Charlottesville Area Community Foundation Press Release:
The Charlottesville Area Community Foundation (CACF) announces $327,300 in grants to 43 local nonprofits through the Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band in CACF. This Fund supports charitable programs in the Charlottesville area with particular focus on disadvantaged youth, needs of the disabled, protection of the environment, and the arts and humanities.
John Redick, President of the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation comments: "The Dave Matthews Band's continued generosity to the people of this community is remarkable. Through the Bama Works Fund in CACF, established in 1998, the Band has touched and improved the lives of many in our local area. The Community Foundation is deeply grateful for their support and for the good work of the deserving organizations which will benefit from the gifts being announced today."
Below is a complete listing of the non profits benefitting the grants of the Bama Works of the Dave Matthews Band in CACF:
- Albemarle County Public Schools - Burley Middle School Young Women's Chorus - $10,000.00
- Albemarle County Public Schools - Henley Middle School - $5,000
- Albemarle County Public Schools - Stony Point Elementary School - $1,800
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends - $6,000
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge, Inc. - $10,000
- CACF - Charlottesville Community Scholarship Program - $10,000
- Charlottesville City Public Schools - Adult Learning Center - $3,000
- Common Ground Healing Arts, Inc. - $8,400
- Ellis Acres Memorial Park Inc. - $10,000
- First Night Virginia - $2,500
- Fluvanna Meals on Wheels, Inc. - $10,000
- Foothills Child Advocacy Center - $10,000
- Friends Cancer Support Companions/Suzanne Hope Fund - $2,800
- Greene County Schools William Monroe High School Music Boosters - $5,000
- Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville - $10,000
- Interfaith Movement for Promoting Action by Congregations Together - IMPACT - $3,000
- Independence Resource Center - $10,000
- Innisfree Inc. - $6,900
- Interfaith Humanitarian Sanctum - $10,000
- Jefferson Area CHIP, Inc. - $10,000
- Light House Studio - $10,000
- Mediation Center of Charlottesville - $5,000
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving - $5,000
- Offender Aid & Restoration of Charlottesville-Albemarle - $10,000
- People and Congregations Engaged in Ministry - PACEM - $7,000
- Piedmont CASA - $10,000
- Piedmont Council of the Arts - $8,000
- Quest Institute, Inc. - $5,000
- QuickStart Tennis of Central Virginia - $10,000
- Reading Window School - $3,000
- Region Ten Community Services Board, Inc. - $7,500
- Rockfish Valley Foundation - $5,000
- Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary, Inc. - $3,500
- RockfishValley Community Center - Hamner Theater - $7,500
- Sexual Assault Resource Agency - $6,400
- Shenandoah National Park Trust - $7,000
- Southern Environmental Law Center - $10,000
- Special Olympics Virginia - $22,500*
- Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission - $3,000
- Virginia Canals and Navigations Society - $5,000
- Virginia Mentoring Partnership - $6,000
- Virginia Organizing - Camping for All - $4,000
- Wintergreen Adaptive Sports - $22,500*
*$7,500 for three years
The Charlottesville Area Community Foundation is a permanent endowment dedicated to improving the quality of life in Charlottesville and the surrounding counties of Albemarle, Greene, Orange, Louisa, Fluvanna, Buckingham, and Nelson. Since its inception in 1967, the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation has provided over $43 million in grants. www.cacfonline.org
