Community Leadership Partners and Beach Fund Grants

The Community Leadership Partners and the Beach Fund award grants once a year to nonprofit organizations working in key focus areas selected by members. For 2010 both groups chose to work with children.

The Beach Fund awarded $19,250 in grants in August 2010 to four nonprofit organizations working to improve educational outcomes for children (birth to age 9) in the Lake Edward neighborhood of Virginia Beach. Grant recipients are:

• Horizons Hampton Roads, $5,000 for literacy, educational and cultural enrichment for Lake Edward children during a summer enrichment program for low-income children held at nearby at Chesapeake Bay Academy.
• Seton Youth Shelters, $5,000 for its street outreach van to provide food, clothing, hygiene items and other assistance for children in the Lake Edward neighborhood.
• Virginia Beach Education Foundation, $5,000 for the Eagles Excel in Education program to help Lake Edward families support their children's education.
• Virginia Wesleyan College, $4,250 for its student-led tutoring program for Lake Edward children.

The Community Leadership Partners will announce its grant recipients soon.

Click here for information on applying for grants in 2011.