Total Awarded
in February 2011:
$1,369,875
General Grants: Feb – 2011
Better Housing Coalition
$200,000
To support the Halifax Initiative in Petersburg, including planning activities for a Phase II development and the provision of senior-related supportive services to the residents of Claiborne Square.
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society
$49,825
Towards the addition of an attorney in the Southside office.
Chesterfield Coalition for Active Children (COACH)
$25,000
For general operating support.
Crisis Assistance Response Emergency Shelter, Inc. (CARES)
$70,000
For continued general operating support.
Family Lifeline
$70,000 (over 2 years)
For continuation of the Healthy Families program serving Dinwiddie and Petersburg.
Friends of the Army Women’s Museum Association
$20,500
For continued support of the Hands on History program.
Hopewell-Prince George Healthy Families
$50,000
For continuation of the Healthy Families Intensive Home Visitation Program.
Petersburg City Public Schools
Up to $80,000
For continued support of the Accreditation Incentive Program.
Petersburg Fire Department
$12,900
To assist with the establishment of a dive team.
Petersburg Health Department
$192,000
For continued support of The HealthSpace Teen Center.
Restoration of Petersburg CDC
$80,000
For continued general operating support.
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Southside, Inc.
$26,000
For continued support of the volunteer program.
Science Museum of Virginia Foundation
$36,600
For continued support of the Summer STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) program for Petersburg youth.
Sussex Central High School PTSA
$13,700
For continued program and general operating support.
Tri-Cities Habitat for Humanity
$66,000 (over 2 years)
Towards the project manager and building supervisor positions for The Neighborhood Stabilization Initiative.
United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg
$73,300
For continued support of the Petersburg Child Care Quality Enhancement Project.
Virginia Association for Competitive Swimming
$4,050
For continuation of the Make a Splash anti-drowning initiative.
Virginia LISC
$300,000 (over 2 years)
For continuation of the Petersburg Revitalization Initiative, including ongoing capacity-building of the community development sector in Petersburg; facilitation of partnerships among developers; ensuring implementation of the neighborhood plan for Battersea; and replication of the United for Progress Neighborhoods Initiative model in Halifax.