Grants History

Virginia Community Foundation Grants

1992-2010
Total Grants-to-Date: $392,557

2009 ($19,354)
$2,015 Virginia Baseball Association dugouts
$5,000 VRMC Foundation for Virginia Convalescent Center room remodeling
$3,000 Apple Tree Learning Center's external safety renovations
$1,000 Mesabi Humane Society in support of spay/neuter program needs
$500 Virginia Rotary Club for a portable public address system
$1,000 Mesabi Family YMCA soccer field safety fencing
$300 Virginia Educational Fund non-endowed fund disbursement for workshop for Roosevelt 5th and 6th graders.
$3,000 Virginia High School for video information system.
$1,000 Downtown Virginia mural project
$2,539 Blue Pride Fund non-endowed fund disbursement to ISD #706 for high-school league activities
 
2008 ($15,560)
$1,500 Land of the Loon Committee for hanging flower baskets for Chestnut Street
$1,500 Imagination Library Program through the United Way
$2,000 Downtown Virginia mural project
$3,600 Blue Pride Fund non-endowed fund disbursement to ISD 706 for high-school-league activities.
$2,600 Virginia Public Library Fund non-endowed fund disbursement for patio area at the Virginia Public Library
$2,500 Generation W for DJ equipment purchase
$1,860 Family Investment Center support. Grant also included a used computer system.
 
2007 ($27,945)
$1,700 City of Virginia for pool table at the Virginia Senior Citizens Center
$6,495 Blue Pride Fund non-endowed fund disbursement to ISD 706 for high-school-league activity support
$2,500 Friends of the B’nai Abraham Synagogue for museum restoration
$500 Mesabi Range College for Community Summit
$10,000 VRMC Foundation for roof-top helipad
$1,350 Furnishing for Range Respite’s new dementia respite program
$2,900 Laurentian Arts and Culture Alliance for Lyric Center renovations
$2,500 Roosevelt Elementary Outdoor Classroom
 
2006 ($6,975)
$1,025 New security system for Virginia Area Historical Society
$3,750 Blue Pride Fund non-endowed fund disbursement to ISD 706 for high-school-league activity support
$2,200 Generation W, a student-run newspaper, laser printer
 
2005 ($31,400)
$600 Virginia Public Library for a children’s summer reading program with Reading Education Assistance Dogs.
$500 Laurentian Arts & Culture Alliance, Inc. for a storefront display area
$3,900 Books and art supplies for Apple Tree Learning Center
$5,000 New robes and stoles for Virginia High School Choir
$6,400 Blue Pride Fund non-endowed fund disbursement to ISD 706 for high-school-league activity support
$5,000 City of Virginia for restoration of the fountain in Olcott Park
$10,000 Tennis for All and the City of Virginia to help enclose 4 public tennis courts
 
2004 ($18,319)
$1,374 Generation W Student Newspaper computer equipment purchase
$10,000 Iron Range Veterans Memorial Plaza flagpoles and benches
$250 Mesabi Family YMCA Automatic External Defibrillator project
$1,550 Start up costs for Mesabi Humane Society’s Pet Adoption/Education Program
$3,700 Blue Pride Fund non-endowed fund disbursement to ISD #706 for high-school-league activities
$500 Nationally-recognized motivational speaker for community youth
$945 Mesabi Family YMCA Accessibility Project
 
2003 ($20,413)
$2,200 Adaptive computer equipment for the vision-impaired to the Virginia Public Library
$7,600 Miners Memorial Park playground equipment project
$4,210 Blue Pride non-endowed fund disbursement to ISD #706 for high school league activities
$750 AEOA for the 55+ Speed Into Action Senior Leadership Initiative
$900 Heart of Virginia for Chestnut Street flower baskets
$1,753 Neighborhood Watch Program for property stickers and a matching grant for community signage
$3,000 Mesabi Range College – Minnesota Ballet Community Event
 
2002 ($47,950)
$5,500 Blue Pride non-endowed fund disbursement to ISD #706 for high- school-league activities
$625 Heart of Virginia for bicycle racks at City Center Park and Chestnut Street
$1,500 Virginia Public Library to support an adult reading program
$2,500 Urban Edge, a high school run coffee shop, to add Internet Cafe' Services
$2,825 Virginia Youth Advisory Council & Iron Range Youth in Action – to purchase new windows for the Ridgewood Shack project
$5,000 City of Virginia to complete children’s sliding hill
$5,000 Virginia Marching Blues for new band uniforms
$15,000 City Center Park signage
$10,000 VRMC Capital Campaign for Emergency Room improvements
 
2001 ($26,188)
$10,000 Virginia Parks & Recreation for handicap-accessible playground equipment at Southside Park
$450 Virginia Teen Center to acquire accounting software and training
$1,238 Virginia Public Library for an adult reading program
$5,000 University of Minnesota – in support of the Laurentian Vision Design Workshop on reuse of mine lands within the City of Virginia
$4,000 Blue Pride Fund, the first designated fund of the Virginia Community Foundation - to purchase printed materials for fund development
$5,000 City of Virginia for children’s sliding hill improvements of lighting and signage
$500 Virginia Rotary Club’s Youth Fishing Outing program materials
 
2000 ($52,145)
$10,000 Lakes Beautification Water Quality Committee to purchase chemicals for testing the quality of the water in Virginia’s lakes, payable over two years
$2,500 Skate Jam Inc. committee in support of youth activities at the Virginia skate park
$3,250 Heart of Virginia for trim bricks for the Chestnut Streetscape project
$15,695 Streetscape Design Committee - to purchase park benches and planters for the 300 and 400 block Chestnut Street restoration project
$3,000 Virginia Tennis Club - in support of the multipurpose building being constructed at the Pepelnjak Southside Park
$10,000 James Madison PTSA - in support of their playground equipment project
$1,500 Virginia Study Club - to purchase ethnic flags for ethnic flag display near Bailey’s Lake, across from Rotary Park
$2,000 Virginia/Mt. Iron/Gilbert Chamber of Commerce - in support of the Chamber Community Leadership Program
$2,200 Virginia Teen Center - in support of programming activities for the Virginia Teen Center
$2,000 Elder Services Network - in support of their Store to Door program for seniors that cannot shop for themselves
 
1999 ($50,400)
$15,000 Heart of Virginia - to support the Chestnut Street Store Renovation Project
$2,500 Land of the Loon Ethnic Art & Craft Festival Committee - to purchase handicapped accessible picnic tables & benches for Olcott Park
$2,000 Circling to Seventh Generation Youth Group - to go toward the American Indian mural project
$1,000 Britt Area Recreation Committee - in support of their outdoor community recreation project
$1,000 Knights & Ladies of Kaleva - to purchase glassed-in cases for displaying artifacts in Kaleva Hall
$20,000 Virginia Park & Recreation Department - in support of the Olcott Park playground equipment renovation
$500 Virginia Outdoor Activity Committee - To purchase roofing materials for the Ridgewood skating shack
$2,000 Virginia Mt. Iron Area Chamber of Commerce - in support of their Community Leadership Program
$400 Mesabi Humane Society - to purchase a television/VCR for use in their educational programs
$3,000 Virginia High School Entrepreneurship Class - in support of their student run coffee house, The Urban Edge
$3,000 Virginia High School PTSA - for their Student Memorial Project
 
1998 ($42,150)
$1,000 Arts on the Iron Range - to go toward the Smithsonian Artrain, Traveling Exhibit project
$37,000 Heart of Virginia - for the cost of a plan for a Virginia renovation project
$500 YMCA - for the new soccer field
$1,000 Virginia Outdoor Community Activity Committee - to upgrade neighborhood skating rinks
$1,000 Friends of the Greenhouse - to purchase annual seeds and plants
$1,000 Range Respite - for their “Care Partner” Training Program
$650 Land of the Loon Arts and Crafts Committee - to purchase a tent
 
1997 ($9,890)
$550 The Northland Volunteer Council - to publish a Virginia Volunteer “Resource Directory”
$2,000 Lakes Beautification Committee - for their Rotary Park Plaza Center Project
$3,000 “Save the Bandstand” Project - to purchase materials to reconstruct the historical bandstand in Olcott Park
$1,340 The Virginia Historical Society - to purchase materials to renovate the tourist cabin at the Heritage Museum located in Olcott Park
$2,500 The Heart of Virginia - to purchase an office computer and printer
$500 Virginia Rotary Club - to purchase equipment for their Virginia Youth Fishing Outing held on Silver Lake
 
1996 ($5,220)
$1,000 Virginia Branch of the American Red Cross - to purchase Resuci- Anne Mannequins
$1,720 Guardian ad Litem Program - for project expansion
$1,500 Miikana Bimaadiziwin - for start up funds for the Native American Niijii Center located in Virginia
$1,000 Virginia School District #706 - for the Kids Voting Project
 
1995 ($5,750)
$1,500 Virginia Lakes Beautification Committee - for the girls’ Little League “Field of Dreams” at the south shore of Silver Lake
$250 Mesabi Literacy Project - for pedestal board to be used for public outreach
$2,000 Virginia Teen Center - to provide start-up costs for their new center on Chestnut Street in Virginia
$2,000 Heart of Virginia - project to purchase six directional Queen City sign-caps for key directional areas in city
 
1994 ($5,500)
$600 Land of the Loon Ethnic Arts and Crafts Festival Committee - for additional electrical outlets in Olcott Park
$2,500 Lake Beautification Committee - for the Rainy Lake Sawmill Gazebo located on the south shoreline of Silver Lake in Virginia
$2,400 Virginia Chamber of Commerce - for their “Beacon of the North” Project
 
1993 ($4,498)
$250 Virginia Chamber Ambassadors’ - Adopt-a-Tree and Light-Up Olcott Park Project. Grant funds were used to purchase lights
$248 Virginia Little League - to help start up first girls’ softball team. Grant went toward purchase of equipment
$2,000 Virginia Lakes Beautification Committee - to beautify shorelines on city lakes
$2,000 Virginia Downtown Holiday Decorations Committee - to help purchase lights and decorations for the holiday season
 
1992 ($2,900)
$200 Virginia Key Club - for materials to paint the clock on main street
$200 Oldtown/Finntown Committee - for an informational sign located near the Virginia Mineview on 2nd Street North
$2,500 Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of Virginia - for materials to build picnic tables to be located in Virginia community parks