Gloucester Community Foundation Grants

Cultural Vibrancy:

Bay School Community Arts Center
This grant request is to support the Bay School's community arts outreach program with the Lewis B. Puller Center. This program provides hands on visual arts and crafts experiences.

Guinea Heritage Association
This grant request is to support art classes held at Buck’s Store Museum for children ages 9-12 in June 2025.

Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation
This grant request is to support the addition of shelving, storage and furniture in a renovated room in the Woodville School to be used as a library.

Economic Prosperity:

Helping the Homeless Ministry
This grant request This grant request is to support our Helping the Homeless Inc program, Driving Out Hunger, with our mobile food bus to the homeless and less fortunate facing food insecurities in Gloucester County

Rural Housing Partnership
This grant is to support income restricted Gloucester County senior homeowners with no-cost home repairs, so they can safely remain in their homes-further preventing homelessness.

Educational Success:

B. C. United Outreach
This grant request is to support the various youth outreach programs that BC United sponsors yearly; I AM ENOUGH Girls Retreat, Boys 2 Men Conference, Back to School Block Party & Resource Fair, and Scholarships for Seniors

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula
This grant request is to support Project Learn at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula's Gloucester Unit by providing tutoring and homework help after school and utilizing the entire Club space as a learning environment.

Concerts by the Bay, Inc.
This grant request is to support the youth program in Gloucester County Elementary School by developing and encouraging an understanding of the performing arts through an on-site live performance.

First Baptist Church
This grant request supports the Irene Morgan Scholarship Fund, which provides educational opportunities for middle and high school students in Gloucester County public schools.

Gloucester Arts on Main, Inc.
This grant request is to support the Arts on Main’s Youth Art Enrichment Programs, providing opportunities for youth and teen artists in Gloucester to engage with the arts through extracurricular art programs in schools, summer camps, and classes.

Gloucester County Public Schools Educational Foundation
This grant request is to support the enhancement and implementation of a comprehensive career program to increase job readiness, provide vocational training, and offer career counseling services to Gloucester High School students.

Gloucester United Emergency Shelter Team
This grant request is to support a new initiative by the GUEST shelter to provide educational and interpersonal opportunities to increase employability of our homeless clients.

Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck Behavioral Health
The grant request is to support the Chesapeake Bay Regional Early Experiences Council (CREEC) in building family and community partnerships to support an advocacy plan that will result in greater investments in early childhood and youth programs.

Rappahannock Community College Educational Foundation, Inc.
This grant request is to support a RCC High School Navigator at Gloucester High School. Through college and career guidance, the Navigator will promote secondary school completion, post-secondary attainment, and success in post-secondary education.

Samaritan Group, Inc.
This grant request will provide financial assistance to K-12 students from low income families in Gloucester County for tuition, supplies and fees.

The DeGood Foundation
This grant request is to support the expansion of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in Gloucester County. A book-gifting program that provides free monthly books to children ages 0-5, regardless of background.

Tidewater Friends of Foster Care
This grant request is to support one-on-one academic tutoring for Gloucester County foster youth and foster youth alum.

Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities
This grant request will support student and educator workshops and consultation in Gloucester County Public Schools to promote inclusion and belonging.

Health and Wellness:

Addy's Colors
This grant will support the opening of the Indoor Play Café for infants and children from 1-7 years of age.

Avalon Center
This grant request is to support residents of Gloucester County affected by domestic/intimate partner violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking through evidence-based services, including emergency and transitional housing, support services and prevention education.

Bacon Street Youth and Family Services
This grant request is to support mental health and substance use treatment and prevention programming for youth ages 10-26 and their families in Gloucester.

Bay Aging
This grant is to support older adults to gain access to healthy and nutritious meals, as well as socialization, in Gloucester County.

Bellamy United Methodist Church
This grant request is to support the ongoing food and diaper ministry of Bellamy UMC, which serves those in need in Gloucester County.

Bread for Life Community Food Pantry, Inc.
This grant request is to support the Pantry's work by helping purchase food from the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank and other food suppliers as well as support fuel expenses incurred when picking up food.

Fear 2 Freedom, Inc.
This grant proposal is to support funding to provide 100 iCare Kits for survivors of sexual violence that includes: sexual assault, intimate partner violence, domestic violence, child abuse & human trafficking.

Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic
This grant request is to support the professional development of the clinical and administrative team at Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic to strengthen the capacity of our workforce.

Heartfelt Community Inc.
This grant request is to support the Gloucester County senior community who may be aging alone or lack the financial resources to obtain healthy compassionate, therapeutic touch in the form of massage therapy, hand massages or visits from our trained volunteers.

Rx Partnership
This grant request is to support RXP’s efforts to distribute medication for Gloucester County uninsured residents, specifically through the collaboration with the Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic.

The Salvation Army, Gloucester Center
This grant request is to provide emergency assistance of utility, rent/mortgage, food packages, and case management to Gloucester County low-income individuals and/or families experiencing a crisis situation.

VersAbility Resources
This grant request is to support the Puller Center, which provides day support services and integrative community events for adults with disabilities in Gloucester Count

Avalon Center – to support survivors of domestic/intimate partner violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking through evidence-based services, including emergency and transitional housing, support services, and prevention education.

 

B. C. United Outreach – to support various outreach programs throughout the year, including a girls empowerment retreat; a back-to-school Block Party and Resource Fair; and scholarships awarded to high school seniors.

 

Bacon Street Youth and Family Services – to support mental health and substance use treatment and prevention programming for youth ages 10-26 and their families.

 

Bay Aging – to support older adults in gaining access to healthy nutritious meals as well as socialization in Gloucester County.

 

Bay School Community Arts Center – to support the Bay School's community arts outreach program with the Lewis B. Puller Center, providing funding for teacher pay and art materials for one year. This program provides hands on visual arts and crafts experiences.

 

Bellamy United Methodist Church – to support the Loaves and Britches food and diaper outreach program by providing disposable diapers to distribute free of charge to families struggling financially in the community.

 

Boys & Girls Club of the Virginia Peninsula – to support Project Learn by providing after-school tutoring and homework support, utilizing the entire Club space as a learning environment.

 

Concerts by the Bay – to support the youth program at Gloucester County Elementary School in developing and encouraging an understanding of the performing arts.

 

The Fairfield Foundation – to support programs enriching student curriculum in STEM and humanities subjects by inspiring an appreciation of past lives and increasing respect for historic resources in the community through hands-on archaeology and history experiences.

 

Gloucester Arts on Main – to support opportunities for youth and teen artists in Gloucester to engage with the arts through extracurricular art programs in schools, summer camps, and classes.

 

Gloucester County Public Schools Educational Foundation – to support a summer skilled-trades experience program for Gloucester High School students interested in pursuing a career in the skilled trades, transitioning these students to a paid position in local businesses upon graduation.

 

Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic – to support the addition of a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist, resulting in increased mental health services for clinic patients.

 

Guinea Heritage Association – to support youth, ages 9-12, through art classes held at Buck’s Store Museum in June of 2024.

 

Heartfelt Community – to support our senior community who may be aging alone or who lack financial resources to obtain healthy, compassionate, therapeutic touch in the form of massage therapy, hand massage, or visits from trained volunteers.

 

Helping the Homeless Ministry – to support funding for the mobile food pantry bus and box truck, and the purchase of food items to cook/serve to food pantry patrons.

 

Irene Morgan Scholarship Fund – to support educational opportunities for middle and high school students, including visits and scholarships to colleges, universities, and technical/trade schools; summer camp enrollments; and cultural enrichment field trips.
 

Rappahannock Community College Educational Foundation – to support the RCC High School Navigator, providing college and career guidance and promoting secondary school completion, post-secondary attainment, and success in post-secondary education for students at Gloucester High School.
 

Rx Partnership – for technical support to the Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic for pharmacy software selection and increased medication adherence tools.

 

The Salvation Army, Gloucester Center – to provide emergency assistance through utility, rent/mortgage, food packages, and case management to low-income individuals and families in Gloucester County.

 

Samaritan Group – to provide financial assistance to students K-12 from low-income families in Gloucester for books, supplies, tuition, and fees.

 

VersAbility Resources – to provide day support services and integrative community events for adults with disabilities.

 

Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities – to support workshops for students and educators to address racist graffiti and foster a sense of belonging for students from diverse racial groups, socioeconomic backgrounds, religions, etc., in Gloucester High School, and Page and Peasley Middle Schools.

 

Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation – to support the installation of a large built-in storage cabinet to safely house the largest collection of Rosenwald School archaeological artifacts in the country.

 

YMCA of the Virginia Peninsulas – to support 55 students, aged 5-17, whose families are struggling due to employment uncertainties, high food and housing costs, and physical and mental health concerns, by providing back-to-school clothing and gear through the Bright Beginnings program