Contact:
Kathryn Yarzebinski, President & CEO
(434) 845-6500
(Lynchburg, VA – December 19, 2025) - The Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation (“GLCF” or “Foundation”) announced today the recipients of its Fall 2025 competitive grants.
The GLCF Distribution Committee carefully reviewed each application received, resulting in $610,157 awarded in competitive grants, plus $284,542 in recommendations from our donor advised funds.
Competitive grants ranged from $1,000 to $25,000. 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.
"During a time of heightened need and evolving challenges for local nonprofits, the Distribution Committee approached its work with care and intention, distributing funds in a way that is both equitable and deeply responsive to the needs of our community,” said Christina Delzingaro, chair of the GLCF Distribution Committee.
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.
“It’s thrilling to see the growing impact our endowed funds are having on our community,” said Kathryn C. Yarzebinski, President & CEO of the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation. “We now have 340 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: support for at-risk youth struggling with school, rescue equipment for a local fire station, providing access to the arts, technology for a local library, and ensuring food is available for those in need.
Since 1972, the GLCF has granted over $37 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 2025, the GLCF awarded over $2.6 million to 253 charitable organizations.
Fall 2025 grant recipients from the competitive cycle and donor-advised funds include the following organizations:
Academy Center of the Arts
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 FFA Alumni Association
Appomattox FFA Alumni Association
Avoca Museum and Historical Society
BARCC
Bedford Cares
Bedford Community Christmas Station
Bedford Humane Society, Inc.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Virginia
Blue Ledge, Inc. - Meals on Wheels Amherst
Blue Ridge Montessori
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lynchburg
Brook Hill Retirement Center for Horses, Inc. (Brook Hill)
Camp Kum-Ba-Yah, Inc.
Campbell County Educational Foundation
Cantate Children's and Youth Choir
CASA of Central Virginia
Centra Foundation
Central Virginia Alliance for Community Living
Central Virginia Regional Rescue
Claire Parker Foundation
Coalition for HIV Awareness and Prevention of Central Virginia
Come to the Altar Ministry, Inc.
Community Access Network
Concord Volunteer Fire Department
Court Street Baptist Church
craveABLEs
CVCC Educational Foundation, Inc.
DAWN, Inc.
DePaul Community Resources
Elizabeth's Early Learning Center
Fear 2 Freedom
Five18 Family Services
Food for Kids
Forte Chamber Music, Inc.
Free Clinic of Central Virginia
Friends of Endstation Theatre Company
Furlanthropy
Girls on the Run Central Virginia and Blue Ridge
Gleaning For The World, Inc.
Great Aspirations Scholarship Program, Inc. (GRASP)
Harvest Outreach Center, Inc.
Hill City Master Gardeners
Historic Sandusky Foundation
Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center, Inc.
Hospital Hospitality House of Richmond/The Doorways
HumanKind
Impact Living Services
Interfaith Outreach Association
IRON Lives
Isaiah 117 House of Lynchburg
James River Association
James River Day School
Jefferson Choral Society
Johnson Health Center
Jones Memorial Library
Jubilee Family Development Center
Junior League of Lynchburg
Lake Christian Ministries
Legacy Project Inc/Legacy Museum
Lynchburg Art Club
Lynchburg Beacon of Hope
Lynchburg Community Action Group, Inc
Lynchburg Daily Bread, Inc.
Lynchburg Grows
Lynchburg Humane Society
Lynchburg Morning Rotary Foundation, Inc.
Lynchburg Museum Foundation
Lynchburg Peacemakers
Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra
Meals on Wheels of Greater Lynchburg
Miller Home of Lynchburg
Miriam's House
Monacan Indian Nation
Monacan Nation Cultural Foundation Inc. - Food Bank
Neighbors Helping Neighbors of Amherst County
New Vistas School
No Walls Ministry
Onward Christian Academy
Park View Community Mission
Pierce Street Gateway, Inc.
Pink Witnesses, Inc.
Presbyterian Cemetery
Randolph College
Reclaimed Hope Initiative
Recovery Buddies
Renaissance Theatre Company
Riverviews Artspace
Rush Homes
Samaritan's Feet International
SML Good Neighbors, Inc.
Southern Environmental Law Center
Southern Memorial Association
Stone Ridge Foundation/National Center For Healthy Veterans
Sweet Briar College
The Agape Center Corporation, Inc.
The Arc of Central Virginia
The Avenel Foundation
The Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar Forest
The John Oakes Foundation
The Link Project, Incorporated
The Salvation Army of Lynchburg
The Sedalia Center, Inc.
The Seven Hills Chorus
The Society of St. Andrew, Inc
The UP (Unlimited Potential) Foundation
Tomahawk Elementary School PTO
Topper Touchdown Club
United Methodist Family Services
United Way of Central Virginia, Inc.
University of Lynchburg
Vector Space
VIA Centers for Neurodevelopment
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Virginia Community Development Fund
Virginia Council on Economic Education
Virginia Hunters Who Care, Inc.
Virginia Organizing - Lynchburg Chapter
Virginia Tech Foundation (fbo Bedford 4-H) Wesley Housing
Wharton Memorial Foundation
Wolfbane Productions
Woman's Club of Lynchburg
Yoga for Recovery - CV DBA Sattva Yoga and Wellness
YWCA of 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 340 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.
