Grants Awarded in 2018

Grants of $292,010 were issued 29 local organizations and non profits in 2018 in the areas of Child and Youth Development; Education; Health, Mental Health, and Aging; Poverty Relief; and Military Personnel & Their Families.

Child and Youth Development

Community Preservation and Development Corporation, $6,200
Serving Fairfax County
Funding will support afterschool/summer activities..

Girls on The Run of Nova, $8,500
Serving Prince William County
Funding will support afterschool/summer activities.

H.A.C.A.N. Hispanics Against Child Abuse and Neglect, $10,000
Serving Fairfax County
Funding will support afterschool/summer activities.

Healing Hearts Mobile Art*, $10,000
Serving Prince William County
Funding will support afterschool/summer activities.
 


INMED Partnerships for Children, $10,000
Serving Loudoun County
Funding will support afterschool/summer activities.

National Inventors Hall of Fame*, $10,000
Serving Prince William County                                   
Funding will support afterschool/summer activities.

SCAN of Northern Virginia, $7,300
All of Northern Virginia
Funding will support afterschool/summer activities.

The House, Inc.*, $10,000
Serving Prince William County                   
Funding will support afterschool/summer activities.

Windy Hill Foundation, $10,000
Serving Loudoun County
Funding will support afterschool/summer activities.

Education

Edu-Futuro (Educacion Para Nuestro Futuro), $10,000
Serving all of Northern Virginia
Funding will support workforce development/skills-based education

La Cocina VA, $10,000
Serving all of Northern Virginia
Funding will support workforce development/skills-based education.    

The Arc of Northern Virginia, $7,500
All of Northern Virginia 
Funding will support workforce development/skills-based education.

The Child and Family Network Centers, $10,000 
Serving Alexandria 
Funding will support early childhood education.

Together We Bake, $7,500
All of Northern Virginia 
Funding will support workforce development/skills-based education.

Health, Mental Health and Aging

Project Mend-A-House*, $10,000
Serving Prince William County                   
Funding will support aging services.

PRS, Inc., $17,900
Serving Fairfax County
Funding will support aging in place.

Rebuilding Together Arlington/Fairfax/Falls Church, Inc., $17,900
Serving Fairfax County
Funding will support aging in place.

Poverty Relief

Alternative House, $10,000
Serving Fairfax County
Funding will support housing/shelter.

Amara Legal Center, $10,000
Serving all of Northern Virginia
Funding will support other emergency assistance, not food related.

Britepaths, $10,000
Serving Fairfax County
Funding will support other emergency assistance, not food related.

Fairfax Law Foundation, $10,000
Serving Fairfax County
Funding will support housing/shelter.

Friends of Guest House, Inc., $10,000 Serving all of Northern Virginia
Funding will support housing/shelter.

Friends of Loudoun Mental Health, $10,000
Serving Loudoun County
Funding will support housing/shelter.

Lorton Community Action Center, $10,000
Serving Fairfax County
Funding will support eviction/foreclosure assistance.

Transitional Housing BARN*, $10,000
Serving Prince William County
Funding will support housing/shelter.

Military Personnel & Their Families

EveryMind – Serving Together, $12,750
Serving all of Northern Virginia
Funding will support Serving Together's new affiliation with AmericaServes to get local military families connected with a national network of resources. 

PenFED Foundation - Military Personnel Caregivers program, $10,000
Serving all of Northern Virginia
Funding will support financial support for caregivers to complete or obtain a certification.

Easterseals- Veteran Staffing Network, $10,000
Serving all of Northern Virginia
Funding will support online training and one-on-one career coaching to support veterans' opportunities for employment.
 

Additional Grants Awarded through the Community Investment Fund Process

FACETS, $6,460
Serving Fairfax County
This annual grant is made possible by the Huntsman Endowment Fund and supports FACETS’ operating budget to help parents, their children and individuals who suffer the effects of poverty in Fairfax County.

* Denotes grants made at the Community Foundation’s recommendation from the Haymarket Donor Advised Fund.