Finalists for this year’s Forward Funding Challenge include Cedar Ridge Children’s Home & School, Potomac Playmakers and San Mar Family & Community Services.  The Foundation’s Marketing Committee chose these finalists to present their ideas at a live event on Monday, February 25 at 6:00 PM before a panel of judges. The Forward Funding Challenge encourages local nonprofit organizations to create innovative and sustaining fundraising efforts.

The Mary K. Bowman Fund for Historical and Fine Arts, a component fund of the Community Foundation has grant applications available for the 2019 granting cycle. This fund provides financial support for current charitable and educational initiatives that preserve and maintain historical and cultural properties in Washington County. It also promotes the fine arts, history and historic preservation while encouraging the interest in and study of such matters.