II. Economy
Financial Stability | Provide a pathway to economic success
2022 Cycle 2 (Fall): Grants awarded in this category totaled $12,000.
Baltimore Outreach Services
Northern Region (Baltimore | Fairfax | Rockville)
A Culinary Arts Training Course that provides women with the skills to purse a career in commercial food services, hone viable job skills and ascertain the resources to end the cycle of homelessness
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Maryland
Northern Region (Baltimore | Fairfax | Rockville)
Training and education programs to benefit people with mental illness, their families and the greater community
First Step: A Response to Domestic Violence, Inc.
Central Region (Fredericksburg | Harrisonburg | Richmond | Warrenton)
Programs and services to ensure survivors and their children are safe and financially stable
2022 Cycle 1 (Spring/Summer): Grants awarded in this category totaled $18,333.
Paul Stefan Maternity & Education Center
Northern Region (Baltimore | Fairfax | Rockville)
A program to help single mothers with infant children residing at the foundation home by covering their tuition to pursue VA real estate training online.
Young Mens Christian Association of the Virginia Peninsulas
Coastal Region (New Bern | Morehead City | Newport News | Norfolk | Williamsburg)
Support the First Tee partnership with Boys & Girls Club of the Virginia Peninsula for a teen mentorship program through golf.
The Arc of Greater Williamsburg
Coastal Region (New Bern | Morehead City | Newport News | Norfolk | Williamsburg)
The Arc W4W (Wheels4Work) program will connect well-qualified adults with developmental disabilities to job openings and provide support for the necessary transportation costs.
NW Works, Inc.
Northern Region (Baltimore | Fairfax | Rockville)
NW Works, Inc. to build “Career Café”, a café-like environment to support people with disabilities in job training.
Brain Injury Connections of the Shenandoah Valley
Central Region (Fredericksburg | Harrisonburg | Richmond | Warrenton)
Support the financial stability of brain injury survivors as they recover from a traumatic life event by providing knowledge, skills and resources to help in their ability to return to employment and education.
Opportunity Scholars
Central Region (Fredericksburg | Harrisonburg | Richmond | Warrenton)
Programs for underserved students to achieve good careers and good lives – providing a pathway to economic success for all.