Community Assistance Grant

Our 2024 application is OPEN! Click the link below to download and complete the application:

23-24 Community Assistance Grant Application

The Junior League of Hampton Roads (JLHR) was founded in 1956 and is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women’s leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. Our vision as the Junior League is Women Around the World as Catalysts of Lasting Community Change. The Community Assistance Grant was established in 1980 to support 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that are contributing to work that improves lives of women and/or children in our local communities of Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson, York County, Williamsburg, James City County, Isle of Wight, Smithfield, and Gloucester. Our specific areas of impact for 2023-2024 are family services & education. This grant has been awarded to more than 200 organizations in our area for over 40 years.

Please note: The completed application must be received by 11:59 pm on Tuesday, April 30th, 2024. If you need additional space, you are welcome to attach supplementary pages. Up to three organizations may be selected as a Grant Recipient and awarded between $500-$3,000 to continue their work. If selected as a Grant Recipient, we ask that you submit photos and a short summary of your project by October 15, 2024 to VPcommunity@jlhamptonroads.org. A small celebration will be held May 22nd in the evening for grant recipients. Notification of decisions will be sent by May 15th, 2024. Organizations who have received monetary support from the JLHR in the past two years are ineligible for this grant.

2023 Community Assistance Grants were awarded to the following incredible organizations:

Youth Volunteer Corps of Hampton Roads (YVCHR) $1,500
YVCHR engages youth in team-based service experiences that build life and work skills while inspiring a lifetime ethic of service. The grant funds will be used towards YVCHR’s Summer of Service which is their intensive summer camp program that enables youth to participate in a four-day service-learning experience.

YVCHR Photo Left to Right: Leighandra Shenk, JLHR Community VP 22-23 Katie Morgan, Executive Director

Crusading Outreach Ministry $3,100
Crusading Outreach Ministry just celebrated their 31st year of community service. Their mission is to positively impact the lives of those in need – including the homeless, veterans, economically disadvantaged citizens, seniors, children and individuals with disabilities – by offering transformational, instructional programs that equip individuals to live their best lives now. The grant funds will be used to support their non-profit food shelter and includes expenses for food & household supplies as well as gas/fuel expenses.

Crusading Outreach Photo from Left to Right: David Pettaway, Chief Executive Consultant Deloris Pettaway, Founder/Director Leighandra Shenk, JLHR Community VP 22-23 Alesha Brown, Chief Operating Officer

 

Established in 1980, we have awarded over $187,000 to 200 organizations in the past 40 years.

 

The Community Assistance Grant ranges from $500 – $4,000 and is open to all 501(c)3 non-profit organizations that serve the following communities: Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson, York County, Williamsburg, James City County, Isle of Wight, Smithfield, and Gloucester.  Grant recipients will be notified mid-April via e-mail and will be invited to attend our end-of-the-year banquet in mid-May of each year. 

 

If you have any questions about the Community Assistance Grant, please contact our Vice President of Community, at VPCommunity@jlhamptonroads.org.