The Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation announces over
$552,000 Awarded in Fall Competitive Grants and over $194,000 in Donor Advised Funds
(Lynchburg, VA – December 11, 2024) - The Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation (“GLCF” or “Foundation”) announced today the recipients of its Fall 2024 competitive grants.

The GLCF Distribution Committee carefully reviewed each application received, resulting in $552,643 awarded in competitive grants, plus $194,737 in recommendations from our donor advised funds.

Competitive grants ranged from $500 to $39,000. The GLCF provides grants for a wide range of needs, including food/hunger, housing, education, individuals with disabilities, animal welfare, historic preservation, our environment, and the arts. Nonprofit organizations serving the city of Lynchburg and the counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, and Campbell are eligible to apply.

"This is the largest amount we’ve ever awarded in a single grant cycle,” said John Walker, chair of the GLCF Distribution Committee. “The Distribution Committee worked diligently to ensure that our grant dollars were awarded fairly and impactfully across our community.”

The Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation was founded in 1972 and works to solve our community’s greatest challenges by providing grants and scholarships, and by helping individuals, families, and organizations create their charitable legacy.

In order to receive a grant, nonprofit organizations must submit an application describing a current project in need of funding, as well as a project budget and current financial statements. A Distribution Committee composed of members of the GLCF Board of Directors determines which projects receive funding after carefully reviewing the applications.

“This is the most we’ve given out in grants in a single grant cycle,” said Kathryn C. Yarzebinski, President & CEO of the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation. “It’s thrilling to see the growing impact our endowed funds are having on our community. We now have 328 endowed funds created and supported by donors, and these funds generate millions in annual charitable support for our community.”

Examples of some of this year’s funded projects include: food distribution to needy households, transportation, summer camps for youth, health and wellness for veterans, and arts programs and performances. 

Since 1972, the GLCF has granted over $35 million to a wide variety of local nonprofit organizations including human services, animal welfare, arts, education, and historical preservation organizations.

The GLCF offers two grant cycles annually: fall and spring. The next grant deadline is March 15, 2025. In 2024, the GLCF awarded over $2.3 million to 251 charitable organizations.

Fall 2024 grant recipients from the competitive cycle and donor advised funds include the following organizations:
Academy Center of the Arts
Alpha Action Educational & Charitable Foundation
Altavista Area YMCA
Altavista Area/Campbell Fuller Center for Housing, Inc.
Amazement Square
American Red Cross of Blue Ridge Virginia
Amherst County Habitat for Humanity
Amherst County Public School Education Foundation, Inc.
Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc.
Appomattox Literacy Intervention Project
ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation
Awareness Garden
Bedford Area Family YMCA
Bedford Cares
Bedford Community Christmas Station
Bedford Humane Society, Inc
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Virginia
Blue Ledge Meals on Wheels
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lynchburg
Brook Hill Retirement Center for Horses (Brook Hill Farm)
Camp Holiday Trails
Camp Kum-Ba-Yah
Campbell County Educational Foundation
Campbell County Historical Society, Inc.
Cantate
CASA of Central Virginia
Claire Parker Foundation
Coalition for HIV Awareness & Prevention Central VA, Inc.
Concord Volunteer Fire Department
craveABLEs
Diamond Hill Health and Wellness Community Service
Downtown Lynchburg Association
Elizabeth's Early Learning Center
Feeding Southwest Virginia
Five18 Family Services
Food for Kids
Forte Chamber Music, Inc.
Free Clinic of Central Virginia
Friends of Endstation Theatre Company
Friends of the Lynchburg Public Library
Girls on the Run Central Virginia and Blue Ridge
Gleaning For the World, Inc.
Great Aspirations Scholarship Program, Inc. (GRASP)
Historic Sandusky Foundation
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Hospital Hospitality House of Richmond (The Doorways)
HumanKind
Interfaith Outreach Association
IRON Lives
Isaiah 117 House
James River Association
James River Day School
Jefferson Choral Society
Johnson Health Center
Jones Memorial Library
Jubilee Family Development Center
Junior League of Lynchburg
Kids and Pros, Inc.
Kuumba Dance Ensemble
Lake Christian Ministries
Lynchburg Art Club
Lynchburg Beacon of Hope
Lynchburg Daily Bread
Lynchburg Grows
Lynchburg Humane Society
Lynchburg Museum Foundation
Lynchburg Pops
Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra
MDM Networking
Meals on Wheels
Miller Home of Lynchburg
Miriam's House
Monacan Indian Nation
Monacan Nation Cultural Foundation Inc. - Food Bank
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
New Vistas School
No Walls Ministry
Old City Cemetery
Park View Community Mission
Pierce Street Gateway
Presbyterian Cemetery
Randolph College
Red Truck Ministries
Renaissance Theatre Company
Riverviews Artspace
Rush Homes
Second Stage Amherst
Southern Environmental Law
Sweet Briar College
The Arc of Central Virginia
The Avenel Foundation
The Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar Forest
The James Chamber Players
The John Oakes Foundation
The Link Project, Incorporated
The Salvation Army of Lynchburg
The Sedalia Center Inc.
The Society of St. Andrew, Inc
United Methodist Family Services
United Way of Central Virginia, Inc.
Vector Space
VIA Centers for Neurodevelopment
Virginia Hunters Who Care, Inc.
Virginia Tech Foundation - Bedford 4-H
Wharton Memorial Foundation
Wolfbane Productions
Woman's Club of Lynchburg
Yoga for Recovery - Sattva Yoga and Wellness Center
YWCA Central Virginia

For more information on how to apply for a grant, to start your own charitable fund, or to make a gift to one of the 328 existing funds at the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation, please visit www.lynchburgfoundation.org.

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The Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation’s vision is to make lasting and impactful change possible by funding the work of nonprofit organizations that are focused on improving the lives of those in Lynchburg and the counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford and Campbell counties.