PATH Foundation’s fourth round of grants during the COVID-19 crisis contributes to a total of $2.3 million in response funding.

On October 1, we announced $1,501,720 in Community Resilience Grants to 44 local organizations. Community Resilience Grants were a one-time grant cycle created to help ease the financial burden of increased expenses due to the impact of COVID-19. To read the full list of COVID-19 grants to date, please scroll down. 

This marks the fourth round of PATH funding in response to the coronavirus, and it continues to focus on urgent needs of our community and the nonprofits that serve it.

“In the face of the pandemic, our community has proven its resilience,” said Christy Connolly, president and CEO of the PATH Foundation. “However, even as we adapt to the public health crisis, we’re still faced with critical needs and difficulties.”

“We continue conversations with our board and partners to understand how our community has been impacted and how we can help,” she added.

The Community Resilience Grant funds are in addition to the previous $816,500 PATH has granted in response to COVID-19, for a total of $2.3 million in funding to help our community cope with the pandemic as of May 20.

October 1 Community Resilience Grant Recipients are: 

• Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County (AAHA) – $60,000
• Boys & Girls Club of Fauquier, Inc. – $60,000
• Community Touch – $75,000
• Culpeper Community Development Corporation – $75,000
• Culpeper Heat Shelter – $20,000
• Culpeper Wellness Foundation – $25,000
• Epiphany Catholic School – $11,751
• Fauquier CADRE, Inc. – $10,000
• Fauquier Chamber of Commerce – $40,000
• Fauquier Community Child Care, Inc. – $50,000
• Fauquier Community Theatre – $25,000
• Fauquier County Youth Orchestra – $2,000
• Fauquier Education Farm – $28,000
• Fauquier Equestrian Forum – $35,000
• Fauquier FISH – $40,000
• Fauquier Free Clinic – $50,000
• Fauquier Heritage and Preservation Foundation – $10,000
• Fauquier Historical Society – $10,000
• Friends of the Fauquier Public Library – $25,000
• Friends of the Rappahannock – $35,000
• Girls on the Run Piedmont – $22,800
• Hero’s Bridge – $50,000
• Highland School – $25,000
• Hope Heals Foundation – $15,000
• Land Trust of Virginia – $25,000
• Learning Starts Early – $5,000
• Mental Health Association of Fauquier County – $50,000
• Middleburg Montessori School – $25,000
• Mountainside Montessori – $25,000
• Northern Virginia 4-H Educational and Conference Center – $25,000
• People Helping People – $75,000
• Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center – $21,000
• Piedmont Journalism Foundation – $50,000
• Rainbow Therapeutic Riding Center – $10,000
• Rapp Center for Education – $55,000
• Rappahannock Goodwill Industries, Inc. – $50,000
• Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services – $25,000
• Spiritual Care Support Ministries – $15,000
• The Clifton Institute – $35,000
• The Warrenton Meeting Place – $74,589
• Verdun Adventure Bound, Inc. – $50,000
• Warrenton Field Association Inc. – $20,000
• Warrenton Youth Sports Club – $20,000
• Windy Hill Foundation – $46,580

May 10 Funding Recipients: 

• High School Senior Giving Program for Give Local Piedmont: $18,000 in additional program support.
• Rappahannock Rapidan Health District: $20,000 for contact tracing program for students fulfilling clinical hours, in partnership with Claude Moore Charitable Foundation and Culpeper Wellness Foundation.
• Mid-Atlantic Food Resilience and Access Coalition (MAFRAC): $50,000 to MAFRAC, Fauquier Community Child Care, and 4P Foods supporting ‘Taco Tuesday” meal distribution.
• Community Cooks: $23,000 to Community Cooks in partnership with Gateau Bakery and Tea Room, Great Harvest Bread Co., Fauquier County 4-H, and Warrenton Wellness Kitchen for high-quality, fresh and frozen meals with ingredients procured from local growers.
• Fauquier County 4-H Youth Livestock Program: $10,500 for animal processing to provide protein at local food banks and in meal creation/distribution.
• Salvation Army: $15,000 for their food and commodity assistance program.
• SAFE: $10,000 for domestic violence shelter and services.
• Fauquier Economic Development: $10,000 for economic development microloan program.
• Fauquier Chamber of Commerce: $25,000 to continue their efforts supporting the business community during the pandemic.
• Culpeper Chamber of Commerce: $10,000 to continue their efforts supporting the business community during the pandemic.
• Businesses of Rappahannock: $10,000 to continue their efforts supporting the business community during the pandemic.
• Piedmont Environmental Council: $5,000 to PEC for challenge grant hiring local dairymen to provide milk to the Fauquier Community Food Bank & Thrift Store.

March 31 Funding Recipients: 

• Community Touch: $25,000
• Fauquier Community Food Bank: $25,000
• Fauquier FISH: $25,000
• Rappahannock Pantry: $25,000
• Boys and Girls Club of Fauquier County, Inc.: $40,000
• Fauquier Community Child Care: $40,000
• Child Care and Learning Center: $40,000
• Fauquier Free Clinic: $25,000
• Northern Piedmont Community Foundation’s Emergency Response Fund: $170,000
• Fauquier County Government: $70,000 to fund emergency WiFi access hotspots throughout the county.

March 13 Funding Recipients: 

• Fauquier Free Clinic: $15,000
• Fauquier FISH: $10,000
• Rappahannock Pantry: $10,000
• Northern Piedmont Community Foundation Emergency Response Fund: $100,000

The PATH Foundation will continue to work proactively with our partners and monitor our community’s needs. To learn more about our response to COVID-19, resources and ways to volunteer for area organizations, please visit our regularly-updated COVID-19 Response Page, or contact us.