Our mission is to grow philanthropy to help meet the critical needs of the region.               


The Community Foundation works with local donors to help meet the most critical needs of the region.  We care deeply about our vulnerable neighbors, and we know that you care too.  Our grants support programs addressing Poverty Relief, Child and Youth Development, Education, Health, Mental Health and Aging, and Military Personnel and Their Families. Should you have any questions about our work, or if you would like to open your own fund at the Community Foundation, please contact us. For a list of organizations we are funding for 2011-2012, please click here. To help fund our region's most critical needs, click here to make a tax-deductible donation.




Healthy Kids Grants Available for Northern Virginia Public Schools - Apply Today!
 
In collaboration with its Chin Family Charitable Fund, the Community Foundation will offer 15 grants of $1,000 each to individual public schools in Northern Virginia that implement a program or strategy to encourage better nutrition and/or activity among their student body during the 2012-2013 school year. Applications due May 30.
Click here for information and online application instructions.                                        
      See How Coles Elementary School
Is Using Its 2011 Healthy Kids Grant!

                                                             

                                                                             

 



OUR RECENT PUBLICATIONS

2010-2011 Annual Report                           2009-2010 Annual Report                               A Portrait of Children in Northern Virginia
              



"The Community Foundation has supported our families, our children, our teachers, and members of this community for over ten years. No amount we receive is ever too small. Every dollar given to our program gives our children every opportunity to be successful in their future."
  -Elizabeth Egan, Executive Director, Main Street Child and Youth Development Center 







The Community Foundation thanks Washington Gas for its leadership support.

            
The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia complies with National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations.

Latest News, Press Releases and Events

The Angels Network Fundraiser on May 22

HOT HOT HOT Wine Tasting on May 30

Future Fund Monthly Happy Hours

“Let’s Move the Needle on Childhood Obesity” Awards due February 27

Community Foundation Makes 39 Grants Totalling $337,829 for Its 2011-2012 Community Investment Funds Grant Cycle

Meet Our Philanthropy Fellow Victor Adebusola

Welcome Our New Donor Relations and Events Manager Jen McCollum

Meet Our New Grants Manager Melissa Beach

Congratulations 2011 Koury Scholarship Winners

Healthy Kids Grants Support Health and Nutrition Programs in Local Schools

Scholarship Fund Honors Police Officer - Awards Announced

Foundation Converts Young Professionals into Young Philanthropists
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2010-2011 Annual Report
2009-2010 Annual Report

CFNOVA and Inova Health Systems Address Childhood Obesity in Northern Virginia

Meet New Foundation Vice President Sara Jaffe
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Community Foundation Grants $45,000 to Organizations Helping Military Personnel and Their Families
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Community Foundation Releases Child and Youth Needs Assessment

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