Leaving Lasting Legacies of Giving for Northern Virginia
The Permanent Fund is comprised of endowments developed by many donors to leave lasting legacies for future generations of neighbors across our region.Below is a list of all the Component Funds that comprise the Permanent Fund for Northern Virginia.
Current and planned gifts to the Permanent Fund are welcomed.
“Establishing the Melinda Merk Fund for Animal Welfare, which is an endowed designated fund and part of the Permanent Fund, supports my love for animals and especially the rescue and adoption of dogs who have brought so much joy to my life personally. I am a long-time supporter and serial adopter of Lab Rescue, and recently became involved with Best Friends Animal Society. Several years ago, my family started a new tradition of making donations to our favorite charities in lieu of Christmas gifts. The fund will be a receptacle for these lifetime gifts as well as a beneficiary of my IRA, and leave a lasting legacy for animals in the local community.”
— Melinda Merk, Melinda Merk Fund for Animal Welfare, Permanent Fund Donor
| Permanent Fund Abrahams Fund for Children and YouthEstablished: December 11, 2015 supports child and youth development, music education including youth orchestras, children's theater and exposure to the performing arts, and children's health, providing benefit to those living and working in the Northern Virginia community. |
| Permanent Fund Aging FundComponent of the Permanent Fund for Northern Virginia benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation, to make unrestricted gifts to support the needs of adults 65 and older throughout the region |
| Permanent Fund Angus Slater Lamond Fund for Children and YouthEstablished: January 19, 2018 benefits children (those 18 years old and younger) in the City of Alexandria and in Fairfax County south and west of the City of Alexandria. |
| Permanent Fund The Anita Gupta Fund for Northern VirginiaEstablished: September 30, 2021 benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation. |
| Permanent Fund Child and Youth Development FundComponent of the Permanent Fund for Northern Virginia benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation, to make unrestricted gifts to help children and youth to thrive in Northern Virginia. |
| Permanent Fund Community Investment FundsSupporting Critical Need in Northern Virginia the signature grant cycle managed by the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia in which funds are invested in organizations serving the Northern Virginia community in the areas of child and youth development, disabilities, education, Latino engagement and achievement, mental health, aging, military personnel and their families, and safety net support. |
| Permanent Fund DeSanto Family Legacy FundEstablished: May 10, 2017 benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation. |
| Permanent Fund Education FundComponent of the Permanent Fund for Northern Virginia benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation, to make unrestricted gifts to increase the number of children and adults in Northern Virginia who are prepared to enter a competitive workforce in the 21st century. |
| Permanent Fund Elledge Family FundEstablished: April 24, 2017 benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation. |
| Permanent Fund Ellsworth Weil Family Fund for Northern VirginiaEstablished: April 10, 2017 benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation. |
| Permanent Fund Emergency Relief FundComponent of the Permanent Fund for Northern Virginia benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation, to support organizations that help those who have suffered significant losses under circumstances requiring emergency aid. |
| Permanent Fund Environment FundComponent of the Permanent Fund for Northern Virginia benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation, 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. |
| Permanent Fund The Gilbert Family Fund for Northern VirginiaEstablished: June 18, 2017 benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation. |
| Permanent Fund Healthy Kids FundComponent of the Permanent Fund for Northern Virginia benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation, to support individual public schools in Northern Virginia that implement a program or strategy to encourage better nutrition or more activity among their student body during the school year. |
| Permanent Fund Huntsman Family FundEstablished: November 18, 1999 supports FACETS and the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia's Community Investment Fund discretionary grant cycle for child and youth development. |
| Permanent Fund Innovation FundComponent of the Permanent Fund for Northern Virginia benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation, to promote inventiveness, creativity and new design, seeding a more innovative ecosystem in the region. |
| Permanent Fund The Janey Calhoun Family Legacy FundEstablished: June 21, 2018 benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation. |
| Permanent Fund John and Patti Sinnen Charitable Legacy FundEstablished: December 21, 2017 benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation. |
| Permanent Fund Kurian Family FundEstablished: December 17, 2021 benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation. |
| Permanent Fund Melinda Merk Fund for Animal WelfareEstablished: October 4, 2017 benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation, to benefit nonprofits working in the Animal Welfare field of interest, particularly animal rescue and adoption organizations with preference to such organizations that rescue dogs. |
| Permanent Fund Mental Health FundAn Endowment for Mental Health Needs in Northern Virginia benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation, to make unrestricted gifts to support the mental health and well-being of all members of the Northern Virginia community |
| Permanent Fund Military Personnel and Their Families FundComponent of the Permanent Fund for Northern Virginia benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation, to make unrestricted gifts to support military personnel and their families in Northern Virginia. |
| Permanent Fund Mustafa Family Legacy FundEstablished: June 18, 2017 benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation. |
| Permanent Fund Nancy Eberhardt Fund for Innovative Social SolutionsEstablished: December 19, 2017 benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation, to make philanthropic investments that help seed innovative solutions to social issues in a variety of ways. |
| Permanent Fund Northern Virginia Children's FundEstablished: February 12, 1990 benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation, to make unrestricted gifts to support children and youth in Northern Virginia. |
| Permanent Fund The Permanent Fund for Northern VirginiaAn Endowment for the Region's Future unrestricted flexible fund from which the Community Foundation makes grants to help build a community that works for everyone. |
| Permanent Fund Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities FundComponent of the Permanent Fund for Northern Virginia benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation, to make unrestricted gifts to support families and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. |
| Permanent Fund The Pillai Family FundEstablished: June 21, 2021 benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation. |
| Permanent Fund Racial Justice and Equity Fund for Northern VirginiaComponent of the Permanent Fund for Northern Virginia benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation, to make unrestricted gifts to bring awareness to and drive change in systems that cause and perpetuate racial and ethnic disparities. |
| Permanent Fund Reeder Family FundEstablished: July 30, 2017 benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation. |
| Permanent Fund Richard Walsh and Eleni Pantelis Tzortzidou Walsh Memorial FundEstablished: August 27, 2021 benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation, particularly to support the areas of environmental causes and cancer (medical) research. |
| Permanent Fund The Ross-Roberts Fund for the ArtsComponent of the Permanent Fund for Northern Virginia benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation, to celebrate, promote, and support the arts in Northern Virginia. |
| Permanent Fund Safety Net FundComponent of the Permanent Fund for Northern Virginia benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation, to make unrestricted gifts to provide basic needs support in Northern Virginia. |
| Permanent Fund The Scholarship Fund for Northern VirginiaComponent of the Permanent Fund for Northern Virginia Provides financial assistance for graduating high school seniors from Northern Virginia’s 9 public school systems who attend a public university or public community college in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Awards from the Fund will be needs based with a preference given to students who face significant barriers to success and have difficulty accessing and/or affording higher education, regardless of the fields of study they choose. PLEASE NOTE: This fund is not currently accepting applications from students. |
| Permanent Fund Schott/Murray Family Fund for Northern VirginiaEstablished: May 9, 2017 benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation. |
| Permanent Fund Shahnaz M. Ahmed Endowed Fund for Northern VirginiaEstablished: July 12, 2020 benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Community Foundation’s Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation, to support nonprofits working in the Immigrant/Human Services, Workforce Development, Economic Development, and Arts and Culture fields of interest. |
| Permanent Fund von Bostel Family Charitable FundEstablished: June 3, 2019 benefits the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the sole purpose of contributing to the Permanent Fund, an unrestricted endowment at the Community Foundation. |
| Permanent Fund William A. & Helen C. Steinacker FundEstablished: June 25, 1998 supports those living and working in Northern Virginia, including support and assistance for the elderly. |
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