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Find similar grantsNOVA Parks Outdoor Kids Grants is sponsored by NOVA Parks (through The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia). NOVA Parks offers grants to Title-I schools in Northern Virginia, helping cover costs for field trips to its parklands, including the Roving Naturalist Program.
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Donating to NOVA Parks | NOVA Parks Book cabins and camping at Bull Run and Pohick Bay Regional Parks, or cottages at Algonkian Regional Park. Algonkian Bull Run Pohick Bay Virginia is a national treasure. It takes a team effort to preserve its heritage and recreation areas while creating and expanding new opportunities for future generations.
Join our effort and help us protect our land for generations to come. NOVA Parks accepts charitable donations via the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia to generate new sources of revenue that will enable us to expand, improve and conserve Northern Virginia’s special natural and historic places and parklands.
These donations are used exclusively by NOVA Parks to charitably further the cause of environmentalism and land preservation. NOVA Parks is committed to raising the funds needed to maintain, improve and expand parklands throughout Northern Virginia.
Our government support is minimal and we rely on the generosity of our neighbors who share our commitment to ensuring that future generations can enjoy the true beauty and natural resources of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Your tax-deductible donation will go a long way toward providing a place for our children and grandchildren to learn to swim, golf, canoe, kayak, hike and enjoy nature.
Our programs also instill a sense of the rich history of our great state. NOVA Parks has two major donation programs; two awesome ways to give back to the local community and help youths and their families! Learn more below, or visit the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia's website for more information.
Local Grants to Support Children Engaging in Nature The NOVA Parks Outdoor Kids Fund awards grants to elementary schools, park and recreation departments, and nonprofits in Northern Virginia to support outdoor teambuilding, nature education and science education at Hemlock Overlook Regional Park in Clifton, VA and other suitable sites in Northern Virginia, in an effort to help children engage with nature in meaningful ways.
Supporting the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority The NOVA Parks Fund supports the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, helping it procure, develop, maintain and improve regional parks and recreational and historic facilities it owns or acquires, and supports its focus on conservation, preservation and education.
The NOVA Parks Fund supports the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, helping it procure, develop, maintain and improve regional parks and recreational and historic facilities it owns or acquires, and supports its focus on conservation, preservation and education. In addition to cash donations, the Foundation welcomes the donation of land.
Many dedicated people have donated land that can be used for new parklands or sold to raise funds for Parks programs. The land does not have to be in Virginia in order to be sold to benefit the Foundation. These donations are fully tax-deductible.
Please contact us today to discuss a land donation to the Foundation. Enrich the lives of future generations by entrusting your legacy with NOVA Parks through estate and financial planned giving. Planned Giving Brochure.
pdf NOVA Parks care of Community Foundation of Northern Virginia - W&OD Trail – June 1-4: One lane of trail will be blocked in Herndon east of Center Street Bridge. - Occoquan – June 2-3: Boat ramp access and parking may be limited due to parking lot striping. - W&OD Trail – July-August 2026: Intermittent temporary trail closures possible south of S.
Edison St. in Arlington. - W&OD Trail – Through June 2026: Dominion Energy will be conducting tree work between Sterling and Ashburn.
- W&OD Trail – Through Spring 2028: Expect intermittent delays during construction of Sterling Blvd Overpass. Climb UPton is OPEN DAILY! Climb UPton is now open open daily!
Take on the largest ropes course in the Mid-Atlantic with 90 elements across three challenge levels. Register Now for Nature Summer Camps Adventure, discovery, and outdoor fun await at NOVA Parks’ nature summer camps for ages 5-13. Purchase Your Annual Waterpark Pass Now!
Waterparks are now open weekends, 11am-7pm. Purchase an annual waterpark pass to receive admission to all 5 waterparks; discounts on concessions and retail; early entry; and special savings on attractions and events. For a limited time, save up to $60 for a family of 4!
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Title-I schools in Northern Virginia. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
NOVA Parks Outdoor Kids Grants is funded by NOVA Parks (through The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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The Homeless Youth Program is a grant from the Illinois Department of Human Services that funds services for homeless and at-risk youth across Illinois. Administered through the Office of Community and Positive Youth Development, it supports nonprofit organizations delivering shelter, outreach, and support services to young people experiencing homelessness or housing instability. Eligible applicants are Illinois-based nonprofits with demonstrated capacity to serve youth. Awards range from $100,000 to $800,000 per year under CSFA number 444-80-0711. This is a FY 2026 funding opportunity with an application deadline of May 21, 2025.
Community Investment Tax Credit Program (CITC) is a grant from the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development that provides state tax credit allocations to 501(c)(3) nonprofits, enabling them to attract private donations from individuals and businesses. Donors contributing $500 or more to approved projects receive tax credits equal to 50% of their contribution. The program has leveraged nearly $27 million in charitable contributions to approximately 700 projects statewide. Eligible project areas include education, housing, job training, arts and culture, economic development, and services for at-risk populations. Projects must be located in or serve residents of Maryland's Priority Funding Areas. The application period is typically held annually.
The May 29 OMB rewrite of 2 CFR Part 200 quietly rebuilds the pass-through entity compliance architecture. Proposed §200.332 strengthens subrecipient risk assessment, monitoring documentation, and remediation triggers. A new requirement mandates that every subaward be reported to SAM.gov with the reported records confirmed in performance reports — converting subaward administration from a back-office accounting function into a public-record certification regime. For the universities, state agencies, and national nonprofits that pass through more than half of their federal awards as subawards, the operational implication is a new compliance operating model that needs to be standing up by the October 1 effective date.
Read articleBuried in the May 29 OMB rewrite of 2 CFR Part 200 is the elimination of fixed-amount awards as a default grant instrument. Cost-reimbursement reverts to the standard. Here is what the change costs community-based nonprofits, pass-through subaward portfolios, SBIR Phase II direct-to-award structures, and the grant offices that have built workflows around milestone payments — and the comment-and-renegotiation strategy that has six weeks to land before July 13.
Read articleFederal appropriators added $15 billion in new Pell Grant funding to the FY 2026 appropriations package on top of the standard appropriation level — a response to a structural shortfall that CBO scored at $5.4 billion in FY 2026 and $11.5 billion in FY 2027. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects a cumulative gap of $61 billion to $97 billion through 2035 even after the one-time fix. Meanwhile, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act expanded eligibility to short-term Workforce Pell programs, adding $2 to $6 billion in new costs. The Pell program is the foundation of need-based federal student aid, but the structural mismatch between rising costs and appropriations is a permanent feature now. Here is what that means for institutions, foundations, and state higher-ed agencies.
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