This year a total of $29,850 was awarded to nine local nonprofit organizations. Another $35,000 was allocated for the Covid-19 Emergency Fund for Shenandoah County. The Community Grant recipients were narrowed to those providing life-sustaining services for Shenandoah County residents and included: American Red Cross Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Family Promise of Shenandoah County…
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Shrine Mont Art Fund
The Shrine Mont Art Fund was established with the Shenandoah Community Foundation in late 2019 to support programs and improvements at Shrine Mont conference and retreat center’s Art Hall. Art Hall houses a collection of 78 paintings by the 19th century artist John Douglas Woodward, uncle of Shrine Mont’s founder. This facility also serves as…
$190,000 Awarded from COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund
Shenandoah Community Foundation launched its COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund on March 30, 2020. Because of generous contributions from community members, the Fund has been able to distribute $190,000 in grants to 25 non-profit organizations providing vital services to individuals and families impacted by the pandemic. Local charitable organizations that are IRS tax-exempt or governmental entities…
SCF Announces New Board Member
Shenandoah Community Foundation is proud to announce the addition of our newest board member Beverly S. Butterfield. Foundation President Michael Funk was enthusiastic in welcoming Ms. Butterfield to the Foundation’s governing body “Bev will be an outstanding addition to our Board by bringing diversity and depth of knowledge, expertise, and perspective that will help our…
Call for Cultural Arts Grant Proposals
March 2021: The purpose of the Foundation’s Bowman-Shannon Cultural Arts Fund is to educate, guide, and stimulate the enjoyment of and participation in cultural arts in Shenandoah County, Virginia. At this time, there is $14,000 available to be awarded as grants, and the Shenandoah Community Foundation is putting out a call for proposals, with an application…