OGLEBAY INSTITUTE, founded through the visions of the Oglebay family in 1930, is a nationally-unique charitable organization offering quality programming for lifelong learning with a multidisciplinary approach. Four departments offer programs in environmental education; regional history interpretation and preservation; performing arts; and visual and creative arts. Located in Wheeling, West Virginia, Oglebay Institute serves the tri-state region of northern West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. Oglebay Institute is part of the legacy of Cleveland industrialist, Earl W Oglebay who in 1926, willed his country estate to the City of Wheeling for use "...as a public park for the enjoyment, recreation and education of the greatest number of people."

Services of A.L. Brourman Associates, Inc. were retained to provide fund-raising counsel for a $6 million endowment campaign for: the Nature and Environmental Education Center, the Museums, Performing Arts Theatre and the Stifel Fine Arts Center.