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WV Grant Resource Centers Staff Host Community Connections  Outreach Team in Bluefield, Princeton, and Belle BLUEFIELD, PRINCETON, AND BELLE, W.VA. – The West Virginia Grant Resource Centers (Grant Centers) Co-Founders Sara Payne Scarbro and Dr. Liz Vitullo today announced the Grant Centers will be hosting a series of mobile office events, titled Community Connections, in

The West Virginia Grant Resource Centers’ team is thrilled to share our 2025 Annual Impact Report! This Annual Impact Report captures not only the Grant Centers’ collective three-year progress, but provides an in-depth look into the services, trainings, and outreach we provided in 2025. Between January 2023 and December 2025, the Grant Centers have made

HUNTINGTON, MORGANTOWN, WV – Today, the West Virginia Grant Resource Centers’ Co-Founders, Sara Payne Scarbro and Dr. Liz Vitullo, marked a historic milestone for the Grant Centers, announcing more than $51.5 million in local, state, private, and federal funding won through 124 awards across the state.  “This is what a national model for targeted, regional

(From left) Brittany Chaber, Laura Tolley, Emily Brammer, and Tabitha Surface led the Grants 101 Workshop in Welch on August 13, 2025. Summer 2025 was a busy season for the West Virginia Grant Resource Centers team, who led 10 trainings across the Mountain State and participated in 15 outreach events, including conferences, speaking engagements, and

(From left) Jessica Shaw, Lexi Browning, and Priscila Santos attended and tabled the 2025 WV Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Annual Conference in Shepherdstown in April. Between outreach, training, and forging new partnerships, Spring 2025 was an eventful season for the Grant Centers team! Throughout April, May, and June we participated in 17 events across the state, including

The West Virginia Grant Resource Centers’ Co-Founders, Sara Payne Scarbro and Dr. Liz Vitullo, are pleased to announce the release of their 2024 Impact Report, which illustrates in-depth the Grant Centers’ second — and most significant — year of operation yet.  Launched in January 2023 as a joint partnership between Marshall University (Marshall) and West

CHARLESTON, WV – The West Virginia Grant Resource Centers are pleased to announce the launch of biweekly Outreach Hours in collaboration with the WV One Stop Business Center, an initiative of the WV Secretary of State’s office. Each month, the Grant Centers team will host one in-person session at the WV One Stop Business Center

Quarterly Impact Updates: January-March 2025 Grant Centers’ Co-Founders Liz Vitullo, left, and Sara Payne Scarbro inquire about attendees’ familiarity with the Grant Centers while speaking at the 2025 WVEDC Legislative Conference. This winter was a busy season for travel, training, and tabling for the West Virginia Grant Resource Centers’ team! Throughout January, February, and March

HUNTINGTON, MORGANTOWN, WV – West Virginia Grant Resource Centers (Grant Centers) Co-Founders Sara Payne Scarbro, from Marshall University, and Liz Vitullo, from West Virginia University, today celebrated a major milestone in helping clients secure more than $33 million to support their economic, workforce and community development projects. Through competitive grant writing, facilitation support and project

WV Grant Resource Centers to offer training at Small Communities, Big Solutions Conference  The West Virginia Grant Resource Centers are pleased to offer an exclusive grant writing workshop at the sixth annual Small Communities, Big Solutions Conference on November 8-9, 2023, at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, West Virginia.  Led by