The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia gives $23,000 in grants to Loudoun nonprofits.

The recipients and their plans for the grant are as follows:

The Audubon Naturalist Society – Rust Nature Sanctuary  -  $5,000

Nature Rocks will provide engaging and educational outdoor experiences for 30 at-risk children ages 5-12 from four lower income communities in Loudoun County. Through interactive games and activities, including an outdoor camping experience, Nature Rocks will foster responsible environmental stewardship and enable participating children to understand, enjoy and care for the natural world. 

Loudoun Academy of the Arts Foundation  $3,000

The Loudoun Academy of the Arts will expand its hands-on summer camps to directly benefit children who have been identified by the Loudoun County Department of Family Services as at-risk youths. Camps will provide visual arts instruction in a variety of media for various age groups. Grant money will allow for expansion of the program to at-risk young people.

The Loudoun Lyric Opera Company  -  $5,000

The Loudoun Lyric Opera will provide tuition assistance to qualified high school juniors and seniors, as well as qualified college freshmen and sophomores, to study and perform opera at the Loudoun Campus of the Northern Virginia Community College.

The Loudoun Symphony Association - $5,000

The Loudoun Symphony will use the grant to support the core organization, including youth education and community outreach programs.

Sterling Playmakers   -  $5,000

The Sterling Playmakers grant will support a Young Person’s Theatre Workshop production of Disney’s Aladdin Jr. next summer. Young people ages 8 to 18 will participate in a three week workshop consisting of instruction in creative dramatics, music and dance, and rehearsals for the production. Students will work with a qualified director/teacher, a music director and choreographer.