Discretionary Grant Making for Northern Virginia Nonprofits

The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia conducts an annual grant cycle through the Community Investment Fund. Nonprofit organizations providing services in Northern Virginia are invited to apply.

Applications are being accepted in the following categories:

• Child & Youth Development
• Education
• Military Personnel & Their Families
• Poverty Relief

2019 CIF Webinar

See this webinar presented by Sari Raskin and Jill Bach about the 2019 grant application cycle.

Read about all of the 2018 Community Investment Fund grant recipients.

Grant Application Portal

To apply, update, or submit a grant application, and to submit final reports for past grants, click below:

Submit Applications or Review Past Grants Here

You will be instructed to set up an organizational profile before applying. If your organization has applied in the past, check with other staff members to get access to the organization profile already established. It contains grant history and past applications. Please do not set up a new profile unless you are sure your organization has not applied previously.

If you have any questions, please contact Sari Raskin at sari.raskin@cfnova.org or Jill Bach at jill.bach@cfnova.org.

Who can apply?

• Organizations providing services in Northern Virginia (defined as the areas within Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties and the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park) can apply for funding.
• Applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations providing charitable or educational services. Local, state and federal government entities are not eligible to apply.
• Organizations are limited to one application per grant cycle. Multiple applications will not be considered.

Grant requests for capacity building, program, or general support purposes will be considered. Funding may be used to support, expand, or enhance existing programs or to start new programs. Applications for capital improvements, endowments, or scholarship awards will not be considered.

The maximum grant is $10,000, with the exception of the Military Personnel & Their Families Fund, which is accepting applications for one $26,000 impact grant for 2019.  Please see the detailed page for more information.

Grant Cycle Timeline

January 10, 2019	2019 CIF Informational Webinar at 11:00 am
January 10, 2019	Applications Open
February 1, 2019	Grant Reports Due from 2018 Grantees
February 14, 2019	Applications Due
May 1, 2019	Applicants notified of funding status
February 1, 2020	Grant Reports Due from 2019 Grantees

For help with an application or to receive an email notification when this and other Community Foundation grant cycles open, please click here to contact us.