Contact: Kathryn P. Crowder, President & CEO
(434) 845-6500
(Lynchburg, VA – June 12, 2026) - The Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation (“GLCF” or “Foundation”) announced today the recipients of its Spring 2026 competitive grants.
The GLCF Distribution Committee carefully reviewed each application received, resulting in over $589,000 awarded in competitive grants, plus over $69,000 in recommendations from our donor advised funds to 92 organizations.
Competitive grants ranged from $1,300 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.
“CVCC is deeply grateful to the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation for matching Centra’s investment to complete funding for a ventilator system for our Respiratory Therapy program,” said Jodi Gillette, Executive Director of the Central Virginia Community College Educational Foundation. “This support advances student learning, strengthens our regional workforce, and enhances community health by preparing Respiratory Therapy students on industry-standard equipment to deliver high-quality care across our region from day one.”
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.
“The GLCF awards grants each year in varying amounts to a host of charitable organizations,” said Robert Carter, chair of the Distribution Committee. “Those grants permit recipient organizations to advance their individual goals and purposes, but those goals and purposes all have the common theme of bringing opportunity to the community. Whether recipient organizations serve children, the aged, or others, the GLCF, charitable organizations that receive grants from the GLCF, and the generous donors whose resources make it all possible are each partners in making Lynchburg and the vicinity a better place to live.”
“We are thrilled to be able to facilitate these grants across every corner of our community,” said Kathryn P. Crowder, President & CEO of the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation. “We now have 345 endowed funds created and supported by donors, and these funds generate millions in annual charitable support for our community.”
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. 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 September 15, 2026. In 2025, the GLCF awarded over $2.6 million to 253 charitable organizations.
Spring 2026 grant recipients from the competitive cycle and donor advised funds include the following organizations:
Academy Center of the Arts
AdviseVA
Alpha Action Educational & Charitable Foundation
B.E.A.R. Ministry, Inc.
Bedford Community Orchestra
Bedford Humane Society
Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library
Bedford Urban Garden, Inc.
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank
Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center
Bower Center for the Arts
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lynchburg
Camp Kum-Ba-Yah Nature Center
Campbell County Historical Society, Inc.
Cantate, the Children's and Youth Choir of Central Virginia
Centra Foundation
Central Virginia Academy for Nonprofit Excellence
Central Virginia Volleyball
Challenged Sports Exchange
Charlottesville Ballet
Children's Assistive Technology Service
Children's Trust
Community Access Network
Cross Road Community Senior Wellness Group Alliance
CVCC Educational Foundation, Inc.
Cycling Without Age Lynchburg
Diamond Hill Health and Wellness Community Service
Downtown Lynchburg Association
E.C. Glass Topper Touchdown Club
enCircle
Fight Like a Grrrl Club
Free Clinic of Central Virginia
FREE Foundation for Rehabilitation Equipment & Endowment
Friends of Lynchburg Parks and Recreation
Future Focus Foundation
Gleaning for the World
Hillside Garden Club
HumanKind
Interfaith Outreach Association
James River Day School
Jubilee Family Development Center
Junior League of Lynchburg
Kids' Haven: A Center for Grieving Children
Land Savers United dba Central Virginia Land Conservancy
Liberty Godparent Foundation (Family Life Services)
Literacy Volunteers of Campbell County Public Library
Live Move Be Center
Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation, Inc.
Lynchburg Covenant Fellowship, Inc.
Lynchburg Daily Bread
Lynchburg Grows
Lynchburg Road Runners Club
Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra
Make-A-Wish - VA Greater Lynchburg
Miriam's House
National D-Day Memorial Foundation
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Natural Bridge Appalachian Trail
Neighbors Helping Neighbors of Amherst County
New Vistas School
Opera On the James
Park View Community Mission
Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation
Pierce Street Gateway
Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church
Red Truck Ministries
Rush Homes
Seven Hills Chamber Music
St. John's Day School
Sweet Briar College
Take My Hand Ministries
The 500-Year Forest Foundation
The Bedford Area Educational Foundation, Inc.
The Bridge Ministry, Inc.
The Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar Forest
The Main Act Theatre Troupe
United Way of Central Virginia
Vector Space
Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities
Virginia Children's Book Festival
Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Virginia Museum of Transportation Inc.
WNRN
YMCA of Central Virginia
YWCA 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 345 existing funds at the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation, please visit www.lynchburgfoundation.org.
The Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation was established in 1972 to promote local philanthropy. The mission of the GLCF is to solve our community’s greatest challenges by providing grants and scholarships, and by helping individuals, families, and organizations create their charitable legacy.
