General Grants: Jun – 2011

Al-A-Mo Recovery Center, Inc.

$37,700
For continued funding of general operating expenses as well as a part-time program administrator.

Art on Wheels, NFP

$9,000
To continue the Art Enrichment for Senior Citizens Program.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond

$75,000
For after-school and summer programming in Petersburg and Hopewell.

Central Virginia Health Services

$486,565
Continued support for primary care access at the Appomattox Health and Wellness Center.

Chesterfield CASA, Inc.

$50,000
For continued funding of the training and supervision of volunteer child advocates in the Foundation’s service area.

Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Alliance for Social Ministry

$40,000
Towards continued general operating support as the organization expands across the Tri-Cities.

Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation – WCVE, WCVW, WHTJ

$15,000
For the Ready to Learn Healthy Habits Initiative in the Foundation’s service area.

Crater Regional Workforce Investment Board (Learn to Earn)

$235,000 (over 2 years)
For the Get A Job, Keep A Job Project, which provides job readiness, occupational skills training and placement services for jobseekers in the Tri-Cities area, with particular focus on several high growth industries, including healthcare, energy efficiency and environmental technology, hospitality, production/warehouse and retail.

Drive-To-Work

$21,000
For continued support of the Tri-Cities Project, which assists low-income and previously incarcerated persons with restoring their driving privileges so they can drive to work and hold a job.

ElderHomes Corporation

$62,000
For the Tri-Cities Renew Crew Improvement Program, including continued support for the volunteer project supervisor and office expenses, and for the purchase of materials to better serve the clients in the service area in need of home repair and accessibility modifications.

Gamaliel Foundation

$97,705
To support further local development of Nehemiah, The Petersburg Project, a congregation-based community organization serving the city.

Petersburg City Public Schools

$24,276
For an independent evaluation of the Algebra Project.

Rawls Museum Arts

$20,000
To continue providing arts enrichment programs to students in Sussex County Public Schools.

The Read Center

$38,000
To expand adult literacy programs across the Tri-Cities area through its Extending the Reach project.

Southside Health Education Foundation

$100,000
For continued general operational support.

Supreme Court of Virginia

$53,825
To implement and improve the Mental Health Docket Project at the Petersburg General District Court.

Sycamore Rouge

$100,000
For continued general operating support.

Virginia Supportive Housing

$20,000
Continued support of the team leader position for the Financial Foundations asset management program, benefiting Petersburg area residents.

Volunteer Families, Inc.

$46,000
For the Tri-Cities Respite Project, which provides a support system of volunteer families to assist parents and caregivers experiencing stressful life events by providing care for the children of these individuals.

YMCA of Greater Richmond

$92,000
For continuation of the youth program and adult health initiative at the Petersburg branch, as well as the Chester branch’s youth programs at Colonial Ridge Apartments and the Broadwater Townhome community.