2023 Mary Morton Parsons
Foundation Grant Recipients
Organization
Purpose
Amount
Alamo Addiction Recovery Center Inc.
to support capital improvements to the facility
$25,000.00
Blessed Sacrament Huguenot School
support the Knight's Charge Capital Campaign to build a new student center
$300,000.00
Blue Sky Fund
support expansion into a new community-centric office space
$50,000.00
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
support repairs and enhancements at Port Isobel Island Environmental Education Center
$159,000.00
Chrysler Museum of Art
creation of the Center for Advanced Education in Glass Arts and Sciences at The Perry Glass Studio
$300,000.00
Colonial Heights Food Pantry Inc
support Capital Campaign to expand facility
$45,000.00
Deltaville Maritime Museum & Holly Point Nature Park
to support the building of an Exhibition Center to house large maritime exhibits and serve as an events venue
$50,000.00
Eastern Shore Coalition Against Domestic Violence
to support the Hope Harbor Capital Campaign
$50,000.00
Elijah House Academy
creation of the Center for Advanced Education in Glass Arts and Sciences at The Perry Glass Studio
$150,000.00
Elizabeth River Project
support the New Wave Campaign to construct a new Resilience Lab, expand the River Academy and expand education programs
$50,000.00
Elk Hill Farm, Inc.
to support The Welcome Home! campaign to upgrade and preserve campus buildings for the future
$150,000.00
Foundation for Historic Christ Church, Inc.
to support the construction and installation of a subsurface drainage system
$50,000.00
Girls for a Change
"The One Million Reasons to Build" campaign to purchase, expand, and remodel the property
$50,000.00
Heart Havens, Inc.
to support the construction of an addition to an existing home
$50,000.00
Henrico Community Food Bank
creation of the Center for Advanced Education in Glass Arts and Sciences at The Perry Glass Studio
$40,000.00
Homeward
to support Building Referral Pathways to address growing crisis of older adult homelessness
$100,000.00
IT 4 Causes
to update core technology
$40,000.00
Jewish Community Federation of Richmond
Memorial Gift In Honor of Amy Nisenson
$50,000.00
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
THRIVE Capital Campaign
$750,000.00
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
to support the revitalization of the exhibition on George Washington's biography
$200,000.00
Nauticus
to support the redevelopment of the entire museum and visitor experience space
$150,000.00
NetworkPeninsula
to support technology needs
$34,554.00
NextUp
update to the on-line evaluation system
$85,000.00
Northstar Academy
support capital campaign and construction of new gymnasium and community center
$250,000.00
Our Lady of Lourdes School
to support the building of a new wing
$50,000.00
Peter Paul
support of capital upgrades to Coleman Center
$250,000.00
Preservation Virginia
to support capital needs for proactive maintenance and visitor service improvements
$300,000.00
Project: HOMES
support of the Bermuda Estates Mobile Home Park project
$400,000.00
RampsRVA (Ramp Access Made Possible by Students)
support purchase of materials to build wheelchair ramps and shed for storage
$40,000.00
Rappahannock Tribe of Virginia
to support the rehabilitation of the Chief's House tribal museum and Indigenous healing center
$50,000.00
ReEstablish Richmond
support the purchase of a van
$45,000.00
Richmond SPCA
to support capital improvements to the shelter
$335,000.00
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Richmond
to support the construction of the Ronald McDonald House at VCU Children's Tower and the new guestroom Ronald McDonald House in Richmond
$250,000.00
Sagamore Institute/Pathway to Promise
to expand throughout Central Virginia
$200,000.00
Science Museum of Virginia
The Green project
$500,000.00
Shenandoah University
to support the Amory renovation for the HIVE project (the Hub for Innovators, Veterans, and Entrepreneurs)
$100,000.00
Southampton County Historical Society
to support the new history museum building and install exhibits
$100,000.00
St. John's Church Foundation
to support the 250th Campaign in advance of the 250th anniversary of Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death!" speech in 2025 through preservation of the site
$150,000.00
Sweet Briar College
to support the renovation and preservation of the Pannell Galllery
$100,000.00
Swift Creek Mill Theatre, Inc.
support of Lighting and Infrastructure Upgrade Project
$30,000.00
Tech For Troops
support purchase of a box truck
$53,500.00
Valentine Richmond History Center
In Memory of Henry Lee Valentine II
$10,00.00
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
to improve the accessibility of their facility through support of several capital improvements
$50,000.00
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
to support upgrades to office building (headquarters) to make it more functional
$35,000.00
Virginia Legal Aid Society
to support capital campaign to locate, acquire & renovate a new building to house the Suffolk office
$100,000.00
Virginia Zoological Society
support capital improvements for the Greening World Project
$50,000.00
Voices For Virginia's Children
support technology upgrades for a Digital World
$50,000.00
Washington and Lee University
to support the construction of the new Lindley Center for Student Wellness
$300,000.00