(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 and 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.”
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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
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
About the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation
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.
