Total Awarded
in October 2016:
$904,441
General Grants: October 2016
Al-A-Mo Recovery Center Inc.
$28,000
Continued general operating support.
Art on Wheels
$16,000
Continuation of therapeutic art classes for seniors in the Tri-Cities area through the Aging in the Arts program.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond
$60,000
For continued support of programming at the Petersburg Boys & Girls Club.
Butterwood United Methodist Church
$25,000
A Sacred Landmarks Grant for the Structural Repairs project.
Colonial Heights Food Pantry Inc.
$60,000
Continued support for general operating expenses.
Crater Community Hospice Inc.
$37,500
Continued support for the Access to Hospice Services project.
Crisis Assistance Response Emergency Shelter, Inc. (CARES)
$40,850
To continue support for shelter operations.
District 19 Community Services Board
$25,000
Continued support for the CIT Crisis Assessment Center, specifically toward the peer specialist and to provide transportation assistance to clients.
Equal Justice America Inc.
$5,500
Renewal funding for law student fellowships at Legal Aid Society of Central Virginia to serve the Tri-Cities area.
Family Lifeline
$45,000
For continuation of the Petersburg Early Childhood Development Initiative.
Feed More Inc.
$75,000
Continued support for the BackPack Program, Mobile Pantry and the Meals on Wheels components of the Healthy Food for Children, Families and Seniors initiative.
Gateway Homes Inc.
$45,000
For continued support of the occupational therapist position to increase the employment preparedness of clients.
Girl Scout Commonwealth Council of Virginia Inc.
$20,000
To deliver the Be a Friend First bullying prevention program to middle school-aged girls in the Foundation’s service area.
Greater Richmond Aquatics Partnership
$7,000
To implement the Learn to Swim program to second graders in two elementary schools in the southern Chesterfield area.
Greater Richmond SCAN
$35,000
To continue support of the Child Advocacy Center project in The Cameron Foundation’s service area.
Legal Aid Justice Center
$70,000
To continue providing legal services to low income residents of the Tri-Cities area.
Petersburg Public Library Foundation
$61,490
For continuation of the Healthy Living and Learning Center project, specifically, to fund the center’s program coordinator position.
Push Faith House
$5,000
To provide families and individuals with emergency housing and associated resources in Sussex and Surry counties.
Quill Theatre
$20,000
For the Shakespeare Touring Initiative in the Foundation’s service area.
Serenity
$40,000
For continued general operating support.
Smart Beginnings Southeast
$65,000
Towards improvement of educational child care settings and developmental screenings in the region.
Southside Transformation Opportunities for Residents and Youth (STORY)
$25,600
To support the organization’s ML2: Math, Literacy and Reading afterschool program.
St. Joseph’s Villa
$65,000
Continued support to operate the Flagler Housing Resource Center in Petersburg.
Virginia Dental Association Foundation
$12,500
For continuation of the Donated Dental Services program, focusing on providing dental services to low income seniors and adults with disabilities who live in the Tri-Cities.
Virginia Mentoring Partnership
$15,000
To support the organization’s work with Southside Transformation Opportunities for Residents and Youth and to explore the development of a mentor program in the Foundation’s service area.