2009 ACF Grants
The Arlington Community Foundation awards $155,185 to 51 local nonprofit organizations
November 18, 2009- The Arlington Community Foundation's Board of Trustees approved grant awards totaling $155,185 to 51 local nonprofit organizations and schools through its Community Enhancement and Arlington Education Fund grant programs. The approval of these grants brings the total grant monies awarded by the Arlington Community Foundation to more than $3.8 million to charitable organizations over the past 16 years.
Representatives from the organizations which were awarded grants and the volunteers who graciously gave of their time to read and review grant applications will be recognized at an event on December 8th. Please log on to our new website - www.arlcf.org - for updates on the time and location.
As a result of the Foundation's support and the generosity of numerous donors, many Arlington nonprofits will benefit. Most grant awards range from $1,000 to $10,000 and assist towards the improvement of the Arlington community through programs in the arts, youth services, education, the environment, health, housing, human services, legal services and senior engagement. In a particularly difficult year, the Foundation's Board chose to keep the level of funding up, demonstrating a firm interest by the Arlington Community Foundation to invest in the wellbeing of the Arlington Community.
Wanda Pierce, Executive Director of the Foundation, noted, "The grants awarded this year reflect the work of stellar nonprofits and educators in the Arlington area and the commitment of the Arlington Community Foundation to support their work in the community."
Two examples of the work recognized by the foundation through these grant cycles is a $10,000 Community Enhancement grant awarded to Arlington Free Clinic to fund an innovative program that will train over 380 volunteers to use new electronic medical records technology that would enable patients to have their files readily available to medical personnel upon their visit to the Arlington Free Clinic and area hospitals. In addition an Arlington Education Fund grant was awarded to Kenmore Middle School to support the creation of a Textured Tile Mosaic which the students will design and display permanently on the pilasters along the school's main hallway. For a complete listing of grantees and a description of the projects funding, log onto the grants section of our website.
Today's awards are a result of the 2009 Community Enhancement and Arlington Education Fund Grant programs which involve a group of volunteer reviewers and a dedicated committee of Foundation trustees and advisors. Also vital to the process of awarding grants is the support of a number of donor-advisors who fund a variety of grant areas including the environment and the arts. While the most significant contribution made to nonprofit organizations by the Foundation is made during the fall months, in the spring ACF also manages a large scholarship program which distributes over $290,000 in scholarship money to about 147 high school seniors and current college students.
The 2009 Community Enhancement Grants are made possible through the support of numerous donor-advised and unrestricted funds established at the Arlington Community Foundation, including: Ellen M. Bozman Fund, Community Fund for Children and Families, Demoney Family Fund, Fund for Arlington, Fund for the Arts, Arthur and Vivian Kallen Fund, Paul Kovenock Fund, Helen and John Rhett Family Fund, Senior Adult Endowment Fund, Shirley Hobbs Scheibla Memorial Fund, Charles E. Smith Family Foundation Fund and Wyatt Family Fund.
The Arlington Community Foundation is very excited to fund these organizations that will make a difference in the Arlington Community. For more information about how to apply for a Community Enhancement or Education Fund Grant or how to help support the Foundation's grantmaking, please call 703-243-4785 or log onto our website at www.arlcf.org.
Contacts: Patricia Limjap, Associate Director of Programs
Email: plimjap@arlcf.org
Wanda Pierce, Executive Director
Email: wpierce@arlcf.org
2525 Wilson Boulevard | Arlington, VA 22201 703-243-4785 | Fax 703-243-4796 www.arlcf.org
2009 Community Enhancement Grantees
AHC, Inc.
Alliance for Arlington Senior Programs
American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras
Arlington Alexandria Coalition for the Homeless
Arlington Arts Center
Arlington Food Assistance Center
Arlington Free Clinic
Arlington Latino Network
Arlington Pediatric Center
Arlington Street People's
Assistance Network, Inc.
Best Buddies Virginia
Bowen McCauley Dance
BU-GATA
Buyers and Renters Arlington Voice
Capital Area Food Bank
Capital Area Immigrant's Rights
The Child and Family Network Centers
CrisisLink
Doorways for Women and Families
Escuela Bolivia
Goodwill of Greater Washington
Greenbrier Learning Center
Habitat for Humanity Northern Virginia
Jane Franklin Dance
Just Neighbors
Leadership Arlington
Legal Aid Justice Center
Legal Services of Northern Virginia
Northern Virginia Family Service
Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia
Phoenix Bikes
Saint George's Food Pantry
Samaritan Ministries of Greater Washington
Shirlington Employment and Education Center
Signature Theater
Stop Child Abuse Now of Northern VA
Synetic Theater, Inc.
Teatro de la Luna
Vanguard Services Unlimited
Washington Shakespeare Company
Fall 2009 Arlington Education Fund Grantees
Abingdon Elementary
AHC,Inc.
Arlington Public Schools Humanities Project
H-B Woodlawn
Hoffman Boston Elementary
Kenmore Middle School
Long Branch Elementary
Office of Minority Achievement, Arlington Public Schools
Tuckahoe Elementary School