West Virginia Folklife is a project of the West Virginia Humanities Council. When you make a donation to the Council, you are also supporting the important work of the West Virginia Folklife Program.

To make a sponsored donation for West Virginia Folklife, contact Development Director Katie Morris at morris@wvhumanities.org or at (304)346-8500 and explain that you would like for your donation to support the work of West Virginia Folklife or, specifically, the West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship program.

GIVE EVERY MONTH (GEM):

The West Virginia Humanities Council teamed up with Morgantown artist Liz Pavlovic to create special edition enamel pins celebrating West Virginia’s cryptids and West Virginia Folklife. You can get yours by becoming a GEM (Give Every Month) member of the West Virginia Humanities Council at only $5/month or more.

GEMs who give $15 or more receive the 2023 Grafton Monster pin, 2022 Flatwoods Monster pin, and 2021 Mothman pin. Your renewed support will be deeply appreciated and put to direct use. Every gift, in any amount, is meaningful and important to our work. Monthly giving is safe, secure, and automatic, and it allows us to put more of your contribution to work on programming.

Here’s what your gift will do today:

• Support the preservation and documentation of West Virginia’s vibrant cultural heritage and living traditions through the West Virginia Folklife Program
  
• Support educational projects and programs like our Born of Rebellion traveling exhibit about West Virginia’s complicated journey to statehood during the Civil War
  
• Send our popular History Alive! speaker series to communities of every size around the state
  
• Maintain the MacFarland-Hubbard House, our historic 1836 headquarters property, as a public programming and event space
  
• Carry West Virginia’s story around the world through e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, available online at www.wvencyclopedia.org