Gift Recipients 2011

Since its creation in 1967, the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation (CACF) has made more than $49 million in grants to hundreds of nonprofit agencies in our service area, which includes the counties of Albemarle, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, and Orange and the City of Charlottesville. In 2011, the CACF Governing Board granted $7 million in grants from the Community Endowment and donor advised funds. The following is a list of nonprofits in our community who have received those gifts in 2011. These grants are listed in the grant categories of Arts and Culture, Community Enrichment, Education, Environment, Healthcare and Human Services.

Community Enrichment

Grants from Community Endowment
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge
Books Behind Bars
Boys and Girls Club of Central Virginia
Building Goodness Foundation
Camp Kesem National
Center for Nonprofit Excellence
Children, Youth & Family Services
Ellis Acres Memorial Park
Fluvanna County Habitat for Humanity
Girls on the Run of Greater Lynchburg
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville
Innisfree
Legal Aid Justice Center
Market Central
OAR/Jefferson Area Community Connections
Orange County Habitat for Humanity
Piedmont CASA
Piedmont House
QuickStart Tennis of Central Virginia
Richmond Organization for Sexual Minority Youth
Skyline Community Action Program
Stanardsville Area Revitalization (STAR)

Grants from Component Funds
100 Black Men of Central Virginia
Adventure Camp
Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population
Albemarle Housing Improvement Program
Albemarle Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
American Friends of Christ Church
American Red Cross
American Red Cross of Central Florida
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
Benjamin Hair Just Swim For Life Foundation
Best Buddies Illinois
Bethel Baptist Church
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge
Biomedical Energy Engineering Study Group
Blue Star Families of Central Virginia
Boys and Girls Club of Central Virginia
Bridge Ministry
The Bridge School
Building Goodness Foundation
Calvary Baptist Church
Camp Holiday Trails
Center for Nonprofit Excellence
Chabad of Charlottesville
Charlottesville Abundant Life Ministries
Charlottesville Police Department Foundation
Charlottesville Public Housing Association of Residents
Charlottesville Tomorrow
Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad
Charlottesville-Albemarle Robotics
Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage-Blue Ridge Division
Children, Youth & Family Services
Chill Foundation
Christ Church Glendale
Christ City Church Mission Center
Church of Our Saviour
Church of the Highlands
City of Charlottesville
City of Charlottesville Parks & Recreation
City Schoolyard Garden
Claudius Crozet Park
Comfort Zone Camp
Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
Compassionate Friends
Congregation Beth Israel
Crested Butte Search and Rescue
East Rivanna Volunteer Fire Company
Edinboro University Alumni Association
Elk Hill Farm
Ellis Acres Memorial Park
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Emmanuel Church
Enrichment Alliance of Virginia
Episcopal Relief and Development
FINCA International
First Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
First Tee of Charlottesville Foundation
First United Methodist Church
Fluvanna-Louisa Housing Foundation
FOCUS Women’s Resource Center
Foothills Child Advocacy Center
Good News Jail & Prison Ministry
Goshen Baptist Church
Grace Episcopal Church
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville
Habitat for Humanity of Lake-Sumter, Florida
Heifer International Foundation
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
Humane Society/SPCA of Nelson County
Innisfree
Innocence Project
Interfaith Movement for Promoting Action by Congregations Together (IMPACT)
International Rescue Committee
JAUNT Friends
Jefferson Area CHIP
Joey DiPaolo AIDS Foundation
Kate’s Club
KERA/North Texas Public Broadcasting
Keswick Tennis Foundation
Kids Lift Foundation
Lake County Board of County Commissioners
Lake Monticello Fire and Rescue Squad
Learning Ally: Mid-Atlantic Unit
Legal Aid Justice Center
Link MediaLouisa Downtown Development Corporation
Love INC (Love in the Name of Christ)
Lyrics Alive
Madison House
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
Marquette Community Foundation
Mediation Center of Charlottesville
Middlesex County Community Foundation
Milk and Bookies
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
Mountain View Baptist Church
Music Resource Center
National Athletic Trainers Foundation
Nature Camp Foundation
Nelson County Community Development Foundation
OAR/Jefferson Area Community Corrections
Orange Downtown Alliance
Palmyra Volunteer Fire Company
People and Congregations Engaged in Ministry (PACEM)
Piedmont CASA
Piedmont Family YMCA
Piedmont Housing Alliance
Quality Community Council
Quest Institute
QuickStart Tennis of Central Virginia
Rebuilding Together Orange-Louisa
Reverb
Richmond Organization for Sexual Minority Youth
Rockfish Valley Community Center
Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
Rural Nelson
Samaritan’s Purse
Santa Fund of United Way
Scottsville Volunteer Fire Department
Scottsville Volunteer Rescue Squad
Seminole Trail Volunteer Fire Department
Shelter Box USA
Shepherd of the Hills Catholic Church
South Plains Presbyterian Church
Spay/Neuter All Pets
Special Olympics Virginia
St. Anne’s Episcopal Parish
Stillwater Institute for Social Justice
St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Stonewall Jackson Area Boy Scouts
St. Paul’s Ivy Episcopal Church
St. Paul’s Memorial Church
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Thomas Jefferson Foundation (Monticello)
Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation
Town of Scottsville
United Jewish Fund for Charlottesville
University of Virginia Alumni Association
University of Virginia Community Credit Union
Virginia Amateur Sports
Virginia Athletics Foundation
Virginia Cooperative Extension - Madison County
Virginia Organizing
Virginia Skyline Girl Scout Council
Voices for Animals
Western Albemarle Rescue Squad
Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge
Westminster Child Care Center
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Wintergreen Adaptive Sports
Wintergreen Property Owners Volunteer Rescue Squad
Wintergreen Volunteer Fire Department
Worksource Enterprises
World Vision
YMCA of the Triangle Area

Education

Grants from Community Endowment
Adult Community Education
Albemarle County Public Schools
Piedmont Regional Education Program
Piedmont Virginia Community College Educational Foundation
Reading Window School

Grants from Component Funds
Adult Community Education
African American Teaching Fellows of Charlottesville-Albemarle
Albany Academy
Albemarle County Public Schools
American Friends of Mara A Pula School
Barnard College
Berklee College of Music
Blue Ridge School
Bluefield College
Bridgewater College
Campbell University
Campus Ministry Greater Fort Wayne
Cato Institute
Charlottesville Catholic School
Charlottesville City Schools
Charlottesville City Schools - Adult Learning Center
Charlottesville Waldorf School
Christopher Newport University
Christopher Newport University Education Foundation
Clemson University
College of William & Mary
Covenant School
Edith and Theodore Roosevelt Pine Knot Foundation
Emerson College
Ferrum College
Field School of Charlottesville
Fluvanna County Public Schools
Fluvanna Education Foundation
Foundation for Excellence in Public Education/Edgar & Eleanor Shannon Foundation
Goodwill Industries of the Valleys
Greene County Public Schools
Harvard Medical School
I Have A Dream Foundation
Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation
James Madison University
Johnson & Wales University
Kapka Cooperative School
Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center of Virginia
Liberty University
Literacy Volunteers of America - Charlottesville/Albemarle
Mary Baldwin College
Medical University of South Carolina
Men’s Leadership Project
Miller School of Albemarle
Mountaintop Montessori
Nelson County Education Foundation
Nelson County Schools
New York University
Norfolk State University
North Carolina Central University Foundation
North Carolina State University
Oakland School
Old Dominion University
Panhandle State Foundation
Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
Park Street Academy
Piedmont Regional Education Program
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Piedmont Virginia Community College Educational Foundation
Princeton University
Protestant Episcopal High School
Randolph-Macon College
Reading Window School
Richard Bland College
Rutgers University Foundation
Savannah College of Art and Design
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Smith College
St. Anne’s-Belfield School
Sweet Briar College
Syracuse University College of Law
University of Mary Washington
University of Oklahoma Development Office
University of Vermont
University of Virginia
University of Virginia College Foundation
University of Virginia Curry School of Education Foundation
University of Virginia Darden School Foundation
University of Virginia Development Office
University of Virginia Fund
University of Virginia Miller Center Foundation
University of Virginia Nursing School
University of Virginia School of Architecture
University of Virginia School of Continuing and Professional Studies
The University of Virginia’s College at Wise Foundation
Upaya Zen Center
Vermont Community Foundation
Village School
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Discovery Museum
Virginia Mentoring Partnership
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia State University
Virginia Tech
Virginia Theological Seminary
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College
Woodberry Forest School
Yale University
Young Audiences of Virginia

Environment

Grants from Community Endowment
Rockfish Valley Foundation
Wildlife Center of Virginia

Grants from Component Funds

Bald Head Island Conservancy
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast
Ivy Creek Foundation
James River Association
Jane Goodall Institute
The Nature Conservancy
Partnership Project
Piedmont Environmental Council
Rivanna Conservation Society
Rockfish Valley Foundation
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
Shenandoah National Park Trust
Southern Environmental Law Center
StreamWatch
Trees Virginia
University of Virginia Institute for Environmental Negotiation
Virginia Canals and Navigations Society
Virginia Council of Trout Unlimited
Virginia Department of Forestry
Wilderness Society
Wildlife Center of Virginia
Wintergreen Nature Foundation

Healthcare

Grants from Community Endowment
Charlottesville Area Dental Access
Hospice of the Piedmont
Nelson County Community Development Foundation - Dental Clinic
Orange Free Clinic
Rx Drug Access Partnership
Sexual Assault Resource Agency
Virginia Department of Health - Thomas Jefferson Health District

Grants from Component Funds
Alliance Healthcare Foundation
Alzheimer’s Association – Central and Western Virginia Chapter
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
AtlantiCare Foundation
Blue Ridge Health Center
Charlottesville Free Clinic
Charlottesville Pregnancy Center
City of Hope
Common Ground Healing Arts
Crohns & Colitis Foundation of America
Doctors Without Borders
Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation
Friends Cancer Support Companions/Suzanne Hope Fund
Gallastar Equine Center
General Care Services (Hospice of Warren County)
Hospice of the Piedmont
Jefferson Area Board for Aging
Keep a Child Alive
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Martha Jefferson Hospital Foundation
Martha Jefferson House
Mental Health America of Charlottesville and Albemarle
National Alliance on Mental Illness - Virginia
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Blue Ridge Chapter
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Southern California and Nevada Chapter
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
One Percent for Health
Orange Free Clinic
Pan Massachusetts Challenge
Physicians for Peace
Planned Parenthood Health Systems
Progeria Research Foundation
Senior Center
Sexual Assault Resource Agency
S.L.E. Lupus Foundation
Smile Train
University of Virginia Cancer Center
University of Virginia Health Foundation
University of Virginia Hospital Auxiliary
University of Virginia Infectious Disease Clinic
University of Virginia Pediatrics Department
University of Virginia Renal Services
University of Virginia Transplant Services
Virginia Department of Health - Thomas Jefferson Health District
Virginia Institute of Autism
Virginia Organization of Consumers Asserting Leadership (VOCAL)
Warren General Hospital
Women’s Cancer Research Foundation
Women’s Initiative

Human Services

Grants from Community Endowment
Alliance for Interfaith Ministries (AIM)
Buck Mountain Episcopal Church
Charlottesville Department of Social Services
Fluvanna Meals on Wheels
Region Ten Community Services Board
Salvation Army
Shelter for Help in Emergency
Stanardsville United Methodist Church

Grants from Component Funds
AARP Foundation
AIDS/HIV Services Group
Alliance for Interfaith Ministries (AIM)
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank
Charlottesville Department of Social Services
Emergency Food Bank
Fluvanna Meals on Wheels
Goshen Baptist Association
Independence Resource Center
Interfaith Humanitarian Sanctum
Local Food Hub
Louisa County Resource Council
Meals on Wheels of Charlottesville-Albemarle
Monticello Area Community Action Agency (MACAA)
Nelson County Pantry
Open Hands
Region Ten Community Services Board
Richmond Area ARC
Ronald McDonald House
Salvation Army
Scottsville Senior Center
Service Dogs of Virginia
Shelter for Help in Emergency
Stop Hunger Now
Ten Directions
Thomas Jefferson Area Coalition for the Homeless
United Way-Thomas Jefferson Area
Virginia Supportive Housing

Gift Recipients 2011

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