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Below is the voting pamphlet available for WISH members to read summaries on each of the 2026 grant finalists. Please take the time to look at each summary before voting. You may also access full proposals at the below link.

If you did not receive an electronic ballot through Opavote, you may send an email with your two nonprofit AND two Shepherd choices to Meg Patterson at [email protected].

WISH Voting Pamphlet

Full Finalist Proposals

2026 Nonprofit Finalists

  • Community Markets, Inc.
  • Harpers Ferry-Bolivar Historic Town Foundation
  • Morgan County Starting Points
  • Potomac Valley Audubon Society

2026 Shepherd Finalists

  • Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities
  • College of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Nursing; College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; School of Nursing
  • Department of English, History, and Modern Languages
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