Advancing Equity
at the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia
The Community Foundation’s leadership strategies and initiatives are all designed to help build a community that works for everyone. Guided by our
Strategic Plan, each program, initiative and event outlined below falls within one of our four core pillars to advance equity throughout the region. This work is informed by a rich organizational
history spanning more than 40 years of partnership with individuals and organizations representing all sectors of our society.
Our Community Leadership Pillars
Community Leadership in Action
Insight Region
Insight Region
® is a research center at the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia that analyzes local trends, convenes civic leaders, and promotes civic and social action that the Community Foundation launched in 2020.
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Champions for Accountability Badge
With a commitment to catalyzing more inclusive systems of economic growth throughout the region, the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia has partnered with the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce to develop the Northern Virginia Champions for Accountability badge. Businesses across all industries are encouraged to participate.
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Conferences and Events
Our thought leadership events such as the Shape of the Region, Innovation Breakfasts, and Raise the Region Gala help bring together community, business and philanthropic leaders to discuss ideas, innovations and solutions ongoing economic and social challenges that we can address, evaluate, monitor, and anticipate.
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Our Leadership Impact
The Community Foundation launches leadership initiatives to advance equity throughout the region. Through cross-sector partnerships, strategic investments and thoughtful events, these initiatives help the community act upon some of the biggest challenges the region faces.
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Afghan Relief and Resettlement Fund
The Community Foundation’s Afghan Relief and Resettlement Fund for Northern Virginia was established on September 1, 2021 to support Afghans fleeing their country who either pass through or are resettled here in Northern Virginia.
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Discretionary Grantmaking
The Community Foundation runs discretionary grant cycles that support organizations in Northern Virginia in a variety of areas guided by research. These include child and youth development, safety net support, mental health, aging, military personnel, education, the arts, the environment and innovation.
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2023 Elevate NOVA Book Circle
Recruit your book circle or join one from the Community Foundation to read and discuss Mónica Guzmán’s
I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times. Her unique formula for civic healing will get us thinking about how deeper listening and curiosity can bridge gaps in understanding, despite our deeply-held beliefs and individual perspectives.
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Community Leadership Fund
As a community leader, the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia works to build a community that works for everyone. The Community Leadership Fund makes possible our work to create accessible pathways to more inclusive economic growth, address systemic racism, promote social and economic mobility, and improve community resilience across our region.
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