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Grants
The Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation
currently is raising funds for grantmaking purposes in Accomack and
Northampton Counties. During this initial fundraising period ESVCF is
advising The Norfolk Foundation on grants to be made on the Eastern Shore
through The Norfolk Foundation’s own discretionary grantmaking program.
Most of The Norfolk Foundation’s Eastern Shore grantmaking is from its
Argyle Fund, a named unrestricted fund established in 1998 by a donor
stating a preference for Eastern Shore projects. Through 2004 The Norfolk
Foundation committed more than $960,000 to the following nonprofit
organizations in Accomack and Northampton counties:
Arts Enter Cape Charles Cape Charles Historical Society Children and Parents of the Shore Eastern Shore Area Agency/Community Action Agency Eastern Shore Community College (for the SPARK)
programs Eastern Shore branch of the Foodbank of Southeastern
Virginia Eastern Shore Habitat for Humanity Eastern Shore Literacy Council Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society The Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands Center Friends of the Northampton Free Library North Street Playhouse, Onancock YMCA of South Hampton Roads (for Camp Silver Beach)
In 2005 and 2006 ESVCF advised The Norfolk Foundation on the
following grants:
Eastern Shore Community College Foundation, $75,000
over a two year period to help build a new Workforce Development Center at
the college’s Melfa campus. Eastern Shore Coalition Against Domestic Violence,
$23,580 for a new roof and wall repairs at its headquarters in Onancock. Northampton County Branch of the Association for the
Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA Preservation Virginia), $70,440
for the renovation of the historic buildings on the court green in
Eastville.
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