Total Awarded
in June 2014:
$2,297,264.50
General Grants: June 2014
Alzheimer’s Association
$25,000
Continued funding to increase awareness and caregiver support in the Tri-Cities area.
Battersea Foundation
$125,000
To support structural repairs to historic Battersea villa.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond
$60,000
For services at the Petersburg club.
Central Virginia Health Services
$347,000
Continued support for primary care access at the Appomattox Area Health and Wellness Center.
Chesterfield CASA, Inc.
$20,000
Continued funding for the training and supervision of volunteer child advocates in the Foundation’s service area.
Chesterfield Colonial Heights Alliance for Social Ministry (CCHASM)
$25,000
For continued general operating support.
City of Petersburg Department of Planning and Community Development
$135,236.50
Continued support towards restoration work at Centre Hill mansion.
CultureWorks
$25,000
To provide the organization’s services with an enhanced focus on arts and culture organizations in the Tri-Cities area.
Downtown Churches United, Inc.
$56,000
For general operating support.
Equal Justice America
$8,000
Towards two summer 2014 law student fellowships at the Legal Aid Justice Center in Petersburg.
Family Lifeline
$50,000
For continuation of the Petersburg Early Childhood Development Initiative.
Goodwill of Central Virginia
$40,000
For continuation of the Career to Occupation: A College Alternative program, designed to provide career pathways for seniors in Petersburg City Public Schools.
GReat Aspirations Scholarship Programs, Inc. (GRASP)
$10,000
Towards the In-School Advising Program at Petersburg High School.
Historic Petersburg Foundation, Inc.
$83,450
To stabilize and repair four historic homes in the Poplar Lawn area of Petersburg.
Hopewell Food Pantry
$30,000
For continued general operating support.
Hopewell-Prince George Healthy Families
$28,051
For continuation of the Intensive Home Visitation, Assessment and Screening program.
Horizon Health Services, Inc.
$15,000
To support the Waverly Medical Center Facility Improvements project.
National Alliance on Mental Illness of Central Virginia (NAMI)
$7,418
Continued funding for the District 19 Mental Health Education and Support project.
Petersburg Area Art League
$15,000
Continued support for an education coordinator as well as program expansion to include instruction, programming and outreach for at-risk tweens and teens.
Petersburg Health Department
$192,000
For continued support of the HealthSpace Teen Center.
Preservation Virginia
$26,250
For the Petersburg Historic District Assessment Initiative.
project:Homes
$25,000
To support the efforts of the Renew Crew Volunteer Program to provide accessibility and home safety improvements for clients in need of those services.
Second Presbyterian Church
$25,000
A Sacred Landmarks Grant to repair brownstone at three entrance doors of the church building in Petersburg.
Smart Beginnings Hopewell-Prince George
$50,000
To support collaboration between Smart Beginnings Hopewell-Prince George and Crater Smart Beginnings in implementing programs to streamline administration, staff effectiveness and cost efficiencies for the two programs.
Southern Dominion Health System, Inc.
$100,000
For the Dinwiddie Integrated Behavioral /Medical Health and Substance Abuse Program.
Southern Initiative of the Algebra Project, Inc.
$50,000
Towards the tutoring, mentoring and leadership development of students in math through the VSU Upward Bound Program.
Southside Community Partners
$60,000
Continued support for the Nonprofit Resource Center and ConnectVA.
Southside Health Education Foundation
$60,000
To support the Southside Healthcare Workforce Development Summit, Southside Health Careers Exploring Program, and Southside Community Medical Education Series.
St. John’s Episcopal Church
$25,000
A Sacred Landmarks Grant towards the Remembrance and Renewing-Restoring, Protecting and Preserving Historic St. John’s project in Hopewell.
St. Joseph’s Villa
$57,000
Continued support of staff salaries and benefits as well as special assistance funding for the Rapid Re-housing program at the Tri-Cities Housing Resource Center.
Sussex County Department of Social Services
$33,000
For the Sussex County Call for Health Education Awareness for Senior Citizens project.
Virginia LISC
$98,500
For continuation of the Petersburg Revitalization Initiative, including ongoing capacity-building of the community development sector in Petersburg; facilitation of partnerships among developers; the launching of a Financial Opportunity Center; and ensuring the implementation of several efforts that it is supporting in Petersburg region.
Virginia’s Gateway Region
$275,000
To continue the “G2 – Driving Regional Growth, Embracing a Global Future” initiative, a five-year strategy to advance economic development across the Tri-Cities area.
Willcox Watershed Conservancy
$50,000
To support the second phase of the Lee Park Interpretive Trail project.
YMCA of Greater Richmond
$65,359
Continued support of youth programming at the Petersburg and Chester family YMCAs.