West Virginia Foundation For Architecture

The purpose of the Foundation

?       to seek, investigate, or carry out programs and projects for improving the human environment for living and working in West Virginia; 
 
?       to solicit, receive, and expend gifts, grants, and legacies for education, preservation, exhibition, publication, and research relating to architecture, architects, and the arts and sciences allied to them, to the end that such activities may be developed and maintained in a manner that enhances existing and potential cultural, educational, residential, aesthetic, and other assets;
 
?       to provide scholarships, fellowships, and other grants in support of architectural studies;
 
?       to enlarge the public understanding of architecture and its allied fields, primarily in West Virginia, especially of the history, quality, and social significance of architecture and its allied fields, and of the people and organizations who have contributed to these fields;
 
?       to establish awards, prizes, and medals for meritorious work in architecture and its allied fields, primarily in West Virginia.