The Community Foundation of the New River Valley (CFNRV) has awarded a total of $230,225 through its Responsive Grants program to 69 nonprofits serving the New River Valley.
This total represents the most the CFNRV has ever given out during its competitive grants process. Since 2002, the foundation has awarded more than $7 million in grants.
CFNRV’s Responsive Grants provide operating support, allowing recipient organizations to use the grant dollars where they are needed most. The applications came from organizations that support localities across the New River Valley focused in a variety of areas: animals, arts and culture, community and civic affairs, education, environment, health and wellness, poverty, and support, parenting, and care.
“At the Community Foundation, we understand how difficult it can be to raise operating dollars, and how critical those dollars are to fulfilling the nonprofit’s mission,” said Jessica Wirgau, chief executive officer of the CFNRV. “We hear regularly from grantees that they are seeing increased needs from clients, whether for food assistance, housing, educational support, or healthcare. To know that our funds can help meet that increased need, even in a small way, is extremely gratifying.”
These grants are made possible by many generous donors to the CFNRV. Individuals, families, and businesses establish endowments with the foundation that match their charitable interests to fund scholarships for students or grants for nonprofits. Endowed funds are invested with the goal of awarding scholarships and grants for generations to come.
For this year’s Responsive Grants, 59 different endowments contributed to the $230,225 total, with several making grants to multiple organizations. Through each step of the grants process, the CFNRV team works with volunteers on the grants distribution committee to read and score each application and match applicants to the funding available.
At a lunch reception at Hyatt Place Blacksburg on Wednesday, November 15, the CFNRV recognized each of the grantees. The event was sponsored by National Bank of Blacksburg, Atlantic Union Bank, First Bank and Trust Company, and Green Valley Builders.
A full list of this year’s grantees can be found below. The Responsive Grant application will open again in late May 2024 and applications from nonprofits serving the NRV are welcome to apply, as are units of government (such as libraries.) More information on the application process can be found at cfnrv.org/grants or by contacting the CFNRV team at cfnrv@cfnrv.org or 540-381-8999.
2023 grant awards include:
Adaire Theatre: $4,000 total from the Piscura Family Endowed Fund, the Arts Alliance Endowment Fund, the Litschert Family Fund, & the Homer T. & Beverly A. Hurst Family Endowed Fund
Agape Center NRV: $2,000 total from the Sarah Lee Alderson Memorial Fund & the Joe & Margot Thompson Unrestricted Fund
Beans & Rice: $4,000 from the Ann & H.W. Huff, Jr. Family Fund
Bland Ministry Center: $2,940 from the Wythe County United Legacy Fund
Blue Mountain School: $1,600 from the Endowment for Floyd County
Boys & Girls Club of SWVA: $2,000 total from the Stoop Fund, the Beatrice S. Kalka Endowment Fund, & the 4-17 Fund
Brain Injury Solutions: $1,825 total from the Jacobs Family Fund, the Community Service Fund, & the Ghia Borg Memorial Fund
Brock Hughes Free Clinic: $4,000 from the Wythe County United Legacy Fund
Calfee Community & Cultural Center: $4,000 total from the Ann & H.W. Huff, Jr. Family Fund & the Fund for Equity & Compassion
CHIP (Children’s Health Improvement Program) of the NRV a program of New River Community Action): $4,000 from the Children’s Shelter Home Endowment Fund
Children’s Trust: $4,000 total from the David & Lillian Francis Charitable Fund & the Children’s Shelter Home Endowment Fund
Christiansburg Institute, Inc.: $4,000 total from the Jacobs Family Fund, the Blue Roads Education Fund, & the Ghia Borg Memorial Fund
DePaul Community Resources: $2,000 total from the Endowment for Giles County & the Ghia Borg Memorial Fund
Downtown Wytheville, Inc.: $2,500 from the Wythe County United Legacy Fund
Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Museum: $2,000 from the Ghia Borg Memorial Fund
Emergency Assistance Program (a program of New River Community Action): $2,000 from the Endowment for Giles County
Emergency Needs Task Force of Pulaski County: $4,000 from the Ann & H.W. Huff, Jr. Family Fund
Family Resource Center, Inc.: $4,000 total from the Luba Fabrycky Memorial Fund & the Wythe County United Legacy Fund
Floyd Center for the Arts: $4,000 total from the JJ Fund, the Rosina & Dean Carter Fund for the Visual Arts, & the Beatrice S. Kalka Endowment Fund
Floyd County Historical Society: $2,000 total from the Jane Brugh Layman Charitable Fund & the Homer T. & Beverly A. Hurst Family Endowed Fund
Floyd County Humane Society: $4,000 from the Ghia Borg Memorial Fund
Free Clinic of Pulaski County, Inc.: $4,000 from the Ann & H.W. Huff, Jr. Family Fund
Giles Community Garden: $3,900 total from the Endowment for Giles County & the Ghia Borg Memorial Fund
Giles County Christian Service Mission: $4,000 from the Endowment for Giles County
Giles County Shelter, Inc: $4,000 from the Endowment for Giles County
Giles High School Band Boosters, Inc.: $4,000 from the Endowment for Giles County
Good Samaritan Hospice, Inc.: $4,000 total from the Daniel C. & Joanne L. Bell Endowment Fund, the Endowment for Giles County, the Piscura Family Endowed Fund, & the Nelle Oakey Ryan Gardner Fund
Habitat for Humanity of the NRV: $4,000 total from the Ann & H.W. Huff, Jr. Family Fund & the Endowment for Giles County
Handmade Music School: $4,000 total from the Piscura Family Endowed Fund, the Arts Alliance Endowment Fund, & the Endowment for Floyd County
Head Start (a program of New River Community Action) $2,000 total from the Endowment for Giles County & the Ghia Borg Memorial Fund
Literacy NRV: $4,000 total from the Shuler Family Reading Fund, the Dan & Beverly Fleming Family Fund, the Mary E. Sanders Family Fund, & the Ann & H.W. Huff, Jr. Family Fund
Lyric Council, Inc.: $4,000 total from the Virgil Speaks Fund & the Ghia Borg Memorial Fund
Montgomery County Christmas Store: $4,000 total from the Talbot Family Fund, the Janice Woodard Endowment, the Loving Care Fund, the Miller Family Fund, the Community Service Fund, & the Homer T. & Beverly A. Hurst Family Endowed Fund
Montgomery County Emergency Assistance Program: $2,000 from the Joe & Margot Thompson Unrestricted Fund
Montgomery Museum of Art & History: $2,000 from the Ghia Borg Memorial Fund
Mountain Community Action Program Inc.: $4,000 from the Wythe County United Legacy Fund
New River Conservancy: $3,000 total from the Jacobs Family Fund, the Piscura Family Endowed Fund, & the Susan Garrison Memorial Fund
New River Family Shelter: $2,000 from the Ghia Borg Memorial Fund
New River Valley Agency on Aging: $4,000 total from the Silver Care Fund & the Ann & H.W. Huff, Jr. Family Fund
NRV CARES (Child Advocacy, Resources, Education, & Services): $4,000 total from the Parenting Skills Fund & the Loving Care Fund
NRV Glean Team: $4,000 total from the McAlister Family Fund, the Todd Family Fund, & the Endowment for Giles County
Nursery Natives: $3,000 total from the Piscura Family Endowed Fund & the Susan Garrison Memorial Fund
Old Church Gallery: $2,000 total from the Endowment for Floyd County & the Ghia Borg Memorial Fund
One-on-One Literacy Program of Wythe & Grayson Counties: $4,000 from the Wythe County United Legacy Fund
Open Door Community: $4,000 from the Wythe County United Legacy Fund
Plenty!: $4,000 total from the Mary Jean & John Brown Fund, the Endowment for Floyd County, & the Wellness Fund
Presbyterian Children’s Home of the Highlands, Inc.: $4,000 total from the Children’s Shelter Home Endowment Fund & the Wythe County United Legacy Fund
Radford-Fairlawn Daily Bread: $4,000 total from the Mary Jean & John Brown Fund & the Ann & H.W. Huff, Jr. Family Fund
Roanoke Wildlife Rescue: $4,000 total from the Paws & Claws Fund, the Piscura Family Endowed Fund, the Litschert Family Fund, & the Wellness Fund
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southwest Virginia: $4,000 total from the Worthington-Dolloff Cancer Treatment Assistance Fund & the Ghia Borg Memorial Health Care Fund
Rural Retreat Depot Foundation: $4,000 from the Ghia Borg Memorial Fund
Rx Drug Access Partnership: $4,000 total from the Ghia Borg Memorial Health Fund & the Ann & H.W. Huff, Jr. Family Fund
Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary: $2,000 total from the Piscura Family Endowed Fund & the Susan Garrison Memorial Fund
Springhouse Community School: $2,000 from the Sarah Lee Alderson Memorial Fund
SustainFloyd: $4,000 total from the Mary Jean & John Brown Fund, the Endowment for Floyd County, & the Litschert Family Fund
The June Bug Center: $4,000 total from the Young Women’s Life Experiences Fund, the Katherine M. & William H. Sanders Family Fund, & the Luba Fabrycky Memorial Fund
To Our House (a program of New River Community Action): $960 from the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund
Town of Wytheville Department of Museums: $4,000 from the Wythe County United Legacy Fund
Virginia CARES (Virginia Community Action Re-Entry System) (a program of New River Community Action): $2,500 total from the Ann & H.W. Huff Family Fund & the Endowment for Giles County
Virginia Hunters Who Care, Inc.: $4,000 total from the Janice Woodard Endowment, the Homer T. & Beverly A. Hurst Family Endowed Fund, & the Ghia Borg Memorial Fund
Warm Hearth Foundation: $2,000 from the Ghia Borg Memorial Fund
Wilderness Road Regional Museum: $4,000 total from the Lydia Roeske Wright Memorial Fund, the Loving Care Fund, the Robert L. Nicholson Family Fund of Radford, & the Jane Brugh Layman Charitable Fund
Women’s Resource Center of the NRV, Inc.: $4,000 total from the Hawk’s Ridge Fund, the Matthew Allen Special Fund, & the Loving Care Fund
Wonder Universe: A Children’s Museum: $2,000 total from the Endowment for Giles County & the Ghia Borg Memorial Fund
Wythe County Breast Cancer Coalition: $2,000 from the Wythe County United Legacy Fund
Wythe County Public Schools Foundation for Excellence: $4,000 from the Wythe County United Legacy Fund
Wytheville Fire & Rescue Department: $4,000 from the Wythe County United Legacy Fund
YMCA at Virginia Tech: $4,000 total from the Cottingham-Stuart Community Fund & the Ghia Borg Memorial Fund
YMCA of Pulaski County: $4,000 from the Ann & H.W. Huff, Jr. Family Fund
