The Community Foundation for Rockbridge, Bath, and Alleghany aims to improve the quality of life in its service areas by creating lasting endowments and offering philanthropic leadership. This enables donors to make enduring community investments. The foundation focuses on serving Rockbridge, Bath, Alleghany Counties, the Cities of Lexington, Buena Vista, and Covington with innovative grants, enriching community life, advising donors, and demonstrating leadership by designing new programs and acting as a catalyst for problem identification and solution sharing.
The foundation seeks projects and programs where a moderate grant can achieve significant results. It emphasizes innovative yet practical approaches to unmet community needs, showing a well-planned problem-solving strategy. Projects should have diverse support, make efficient use of resources, involve underserved groups, and encourage nonprofit cooperation to avoid duplicating efforts. Organizations must prove the project's sustainability and the clear outcomes it aims to achieve.