Community Grants Awarded

Each year, the Foundation reviews applications and awards grants from its Community Fund to nonprofits serving the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

2024 Community Grants Awarded

• Citizens for Central Park: $10,000 to renovate public restrooms

• Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands Center: $20,000 to paint and repair Almshouse buildings

• ESCADV: $50,000 for grading and drainage for Hope Harbor complex

• ESO Arts Center: $25,000 for flooring and HVAC renovations

• Mary N. Smith Alumni Association: $50,000 for building renovations and classroom upgrades

• Museum of Chincoteague Island: $50,000 to renovate historic Beebe Ranch

• North Accomack Little League: $30,000 for lighting upgrades

• North Street Playhouse: $25,000 for theater renovations

• Northampton Historic Preservation Society: $35,000 to complete renovation of the historic 1907 Jail in Eastville

• United Way of Virginia’s Eastern Shore: $8,000 for technology upgrades

2023 Community Grants Awarded

• Boys & Girls Club of SE VA: $10,000 for equipment for STEM programs

• Central Accomack Little League: $45,000 to construct an Equipment Facility

• Chesapeake Bay Field Station: $8,000 for program equipment

• Eastville Fire Co: $50,000 to purchase safety equipment

• Habitat for Humanity: $35,000 for equipment trailers

• Melfa Fire Company: $50,000 to purchase safety equipment

• Northampton County YMCA: $50,000 towards construction of gym

• Saxis Island Museum: $10,000 to restore a historic structure and purchase museum fixtures

• Tasley Fire Company: $50,000 to purchase safety equipment
  
  

2022 Community Grants Awarded

• ESCC Foundation: $25,000 to create a new website

• Junior Achievement: $3,500 to support Accomack County high school students’ trips to conferences

• Dos Santos: $20,500 to purchase a refrigerated vehicle

• Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital Auxiliary: $50,000 toward purchase of ophthalmology equipment

• Camp Occohanock: $20,000 for playground equipment

• The Archaeology Conservancy: $15,000 to replace signage and upgrade Arlington historic site

2017 Community Grants Awarded

• Shore Soccer League: $8,000 for concession stand

• Eastern Shore Community College: $50,000 towards new building construction

• Occohannock on the Bay: $50,000 to renovate two bath houses

• Virginia Stage Company: $5,000 to bring performances to both counties’ schools

• Tasley Fire Company: $50,000 to construct new station

• Cape Charles Citizens for Central Park: $13,500 to install park lighting

2016 Community Grants Awarded

• Eastern Shore Public Library System: $50,000 towards new main library capital campaign

• Smart Beginnings Eastern Shore: $16,151 for Go and Grow Starter Packs

• Chincoteague Cultural Alliance: $50,000 for building renovation

• Randy Custis Memorial Fund: $20,000 to install lighting on girls’ softball field

• Chesapeake Bay Foundation: $25,000 for educational work boat

• No Limits Eastern Shore: $18,000 for hot dog cart/walking trails

• Virginia Tech Ag Research Center / Virginia Institute of Marine Science: $30,000 to conduct an objective analysis of poultry expansion

• Boys’ & Girls’ Clubs of Southeast Virginia (Eastern Shore Club): $20,000 to expand Triple Play: Mind, Body, and Soul program.

2015 Community Grants Awarded

• Historic Cokesbury: $38,634 to restore four (4) stained glass windows

• The Cape Charles Historical Society: $11,625 for two (2) Heat Pumps

• Museum of Chincoteague Island: $30,000 to move Miles Hancock carving shed to museum

• SPCA Eastern Shore, Inc.: $24,652 to replace/repair metal doors and frames

• YMCA of the Chesapeake (Chincoteague): $25,000 towards capital campaign for building renovations

• Saxis Island Museum: $9,600 to install HVAC, lighting, museum fixtures

• Eastern Shore Area Agency on Aging/Community Action Agency (ESAAA/CAA): $15,000 to renovate kitchen

2014 Community Grants Awarded

• North-Accomack Little League: $20,000 to replace concession stand and construct restroom facilities

• Eastern Shore Literacy Council: $10,000 to purchase office computers and software

• Agape´: $8,605 - upgrade playground area

• Accomack Northampton Pregnancy Center: $10,000 to purchase new cribs, car seats, strollers, etc.

• American Red Cross - Lower Shore Chapter: $5,000 to purchase a disaster trailer for Northampton County

• Association of Retarded Citizens: $1,665 for office computer and printer

• Society for Preservation of Onley Train Station: $20,910 to build an ADA bathroom addition

• Arts Enter Cape Charles: $15,000 to repair roof

• Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society: $70,000 towards renovations at Ker Place

• Barrier Islands Center: $34,200 to repair front porch

• Friends of Onancock School: $21,878 to repair gutters, foundation, hallway floors

2013 Community Grants Awarded

•  North Street Playhouse: $40,000 to construct storage building

• Atlantic Volunteer Fire and Rescue Co: $30,000 towards new tanker truck

• Mary N. Smith Alumni Association: $40,000 for building repairs

• Resource Conservation and Development Council: $40,000 to create a living shoreline on Occohannock Creek

• United Way of Virginia’s Eastern Shore: $5,100 to replace outdated equipment

• WHRO - Eastern Shore Capital Campaign: $20,000 to support an education component for online study

2012 Community Grants Awarded

• Citizens for Central Park, LLC: $20,000 to construct ADA/family restrooms

• Onancock Volunteer Fire Department: $30,000 towards purchase and equipping new ladder truck

• Eastern Shore Coalition Against Domestic Violence: $6,000 to purchase office computers and software

• Eastern Shore of Virginia Habitat for Humanity: $20,000 to support capital expenses for new homes

• Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia: $10,000 toward purchase of a walk in cooler 

• Lighthouse Ministries: $15,000 toward construction of a new addition

• Eastern Shore Rural Health: $26,000 to purchase a Panoramic X-ray System for new Atlantic facility

• Chincoteague Island Arts: $35,000 replace the main roof

• Central Accomack Little League: $20,000 assist with the construction of an indoor baseball/softball facility

2011 Community Grants Awarded

• Eastern Shore Literacy Council: $2,700 to purchase a copier and projector

• American Red Cross - Lower Shore Chapter: $5,000 to establish relief and other services

• Cape Charles Historical Society: $10,000 to help repair ceiling and roof

• Society for Preservation of the Onley Train Station, Inc. (SPOTS): $9,388 to replace roof

• Parksley Volunteer Fire Co: $30,000 for the purchase of five self-contained breathing units

• Barrier Islands Center: $70,000 to renovate the 1910 African-American Almshouse

2010 Community Grants Awarded

• Chincoteague Island Library: $9,115 to complete building renovations

• Accomack-Northampton Pregnancy Center: $2,795 to implement “Earn While You Learn” program

• Sentara Health Foundation, Nightingale Campaign: $25,000 to help purchase a Nightingale Air Ambulance

• Oyster Museum of Chincoteague Island: $49,000 to replace roof, entrance, and windows

• Eastern Shore Community College Foundation: $40,000 toward a new access road

• Eastern Shore of Va Historical Society: $19,031 to install a security system and outdoor lighting, plus building repairs

• Randy Custis Memorial Fund: $20,000 to help install lighting for field

• Arts Enter Cape Charles: $30,000 to upgrade the sound system