The CFNRV's new Nonprofit Accelerator kicked off on January 23rd and 24th with a two-day workshop at the Floyd Event Center led by Chris Bennett and Sarah Milston of The Spark Mill. Staff and board members from seven nonprofit [...]
Launched by the Community Foundation of the New River Valley (CFNRV), First Steps is a network of organizations and individuals that provide programs and services for our region’s young children, their parents, and their caregivers. The CFNRV recognized that early [...]
In November, The Community Foundation of the New River Valley (CFNRV) awarded $138, 134 in grants to 45 projects throughout the region through its Responsive Grant Program. The CFNRV manages over $10 million in assets in 185 endowed funds created [...]
The Community Foundation of the New River Valley (CFNRV) recently held its 2018 scholarship awards dinner in Edwards Hall at New River Community College to celebrate $65,318 in scholarships to 58 students. The two hundred guests included scholarship recipients and [...]
The Community Foundation of the New River Valley, Feeding America SWVA, The New River Health District, Virginia Cooperative Extension, and the Family Nutrition program are partnering with Virginia Tech researchers on a study to better understand how to support the [...]
There is a common misconception about what matters when deciding which charity to support. Many believe that an organization’s overhead costs should only account for 15-25% of an organizations budget. The percent of charity expenses that go to what is [...]
In the New River Valley, a four county region in southwest Virginia, a multi-sector team has formed around interests of increased food access, improved healthy food choices, and exploring collective infrastructure models that could improve the food available and distributed [...]
“No one would contest the fact that society’s first and best way to foster literacy, humanism, and a successful future lies within the opportunities provided for our very youngest citizens.” Ann Goette, Giles Early Education Project There is ample research [...]
The Community Foundation of the New River Valley held its 4th Annual GiveBigNRV Online Giving Day on Wednesday, April 26th. Over 100 NRV nonprofit organizations participated in the giving day event and competed for $14,000 in additional grants from [...]
A Few Words from Jessica Sun, 2016 Virginia Tech Faculty Women’s Club Scholarship Recipient “My parents are both immigrants from China, and had to work hard to provide for my siblings and me – my dad as a carpet salesman, [...]
The Donald L. and Lois H. Stafford create an endowment for the Humane Society of Pulaski County. Donald and Lois Stafford grew up in Giles County and moved to Fairlawn in Pulaski County soon after they were married. There they [...]
The Community Foundation of the New River Valley (CFNRV) was honored this week as one of only ten nationwide recipients of the 2016 HUD Secretary’s Award for Public Philanthropic-Partnerships. Cosponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) [...]
