On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, from 12:00-1:00 pm ET, the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation and our Community Advisory Committee invite local movement groups and organizations to a virtual information session on Reshaping Futures, the latest grant offering of our Solidarity program.
Reshaping Futures Grants of up to $500,000 total over 1-5 years will support transformative approaches to advancing racial equity in Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, and/or Orange. Potential funding uses include support for general operations, programming, expansion/scaling, capacity building, experimentation and piloting.
Beginning July 1 through July 31, 2025, the Solidarity program will accept brief Letters of Intent (LOIs) for Reshaping Futures. After submitting an LOI, a select number of applicants will be invited to partner with Foundation staff to co-develop and submit a final application for consideration by our Community Advisory Committee. Funding decisions are expected as early as December 2025.
First-time and previously declined Solidarity program applicants, as well as applicants seeking funding for capital/construction projects, must meet with staff before submitting an LOI. Unless serving as a fiscal sponsor, applicants may only submit one funding request to the Solidarity program per calendar year. Past Solidarity program and other Community Endowment Fund grantees must have fulfilled the close-out requirements of their previous grant to be eligible to apply for Reshaping Futures.
The Solidarity program, which completed its pilot year in fall 2024, is among the first philanthropic programs in Virginia dedicated to racial equity movement building — “the effort of social change agents to engage power holders and the broader society in addressing a systemic problem or injustice while promoting an alternative vision or solution” (Julie Quiroz-Martinez). This past February, the program announced two new grant opportunities — Reimagine and Renewal — in support of individual and collective healing, strengthening, and freedom dreaming.
For additional details and requirements, please visit our Reshaping Futures, Solidarity program, and Frequently Asked Questions pages.
