2020 Community Impact Grants

The first round of Community Impact grants totaled over $1.6 million to 38 organizations. The awards provide general operating support unless otherwise noted.

Community Vibrancy

Grants awarded in this category aim to ensure that community members enjoy good quality of life, with access to and an appreciation for the arts, cultural opportunities, and natural assets.

Arts & Culture

• Art 180 - $25,000
• Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia - $25,000
• CultureWorks - $35,000
• SPARC- $25,000

Community Building

• Leadership Metro Richmond - $15,000
• Sports Backers - $30,000
• Virginia Community Voice- $30,000

Economic Prosperity

Grants awarded in this category aim to ensure that the region’s resources are sustainable, and its residents are economically stable and secure.

Affordable Housing

• Better Housing Coalition - $150,000 for rental assistance and wrap-around services to help people get back to work and stay in stable housing: and $50,000 for operating support
• Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia - $60,000
• project:HOMES - $40,000
• Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity - $35,000

Community Inclusion

• HumanKind - $30,000
• Neighborhood Resource Center - $30,000
• Sacred Heart Center - $30,000

Homelessness Reduction

• CARITAS- $40,000 to support emergency shelter operations and staff.
• HomeAgain - $15,000
• Homeward - $40,000
• Housing Families First - $30,000
• St. Joseph's Villa - $35,000 to support the Flagler Homeless Services program.
• Virginia Supportive Housing - $35,000 for supportive services and housing for the formerly homeless in the Richmond region.

The first round of Community Impact grants totaled over $1.6 million to 38 organizations. The awards provide general operating support unless otherwise noted.

Educational Success

Grants awarded in this category aim to ensure that young people achieve in school, engage in their community and are prepared for the workforce.  

K-12

• Communities in Schools of Chesterfield - $25,000
  
• Communities in Schools of Petersburg - $25,000
• Communities in Schools of Richmond - $75,000

Out-of-School Time

• Higher Achievement- $35,000
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond - $40,000
•  NextUp RVA - $75,000
• YMCA of Greater Richmond - $50,000 to support after-school programming
• Peter Paul - $40,000

Kindergarten Readiness

• Smart Beginnings Greater Richmond - $100,000
  
• Virginia Early Childhood Foundation - $25,000
• YWCA Richmond- $45,000

The first round of Community Impact grants totaled over $1.6 million to 38 organizations. The awards provide general operating support unless otherwise noted.

Health & Wellness

Grants awarded in this category aim to ensure that community members are healthy and safe.

Access to Primary Care

• Free Clinic of Powhatan - $20,000

• Richmond City Health District - $100,000 to support the Community Health Workers program.

Basic Physical Health

• Feed More- $50,000

Targeted Interventions

• Family Lifeline- $50,000

• Greater Richmond SCAN - $30,000

• ChildSavers- $50,000

• Side by Side- $25,000

The second round of Community Impact grants totaled over $1.4 million to 64 organizations. The awards provide general operating support unless otherwise noted.

Community Vibrancy

Grants awarded in this category aim to ensure that community members enjoy good quality of life, with access to and an appreciation for the arts, cultural opportunities, and natural assets.

Arts & Culture

• American Civil War Museum - $20,000 
• Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia – $20,000
• Children’s Museum of Richmond - $40,000  
• Oakwood Arts - $10,000  
• Richmond Ballet – $15,000 
• Richmond Performing Arts Alliance - $20,000 
• Richmond Symphony - $20,000 
• Science Museum of Virginia - $20,000 
• Swift Creek Mill Theatre – $25,000 – To support construction and rebuilding costs due to recent flooding. 
• The Valentine - $25,000 
• The Valentine (as Fiscal Agent) – $14,000 - To support capacity building for the Afrikana Film Festival, including the purchase of A/V equipment. 
• Virginia Museum of History & Culture - $25,000 
• Virginia Repertory Theatre - $15,000 
• Visual Arts Center of Richmond - $10,000 
  

Community Building 

• Richmond Community ToolBank - $10,000 
• Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities - $30,000 
• Virginia Community Voice - $20,000

Natural Resources 

• Blue Sky Fund - $20,000 
• Capital Trees - $15,000 
• James River Association - $15,000 
• Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden - $20,000 
• Maymont Foundation - $20,000 

The second round of Community Impact grants totaled over $1.4 million to 64 organizations. The awards provide general operating support unless otherwise noted.

Economic Prosperity

Grants awarded in this category aim to ensure that the region’s resources are sustainable, and its residents are economically stable and secure.

Affordable Housing 

• Central Virginia Legal Aid Society - $25,000 – To support salary costs for a pro-bono attorney serving free to low income residents of Richmond facing eviction.  
• Habitat for Humanity Powhatan - $10,000  
• Partnership for Housing Affordability - $20,000 – To support pre-development costs for an affordable housing community for seniors and young, neuro-diverse adults.  
• Urban Hope, Inc. - $20,000 
• Virginia Housing Alliance - $25,000 

Community Inclusion  

• Sacred Heart Center - $20,000
• Virginia Local Initiatives Support Corporation - $20,000 
  

Workforce Development 

• Plan RVA - $50,000 – To provide capacity building and technical assistance to support regional policy making and planning through improved community engagement.  
• RE:work RICHMOND - $10,000 
• RVA Rapid Transit - $20,000  
• Startup Virginia - $25,000  
• The READ Center - $10,000  
  

The second round of Community Impact grants totaled over $1.4 million to 64 organizations. The awards provide general operating support unless otherwise noted.

Educational Success

Grants awarded in this category aim to ensure that young people achieve in school, engage in their community and are prepared for the workforce.  

College & Career Readiness 

• Church Hill Activities & Tutoring - $15,000 – To support workforce development and training programs for youth and young adults.
• Cristo Rey Richmond - $20,000 – To support the high school work-study training program.
• Partnership for the Future - $30,000 

Early Education 

• FRIENDS Association for Children - $20,000 
• Smart Beginnings Southeast - $15,000 
• SOAR365 - $25,000 – To support the pediatric therapy program for children with developmental delays.
• Voices for Virginia’s Children - $25,000  

K-12 Academic Success 

• Chesterfield Education Foundation - $20,000 - To support programs that ensure equitable educational opportunities for all students, including PSAT/SAT for all. 
• Girls for a Change - $25,000 
• Henrico Education Foundation - $40,000 – To support operating costs for Community Learning Centers and the Preschool Mixed Delivery program. 
• Legal Aid Justice Center - $25,000 – To support education and advocacy efforts aimed at increasing school staffing levels and student supports in low-wealth school districts. 
• Peter Paul  – $10,000
• Petersburg Public Schools - $75,000 – The first installment of a two-year grant supporting the Data Analyst position focused on key metrics to improve student educational outcomes. 
• St. Andrew’s School - $20,000 
• The Literacy Lab - $25,000 – To support the Literacy Lab Richmond program. 
• The Podium Foundation - $10,000 
• United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg – $50,000 – To support the Youth Program Quality Intervention program. 
• Virginia Excels - $25,000 
• Virginia Literacy Foundation - $25,000 – To support the Together for Early School Success program serving low-income students in Richmond's Southside. 
• YMCA of Greater Richmond – $20,000
  

The second round of Community Impact grants totaled over $1.4 million to 64 organizations. The awards provide general operating support unless otherwise noted.

Health & Wellness

Grants awarded in this category aim to ensure that community members are healthy and safe.

Access to Primary Care 

• Central Virginia Health Services - $25,000
• Conexus - $20,000 – To support vision screenings, eye exams, and glasses for low-income students in the Richmond region. 

Basic Physical Health 

• Greater Richmond Fit4Kids - $30,000
• Shalom Farms - $25,000 

Targeted Interventions 

• Assisting Families of Inmates - $20,000 
• The James House Intervention/Prevention Services Inc. - $25,000 
• REACHcycles - $5,000 – To support costs for therapeutic bikes for low-income children with disabilities in the Tri-Cities. 
• Safe Harbor - $15,000 – To provide capacity building support for a new client database. 
• Senior Connections, the Capital Area Agency on Aging - $20,000 
• Side by Side – $5,000