Genworth Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Genworth Foundation support affordable housing, homelessness, healthy aging and caregivers in Virginia and other places where the company does business.
FUNDING AREAS: Affordable housing, homelessness, healthy aging, supporting caregivers
IP TAKE: To catch this funder’s attention, focus grant pitches on how to help older adults in Virginia be more independent, healthy and secure on their housing situations.
PROFILE: Established in 2005, the Genworth Foundation is a corporate foundation based in Richmond, Virginia. Genworth is a financial solutions company that provides long-term care insurance, mortgage insurance, and other related products. The foundation is committed to "improving the communities where we live and work by investing in employee passions and being a catalyst for community change.” It funds local efforts for affordable housing, homelessness, healthy aging and supporting caregivers.
The Genworth Foundation awards grants to local, national and global nonprofits that are addressing social issues. This foundation also works to promote collaborations and partnerships among nonprofits and make long-term sustainable impacts in its geographic areas of interest. Healthy aging and caregiver support grants help enrich the lives of the elderly, enable independent living and provide access to information and resources on aging. Affordable housing and homelessness grants focus on safety net services for temporary shelter, long-term sustainable housing solutions and preventing foreclosures.
Grants range between about $1,000 and $250,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on Virginia and other communities where the company does business. Specific geographic interests are Richmond and Lynchburg in Virginia, Raleigh, North Carolina and Stamford, Connecticut. Past local grantees include the Richmond Region Tourism Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University and the Greater Richmond Aquatics Partnership.
This foundation does not accept unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits and has an invitation-only process for its grants. However, interested nonprofits that have not received funding in the past year are welcome to contact the foundation by email to introduce their organization and project. The spring application deadline is typically in April, and the fall application deadline is in September. Direct general questions to the staff at genworthfoundation.genworth@genworth.com or
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