During the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the Community Foundation awarded more than $10 million in total grants and scholarships. Within this total, CFNOVA allocated over $960,000 in discretionary grants to directly support our community. Discretionary grants, funded by community endowments, enable the Foundation to respond strategically to the region’s most pressing needs, independent of donor advisors’ direction. Below is a full listing of these grants awarded to support the Northern Virginia region.
Business Women’s Giving Circle ($55,000 | 3 grants)
The Business Women's Giving Circle supports programs and organizations in our region that promote business innovation, entrepreneurship, STEM education, and inventive opportunities for women and girls.
| Boolean Girl Inc |
$15,000 |
| Sustainability Matters |
$20,000 |
| Year Up National Capital Region |
$20,000 |
Community Investment Funds ($641,500 | 33 grants)
The Community Investment Funds are the signature grant cycle managed by the Community Foundation in which funds are invested in organizations serving the Northern Virginia community in the areas of child and youth development, disabilities, education, Latino engagement and achievement, mental health, aging, military personnel and their families, and safety net support.
Aging ($53,500| 3 grants)
| Home Care Partners |
$17,500 |
| Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington |
$18,000 |
| Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia |
$18,000 |
Angus Slater Lamond Fund for Children and Youth ($110,000 | 3 grants)
| Food for Neighbors |
$30,000 |
| Northern Virginia Family Service |
$30,000 |
| United Community |
$50,000 |
Child and Youth Development ($90,000 |6 grants)
| Aspire! Afterschool Learning |
$15,000 |
| BELONG! |
$15,000 |
| Casa Chirilagua |
$15,000 |
| Girls on the Run of NOVA |
$15,000 |
| The House, Inc. |
$15,000 |
| The Spitfire Club |
$15,000 |
Education ($45,000 | 3 grants)
| English Empowerment Center |
$15,000 |
| Hispanics Against Child Abuse and Neglect |
$15,000 |
| Literacy Volunteers of America-Prince William, Inc. |
$15,000 |
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities ($18,000 | 1 grant)
| Best Buddies in VA and DC |
$18,000 |
Latino Engagement and Achievement Fund ($15,000 | 1 grant)
| Centreville Immigration Forum |
$15,000 |
Mental Health ($75,000 | 3 grants)
| Rock Recovery |
$25,000 |
| The Family Counseling Center of Greater Washington |
$25,000 |
| The HUB for Growth and Healing |
$25,000 |
Military Personnel & Their Families ($40,000 | 2 grants)
| Easterseals DC MD VA |
$20,000 |
| Operation Renewed Hope Foundation |
$20,000 |
Safety Net ($195,000 | 11 grants)
| Boxes of Basics |
$15,000 |
| Carpenter's Shelter |
$30,000 |
| Homestretch, Inc. |
$15,000 |
| Just Neighbors |
$15,000 |
| Loudoun Citizens for Social Justice/LAWS |
$15,000 |
| Loudoun Free Clinic |
$15,000 |
| Offender Aid and Restoration of Arlington, Inc. |
$15,000 |
| Rising Hope United Methodist Mission Church |
$15,000 |
| Second Story |
$30,000 |
| Survivor Ventures, Inc. |
$15,000 |
| The Child and Family Network Center |
$15,000 |
Environment Fund ($95,000 | 8 grants)
The Environment Fund protects, restores, and improves the natural environment of Northern Virginia, thereby enhancing the health and quality of life of its citizens and the economy of the region.
| Clean Fairfax Council, Inc. |
$10,000 |
| Earth Sangha |
$20,000 |
| Global Education Energy Environment Inc. |
$5,000 |
| Hand On Harvests |
$5,000 |
| NatureBridge |
$20,000 |
| Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets (NoVA FSS) |
$5,000 |
| Prince William County Public Schools Education Foundation |
$20,000 |
| Sustainability Matters |
$10,000 |
Healthy Kids Grants ($28,535| 14 grants)
Healthy Kids Grants are awarded each year to individual public schools in Northern Virginia that implement a program or strategy to encourage better nutrition, more physical activity or improved mental health among their student body during the school year.
| Banneker Elementary School/LCPS |
$1,023 |
| Belvedere Elementary School PTA/FCPS |
$2,000 |
| Briar Woods High School/LCPS |
$2,000 |
| BWHS PEER/LCPS |
$2,000 |
| Cedar Lane High School/FCPS |
$2,000 |
| Fred Lynn Middle School/PWCS |
$4,000 |
| Heritage High School/LCPS |
$2,000 |
| Hutchison Elementary School/FCPS |
$1,512 |
| Leesburg Elementary School/LCPS |
$2,000 |
| McNair Elementary/FCPS |
$2,000 |
| Naomi L. Brooks Elementary School/ACPS |
$2,000 |
| Rock Ridge High School/LCPS |
$2,000 |
| Sources of Strength |
$2,000 |
| Sugarland Elementary School/LCPS |
$2,000 |
Innovation Fund ($16,900| 2 grants)
The Innovation Fund promotes inventiveness, creativity, and new design, seeding a more innovative ecosystem in the region.
| NOVA Labs |
$15,900 |
| Vector Space |
$1,000 |
Loudoun Impact Fund ($116,000+ | 15 grants)
The Loudoun Impact Fund is a giving circle of engaged Loudoun County donors managed in partnership by the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties and the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia. The Fund invests strategically in Loudoun County to promote education, the arts, the environment, and to support the needs of Loudoun families, children and youth.
+The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia made a grant to the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties for $21,500. The total above reflects combined funding from both organizations.
| Farm Less Ordinary |
$7,000 |
| A Place to Be |
$10,000 |
| All Ages Read Together |
$5,000 |
| Crossroads Jobs |
$10,000 |
| Dulles South Food Pantry |
$9,000 |
| Insight Memory Care |
$5,000 |
| Legacy Farms |
$10,000 |
| Loudoun Cares |
$7,000 |
| Loudoun Hunger Relief |
$9,000 |
| Loudoun Literacy Council |
$5,000 |
| Loudoun Serenity House |
$5,000 |
| Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers |
$8,000 |
| Ryan Bartel Foundation |
$7,000 |
| The Arc of Loudoun |
$5,000 |
| Women Giving Back |
$10,000 |
Ross-Roberts Fund for the Arts ($80,000 | 8 grants)
The Ross-Roberts Fund for the Arts celebrates, promotes, and supports the arts in Northern Virginia.
| Better Said Than Done |
$5,000 |
| Clearbrook Foundation |
$5,000 |
| Creative Cauldron |
$20,000 |
| Fairfax Symphony Orchestra |
$20,000 |
| Heard |
$5,000 |
| Sound Impact |
$10,000 |
| South Loudoun Youth Chorale |
$10,000 |
| Voce, Inc. |
$5,000 |
Additional Grants from the Community Foundation ($21,940 | 2 grants)
| FACETS |
$6,940 |
| SafeSpot Children's Advocacy Center of Fairfax County |
$15,000 |
Boxes of Basics, 2024 Safety Net Grantee
"The grant from The Community Foundation for Northern VA will profoundly impact the lives of countless local children facing clothing insecurity, providing them with more than just a seasonal wardrobe. It's a lifeline of dignity, confidence, and hope. By meeting this critical physical need, we're nurturing their mental health, empowering them to thrive and succeed."
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