NOVA Parks Outdoor Kids Grants

NOVA Parks Outdoor Kids Grants is sponsored by 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.

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 - Beginning August 10: Route diverts to new connector trail at Sterling Blvd. - W&OD Trail - August 10-12: Work crews directing traffic on gravel trail at Sterling Blvd. due to tree trimming.

- W&OD Trail - July 20-Aug 21: Potential detour onto gravel trail due to removal of inactive power poles in Vienna. - W&OD Trail – July-August 2026: Intermittent temporary trail closures possible south of S. Edison St.

in Arlington. - W&OD Trail – Through Spring 2028: Expect intermittent delays during construction of Sterling Blvd Overpass. Climb UPton is NOW OPEN DAILY!

Climb UPton—the largest ropes course in the Mid-Atlantic— is NOW OPEN Daily! Climb UPton offers 90 different elements and three levels of difficulty. 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 daily! 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.