The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia and Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties announce that the Loudoun Impact Fund and Creighton Gives, an initiative by Creighton Farms, have awarded $246,000 in grants to 29 local nonprofit organizations providing services to Loudoun residents in need. This marks a record-breaking year for the Loudoun Impact Fund.
Content on this page is used from this press release.
Creighton Gives, a giving circle fund, managed by the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia, encourages charitable contributions from Creighton Farms members through an annual giving and grantmaking cycle. Southworth Clubs, the managing company for Creighton Farms Club, offers to match contributions to the Creighton Gives fund from Creighton Farms members up to $100,000 annually.
In 2025, Creighton Gives, partnered with the Loudoun Impact Fund, pooling donors' dollars and thus further amplifying impact. This partnership created a combined grant pool of $246,000 to support nonprofits applying to the Loudoun Impact Fund, with contributions from approximately 70 individual and corporate donors. The collaboration more than doubled the amount of grant funds available through the Loudoun Impact Fund compared to last year and increased the number of nonprofits receiving grants from 18 in 2024 to 29 in 2025.
This year’s grantees were celebrated by the funds’ donors at a reception held in December by Zwiesel Fortessa in Ashurn.
THANK YOU to this year’s corporate and foundation donors to the Loudoun Impact Fund and Creighton Gives, contributing at least $5,000:“Our Creighton Farms members surpassed my highest expectations with their charitable giving in 2025,” said Patrick Casey, general manager of Creighton Farms. “Creighton Gives partnering with the Loudoun Impact Fund helped us focus our philanthropy where it can reach the greatest number of Loudoun residents. Southworth Clubs is equally dedicated to supporting the communities we serve and is pleased to match our members’ generosity through our annual contribution.”
- Backflow Technology, LLC
- Zwiesel Fortessa
- Lark Brewing Company
- MAI Capital Management
- Tony Nerantzis and Associates of Raymond James
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Janelia Research Campus
- Three Mustard Seeds
- Hunt Family Fund.
At least $25,000 in additional private donations, above and beyond this year’s grant pool, have also been committed by individual members of the giving circle to support additional nonprofit needs identified in grant proposals submitted by nonprofits.
This year’s grants from the Loudoun Impact Fund are as follows:
- African American Community Alliance (AACA) ($6,000) to advance literacy and learning through tutoring, book programs, and a community read-a-thon for Loudoun children
- All Ages Read Together ($8,000) to prepare Loudoun children for kindergarten success through engaging preschool classes
- A Place To Be ($10,000) to support youth mental health through touring shows that promote coping skills, resilience, and connection for rising middle schoolers
- A Farm Less Ordinary ($10,000) to support expansion of the Leesburg farm to provide more opportunities to employ and train adults with disabilities
- Blue Ridge Care ($5,000) to support quarterly community listening sessions and screenings connecting older adults to serious illness care and hospice services
- Crossroads Jobs ($10,000) to support job search training, placement, and post-placement support services for Loudoun County residents with disabilities
- Dulles South Food Pantry ($10,000) to support older adults and young children facing food insecurity and other essential needs
- ECHO ($8,000) to support transportation for adults with disabilities, ensuring access to the workforce, support programs, and the community
- The Fenwick Foundation ($10,000) to expand dental care for older adults served by Loudoun County Family Services
- Food For Neighbors ($7,500) to support school-based pantry programs and grocery gift cards for middle and high school students in Loudoun County
- Friends of Loudoun Mental Health Inc. ($6,000) to support a homelessness prevention program providing housing subsidies to Loudoun County residents in mental health treatment
- Just Neighbors ($10,000) to provide legal support and resources for immigrant youth and children in Loudoun County
- LAWS Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services ($10,000) to support trauma-informed survivor support groups including expressive arts, yoga, and peer education
- Legacy Farms ($10,000) to support expansion of the winter program offering garden-based vocational training for neurodivergent young adults
- Loudoun Cares ($10,000) to support expanded family support capabilities through the Loudoun Cares ConnectLine
- Loudoun Coalition on Women and Girls ($3,750) to support Girls & Women emPower programs
- Loudoun Education Foundation ($8,700) to support Communities in Schools implementation for two Sterling-area schools
- Loudoun Habitat for Humanity ($7,500) to support home repairs and accessibility upgrades that help older adults age safely in place
- Loudoun Hunger Relief ($10,000) to support intensive food and referral services for older adult households in Loudoun County
- Loudoun Therapeutic Riding, Inc. ($6,000) to support Teen Suicide Prevention Workshops hosted in partnership with the Ryan Bartel Foundation
- Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers ($10,000) to support basic human services for seniors and adults with disabilities in Loudoun County
- Morven Park, Inc. ($3,750) to support transportation for students in Title I (or eligible) schools to participate in civics-based field trips at Morven Park
- Ryan Bartel Foundation ($10,000) to support The FORT after-school program for middle and high school students with social anxiety and other mental health challenges
- Shelter House, Inc. ($6,800) to support shelter move-out kits for elementary-aged children transitioning into housing
- St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church ($10,000) to support continuation and expansion of free STEAM summer camp and after-school programs for Loudoun children from under-resourced households
- The Arc of Loudoun ($10,000) to support children with disabilities in Loudoun County
- View of Heaven Farm ($10,000) to support meaningful employment for people with differing cognitive and physical abilities
- Windy Hill Foundation, Inc. ($9,000) to support an emergency assistance program preventing homelessness for Loudoun County residents in need
- Women Giving Back ($10,000) to support a volunteer access and inclusion program engaging older adults and people with disabilities to help Loudoun families in crisis
Questions?
Questions?
