Environment Fund

Environment Fund is sponsored by The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia. This fund aims to protect and enhance the natural environment of Northern Virginia, fostering collaboration among nonprofits, businesses, and educational institutions to promote awareness and citizen engagement in environmental protection.

Environment Fund | The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Protecting Northern Virginia’s Natural Environment The Environment Fund launched in 2018 as a component fund of the Permanent Fund for Northern Virginia . The mission of the Environment Fund is to protect, restore and improve the natural environment of Northern Virginia, thereby enhancing the health and quality of life of its citizens and the economy of the region.

Make a donation to support environmental grants in our region. Support and encourage collaboration among nonprofits, businesses, governments, educational institutions, and private philanthropic donors to promote actions that will have a beneficial effect on the health of the natural environment and local economy.

Support public awareness and public education about protecting the natural environment and the impact of public and private actions on the natural environment. Support the efforts of citizen engagement that helps improve and protect the natural environment. Since its inception, the Environment Fund has awarded $475,200 in grants to organizations across the region to invest in organizations committed to the fund's goals.

The first grant in 2018 supported Fairfax County Public Schools' Get 2 Green initiative. Subsequently, the fund has supported Coalition for Smarter Growth 's ability to expand its work in Northern Virginia, Eco-Action Arlington 's Energy Masters Program. In 2022 , Sustainability Matters and Prince William Environmental Excellence Foundation .

In 2023, The Fairfax County Park Authority was awarded funding for their environmental stewarship program. In 2024 , the Community Foundation offered a tiered-funding model to award grants to eight different orgnizations based upon their budget size. In our 2025 grant cycle , we awarded $85,000 to six outstanding organizations dedicated to advancing environmental conservation.

Nonprofits: Learn More & Apply February 12, 2026 at 5 PM See the list of 2025 Community Investment Fund grantees here. Organizations providing services in Northern Virginia (defined as the areas within Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties and the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park) can apply for funding.

Applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations providing charitable or educational services. Local, state and federal government entities are not eligible to apply. Grant requests for program or general support purposes will be considered.

Funding may be used to support, expand or enhance existing programs or to start new programs. Applications for capital improvements, endowments, or scholarship awards will not be considered.

The Community Foundation intends to make grants according to your organization's budget size: Budgets under $100,000: $5,000 grants​ available Budgets under $500,000: $10,000 grants​ available Budgets above $500,000: $20,000 grants available Applications that are late or incomplete will not be considered. Organizations are limited to one application per grant cycle. Multiple applications will not be considered.

To apply, update, or submit a grant application, and to submit final reports for past grants, click below: You will be instructed to set up an organizational profile before applying. If your organization has applied in the past, check with other staff members to get access to the organization profile already established. It contains grant history and past applications.

Please do not set up a new profile unless you are sure your organization has not applied previously.

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Thanks to the generous support of donors and partners, grants totaling $210,000 will be directed to seventeen regional nonprofits , selected for their work preserving natural spaces, expanding arts access, and engaging residents through creative and environmental programming.

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