CACF Approves $299,000 in Grant Awards to Area Nonprofits
Today the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation announces $299,000 in grants to six area nonprofits through its Community Endowment unrestricted grantmaking program that provides support to nonprofit organizations working to improve the quality of life in the CACF service area. Recipients include:
1. Building Goodness Foundation (BGF) - $45,000 to support the Local Capacity Building program, an initiative to expand BGF’s two local programs that provide home renovations for low-income families and renovations for local nonprofit buildings and facilities.
2. Center for Nonprofit Excellence (CNE) - $40,000 to support CNE’s capacity-building initiatives for nonprofits in the areas of nonprofit management, governance, leadership development and technology.
3. Ellis Acres Memorial Park - $89,000 to complete the restoration and renovation of the 2,259 square foot Rosenwald Buckingham Training School [1923-1954] Vocational Shop Building which will serve as a Community Center and recreation space for Buckingham County residents.
4. Legal Aid Justice Center – $50,000 to support the Access to Justice Partnership, a collaboration with the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, the Charlottesville-Albemarle Bar Association and the University of Virginia Law School. The project will help increase pro-bono legal assistance and help meet the growing legal needs of low-income residents.
5. Live Arts- $25,000 to support a comprehensive technical upgrade to the volunteer community theatre spaces.
6. Piedmont Virginia Community College – $50,000 to support salaries during the start up phase of its new sonography (medical imaging) program that will provide trained sonographers to meet the demand of local medical centers.
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The Charlottesville Area Community Foundation is a permanent endowment dedicated to improving the quality of life in Charlottesville and the surrounding Counties of Albemarle, Greene, Orange, Louisa, Fluvanna, Buckingham, and Nelson. Since its inception in 1967, the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation has provided over $40 million in grants.
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