Total Awarded
in February 2013:
$1,313,120
General Grants: February 2013
Alzheimer’s Association
$30,345
To increase awareness and caregiver support in the Tri-Cities, with an expanded emphasis on Dinwiddie and Prince George counties.
Appomattox Educational Foundation
$225,000
To support the restoration and renovation of the Appomattox Regional Governor’s School’s “White House.”
Appomattox Regional Library System
$150,000
Towards continued operating support for Southside Community Partners.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond
$135,000
To support programming at the Petersburg and Hopewell clubs, and for improvements and equipment at the Blandford Academy site in Petersburg.
Family Lifeline
$50,000
For the Petersburg Early Childhood Development Initiative.
Hopewell Food Pantry
$30,000
For continued general operating support.
Hopewell-Prince George Healthy Families
$55,000
For continuation of the Intensive Home Visitation, Assessment, and Screening program.
Richard Bland College Foundation
$65,000
Toward the creation of a health sciences advisor position.
Riverside Criminal Justice Agency
$14,775
For the Re-Entry Initiative Project, which seeks to improve public safety and reintegration outcomes as inmates prepare for release from Riverside Regional Jail.
Science Museum of Virginia
$34,000
For continuation of the Petersburg Out of School Time STEM Program.
The Salvation Army Petersburg Corps
$34,000
To continue support of the Community Education Center.
Smart Beginnings/Hopewell-Prince George
$40,000
Towards the Smart Beginnings Developmental/Social Emotional Project.
Southside Health Education Foundation
$70,000
For continued general operating support.
Sussex County Department of Social Services
$53,000
For continuation of the Sussex County Health Education Awareness for Women and Senior Citizens Project.
Virginia Association for Competitive Swimming
$3,500
For continuation of the Make a Splash learn-to-swim program.
Virginia’s Gateway Region
$225,000
To continue the “G2 – Driving Regional Growth, Embracing a Global Future” initiative, a five-year strategy to advance economic development across the Tri-Cities area.
Virginia LISC
$98,500
For continuation of the Petersburg Revitalization Initiative, including ongoing capacity-building of the community development sector in Petersburg; facilitation of partnerships among developers; the launching of a Financial Opportunity Center; and ensuring the implementation of several efforts that it is supporting in Petersburg, including projects in the Battersea and Halifax neighborhoods.