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| On July 31, 2008, the Board of Trustees of the Williamsburg Community Foundation, formerly Williamsburg Community Trust, presented grants totaling $16,500 to nine nonprofit organizations during a grant award ceremony. Foundation Chairman, Vernon Geddy III announced that since 2001 when the foundation’s first grants were awarded, it has distributed nearly $2 million in grants from all of its funds. Over $100,000 of that amount is from its unrestricted and field-of-interest funds. |
(LtoR) Stan Stout, James City County Police, Alex Kuras, Community Services Coalition, Victoria Little, Williamsburg Youth Orchestras, Sue Salva, Lackey Free Clinic, Janet Millard, Peninsula Agency on Aging, Tony Lea, Jamestown 4H Educational Center, Rachel Johnston, Walsingham Academy, Jeff Black Angels of Mercy Medical Clinic, Sue Pearce, Dream Catchers. |
| Agencies that received $1,000 grants at the award ceremony are listed below: |
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 Dream Catchers / Cori Sikich Riding Center
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Health and Human Service |
| This grant will support the purchase of a draft horse to accommodate larger children with special needs so they can receive therapeutic riding lessons. |
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James City County Police Department |
Health and Human Service |
| This grant will help purchase CPR mannequins and related educational supplies to enhance the Department’s CPR training program. |
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Jamestown 4-H Educational Center |
Education |
| This grant will help to expand the environmental education offerings to provide learning opportunities for local school children. |
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Lackey Free Clinic |
Health and Human Service |
| This grant will cover the costs of 200 patient education packages for Diabetes. |
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Peninsula Agency on Aging |
Health and Human Service |
| This grant will help to provide a minimum of 10 impoverished seniors in greater Williamsburg with up to $100 each for cooling assistance this summer. |
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Walsingham Academy |
Education |
| Walsingham Academy will use this grant to develop a speaker series for parents in the greater Williamsburg Community to provide social and education resources to offer guidelines/advice on raising their children. |
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Williamsburg Youth Orchestras |
Arts and Culture |
| This grant will allow WYO to bring in additional music teachers to teach in smaller groups during the Summer Music Festival which is a one-week long music camp for orchestral and chamber music for all levels. |
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The following agencies received grants from the foundation’s Business Partners Make A Difference Fund. Make A Difference grants are funded by an annual campaign supported by local businesses: |
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Angels of Mercy Inc. Medical Clinic ($4,500) |
Health and Human Service |
This grant will be used exclusively to provide uninsured and underinsured patients at Angels of Mercy Medical Clinic, with a guarantee of paid-for prescription medications when not available elsewhere.
Business Partners Make A Difference Fund |
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Community Services Coalition, Inc. ($5,000) |
Community Improvement |
This grant will go to the improvements to the building which houses United Way of Greater Williamsburg, Williamsburg Symphonia, FISH and other organizations. Specifically it will fund an air handler, air conditioner and plan for building renovations.
Business Partners Make A Difference Fund |
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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. For its fiscal year ending January 31, 2008, the Foundation awarded $155,503 in grants from all funds. The Foundation gives donor-advisors and other philanthropic minded individuals in our community the opportunity to support programs that the Foundation is unable to fund through its community endowment, leveraging more dollars for the community.
The grants fall into the categories of Arts/Culture, Community Improvement, Education, and Health/Human Services. Applications for the winter grant round will be available after in September on the Foundation’s website, www.williamsburgcommunityfoundation.org. Please call 757-259-1660 with any questions about eligibility prior to filling out an application. |
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