The Williamsburg Community Foundation is pleased to announce the Community Grants.
Donor Name: Williamsburg Community Foundation
State: Virginia
County: James City County (VA), York County (VA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Categories
WCF grantmaking priorities include the following broad categories:
- Arts & Culture
- Children & Young Adults
- Environment & Conservation
- Health & Community Wellness & Economic Mobility
- Senior Services
Funding Information
You may request up to $5,000 for programs that benefit residents in the City of Williamsburg, James City County and York County.
Eligibility Criteria
The Foundation will make grants to organizations that serve residents of Williamsburg, James City County and York County:
- that are qualified as tax-exempt under Section 501(C)(3) and 509(a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(3); by the Internal Revenue Service and to private operating foundations,
- government entities for public purposes
- religious organizations.
In its review of grant applications, the Foundation will consider:
- The degree to which the request meets the Foundation’s Grantmaking Vision as described above.
- The priority of the project in relationship to other current applications, given the funds available for distribution.
- Whether the project duplicates an existing program, and if so, is there a substantial underserved population in spite of the existence of similar programs, and/or to what extent the two programs are working together to serve a similar population.
- The applicant’s potential to implement the proposed project, including the likelihood of securing sufficient funding for the project to be viable. Evidence of the fiscal, managerial, and programmatic viability and effectiveness of the applicant.
- How recently and at what amount the organization has received support from the Foundation. It is highly unlikely that an organization will receive funding from the Foundation’s Unrestricted Funds twice during a calendar year.
- The applicant’s record of effectively using previous grants from the Foundation.
- Available assessments of need, strategic plans or other independent, objective studies or reports that may have a bearing on the need or priority of the project in the community.
The Foundation will not make grants for:
- unspecified use of funds;
- retroactive funding for any project expenses incurred before the Foundation’s decision date;
- multi-year grants or commitments;
- public and private K-12 schools except where specific funds (Altshuler Fund, Occasion for the Arts Fund) have indicated that the fund will support public and private K-12 schools. Funding should be used to support activities or purchases that are not otherwise funded by local, state or federal government funds;
- religious purposes (but may be made to religious organizations for projects with a broad-based, inclusive community benefit);
- political or partisan purposes;
- individuals;
- a program or activity that engages in discrimination that would otherwise be prohibited by law.
For more information, visit WCF.
