The Virginia Literacy Foundation
will fund:
- A one-year grant.
- Grant proposals that focus on one project whose outcomes can be achieved in one year.
- Grant Categories:
- Silver grant award: $5,000 grant category for programs serving 30-49 students at a minimum of 6 hours per year of instruction. Twelve hours of yearly instruction preferred.
- Gold grant award: $7,500 for programs serving 50-149 students at a minimum of 6 hours per year of instruction for 50 students served. Twelve hours of yearly instruction required for 51 students and above.
- Platinum grant award: $10,000 for programs serving 150 + students at a minimum of 12 hours per year of instruction.
Funding Focus
- Collaborative efforts with community workforce organizations, community colleges, education programs, libraries, local businesses, and apprenticeship programs that teach workforce skills
- Classes with at least 6-12 hours or more hours of yearly instruction
- Improved or streamlined data collection to support program goals, management and student impact
- Digital literacy instruction (how to use computers/tablets/software) including training for staff, teachers, and tutors
- Strategic planning and organizational assessments for program management and growth
- Strengthening student and tutor recruitment and retention
- Family literacy programs providing literacy and numeracy to adults
- Community awareness, outreach, marketing materials development and updating.
Activities Not Funded
- Purchasing and distributing children’s books
- Family literacy activities that do not include adults
- New curriculum development
- Out of state travel
- Parties, celebrations, tutor appreciation events
- Purchase of accounting or legal services
