GREENBRIER COUNTY W.Va. (WVDN) – Grants awarded by the Hollowell Dawkins Foundation to date total $13,192,011.13.
Recipients of this year’s grant awards are as follows: Alderson Main Street, Bethlehem Farm, Carnegie Hall, CASA of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Central Greenbrier Little League, Children’s Home Society, Communities in Schools of Greenbrier County, Davis-Stuart, Family Refuge Center, Family Resource Network, Clintonville Volunteer Fire Department, Fairlea Volunteer Fire Department, Lewisburg Volunteer Fire Company, Quinwood Volunteer Fire Department, Rupert Volunteer Fire Department, Tri-County Volunteer Fire Department, Frankford Autumnfest Corporation, Gateway Industries, God’s Way Home, Greenbrier Community School, Greenbrier County Emergency Ambulance, Greenbrier East Football, Greenbrier East Project Graduation, Greenbrier East Soccer, Greenbrier East Softball, Greenbrier East Track, Greenbrier Girls Softball League, Greenbrier Humane Society, Greenbrier Valley Chorale, Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Greenbrier Valley Sportsman Alliance, Greenbrier West Softball, High Rocks Educational Corporation, Joyful Noise After School Program, Lewisburg Fairlea Food Locker, Lewisburg Foundation, Lewisburg Literary Group, Loni’s Legacy, Make-A-Wish Foundation, New River Community & Technical College Foundation, Northern Greenbrier Latchkey Kids, Rainelle Food Pantry, Read Aloud WV, Renick Community Center, Ronceverte Food Truck Festival, Ronceverte Lions Club, Ronceverte Presbyterian Church, Ronceverte River Festival, Shepherd’s Center of Greenbrier Valley, The Real WV, Wellspring of Greenbrier, Western Greenbrier Little League, White Sulphur Springs EMS, Williamsburg Community Action, Young Life Greenbrier County and the following Public Libraries: Greenbrier County, Rainelle, Ronceverte, Rupert and White Sulphur Springs.
Current Hollowell Dawkins Foundation Board members are Allen Carson, Kelly Collins, Alyson Dotson, Katie Eads, Greg Glover, Dr. Michael Meadows, Mary Page Nemcik, Daniel Ream and Tommy Vance.
If you would like to apply for a grant from the Hollowell Dawkins Foundation, please request an application form by writing to the Foundation at 1022 Washington Street E., Lewisburg, WV 24901, by email, hollowellfoundation@gmail.com or from the website, hollowelldawkinsfoundation.org. When returning your completed grant application form, please include a copy of your Internal Revenue Service tax exemption letter; your budget for at least the two most recent years and your income statement and balance sheet for the current year. Applications are accepted at any time when delivered to 1022 Washington Street East or by mail; no electronic submissions are accepted. Grant awards are made in June each year. Applications must be received by April 1, 2025, to be considered at the June 2025 Board meeting.
Awards are made in memory of Otto Hollowell, Margaret Ford Hollowell and John R. Dawkins and as a tribute to their philanthropic efforts throughout the Greenbrier Valley. It is the primary mission of the Foundation to promote and enhance the quality of life of the citizens of the Greenbrier Valley by supporting projects that sustain and advance educational, scientific, literary, recreational and cultural endeavors.
