The Lake Monticello Community Foundation has, since its very beginning, been an active contributor to organizations that benefit all of Fluvanna. In its first six years, the Lake Monticello Community Foundation raised and donated about $50,000 to countywide nonprofits and community service organizations.
The Foundation’s major recipients have included Fluvanna Meals on Wheels, the Fluvanna SPCA, the Lake Monticello Fire & Rescue Service, the MACAA food bank, Fluvanna Habitat for Humanity, scholarships for county high school students, the Fluvanna Dolly Parton Imagination Library, FLRD food pantry, Fluvanna High School Boosters, Happy Faces, All Blessings Flow, Fluvanna Arts Studio Tour, Lake Monticello Piecemakers and Martha Jefferson Hospital Foundation.
The Lake Monticello Community Foundation is expanding that effort by creating the Fluvanna Action Fund to collect money dedicated to supporting countywide organizations. In addition to direct contributions to the Fund from the Foundation itself, community residents and corporate donors would be able to designate particular contributions for the countywide Fund. Money in the Fund would be distributed to organizations that submit grant applications, or that the Foundation feels would benefit most.
The Lake Monticello Community Foundation is kicking off the fundraising for the Fluvanna Action Fund with an initial $5,000 donation, and expects to continue contributing to the Fund at a rate similar to its countywide contributions in the past. An Advisory Committee of major donors to the Fund and others will help the Foundation set priorities for Fund grants.
The Lake Monticello Community Foundation will continue its efforts to benefit Lake Monticello specifically, following up on such projects as its popular All-Inclusive Playground, the kayak launch ramps and the Mobility Mat, and is currently evaluating several ideas for new Lake-centric projects. Donors will continue to be able to donate to the Foundation in general to support those projects.