The Hampton Roads Community Foundation is pleased to announce the 2023 Norfolk Southern Hampton Roads Community Fund Grant.
Donor Name: Hampton Roads Community Foundation
State: Virginia
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/23/2023
Size of the Grant: $15,000 – $100,000
Details:
Norfolk Southern has been a long-standing supporter of the Hampton Roads nonprofit community. While it has transitioned its corporate headquarters to Atlanta, the company is committed to the Hampton Roads community and engaging with nonprofit organizations in the region. Norfolk Southern and the Hampton Roads Community Foundation will be distributing $1 million each year over five years through the Norfolk Southern Hampton Roads Community Fund to nonprofits working to make life better in the region.
Grantmaking Priorities
Grant applications should explain how your organization addresses one or more of the following priority impact areas:
- Education and Workforce Development
- Preventing middle- and high-school students from dropping out of school
- Engaging youth in successfully transitioning from high school into collegiate education or career-based certificate programs
- Creating pathways to employment for adults with barriers to selfsufficiency
- Enriching the Community
- Providing support for organizations addressing food insecurity
- Improving access to mental-health support
- Preventing and ending homelessness and housing instability
- Enhancing equity and inclusion by accelerating the advancement of historically underrepresented groups and people
- Enriching the human experience through arts and culture
- Improving public health and safety
- Sustainability
- Restoring and protecting the region’s land, forests, and natural waterways
- Improving the region’s ability to adapt to the impacts of sea-level rise
The foundation strongly encourages organizations that are led by and serve historically underrepresented groups and communities to apply.
Funding Information
- Organization Budget Size: Under $1,000,000; Grant Award Range: $5,000 – $25,000
- Organization Budget Size: $1,000,000-$5,000,000; Grant Award Range: $10,000 – $50,000
- Organization Budget Size: Over $5,000,000; Grant Award Range: $15,000 – $100,000
Eligibility Criteria
All nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations, with some limitations may apply that are:
- Serving residents in South Hampton Roads, which includes Chesapeake, Franklin, Isle of Wight County, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach.
- In good standing with the Internal Revenue Service and have been operational since at least January 1, 2021.
- Be governed by a board with membership of at least four individuals not including the CEO or Executive Director.
- Can provide financial statements and an operating budget, with a preference for audited financial statements or a recent IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Limitations
Grants are NOT available for the following:
- Organizations without public charity tax-exemption under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
- Individuals
- Fundraising events (such as tickets, raffles, auctions or tournaments), annual fundraising appeals or agency celebrations
- Houses of worship
- Religious activities (organizations and activities that require religious participation by those receiving services or that are providing religious education)
- Political organizations
- Endowments
- Scholarships, fellowships or travel
- National or international purposes
- Animal welfare programs
- Organizations addressing specific diseases
For more information, visit HRCF.
