virginia nonprofit healthcare, community-health, behavioral-health, addiction-treatment, recovery, and public-health organizations that can document a specific project aligned with the Foundation’s priorities.
Next Actions
Eligible organizations should review the Foundation guidelines, submit the required online Letter of Inquiry before September 30, define an applicant-controlled health or addiction project and budget, and confirm any proposed equipment, technology, vendor, professional-service, match, or cost-share treatment directly from the Foundation before relying on it.
Official Sources
Milan Puskar Foundation – Application Procedures & Guidelines