The Shenandoah Community Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Community Grants. This year, a total of $66,000 has been awarded to 30 local nonprofit organizations whose work strengthens and enriches the Shenandoah County community.
Funding for this year’s grants was made possible through the Foundation’s general grantmaking resources, as well as three of its component funds: the Endowment for Environmental Conservation, the Martha P. and Frederic J. Hoerr Fund, and the Sharon and Dennis Lilly Unrestricted Fund.
These grants will help fund a wide range of impactful programs and initiatives aligned with the Foundation’s six focus areas: Arts and Culture, Civic Affairs, Education, Environment, Health, and Family, Child, and Social Services.
The 2025 Community Grant recipients are:
• American Red Cross
• Blue Ridge Area Food Bank
• Blue Ridge CASA for Children
• Blue Ridge Habitat for Humanity
• Brain Injury Connections of the Shenandoah Valley
• Community Care and Learning Center
• Concern Hotline, Inc.
• The Doorways
• Falcon Music Boosters Club (Central High School)
• Family Promise of Shenandoah County
• Ferst Readers of Shenandoah County
• Friends of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River
• Gemeinschaft Home
• Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital
• Girls on the Run Shenandoah Valley
• Mt. Calvary Early Learning Center
• Response, Inc.
• Seniors First (Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging)
• Shenandoah Alliance for Shelter
• Shenandoah Community Health Clinic
• Shenandoah County Historical Society
• Shenandoah County Pregnancy Center
• Shenandoah County Public Schools
• Shenandoah County SEARCH
• Shenandoah Valley Local Ministries
• Sustainability Matters, Inc.
• Theatre Shenandoah
• Wild Child Museum and Menagerie
• Wildlife Center of Virginia
• Young Adults Rise (Mount Hermon United Methodist Church)
We deeply appreciate the dedication and creativity of these organizations, and we celebrate the meaningful contributions they make every day. Congratulations to all of this year’s grantees.
To learn more about this opportunity, visit the Community Grants page.