The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia is currently accepting applications for Education Grant to increase the number of children and adults who are prepared to enter a competitive workforce in the 21st century.
Donor Name: The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia
State: Virginia
County: Selected Counties
City: Selected Cities
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/02/2023
Size of the Grant: $15,000
Details:
High-quality preschool has the potential to narrow long-standing racial and economic opportunity gaps, provide crucial relief to Northern Virginia’s working parents, and produce stunning long-term returns on investment. Unfortunately, Northern Virginia’s children at or near poverty have the second lowest rate of preschool enrollment in the country; just 29 percent of three-and four-year-olds in this income bracket are in school, compared with 41 percent nationally. It also has the largest gap in enrollment rates between these children and their counterparts in higher-income families.
The Education Fund is a component fund of The Permanent Fund for Northern Virginia, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation that makes grants to help build a community that works for everyone.
In 2023, applications will be accepted in the following categories:
- Early Childhood Education
- English Language Proficiency for Adults and Children
- Workforce Development/Skills-based Education
Funding Information
For 2023, grant requests of $15,000 will be accepted.
Eligibility Criteria
The Community Foundation will consider grant applications that meet the following criteria.
- Applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations providing charitable or educational services. Local, state and federal government entities are not eligible to apply.
- This year, grant requests will only be considered for general organizational support. Applications for capital improvements, endowments, or scholarship awards will not be considered.
- Grants will be made to organizations providing services in Northern Virginia (Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties, plus the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church and Manassas/Manassas Park).
- Grant requests of $15,000 will be accepted.
- Applications that are late or incomplete will not be considered.
- Only one application per organization will be considered.
For more information, visit The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia.