West Virginia
West Virginia has $2.6B in tracked subsidies across 1355 beneficiary companies. 97 of these companies also donated to political campaigns (7% donor rate). County-level data available for 55 of 55 counties.
About these scores and findings: Scores, donor rates, and spike counts on this page are pattern-detection outputs computed from public records. They document correlations and timing patterns in the data; they are not findings of wrongdoing by any company, official, or agency.
Companies that donated to political committees affiliated with IDA-appointing officials received tax exemptions. This analysis documents a correlation between donations and exemptions; it does not establish that donations caused approvals.
County Overview
55 counties ranked by subsidy total. Click any county for full details.
Key Findings
- 97 of 1,355 subsidized companies (7.2%) made campaign donations — $3.1M total.
- $314,236 in donations flowed from beneficiaries to 182 political committees. Top recipient: Team West Virginia ($50,000).
- 1 company showed statistically significant pre-award donation spikes (BH-corrected, q<0.05). Top: Equitrans Midstream Corp. (6.2× baseline, z=6.5).
- $2.65B in total subsidies tracked across 1,355 beneficiary companies in West Virginia.
Political Committee Activity
Top recipient: Team West Virginia ($50K — 5% beneficiary-funded)
Pre-Award Donation Spikes
1 companies showed statistically unusual donation increases in the years around their subsidy award (Benjamini-Hochberg corrected, q<0.05).
Largest spike: Equitrans Midstream Corp. (6.2× baseline, z=6.5)
All Counties
| County | Score | Total Subsidies | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mason | 55.0 | $1700.0M | 0 |
| Kanawha | 51.3 | $256.3M | 0 |
| Monongalia | 24.8 | $674.0M | 0 |
| Mingo | 5.5 | — | 0 |
| Putnam | 5.5 | $0.3M | 0 |
| Ohio | 3.6 | $10.0M | 0 |
| Jefferson | 3.3 | — | 0 |
| Wetzel | 3.3 | $0.0M | 0 |
| Marion | 2.2 | $2.4M | 0 |
| Nicholas | 2.1 | $0.0M | 0 |
| Hardy | 0.1 | $3.5M | 0 |
| Morgan | 0.1 | $2.0M | 0 |
| Barbour | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Berkeley | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Boone | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Braxton | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Brooke | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Cabell | 0.0 | $0.0M | 0 |
| Calhoun | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Clay | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Doddridge | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Fayette | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Gilmer | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Grant | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Greenbrier | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Hampshire | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Hancock | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Harrison | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Jackson | 0.0 | $0.3M | 0 |
| Lewis | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Lincoln | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Logan | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Marshall | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Mcdowell | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Mercer | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Mineral | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Monroe | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Pendleton | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Pleasants | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Pocahontas | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Preston | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Raleigh | 0.0 | $0.2M | 0 |
| Randolph | 0.0 | $0.1M | 0 |
| Ritchie | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Roane | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Summers | 0.0 | $0.0M | 0 |
| Taylor | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Tucker | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Tyler | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Upshur | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Wayne | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Webster | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Wirt | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Wood | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Wyoming | 0.0 | — | 0 |
How we calculated this
State summaries aggregate county-level data from Good Jobs First subsidy records cross-referenced with state campaign finance databases. Donor rates reflect the percentage of subsidy recipients matched to campaign contributors. County scorecards use a composite weighted score (subsidy concentration 35%, donor overlap 30%, tax burden 20%, WARN notices 15%).