The Wellspring Foundation of Southwest Virginia will only award grants to those agencies or organizations identified by the Internal Revenue Service as not-for-profit organizations or governmental entities.
Donor Name: Wellspring Foundation of Southwest Virginia
State: Virginia
County: Grayson County (VA), Russell County (VA), Smyth County (VA), Washington County (VA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/13/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Each must serve to benefit the Virginia counties of Washington, Grayson, Russell or Smyth and support, promote and/or further the Foundation’s vision and mission.
Areas of interest include:
- Health
- Children & Families
- Workforce Development
- Education
- Economic Development
The Board, in making grant decisions, will place the greatest priority on projects that:
- Receive funding from other sources
- Exhibit collaboration in service delivery with other not-for-profit organizations
- Ensure measurable outcomes and objective data which can be accurately measured
- Provide evidence of the feasibility and sustainability of the proposed project
- Do not result in a duplication of services provided by another agency
Funding Information
IMPACT grant applications can be for either single-year or multi-year transformational funding requests totaling more than $50,000.
Ineligible Projects/Programs
- To comply with federal guidelines and legal requirements, the Foundation will not issue grants of any kind to or for:
- Projects unrelated to the Foundation’s vision and mission
- Purposes that are identified as agency ongoing operational expenses not related to the requested project
- Fundraisers or other ticketed special events
- Corporate sponsorships
- Amateur athletic organizations
- For-profit organizations
- Individuals
- Religious organizations for religious purposes
- Political purposes or for lobbying activities
- Organizational debt reduction
- The Wellspring Foundation of Southwest Virginia does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, gender, sexual orientation or disability and will not support organizations that discriminate in any manner.
- Decisions regarding grant disbursements are made at the sole discretion of the Wellspring Foundation of Southwest Virginia to further its mission. The Wellspring Foundation will not support organizations engaged in activities that incite or engage in violence, intimidation, harassment, threats or defamation targeting an individual or group based on their actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability. The Wellspring Foundation will not award grants to organizations that the Foundation believes intend to support or engage in hateful activities, whether online or offline.
For more information, visit Wellspring Foundation of Southwest Virginia.
