2024 Mary Morton Parsons
Foundation Grant Recipients

(Note - Past grants are not necessarily indicative of future grants)

In 2024, The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation awarded grants to these organizations and projects:

Organization

Purpose

Amount

Atlantic Outreach Incorporated

support New Building Expansion

$​50,000.00

Autism Program of Virginia Inc. TAP-VA Inc., operating as Commonwealth Autism

build an autism workforce educational facility

$​150,000.00

Better Housing Coalition

support the Colbrook Development

$​500,000.00

Boys Home of Virginia

support critical capital improvements

$​100,000.00

Bridgewater College

support renovations to Bowman Hall

$​250,000.00

CARITAS

support Dinwiddie Avenue Men's Campus Renovation Project

$​350,000.00

Child Development Resources, Inc.

support facility renovations

$​100,000.00

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

restore the Powder Magazine

$​300,000.00

Cross-Over Ministry Inc

purchase and renovate Henrico Clinic building and renovate Richmond Clinic building

$​600,000.00

Friends Association for Children

replace roof and HVAC system at the Robert L. Taylor Child Development Center

$​50,000.00

Friends of Hollywood Cemetery

support restoration of Long Bottom and Restoration of Historic Iron Fences

$​150,000.00

Habitat For Humanity-Powhatan

develop a conservation subdivision and purchase the building and land that houses the ReStore and offices

$​100,000.00

Hampden-Sydney College

complete a comprehensive historic renovation of Venable Hall

$​300,000.00

Heart of Virginia Council Inc, BSA

support Health and Safety Capital Enhancement for the HOVC Scout Reservation in Goochland County

$​100,000.00

KOVAR Corporation

support purchase of group home residence

$​50,000.00

Liberation Veteran Services Inc

support construction of Phase I of Veterans Village, a new 38-unit micro-apartment building

$​500,000.00

Little Hands Virginia Inc

expand warehouse and office

$​50,000.00

Mending Walls

support capital project

$​30,000.00

National D-Day Memorial Foundation Ltd

support Capital Campaign for a Walking Trail, a WWII "Motor Pool" building, a multi-use outdoor amphitheater and Education Center and Museum

$​150,000.00

Partnership for Housing Affordability

support technology upgrades

$​52,000.00

Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation

renovate Patrick Henry's Red Hill

$​100,000.00

Pcs For People

expand Digital Inclusion Program to Richmond-Hampton Roads Region

$​250,000.00

Petersburg Area Art League (or PAAL)

support "Save Our West Wall" Campaign

$​45,000.00

Randolph College

support the Science Matters Campaign

$​250,000.00

Rappahannock Community College Educational Foundation Inc

construct a Health Science Facility on the Warsaw Campus

$​100,000.00

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Richmond

support the construction of the Ronald McDonald House at VCU Children's Tower and the new guestroom Ronald McDonald House in Richmond

$​500,000.00

Sports Backers

support the Active Living Hub

$​150,000.00

Stratford Hall

support the Semiquincentennial Roof Restoration Project

$​105,000.00

The Board of Regents of Gunston Hall, Incorporated

support The Forever Revolutionary! Comprehensive Campaign

$​100,000.00

The Faison Center

refresh interior and exterior of the Faison Residence

$​125,000.00

The JXN Project

reconstruct the home of Jackson Ward's first known Black homeowner, Abraham Peyton Skipwith, as a national historic landmark.

$​100,000.00

United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg

support capital project

$​100,000.00

Veritas School

support Campus Expansion Campaign

$​250,000.00

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

support Capital Campaign with focus on renovation of the Leslie Cheek Theater

$​1,000,000.00

Virginia Museum of History & Culture

support 250th Initiative

$​250,000.00

Virginia Repertory Theatre

support the Great Stages Campaign and capital projects

$500,000.00

Virginia Society of Ornithology (VSO)

support capital project

$​30,000.00

Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc.

support the renovation, upgrades, and improvements to War Memorial Hall

$​300,000.00

VPM Public Media

build a new headquarters in downtown Richmond

$​750,000.00

Washington Heritage Museums

support capital improvements to the Mary Washington Monument and Lodge property

$100,000.00

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Foundation

support the reinstallation and expansion of a permanent museum exhibits and upgrade infrastructure systems

$​100,000.00