The Botanical Garden of the Piedmont (BGP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting people with nature, inspiring learning through plants, advancing sustainability, and promoting human and environmental well-being.
Building Goodness Foundation (BGF) is a nonprofit construction organization that designs and builds spaces that help people thrive and pursue opportunity.
Founded in 2000 by Charlottesville natives Raphael Bell and Tim Summers, the Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival is dedicated to bringing world-class chamber music to Charlottesville and its surrounding communities. Through its annual Festival each September, occasional off-season concerts, and year-round outreach programs, the Festival seeks to inspire and educate audiences of all ages, fostering a deep appreciation for the art of chamber music. The Virginia Chamber Music Foundation, d/b/a Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival, is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
A compassionate community where every animal thrives, that’s the vision behind the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA. For over a century, we’ve been giving pets second chances and helping the families who love them stay together.
Cultivate Charlottesville partners with Charlottesville City Schools, local housing sites, and area stakeholders to grow, share, and advocate. From students who know where their fruits and vegetables come from and how to grow their own to volunteers who help to harvest produce that we share with neighbors to advocates who work to make healthy, fresh, accessible food a city priority—Cultivate Charlottesville is building a local food system that allows all residents to thrive.
Our volunteers help older adults maintain independence at home and create social connections that are key to mental and physical health. It’s all about community — neighbors helping neighbors.
CvilleBioHub builds and grows Virginia’s life sciences ecosystem by helping biotech entrepreneurs turn breakthrough ideas into thriving companies. We provide the infrastructure, programs, talent development, expertise, and access to capital that companies need to launch, grow, and stay in Virginia.
We are an ALL animal rescue focusing on donkeys, horses and barnyard animals in need.
The Friends of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library is a volunteer-powered organization that raises funds and provides support for library services in our communities.
Hope's Legacy Equine Rescue is a 501(c)3 nonprofit rescue located in Afton rescuing and rehabilitating horses, donkeys, miniature horses, and mules.
To reimagine the way our community views and experiences serious illness, dying, and grief.
Throughout the year, Light House Studio leads filmmaking workshops and community events that give young people opportunities to build new and lasting skills. In addition to filmmaking and technical abilities, our students learn soft skills: collaboration, communication, planning, citizenship, creativity, and empathy.
As a nonprofit after-school program, the Music Resource Center provides unlimited voice, instrument, and dance lessons, practice space, mentorship, access to instruments and equipment, performance opportunities, summer camps, and recording studio time to 6th – 12th grade students.
Oakland School is a nonprofit independent school in Troy, Virginia, helping students with learning differences thrive through personalized instruction and a supportive, whole-child approach to education. Your support helps students discover their strengths, build confidence and independence, and reach their full potential.
Through counseling, family support, and early learning opportunities, ReadyKids impacts thousands of kids, parents, and caregivers annually. Our programs strengthen relationships, support early childhood development, promote healing, and connect families with critical resources.
The Rivanna Conservation Alliance keeps our local rivers healthy and thriving! We monitor the water you swim and paddle in, restore native riverside forests, engage youth in hands-on educational programs, clean up our streams and trails, and rally hundreds of volunteers each year to help protect our natural resources.
Caring for Virginia's injured and orphaned wildlife and the ecosystems we share.
Service Dogs of Virginia raises, trains, and places highly skilled service dogs at no cost to recipients, enabling greater independence, confidence, safety, and peace of mind for individuals and families challenged by disabilities.
The Wildlife Center of Virginia is a teaching and research hospital for native wild animals, providing veterinary care and rehabilitation while training future wildlife professionals and teaching people to care about wildlife and the environment.
