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- The Community Foundation Celebrates 2026 Scholarship Recipients and Awards $289,458.51 in Support to Local Students
- Local Nonprofits Encouraged to Apply for $10,000 Youth in Philanthropy Grant
- The Amazon Rappahannock Region Community Fund
- Investing in Strength, Creating Lasting Impact
- Community-Led Giving in Action: Women & Girls Fund Members Award $50,000 to Healthy Families Rappahannock Area
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$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.…
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2021 Scholarship Applications
Apply now for over 40 different scholarships. Last year, we awarded over $150,000 to assist students achieve their educational aspirations.
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YIP Awards $10,000 to Empowerhouse
Youth in Philanthropy Students Award $10,000 Grant to EmpowerhouseYouth in Philanthropy or “YIP” was established by The Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region in 2003 on the principle of…
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Phase III Now Open
newsLocal Nonprofits are Invited to Apply Today The foundation has designed a three-phase funding approach to our COVID-19 grantmaking: Immediate Relief, Community Recovery, and Reimagining & Building Resilience. Phase I and…
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2021 Duff McDuff Green Jr. Awards (+$7,500)
$79,400 Awarded to Local Nonprofit Organizations The Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region’s Duff McDuff Green, Jr. Fund is awarding $79,400 to eleven local nonprofits. The Duff McDuff Green,…
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Back To School
news Now is the perfect time to consider supporting our local students and schools. Here are three ways you can help:1) Create a Scholarship FundThe Community Foundation’s scholarship funds are…
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Inaugural Grantmaking Cycle Opens
news We are now accepting applications for the inaugural funding cycle of the Fredericksburg Savings Charitable Foundation Fund at The Community Foundation. In January 2021, the Fredericksburg Savings Charitable Foundation…
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2021 Women and Girls Fund Awards
The Women and Girls Fund Celebrates $35,000 in Grants to Community Organizations Since 2013, the Women and Girls Fund of The Community Foundation…
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Nonprofit Leadership Cohort
After an unprecedented and challenging year, The Community Foundation is identifying opportunities to help develop long-term and sustainable capacity-building initiatives for nonprofit organizations…
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The Duff McDuff Green, Jr. Fund Large Grant RFP Opens May 3
Mr. Duff Green is remembered by many for his charitable contributions throughout the region. A bequest in his will established the Duff McDuff…
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The Anne Felder Fund - Award Recipients
newsAinsley’s Angels of America – Fredericksburg Ambassadorship and Cooking Autism, Inc. are the recipients of more than $11,000 in from The Ann Felder Fund at The Community Foundation. The purpose…
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Matching Grant Doubles Impact of Gifts to the Community Relief Fund
Generous supporters who want to help local nonprofits responding to the consequences and disparities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic now have an opportunity…