The timeline below is a great visualization of the growth of CFNOVA under Eileen's tenure:
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Since 2005, the Community Foundation has raised more than $138 million in contributions from 10,845 donors. CFNOVA has funded 1,217 organizations, and given 1,451 scholarships to students. The groundswell of this impact amounts to hundreds of thousands of lives changed over those eighteen years. On December 5, 2023, at the Community Foundation’s annual holiday party, Paul Leslie, a former board member, said “Eileen’s vision was always bold and fearless. When she came in, she said that she wanted to transform the organization into an anchor institution that could help lead Northern Virginia. Eighteen years later, I believe she succeeded.”
To celebrate the growth and evolution of the organization over the past 18 years, consider donating to the Ellsworth Weil Fund for Northern Virginia, a component of the Permanent Fund.
View a photo gallery of the December 5 Holiday Party here.