To be eligible to apply for a Ujima Legacy Fund grant, your organization must be a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that serves the residents of the City of Richmond, and/or the counties of Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, Goochland and/or Powhatan.

We regret that we cannot accept applications from:

Individual religious institutions

Private foundations

Colleges and universities

Individuals or scholarship applicants

We also cannot accept applications to support:

Debt reduction or operational deficits

Endowments or memorials

Bridge funding or interim financing

Partisan, political or legislative activities

Legal expenses

Ujima Legacy Fund seeks to support nonprofits that empower youth through education related initiatives. This may include, but is not limited to:

After-school and out-of-school time programming

Career development

College preparation

Entrepreneurship

Financial literacy

Literacy

Mentoring

Technology training

Tutoring

Funding may be used for program support or specific projects. Consideration will also be given to capacity building requests to strengthen the infrastructure and increase the program capacity of start-up or established organizations that serve the target demographic. Capacity building requests may include:

Planning activities: e.g., organizational assessments; strategic planning; or business planning for social enterprise

Improving financial management or fund development

Training for staff and/or volunteers

Technology improvements that will have a significant impact on internal efficiency and allow for new ways of doing business

It is anticipated that one or two grants of up to $20,000 will be awarded this year.

Application Process:

All grant proposals must be received by The Community Foundation no later than 5:00 p.m., March 5, 2018.

Review Process:

A volunteer committee of Ujima Legacy Fund will review requests, conduct site visits with selected organizations in April. Five finalists will be invited to present at a meeting of full membership in May.

Selection Process and Announcement:

The award decision will be finalized through a live vote following the finalist presentations. The award will be announced and celebrated at an annual celebration event in the Spring.