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May 11, 2021 (Oakton, VA) – Thirty years ago, children growing up in a lower-income family in Northern Virginia enjoyed the highest rate of economic mobility in the country; 19 percent were earning in the top quintile for household income as adults, the highest rate of economic mobility across the 50 most populous metro areas. This near universal “prosperity bump” extended across racial-ethnic groups. If history is any indication, that story will remain unchanged.

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May 3, 2021 (Oakton, VA) – The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia, in partnership with Micron Technology Inc., announced today the opening of its 2021-2022 Micron Opportunity Fund grant cycle. This grant opportunity is available to nonprofits and public-school systems in Northern Virginia that provide education, skills acquisition, and mentoring for underrepresented and under-funded student populations in fields of engineering, technology, and STEM.

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May 3, 2021 (Oakton, VA) – The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia, announced today the opening of its 2021 Healthy Kids Grants cycle. The grants are available for the 2021-2022 academic school year. Eligible public schools in the region with programs focused on healthy lifestyles through increased exercise and physical activity or healthy nutrition may apply for grants up to $2,000 each.

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April 28, 2021 (Oakton, VA) – The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia, a trusted leader in philanthropy in the region announced today it has awarded $548,450 in grants through its Community Investment Funds (CIF), Environment Fund, and the Ross-Roberts Fund for the Arts to 39 local nonprofit organizations. The Community Foundation conducts several discretionary grant cycles each year that help meet critical needs and seed innovative solutions to complex social problems across the region.

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March 25, 2021 (Oakton, VA) – The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t just put stress on minority-owned businesses in the Northern Virginia region, but also on the chambers of commerce that serve them. The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia today announced it has awarded grants totaling $43,000 to five area Chambers of Commerce: Northern Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce, Asian American Chamber of Commerce, Virginia Hispanic Chamber, NOVA Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce.

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March 12, 2021 (Oakton, VA) – The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia held its annual Shape of the Region Conference on Thursday, March 11, 2021, in partnership with 12 regional organizations to inspire our community about ways our region is coming together to institute real change. More than 300 people registered to attend the virtual event.

This year’s conference, Co-Creating a New Northern Virginia: An Emerging Vision of a More Inclusive, Sustainable, and Equitable Region examined strategies for advancing a more inclusive economy in our region while facing some of the biggest challenges of our day – entrenched poverty, structural racism, and the environment.

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February 11, 2021 (Oakton, VA) – The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia is hosting its 2021 Shape of the Region Conference (virtual) on March 11, 2021, from 1230 pm - 2:00 pm. The theme this year is: Co-Creating a New Northern Virginia: An Emerging Vision of a More Inclusive, Sustainable, and Equitable Region.

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January 21, 2021 (Oakton, VA) – The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia today announced it has awarded $100,000 in grants to four organizations in a new round of funding through its Build Back – Dream Forward COVID-19 Response initiative. The grant recipients include ALIVE!, Arlington Free Clinic, Capital Area Food Bank, and The House, Inc. Each organization received a grant of $25,000 that will be used to support creative and innovative solutions for food access and distribution to residents in Northern Virginia.

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(January 19, 2021, Oakton, VA) - The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia is accepting applications for college scholarships for the 2021 – 2022 school year. Eligible students include high school seniors, undergraduates, and graduate students in Northern Virginia.

Community Foundation manages twelve scholarships and administers the funds for 18 other scholarships that support Northern Virginia students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Last year the annual program awarded more than $300,000 in scholarships to help 110 area Northern Virginia students attend the college of their choice. Each scholarship has different selection criteria, allowing opportunities for a diverse range of students.

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January 13, 2021 (Oakton, VA) – A new report by the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia finds that 67% of Northern Virginians with low incomes (less than $50,000 per year for a family of four) are “severely burdened” by the cost of housing, spending over half of their income on rent, mortgage, taxes, fees, and basic utilities. Individuals and families with moderate incomes ($50,000 to $100,000 for a family of four) fare slightly better, but still over half (59 percent) cannot afford their homes and 19% spend over half of their income on housing. When compared to other large metropolitan areas, Northern Virginia has the highest rate of severe housing burden among low-income households and the sixth highest rate among moderate-income households in the country.

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