2025 Participating Organizations

This year, 121 organizations registered for the GiveLocalNRV Giving Day! On this page, you'll find the organizations grouped by budget size, information about which organizations qualify for new thematic area grants, and a full list of participants at the bottom of the page.

2025 Giving Day Organization Sizes

2025 Organization Sizes

Each year, for some of our grants, we divide the list of participating organizations into three groups based on their budget sizes (small-, medium-, and large-sized organizations.)


These sizes are for our "Most Money Raised" and "Most Unique Donors" grants. For each of these grants, you'll compete with organizations within your size group for a chance to $1,500! See below for this year's categories. 

If you think your organization is in the wrong category, please let the CFNRV know by Friday, May 30. No changes will be made after that date.

  1. Blacksburg Community Band
  2. Blacksburg Regional Art Association
  3. Blessings Wythe Love
  4. Blue Ridge Green Burial
  5. Christiansburg Band Boosters association
  6. Downtown Christiansburg Inc.
  7. Emergency Needs Task Force of Pulaski County Inc.
  8. Floyd Community Educational Association
  9. Friends of Peak Creek
  10. Friends of Roberson Mill
  11. Giles Animal Rescue
  12. Giles Community Garden
  13. Glencoe Mansion Museum & Gallery
  14. Hacksburg
  15. Havenwood Equestrian Center
  16. Hope House
  17. Humane Society of Montgomery County Inc
  18. Imagination Library of Montgomery County, VA
  19. Inmate Family Assistance of the NRV
  20. Jordan's Chapel Feed My Lambs program
  21. Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Foundation
  22. Montgomery County Emergency Assistance Program Inc
  23. Montgomery County Friends of Animal Care & Control
  24. Mountain Valor Veteran Services
  25. New River Mount Rogers Workforce Development Foundation
  26. New River Robotics Association
  27. New River Valley Leading Lights
  28. New River Valley TimeBank
  29. Old Church Gallery Ltd
  30. One-On-One Literacy Program of Wythe and Grayson Counties Inc
  31. Partnership for Floyd Inc
  32. Pearisburg Junior Woman's Club
  33. Pulaski County Public Schools Education Foundation
  34. Radford Band Boosters Inc
  35. Rural Retreat Depot Foundation Inc
  36. Summer Musical Enterprise
  37. Sustainable Blacksburg Inc
  38. T. G. Howard Community Center Inc
  39. The Arc of New River Valley
  40. Virginia's Blue Ridge Music Festival
  41. Volunteer Montgomery 
  42. Wytheville Training School Cultural Center Inc
  1. Agape Center NRV
  2. Blacksburg Master Chorale
  3. Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
  4. Blacksburg Refugee Partnership Inc
  5. City of Refuge Pulaski
  6. Eastmont Community Foundation
  7. Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
  8. Floyd Center for the Arts
  9. Floyd County Humane Society Inc
  10. Floyd Friends of Asylum Seekers
  11. Friends of the Blacksburg Farmers Market
  12. Giles County Animal Shelter
  13. Giles County Christian Service Mission, Inc
  14. Handmade Music School
  15. Historic Smithfield
  16. Humane Society of the New River Valley
  17. InStill Mindfulness
  18. June Bug Center Inc.
  19. Literacy NRV
  20. Live Work Eat Grow
  21. Mayapple School
  22. Micah's Backpack
  23. Montgomery Museum of Art & History
  24. New River Family Shelter Inc
  25. New River Historical/Wilderness Road Regional
  26. New River Land Trust
  27. New River Valley Disability Resource Center
  28. NRV Academy of Dance
  29. NRV CARES
  30. Plenty! Farm & Food Bank
  31. Pulaski Daily Bread Inc
  32. Radford-Fairlawn Daily Bread
  33. Ride a Rescue Inc
  34. Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary
  35. SustainFloyd Foundation
  36. Vittles for Vets
  37. Wonder Universe, A Children's Museum
  1. Alta Mons Inc
  2. Blacksburg New School
  3. Blue Mountain School
  4. Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Virginia
  5. Brain Injury Solutions
  6. Bridge Ministry Inc
  7. Brock Hughes Free Clinic, Inc.
  8. Calfee Center
  9. Cardinal News
  10. Carilion Clinic Hospice - New River Valley
  11. Children's Advocacy Center of the New River Valley
  12. Dayspring Christian Academy
  13. DePaul Community Resources
  14. Family Resource Center
  15. Feeding Southwest Virginia
  16. Free Clinic of the New River Valley Inc
  17. Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline Council Inc
  18. Habitat for Humanity of the New River Valley
  19. Lyric Council, Inc.
  20. Montgomery County Christmas Store
  21. Mountain View Humane
  22. New River Community Action Inc
  23. New River Conservancy
  24. New River Valley Agency on Aging
  25. Presbyterian Children's Home of the Highlands Inc
  26. Pulaski County Animal Shelter
  27. Renaissance Music Academy of Virginia
  28. Roanoke Higher Education Center Foundation
  29. Roanoke-Blacksburg Innovation Network
  30. Ronald McDonald House Charities of SW VA
  31. Safe Surfin' Foundation
  32. Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center
  33. Springhouse
  34. St. John Neumann Academy
  35. United Way of Southwest Virginia
  36. Virginia Hunters Who Care Inc
  37. Warm Hearth Foundation
  38. Women's Resource Center of the New River Valley
  39. YMCA at Virginia Tech
  40. YMCA of Pulaski County
Thematic Area Grants

New Thematic Area Grants

This year, due to donor generosity, the CFNRV is pleased to announce three new grants based on three thematic areas organizations work in: arts and culture, education, and environmental sustainability/natural resource conservation.  

Your organization's category is determined by the thematic area your organization selected in the sign-up process. If you think your organization is in the wrong thematic category, please let the CFNRV know by Friday, June 13. No changes will be made after that date.

One $1,000 grant will be given this year to the arts and culture-focused organization that receives the highest number of unique (unduplicated) donors overall during the Early Giving period and the Giving Day itself.

These 19 organizations focused on arts and culture are eligible for this grant:

  1. Blacksburg Community Band
  2. Blacksburg Master Chorale
  3. Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
  4. Blacksburg Regional Art Association
  5. Calfee Center
  6. Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
  7. Floyd Center for the Arts
  8. Hacksburg
  9. Handmade Music School
  10. Historic Smithfield
  11. Lyric Council, Inc.
  12. Montgomery Museum of Art & History
  13. NRV Academy of Dance
  14. Old Church Gallery Ltd
  15. Renaissance Music Academy of Virginia
  16. Rural Retreat Depot Foundation Inc
  17. Summer Musical Enterprise
  18. Virginia's Blue Ridge Music Festival
  19. Wytheville Training School Cultural Center Inc

One $1,000 grant will be given this year to the education-focused organization that receives the highest number of unique (unduplicated) donors overall during the Early Giving period and the Giving Day itself.

These 26 organizations focused on education are eligible for this grant:

  1. Blacksburg New School
  2. Blue Mountain School
  3. Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Virginia
  4. Christiansburg Band Boosters Association
  5. Dayspring Christian Academy
  6. Floyd Community Educational Association
  7. Friends of Roberson Mill
  8. Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline Council Inc
  9. Glencoe Mansion Museum & Gallery
  10. Imagination Library of Montgomery County, VA
  11. June Bug Center Inc.
  12. Literacy NRV
  13. Mayapple School
  14. New River Historical/Wilderness Road Regional Museum
  15. New River Robotics Association
  16. One-On-One Literacy Program of Wythe and Grayson Counties Inc
  17. Partnership for Floyd Inc
  18. Pearisburg Junior Woman's Club
  19. Pulaski County Public Schools Education Foundation
  20. Radford Band Boosters Inc
  21. Roanoke Higher Education Center Foundation
  22. Safe Surfin' Foundation
  23. Springhouse
  24. St. John Neumann Academy
  25. T. G. Howard Community Center Inc
  26. Wonder Universe, A Children's Museum

One $1,000 grant will be given this year to the organization that receives the highest number of unique (unduplicated) donors overall during the Early Giving period and the Giving Day itself.

These 10 organizations focused on the environment and natural resource conservation are eligible for this grant:

  1. Blue Ridge Green Burial
  2. Friends of Peak Creek
  3. New River Conservancy
  4. New River Land Trust
  5. New River Valley TimeBank
  6. Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center
  7. Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary
  8. Sustainable Blacksburg Inc
  9. SustainFloyd Foundation
  10. YMCA at Virginia Tech

Giving Day Participants

Each year, 100+ organizations serving the New River Valley sign up to participate in the GiveLocalNRV Giving Day! Check out the list below to see which organizations are participating in this year's event. The deadline to sign up for this year's event was May 1. No late sign-ups will be accepted.

All organizations that signed up by March 26 were entered into a drawing to win one of two $500 prizes. Winners of this prize were randomly selected - check out the announcement video here on Instagram.  This year, 121 organizations from across the New River Valley are participating in the Giving Day event!

  1. Agape Center NRV
  2. Alta Mons Inc
  3. Arc of New River Valley
  4. Blacksburg Community Band
  5. Blacksburg Master Chorale
  6. Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
  7. Blacksburg New School
  8. Blacksburg Refugee Partnership Inc
  9. Blacksburg Regional Art Association
  10. Blessings Wythe Love
  11. Blue Mountain School
  12. Blue Ridge Green Burial
  13. Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Virginia
  14. Brain Injury Solutions
  15. Bridge Ministry Inc
  16. Brock Hughes Free Clinic, Inc.
  17. Calfee Center
  18. Cardinal News
  19. Carilion Clinic Hospice - New River Valley
  20. Children's Advocacy Center of the New River Valley
  21. Christiansburg Band Boosters association
  22. City of Refuge Pulaski
  23. Community Foundation of the New River Valley (not competing for grants or prizes)
  24. Dayspring Christian Academy
  25. DePaul Community Resources
  26. Disability Resource Center New River Valley 
  27. Downtown Christiansburg Inc.
  28. Eastmont Community Foundation
  29. Emergency Needs Task Force of Pulaski County Inc
  30. Family Resource Center
  31. Feeding Southwest Virginia
  32. Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
  33. Floyd Center for the Arts
  34. Floyd Community Educational Association
  35. Floyd County Humane Society Inc
  36. Floyd Friends of Asylum Seekers
  37. Free Clinic of the New River Valley Inc
  38. Friends of Peak Creek
  39. Friends of Roberson Mill
  40. Friends of the Blacksburg Farmers Market
  41. Giles Animal Rescue
  42. Giles Community Garden
  43. Giles County Animal Shelter
  44. Giles County Christian Service Mission, Inc.
  45. Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline Council Inc
  46. Glencoe Mansion Museum & Gallery
  47. Habitat for Humanity of the New River Valley
  48. Hacksburg
  49. Handmade Music School
  50. Havenwood Equestrian Center
  51. Historic Smithfield
  52. Hope House
  53. Humane Society of Montgomery County Inc
  54. Humane Society of the New River Valley
  55. Imagination Library of Montgomery County, VA
  56. Inmate Family Assistance of the NRV
  57. InStill Mindfulness
  58. Jordan's Chapel Feed My Lambs program
  59. June Bug Center Inc.
  60. Literacy NRV
  61. Live Work Eat Grow
  62. Lyric Council, Inc.
  63. Mayapple School
  64. Micah's Backpack
  65. Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Foundation
  66. Montgomery County Christmas Store
  67. Montgomery County Emergency Assistance Program Inc
  68. Montgomery County Friends of Animal Care & Control
  69. Montgomery County Educational Foundation (not competing for grants or prizes)
  70. Montgomery Museum of Art & History
  71. Mountain Valor Veteran Services
  72. Mountain View Humane
  73. New River Community Action Inc., which includes the following programs:
    • Blacksburg Interfaith Food Pantry
    • CHIP (Children's Health Improvement Partnership)
    • Floyd Backpack
    • Home To Stay
    • VA CARES
  74. New River Conservancy
  75. New River Family Shelter Inc
  76. New River Historical/Wilderness Road Regional
  77. New River Land Trust
  78. New River Mount Rogers Workforce Development Foundation
  79. New River Robotics Association
  80. New River Valley Agency on Aging
  81. New River Valley Leading Lights
  82. New River Valley TimeBank
  83. NRV Academy of Dance
  84. NRV CARES
  85. Old Church Gallery Ltd
  86. One-On-One Literacy Program of Wythe and Grayson Counties Inc
  87. Partnership for Floyd Inc
  88. Pearisburg Junior Woman's Club
  89. Plenty! Farm & Food Bank
  90. Presbyterian Children's Home of the Highlands Inc
  91. Pulaski County Animal Shelter
  92. Pulaski County Public Schools Education Foundation
  93. Pulaski Daily Bread Inc
  94. Radford Band Boosters Inc
  95. Radford-Fairlawn Daily Bread
  96. Renaissance Music Academy of Virginia
  97. Ride a Rescue Inc
  98. Roanoke Higher Education Center Foundation
  99. Roanoke-Blacksburg Innovation Network
  100. Ronald McDonald House Charities of SW VA
  101. Rural Retreat Depot Foundation Inc
  102. Safe Surfin' Foundation
  103. Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center
  104. Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary
  105. Springhouse
  106. St. John Neumann Academy
  107. Summer Musical Enterprise
  108. Sustainable Blacksburg Inc
  109. SustainFloyd Foundation
  110. T. G. Howard Community Center Inc
  111. United Way of Southwest Virginia
  112. Virginia Hunters Who Care Inc
  113. Virginia's Blue Ridge Music Festival
  114. Vittles for Vets
  115. Volunteer Montgomery (formerly known as RSVP)
  116. Warm Hearth Foundation
  117. Women's Resource Center of the New River Valley
  118. Wonder Universe, A Children's Museum
  119. Wytheville Training School Cultural Center Inc
  120. YMCA at Virginia Tech
  121. YMCA of Pulaski County

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