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Education
Grants
Grant Description
Investments designed to support local students of all ages within the local public education systems and local advanced learning institutions.
GRANT RECIPIENTS
Success School Pilot SBDP
Year: 2018
Amount: $250,000
Information: A two year grant to implement a 'Success School' pilot at Johnson Elementary School to reverse current academic trends in 3rd grade reading proficiency.
Website: http://www.smartbeginningsdp.org/
Danville Science Center Expansion
Year: 2018
Amount: $3,000,000
Information: To match funds from the state of Virginia and others for facility improvements and to procure four new permanent displays/exhibits.
Website: http://dsc.smv.org/
Piedmont Community College - CEAD 2020
Year: 2020
Amount: $2,647,200
Information: To help build The Center for Educational & Agricultural Development (CEAD)- a home for PCC’s Agribusiness Technology Program, along with a new food hub space to be operated by a local farmers' collective, an incubator farm to help lift up new farm entrepreneurs, and food retail to help build new markets and visibility for Caswell’s local food products.
Website: https://www.piedmontcc.edu/
CEAD Project at PCC
Year: 2023
Amount Awarded: $2,000,000
To Piedmont Community College in Caswell County, NC for the Center for Education & Agricultural Development (CEAD).
Danville Church Based and Community Tutorial - 2023
Year: 2023
Amount Awarded: $443,322
For expanded after school tutoring and enrichment.
Website: https://www.dcbtp.com/
Literacy Lab 2022
Year: 2022
Amount Awarded:$750,000
To implement at tutor program at Danville Public Schools.
Website: https://theliteracylab.org/
Gretna Library Expansion 2021
Year: 2021
Amount Awarded: $306,500
Library remodel and expansion in conjunction with county funds and donations from other organizations.
Averett University Online 2021
Year: 2021
Amount Awarded: $2,780,000
To expand Averett University Online programs.
Website: https://www.averett.edu/
Teacher Creativity Grants - DP Chamber
Year: 2017
Amount: $150,000
Information: A one-year continuation of the Teacher Creativity grants and Educator of the Year award programs.
Website: http://www.dpchamber.org/
Caswell County Schools
Year: 2017
Amount: $117,200
Information: A STEM Lab and after-school program matching grant made with the Golden Leaf Foundation. The grant will cover the following expenses: use of and fuel for tutoring buses; drivers for buses; teacher stipends and training on the PITSCO lab equipment and curriculum.
Website: http://www.caswell.k12.nc.us/
History United
Year: 2016
Amount: $702,556
Information: Funding for a three-year History United project to cultivate an inclusive historical narrative and future identity for the Dan River Region.
Website: http://www.historyunited.org/
Smart Beginnings Danville Pittsylvania
Year: 2015
Amount: $2,926,000
Information: To continue and expand regional efforts to improve educational outcomes in Danville and Pittsylvania County.
Website: http://www.smartbeginningsdp.org/
City of Danville Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Year: 2015
Amount: $19,570
Information: To create a "Maker's Space" in the Danville Public Library.
Website: http://playdanvilleva.com/
Caswell County Schools
Year: 2015
Amount: $1,901,460.00
Information: 1:1 Caswell Flow - to provide every student in grades 3-12 in Caswell County with a mobile computer device.
Website: http://www.caswell.k12.nc.us/
Danville Community College Educational Foundation, Inc.
Year: 2014
Amount: $168,400.00
Information: Matching funds to expand DCC's Career Coach Program throughout high schools in Danville and Pittsylvania County.
Website: https://www.dcc.vccs.edu/
Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber Foundation, Inc.
Year: 2014
Amount: $450,000.00
Information: Chamber Teacher Creativity and Educator of the Year programs
Website: http://www.dpchamber.org/
Pittsylvania County Schools
Year: 2014
Amount: $669,100.00
Information: Creation of the STEM Academy to increase the number of students pursuing STEM career opportunities. $669,100.00 2014 education http://www.pcs.k12.va.us/public/news.html
Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber Foundation, Inc.
Year: 2013
Amount: $150,000.00
Information: Teacher Creativity and Teacher of the Year Grant Program for 2013
Website: http://www.dpchamber.org/
Caswell County Partnership for Children
Year: 2012
Amount: $24,937.00
Information: To complete the groundwork for the Casville Youth Initiative and prepare an application for major funding to support the initiative as well as its replication/diffusion, over the next five years.
Website: http://www.bgcdanville.org/
Danville Community College Educational Foundation, Inc.
Year: 2012
Amount: $12,430.00
Information: To distribute UP 3D printers to 6 area schools and include a program to train area school systems on their use. Will encourage innovation in the local school system and inspire the creativity of the area's students.
Website: https://www.dcc.vccs.edu/
Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber Foundation, Inc.
Year: 2012
Amount: $150,000.00
Information: To provide funding for the Chamber of Commerce Teacher Creativity and Teacher Award program.
Website: http://www.dpchamber.org/
United Way of Danville-Pittsylvania County
Year: 2012
Amount: $2,323,763.00
Information: For the implementation phase of the NoBell Coalition, which will serve as the coordinating association for a regional effort to improve access, quality and sustainability of the regions afterschool programs.
Averett University
Year: 2011
Amount: $822,501.33
Information: Bachelor of Science Nursing Program
Website: http://www.averett.edu/
Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber Foundation, Inc.
Year: 2011
Amount: $140,500.00
Information: To provide funding for the Chamber of Commerce Teacher Creativity and Teacher Award program.
Website: http://www.dpchamber.org/
Danville Science Center
Year: 2011
Amount: $51,761.00
Information: To continue the regional planning effort around out-of-school time learning (the NoBell initiative).
Averett University
Year: 2010
Amount: $175,000.00
Information: Averett Strategic Planning Grant
Website: http://www.averett.edu/
Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber Foundation, Inc.
Year: 2010
Amount: $124,944.28
Information: 2010 Teacher Creativity Grant program
Website: http://www.dpchamber.org/
Virginia Early Childhood Foundation
Year: 2010
Amount: $5,449,180.00
Information: Partnership between the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation and United Way of Danville-Pittsylvania Co. for a five-year grant for the School Readiness Initiative, Smart Beginnings.
Website: http://www.smartbeginningsdp.org/
Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Year: 2009
Amount: $151,956.00
Information: Financial Freedom is a financial education and savings incentive program proposed to help low-income consumers in Danville and Pittsylvania County make good financial decisions, resolve consumer problems and build savings so as to achieve economic self-sufficiency and break the cycle of poverty.
Website: http://vlas.org/
Boys & Girls Club of the Danville Area
Year: 2008
Amount: $482,500.00
Information: $32,500 for the production of a strategic plan and $450,000 for operating expenses over a three year period. Operations expenses would be funded in the amounts of $225,000 for year one, $150,000 for year two, and $75,000 for year three and be based on an increasing amount of matching funds from the BGCD.
Website: http://www.bgcdanville.org/
Virginia Early Childhood Foundation
Year: 2008
Amount: $100,000.00
Information: To create the Smart Beginnings initiative in Danville and Pittsylvania County.
Website: http://www.smartbeginningsdp.org/