Community Foundation Receives a $1.7M Gift to Benefit Area Students
Community Foundation To Fund Ag Scholarships ERIN FLYNN Daily News-Record PUBLICATION: Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg, VA) SECTION: Harrisonburg DATE: October 4, 2016 HARRISONBURG — A couple’s love for agriculture is being passed on to future generations. The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County announced Thursday that it received a $1.7 million gift from the estate […]
Hildred Neff Memorial Fund – 2016 Grant Recipients Announced
In August, grants totaling over $9,500 were distributed to three local nonprofit organizations from the Hildred Neff Memorial Fund. The 2016 grant recipients are all nonprofit organizations that care for domestic animals. 2016 Hildred Neff Memorial Fund Grants: $1,693 to Rockingham/Harrisonburg SPCA –Enhancement of Cat/Kitten Adoptable Area project $5,000 to Cat’s Cradle of the Shenandoah Valley, Inc. […]
Charitable Giving on a Budget
Although it’s still late summer, some people are ready to start planning for the season of giving. Gifts will be carefully chosen for family and friends, scrumptious desserts will be baked and ready to eat, and holiday decorations hung up around the house. What about giving back to the community though? Unfortunately most of us […]
Just Another Day at the Office
On a hot sunny afternoon at The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, one by one, students arrived at the office. These students came to convince a review committee to select them to receive the largest scholarship award ever offered, thanks to a most generous donor of the Foundation. Some students were shy, others […]
IMPACT Awards $8,175 Grant to Open Doors Emergency Shelter!
The vote is in! Open Doors Emergency Shelter will be the recipient of this year’s IMPACT Grant!! The grants committee reviewed over 50 community needs applications and narrowed the ballot for the grant award to three options. IMPACT members voted and Open Doors is the 2015-16 grant recipient. The Open Doors Project, which is aimed […]
Letter to the Washington Post
Last week, the Washington Post published a misinformed article about donor-advised funds. The Council on Foundations, with support of community foundations, immediately responded by penning a letter to the editor. The full text of the letter is below. We hope the Post will consider publishing this letter, but in the meantime we wish to share it […]
Bridging the Generational Gap
What does it mean to give back? For most people, I’d say it depends on who you’re asking the question at and when they were born. Throughout the generations who give back to their community and their favorite nonprofits, each generation thinks and gives differently. According to Hartnett and Matan “Nearly 60% of Gen Ys […]
2016 Community Endowment Grant Recipient Announced
The Northeast Neighborhood Association (NENA) was selected as the 2016 grant recipient of the Community Endowment Fund, a permanent endowed fund at The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County (TCFHR). Over $5,000 will be directed for the NENA Community Garden project. According to the association’s grant application, the organization seeks start-up costs to create […]
The Community Foundation announces the Valley Arts & Culture Fund Grant
The Virginia Quilt Museum was selected as the 2016 grant recipient of the Valley Arts & Culture Fund, a permanent endowed fund at The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County. Funds will be directed for the museum’s exhibit construction project. The museum plans to construct two permanent exhibits – an Orientation/Welcome Exhibit and a […]
New Overtime Rules and Nonprofit Organizations
Yesterday, the Department of Labor and the President announced the publication of a new overtime rules with the stated goal of updating outdated regulations in an effort to ensure that employees, particularly those in the middle class, are sufficiently compensated for hours worked. See the President’s fact sheet or information page from the Department of […]
2015 Annual Report
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Giving and Happiness
Can money buy us happiness? I think most of us would say no. But what about gifts to others? At the Community Foundation, we believe that giving not only strengthens and improves our community but giving to others makes us happy. We see it everyday as we work with donors to make their philanthropic goals […]
