The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia awards grants once a year from our Community Investment Funds to help meet the most critical needs of our region.  In January of 2009, we awarded $114,307 in Community Investment Grants to 23 organizations.  Contributions from individual and corporate donors make these grants possible.

Child and Youth Development

Alternative House, $5,000
To support the Emergency Shelter for Teenagers, a safe haven for runaway, homeless and abused children between the ages of 13 and 18. 

Arlington Pediatric Center, $7,000
APC is the only comprehensive medical home available for an estimated 9,000 children living in poverty in Arlington County.  The grant will provide care for children who do not have insurance.

Fairfax Court Special Advocates, Inc., $5,000
Fairfax CASA recruits, screens, trains and provides oversight to volunteers who advocate in court for the best interests of vulnerable children.

Greenbrier Learning Center, $5,000
To expand Learning ROCKS!, a program that provides high-quality academic and social support to 60 low-income, refugee and immigrant children after school.

Prospera Initiatives, Inc., $1,672
To build the organization’s capacity to measure the outcomes of the Heritage Language Literacy Program, which addresses the achievement gap between Hispanic students and the general population.

YMCA of Fairfax County Reston, $5,000
To expand the organization’s capacity to offer subsidized school-aged childcare to needy families in Fairfax County.

Education

College Access Fairfax, $7,500
For the Financial Aid Champion program to help low-income college capable students with the college financial aid application process.

Falls Church-McLean Children’s Center, $5,000
For tuition support for their early childhood program, including early identification and intervention services for children and families in need.

The Source for Learning, $5,000
To support the Arlington Family Child Care Provider’s Network by training family child care providers in early childhood education using an on-line resource, distance learning and peer coaching.

Wesley Housing Development Corporation, $3,950
To support “TEE-UP! Technology and Education for Everyone, which provides children, youth and adults in affordable housing communities access to technological tools and resources necessary to achieve success in school and the workplace.

Poverty Relief

Arlington Food Assistance Center, $7,500
To purchase milk and other fresh foods to distribute to families referred to the program.  The program serves approximately 900 families per week.

Falls Church Community Service Council, $7,340
To help individuals and families in financial hardship with emergency financial assistance for rent, utilities, medicine or other specialized needs.

Legal Services of Northern Virginia, $2,500
To support the Foreclosure Legal Assistance Project which provides education, prevention services and legal assistance to low and moderate income homeowners who are facing foreclosure.

Lorton Community Action Center, $7,345
To support poverty relief programs including assistance with food, shelter, clothing and furniture, emergency counseling, referral and case management.

Loudoun Citizens for Social Justice/LAWS $2,500
To support the Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter’s comprehensive support services to battered women and their children in Loudoun County.

New Hope Housing, $2,500
To provide permanent supportive housing for homeless persons with disabling conditions in Fairfax County.

Doorways for Women and Families, $8,500: 
To support the Freddie Mac Foundation Family Home, a shelter for women and families.

Samaritan Ministries of Greater Washington, $5,000:
For expansion of the Next Steps program serving 370 homeless and low-income people in Arlington.

Health, Mental Health, Aging

Bailey’s Crossroads Health Access Partnership, $5,000
To provide services at a primary care clinic in the Bailey’s Crossroads neighborhood.  The Culmore Clinic provides basic health and primary care services to the working poor population of that area.

CrisisLink, $2,500
To support a hotline for people facing life crises, trauma and suicide.  The agency provides support, information and links to community resources.

Loudoun Community Health Center, $5,000
To meet the health care needs of underserved senior citizens in Loudoun County.

NOVA Scripts Central, $5,000
NOVA Scripts Central works in collaboration with health clinics to provide free life saving medications to low-income uninsured children and adults in Northern Virginia.

The Women’s Center, $2,500
For the delivery of minimal-cost counseling to victims of domestic violence and their children.