July 1 2021

2021 Green Grant Recap

During this year’s 30 in 30 Green Grant program we found that people and organizations came out of their shells to embrace the good kind of change! After receiving a record number of applications, the judges had a difficult time choosing! We would like to thank all who applied, and congratulate our 2021 grant award recipients.

Since 2011, Keep Virginia Beautiful has provided $285,750 for 355 different projects throughout the state! We’ve awarded grants to urban areas, rural counties, historic parks, and municipalities — places as diverse as the Commonwealth itself. Because 2020 was a year that brought the national spotlight to diversity, equity, and inclusion, our organization met to determine how we could better support these groups. We decided to create a special focus of our Green Grants this year to add five additional grant awards specifically to diverse groups and underserved populations.

We would like to extend our gratitude to our judges, for their dedication to reading, evaluating, and scoring all the grant applications. They are experts in their fields, and we appreciate their time!

We would also like to thank our sponsors, without whom this would not be possible:

The Green Grants program demonstrates the power of volunteers and people who have the desire to make a difference in the communities where they live. And the impact of the projects and programs they carry out is multiplied by the number of people who see, and hopefully follow, their example. We are proud to be part of this impact.

The following is a recap of the 2021 projects, with links to descriptions of each grant award. Congratulations to all!

Date	Organization	Award
June 1	Partnership for a new Phoebus	$1,000
June 2	Pretty Purposed*	$1,000
June 2	Friends of the Dahlgren Trail*	$750
June 3	Chancellor Elementary PTA	$1,000
June 4	Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office	$1,000
June 5	Scott County Litter Control	$500
June 6	Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation	$1,000
June 7	SCRAP RVA	$750
June 8	Tech For Troops	$1,000
June 9	Teens with a Purpose*	$1,000
June 9	Culpepper Garden*	$1,000
June 10	Warm Hearth Foundation	$500
June 11	Greenworks Committee	$1,000
June 12	Substance Abuse Free Environment, Inc.	$1,000
June 13	Parish Day School	$1,000
June 14	SOVA Botanical Gardens	$1,000
June 15	Corporation Town of Floyd	$1,000
June 16	RVA Rapid Transit*	$500
June 16	Primeplus Senior Center*	$1,000
June 17	York County Beautification Committee	$500
June 18	16 Frogs Citizens Panel	$1,000
June 19	Friends of Bellemeade Park	$1,000
June 20	City of Buena Vista	$1,000
June 21	Town of Big Stone Gap	$1,000
June 22	Lynchburg Grows	$1,000
June 23	Charterhouse Schools*	$500
June 23	Pulaski County High School*	$1,000
June 24	VTC Env. Institute	$750
June 25	Clean Valley Council	$1,000
June 26	Sustainability Matters	$1,000
June 27	Communities In Schools of Hampton Roads	$500
June 28	Patrick County Chamber of Commerce	$1,000
June 29	Naturally, Newport News	$1,000
June 30	Jack and Jill of America, Inc., Norfolk Chapter*	$1,000
June 30	Kids Central Inc.*	$1,000

*Additional grants were awarded this year to benefit Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) organizations that assist diverse groups and underserved populations.