The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia is seeking applications for the Lamond Fund to benefit children and youth in Alexandria City and Fairfax County.
Donor Name: The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia
State: Virginia
County: Fairfax County (VA)
City: Alexandria
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/02/2023
Size of the Grant: $30,000
Details:
Thirty years ago, children raised in Northern Virginia enjoyed the highest rate of economic mobility in the country, and today’s children are likely to continue to experience similar levels of success. However, not all neighborhoods have equal access to the “opportunity factors” that help produce economic mobility. Among the 113,000 children who were living at or near poverty in Northern Virginia in 2015-19, nearly half lived in a neighborhood with “low” levels of college education, and over a third lived in neighborhoods with low levels of nuclear families, early achievement, social capital, and residential inclusion. These neighborhoods are not spread across the region; instead, they are geographically clustered, including several pockets along the Route 1 corridor extending from Alexandria down to Prince William County.
This fund, made possible through a bequest to the Permanent Fund for Northern Virginia from Angus Slater Lamond, provides grants to nonprofits, schools, and other programs that promote the development and education of economically disadvantaged children and youth aged 18 years of age and younger in the City of Alexandria and in Fairfax County south and west of the City of Alexandria with a current preference towards the Route 1 corridor.
This fund provides grants to nonprofits, schools, and other programs that promote the development and education of economically disadvantaged children and youth aged 18 years of age and younger in the City of Alexandria and in Fairfax County south and west of the City of Alexandria along the Route 1 corridor.
Applications will be accepted from organizations that provide any of the following services:
- Academic Achievement
- After-school/Summer Activities
- Basic Needs
- Career Readiness
- Early Childhood Education
- English Language Proficiency for Children
Funding Information
For 2023, one grant of $30,000 will be awarded.
Eligibility Criteria
For 2023, the Community Foundation will consider grant applications that meet the following criteria.
- Applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations providing charitable or educational services. Local, state and federal government entities are not eligible to apply.
- This year, grant requests will only be considered for general organizational support. Applications for capital improvements, endowments, or scholarship awards will not be considered.
- Grants will be made to organizations providing services in the City of Alexandria or Fairfax County south and west of the City of Alexandria, with a current preference towards the Route 1 corridor.
- The Community Foundation intends to make two grants of $30,000 each.
- Applications that are late or incomplete will not be considered.
- Only one application per organization will be considered.
For more information, visit The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia.
