$550,000 in Grants Awarded

The Fredericksburg Savings Charitable Foundation Fund's Inaugural Grant Cycle 

In January 2021, The Community Foundation received the largest gift in its 24-year history, $13 million from The Fredericksburg Savings Charitable Foundation. Just eleven months later, The Community Foundation has distributed $550,000 to 42 local nonprofit organizations from this transformative fund.

“The Community Foundation’s Board of Governors and staff are honored to be stewards of the Fredericksburg Savings Charitable Foundation Fund. We have always shared the same goal: to advocate for the vitality and well-being of the Rappahannock River Region. The Community Foundation is already dispersing funds to local nonprofits and will continue to ensure its positive impact upon the region in perpetuity,” said Executive Director Teri McNally.

Organizations received funding to support their general operations or specific programs that are critical to their mission. This year, during the 2021 grant cycle, The Community Foundation awarded grants to the following organizations:

American Red Cross

 $             10,000

Big Brothers Big Sisters Greater Fredericksburg

 $             10,000

Capital Caring Hospice

 $             15,000

Central Rappahannock Regional Library

 $             10,000

Downtown Greens, Inc.

 $               5,000

Empowerhouse

 $             15,000

Epsilon Rho Boule' Foundation

 $               5,000

FailSafe-Era

 $               7,500

Fairy Godmother Project

 $               9,000

Fredericksburg Area Museum

 $               7,000

Fredericksburg Christian Health Center

 $             20,000

Fredericksburg Counseling Services, Inc.

 $               7,500

Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank

 $             60,000

Friends of the Rappahannock

 $               5,000

Gwyneth's Gift Foundation

 $               4,500

Hazelwild Farm Educational Foundation

 $             20,000

Healthy Generations Area Agency on Aging

 $               3,000

Historic Fredericksburg Foundation, Inc.

 $               1,000

Interfaith Community Council

 $               3,000

Legal Aid Works

 $             30,000

Lloyd F. Moss Free Clinic

 $             60,000

Loisann's Hope House

 $             15,000

Majestic Monarchs Interest Group of Chums Inc.

 $               1,000

Mary Washington Healthcare Clinical Services Inc

 $             10,000

Micah Ecumenical Ministries

 $             30,000

Rappahannock Area YMCA

 $             30,000

Rappahannock CASA Inc.

 $             10,000

Rappahannock United Way

 $             10,000

Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center

 $             10,500

Sensory + Theatre=Endless Possibilities, Inc.

 $               1,500

SPCA of Fredericksburg

 $             30,000

Special Olympics Virginia

 $               2,000

Stafford Junction, Inc.

 $               8,000

Steam Engine

 $               5,000

Sunshine Ballpark Foundation

 $               4,000

The George Washington Foundation

 $             20,000

The Salvation Army of Fredericksburg VA

 $             20,000

Thurman Brisben Center

 $               7,500

University of Mary Washington Foundation, James Monroe Museum

 $               3,000

University of Mary Washington Foundation, Belmont

 $               5,000

Virginia Community Food Connections

 $             15,000

Washington Heritage Museums

 $               5,000