Each quarter, the West Virginia Business Volunteer Council (BVC) will award two matching mini-grants (up to $500 each) to encourage private/nonprofit partnerships through meaningful community service projects. To be eligible, both a small business and nonprofit agency must be involved with the planning and implementation of the service project.

Eligible Organizations

• Businesses with fewer than 25 full-time employees (partnering with a nonprofit organization)
• Nonprofit organizations (partnering with a for-profit company)
• Labor organizations
• Associations

Eligible Service Projects
Any community project is eligible where one or more employee(s) of both a private and nonprofit organization are volunteering on a service project. Priority will be given to projects that:

• Promote workplace volunteering
• Demonstrate participation from the community
• Meet a need deemed important by the community
• Provide an opportunity for community-minded volunteers to network

Next Application Deadline:
December 15, 2012
(For events taking place January - March 2013)
To apply please download the Application form below:

Download the Application

Download the Project Final Report Template 

Contact Mitzi Vince with any questions at mitzi.vince@wv.gov; or by phone at (304) 558-0111.