Applications are now open for the Loudoun Impact Fund for community needs in Loudoun County.
Donor Name: The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia
State: Virginia
County: Loudoun County (VA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/27/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Details:
The Loudoun Impact Fund is a giving circle of engaged Loudoun County donors managed in partnership by the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia and the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties. The Fund invests strategically in Loudoun County to support the area of human services, with a focus on youth/children, older adults/seniors, and people with disabilities in Loudoun County.
Loudoun County has some complex community needs, including affordable housing and the challenges to the County’s education and health infrastructures caused by an ever growing and widely diverse population. The county is also home to grant makers who direct a large amount of funding to these projects. The Community Foundation looks for gaps where its resources can do the greatest good – programs, causes or places in their community that deserve attention but aren’t getting it.
Funding Information
- The Loudoun Impact Fund is a giving circle of caring donors, each offering gifts of $1,000 (per person) or $5,000 (per foundation or corporation) to the Fund.
Grantmaking Priorities
The Loudoun Impact Fund grant advisors will consider applications to fund services and projects that positively impact vulnerable or at-risk children and youth; people with disabilities; and/or older adults in Loudoun County. Proposed projects should address one or more of the following:
- Basic needs support for low-income, vulnerable, or at-risk children or youth, people with disabilities, and/or older adults, including food, shelter, and housing.
- Physical and behavioral health and wellness for low-income, vulnerable, or at-risk children and youth, people with disabilities, and/or older adults.
- Trauma-informed services for low-income, vulnerable, or at-risk children and youth, people with disabilities, and/or older adults, addressing and preventing family violence and/or abuse.
- Academic and school-readiness support for low-income, vulnerable, or at-risk children and youth.
- Programs providing high-quality child care for low-income, vulnerable, or at-risk children and youth.
- Programs providing life skills, literacy services, job training, and/or employment placement services to low-income, vulnerable, or at-risk youth, people with disabilities, and/or older adults.
- Youth development and leadership opportunities for low-income, vulnerable, or at-risk children or youth.
- Programs providing social support, day-support, transportation assistance, and/or respite care for people with disabilities and/or older adults.
- Organizations may request project-specific funding or funding for general operating support.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity in good standing with the IRS, school, or faith-based organization (NOTE: The Loudoun Impact Fund can support faith-based organizations; however, it will not support projects that either provide or require religious teachings to its program participants or exclude participants of different faiths.)
For more information, visit Community Foundation for Northern Virginia.
