Responding to Local Needs

Supporting Innovation, Inclusion, and Opportunity Across Northern Virginia

The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia strives to build a community that works for everyone. We use a data-driven approach to understand the greatest needs of the region and manage competitive and transparent grants and scholarship processes that bolster our community.

In 2024, we awarded more than $10 million in grants and scholarships, including $960,375 in grants from discretionary funds and $8,815,297 from donor advised funds that the Community Foundation managed in order to help make more possible for Northern Virginia.

Here you will find information about our grants and scholarship programs managed by the Community Foundation and their impact in Northern Virginia.

Grant Cycles

The Community Foundation runs community grant cycles that support schools and nonprofits 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, disabilities, education, the arts, the environment, Latino engagement and achievement and innovation.
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Scholarship Opportunities

The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia manages 35 scholarship funds that support Northern Virginia students pursuing undergraduate degrees. Annually, the Community Foundation awards more than $500,000 to 150+ high school graduates and current college students.
2025 scholarships are open and accepting applications!
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Grant Application Portal

Nonprofit organizations can use the Community Foundation’s Grant Application Portal to apply, update or submit grant applications and final reports for past grants from the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia. Volunteers reviewing grants can use this portal to access and review assigned grant applications.
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