Robert G. Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation: Grants for Virginia
/OVERVIEW: The Robert G. Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation supports arts and culture, civic and community, conservation and environment, education, historic preservation, social services, and health and welfare in Virginia.
FUNDING AREAS: Arts and culture, civic and community, conservation and environment, education, historic preservation, social services, health and welfare
IP TAKE: This is a powerful family funder that prioritizes Richmond and supports a wide variety of local causes with sizable grants.
PROFILE: Established in 1957, the Robert G. Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation is a private foundation based in Richmond, Virginia. Robert Cabell was an investment broker and entrepreneur in Richmond. The foundation aims to provide “important leverage for the charitable sector in challenging the generosity of the donor community” and to “continue to meet the philanthropic needs of the community and to exist in perpetuity.” It funds local efforts for arts and culture, civic and community, conservation and environment, education, historic preservation, social services, and health and welfare.
The Robert G. Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation focuses many art grants on museums and performing arts. Civic and community grants assist neighborhood development and access to public spaces. Environmental grants help protect wildlife and watersheds, as well as environmental education. Education grants fund libraries, labs, private colleges, and capital needs for workforce development. Other foundation interests are preserving historical buildings, health clinics, affordable housing, domestic violence shelters, mental health, and hunger relief. Overall, the Cabell Foundation awards semi-annual competitive grants and foundation-initiated grants.
Grants range between about $50,000 and $1 million. Learn more about this funder’s local giving in the foundation’s grants database. Grantmaking focuses on the Richmond metropolitan area of Virginia. Past local grantees include Ashland Theatre Foundation, Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society, and the Light House Studio.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits via mail. However, it does not use a standard proposal format and simply requests a list of documentation from applicants. The Cabell Foundation has a spring grant cycle with a March 1 deadline and a fall grant cycle with a September 1 deadline. The funder gives priority consideration to groups that contact the foundation before submitting an application. Direct general questions to the staff at cabell.foundation@gmail.com or 804-780-2050.
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