VAUMF Awards Total of $56,000 to 22 Grant Recipients
The Virginia United Methodist Foundation (VAUMF) has awarded a total of $56,250 in grant funding to 22 organizations. Since the grants program was launched in 2015, the foundation has distributed a total of nearly $400,000 in grants to initiatives and nonprofits throughout the Virginia United Methodist Conference (VAUMC).
VAUMF grants fund a variety of projects which are run primarily by churches affiliated with the Virginia United Methodist Conference. According to VAUMF President Bo Bowden, “The foundation believes in giving back to the community and works diligently to enhance and expand these local ministries by providing grant funding.”
2022-23 Virginia United Methodist Foundation Grant Recipients:
- Alice’s Food Pantry, Kenwood UMC — $1,500
- Beach Bag Ministry, Baylake UMC — $1,250
- Belmont Community Resource Services, Belmont UMC — $3,000
- Charterhouse School, United Methodist Family Services — $2,500
- Children’s Clothes Closet, Shenandoah River District of the VAUMC — $5,000
- Food for Kids: Weekend Pack-A-Sack Program, Main St. UMC & Bethlehem UMC — $2,000
- Friends of Barnabas Foundation — $2,000
- Grace Inside: State Prison Chaplaincy, Virginia Conference Connectional Ministries — $2,500
- Hispanic Church Plant, Chester UMC — $2,000
- Just Neighbors, Arlington District of the VAUMC — $5,000
- Kaleidoscope, Bethlehem UMC — $3,000
- Loaves and Britches Ministry, Bellamy UMC — $2,000
- New Creation UMC-ECAR-ODU Partnership for Refugee Resettlement, New Creation UMC — $1,500
- New Song Serves, New Song UMC — $4,000
- Open Table — $2,500
- Pace Center — $2,500
- Rising Hope Emergency Support Services, Rising Hope UMC — $3,000
- Food Pantry Ministry, Sherbourne UMC — $1,500
- Westview on the James, Updated Program Area — $2,000
- Warming Shelter of Franklin County, Redwood UMC — $3,000
- Wesley Community Service Center — $3,000
- Wings Ministry, South Hill UMC — $1,500
More information about our grants program is available on the here.
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