Recent Grants

The Jenkins Foundation conducts twice yearly grant cycles, awarded in March and September. The following list provides a snapshot of the projects that reinforce our strategic focus areas, and help to create a healthier Richmond region.

The following organizations received grants for general operating support unless otherwise noted in the description. 

Spring 2022

Access to Primary Health Care

• Access Now, Inc. – $50,000
• Assisting Families of Inmates – $25,000 to support the Health Encouragement & Assistance in Reentry for Thriving Youth (HEARTY) program. 
  
• Better Housing Coalition – $50,000 to support the Senior Health & Wellness program.
  
• Conexus – $30,000 for capacity building support. 
• Daily Planet Health Services – $75,000
• Family Lifeline – $50,000 to support Growing Well intensive early childhood home visitation services. 
  
• Henrico Education Foundation, Inc. – $30,000 to support integrated health care for students from high-poverty schools in Henrico. 
  
• Sacred Heart Center – $20,000 to sustain the Family Support Program. 
• Urban Baby Beginnings – $50,000
• Virginia Dental Association Foundation – $30,000 to support access to dental care for vulnerable residents.

Access to Mental Health Care

• Challenge Discovery Projects – $30,000
• Chesterfield CASA – $20,000 to support volunteer-driven court advocacy for abused and neglected children. 
•  ChildSavers – $100,000 to support increased access to trauma-informed children’s mental health services through a school-based approach (Second installment of a three-year, $300,000 grant).
• Commonwealth Catholic Charities – $40,000 to support mental health counseling for uninsured and underinsured residents. 
  
• Greater Richmond SCAN – $75,000 to support trauma-informed mental health treatment services.
• Henrico CASA – $25,000 to support volunteer-driven court advocacy for abused and neglected children. 
• HomeAgain – $25,000 to support mental health care and substance use disorder counseling resources. 
  
• Latinos in Virginia Empowerment Center – $50,000 to support culturally appropriate and linguistically specific mental health services. 
  
• UMFS – $40,000
• YWCA Richmond – $75,000 to support the Empower and Transform Capital Campaign.
• YWCA Richmond – $50,000