Williamsburg Community Foundation

Williamsburg Community Foundation Announces Grants to Area Charities
On October 5, 2011, the Board of Trustees of the Williamsburg Community Foundation presented grants totaling $35,100 to fourteen nonprofit organizations during a grant award luncheon generously underwritten by The Optimal Service Group of Wells Fargo Advisors. $26,000 was awarded from the Community Endowment Fund while $1,000 was awarded from the Genevieve McGiffert Memorial Fund for the Musical Performing Arts, $2,100 from the Business Partners Make a Difference Fund, $1,000 from the Donald S. and Linda T. Baker Charitable Fund, and $5,000 from the Craig and Shirley Stambaugh Fund. Foundation Executive Director, Nancy Coté Sullivan announced that we are approximately 65% of the way toward reaching our 2011-2012 Annual Fund goal. Nancy thanked the many people who have already supported our Annual Fund this year. The Genevieve McGiffert Memorial Fund for the Musical Performing Arts was established with contributions from Art Song of Williamsburg, board members Linda and Don Baker, and Michael McGiffert. Established in 2006, the Business Partners Make a Difference Fund conducts an annual campaign within the business community to build support for the foundation’s annual fund and grantmaking activities. Business Partners are recognized as part of the annual campaign and each year have the opportunity to assist in selecting grant recipients, recommended by the Foundation’s distribution committee. Recipients of Grants (LtoR) - Kelly Cash, Lackey Free Clinic; Christine Jensen, Center for Excellence in Aging & Geriatric Health; Magdalene Staples, Historic Triangle Senior Center; Karen Dutro, Network Williamsburg Additional Recipients (LtoR) - Carolyn Yowell, Williamsburg United Methodist Church (Respite Care Center); Janet Dugas, Williamsburg United Methodist Church (Respite Care Center); Margene Hartsough, The Williamsburg Symphonia; Jan MacQuestion, The Williamsburg Symphonia Click here for more grant recipient pictures
Agencies that received grants from the Community Endowment Fund:

Center for Excellence in Aging & Geriatric Health ($5,000)	Health and Human Services
Funds will support the Driving Education Program, a program that preserves safety of older drivers.

Colonial Court Appointed Special Advocates ($2,500)	Health and Human Services
This grant will help CASA purchase a copier with the latest technology for securing sensitive data. (An additional $2,500 was awarded from the Robert E. Kiley Family Fund as a match to WCF funding of this project.)

Dream Catchers ($2,000)	Education
Funding will support a research study to determine the effects of therapeutic riding for elementary-aged school children with autism.

Historic Triangle Senior Center ($1,500)	Health and Human Services
Funds will be used to purchase laptops to provide computer classes in low-income locations in the greater Williamsburg Area.

Network Williamsburg ($2,100)	Community Improvement
This grant will fund a Social Media Research and Education Series for non-profits to demonstrate the use of social media in engaging potential supporters.

Olivet Medical Ministry /trading as “Lackey Free Clinic” ($5,000)	Education
This grant will provide 200 uninsured diabetic patients with the supplies necessary to manage the condition.

Williamsburg Early Childhood Music School ($5,000)	Education
This grant will help expand Project Outreach to all eight Head Start classes in WJCC. Project Outreach serves at-risk pre-school children who do not have access to music and movement education.

Williamsburg Youth Orchestras ($1,000)	Arts and Culture
Funding will provide scholarships to the 2012 Summer Music Festival, a program that brings together young musicians for five days of master classes, chamber music and orchestra rehearsals.

Williamsburg Youth Wind Ensemble ($4,000)	Arts and Culture
This grant will provide young musicians with music education and performance opportunities as well as provide funds for scholarships, instruments and materials.

Williamsburg Women’s Chorus ($400)	Arts and Culture
This grant will support the costs associated with the Spring 2012 intergenerational concert with the Warhill High School Women's Choir.


Agencies that received grants from the Genevieve McGiffert Memorial Fund for the Musical Performing Arts:

Williamsburg Choral Guild ($1,000)	Arts and Culture
This grant will fund two free performances of “Amahl and the Night Visitors” in December.

Agencies that received grants from the Donald S. and Linda T. Baker Charitable Fund:

The Williamsburg Symphonia ($1,000)	Education
This grant will fund interactive programming for 4th and 5th graders through the “Meet the Musicians” and “Instruments for Kids” programs.

Agencies that received grants from the Craig & Shirley Stambaugh Fund :

Grove Christian Outreach Center ($5,000)	Community Improvement
This grant will help two families obtain mobile homes after their homes were destroyed in the April 2011 tornado.

Agencies that received grants from the Business Partners Make a Difference Fund:

Williamsburg United Methodist Church ($2,100)	Education
This grant will be used to fund the Respite Care Center that supports caregivers for adults with special needs and Alzheimer's.
Each year the Foundation distributes a percentage of its endowment to be awarded as grants to nonprofit organizations in our community. As the Foundation’s permanent endowment grows through its investments and gifts from individuals and businesses, so will its ability to fund new and innovative local programs. The Foundation also makes grants from donor-advised funds through recommendations by the funds’ donors. Last year, grants from all funds at the Foundation totaled $257,836. The grants fall into the categories of Arts/Culture, Community Improvement, Education, and Health/Human Services. Information concerning the 2012 Winter Grant Application Process will be posted on our website in late November . Please call 757-259-1660 with any questions about eligibility prior to filling out an application.