The Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation awarded a total of $100,000 in unrestricted grants to 20 United Way partner agencies whose funding was decreased. In addition, the Foundation awarded $100,000 to the Center for Child & Family Services to fund the Beacon Program—providing mental health counseling to clients and/or employees of nonprofits serving the Peninsula. The Foundation also awarded $100,000 to Smart Beginnings Virginia Peninsula to improve school readiness for each child in every community on the Peninsula. Lastly, the Foundation awarded $20,000 in Set-Aside Funds, $30,000 in Ongoing Education Funds, $27,000 to Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital, and $148,500 to the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters for the continuation of their ministries.
Nonprofits awarded the $5,000 unrestricted grants were:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Virginia Peninsula
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula
Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia
Center for Child & Family Services
Downtown Hampton Child Development Center
Gloucester Housing Partnership
Hampton Roads Ecumenical Lodging & Provisions
The Samaritan Group
Smart Beginnings Virginia Peninsula
Transitions Family Violence Services
Gloucester-Mathews Care Clinic
Salvation Army of the Virginia Peninsula
$20,000 in Set-Aside Funds
$30,000 in Ongoing Education Funds
$27,000 to Mary Immaculate Hospital
$ 148,500 to the Bernardine Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis (the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters)
The Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation awarded $477,000 to nonprofits serving the citizens of the Virginia Peninsula.
- $100,000 to hire Catchafire to continue offering professional assistance to local nonprofit Executive Directors and Staff providing services in Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson, York County and Gloucester County.
- $100,000 to the Center for Child & Family Services for the Beacon Program. The mental health counseling provided by the program is available to the clients and/or employees of nonprofits providing services in Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson, Gloucester County and York County.
- $100,000 to Smart Beginnings of the Virginia Peninsula (SBVP) to improve school readiness for each child, in every community. Its priorities are ensuring equitable access to high-quality early learning opportunities, healthy birth outcomes, and a community that uses data to drive results to improve conditions for young children. The Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation grant will enable SBVP to develop, strengthen and expand its priorities in order to fulfill its Mission and Vision.
In addition to Catchafire, The Beacon Program and the Childcare Program, the Foundation provided twenty $5,000 unrestricted grants to United Way Partner Nonprofits whose funding was decreased. The nonprofits in Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson, York County and Gloucester County are:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Virginia Peninsula
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula
Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia
Center for Child & Family Services
Downtown Hampton Child Development Center
Gloucester Housing Partnership
Hampton Roads Ecumenical Lodging & Provisions
The Samaritan Group
Smart Beginnings Virginia Peninsula
Transitions Family Violence Services
Gloucester-Mathews Care Clinic
Salvation Army of the Virginia Peninsula
$20,000 in Set-Aside Funds
$30,000 in Ongoing Education Funds
$27,000 to Mary Immaculate Hospital
$ 148,500 to the Bernardine Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis (the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters)