Let's accelerate change in our community.
This year, the Accelerating Change Together (ACT) Grant will focus on education & workforce development.
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To address gaps in services for the Greater Hampton Roads communities, three leading corporations headquartered in Newport News, VA—Newport News Shipbuilding, Ferguson, and the BayPort Foundation—will collectively commit to a $500,000, 3-year transformation grant for award to a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
Committed to the well-being of Hampton Roads.
The ACT Grant is an extension of Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, the One Community Transformational Grant program launched in 2018. It attracted the interest of Ferguson Cares and the BayPort Foundation, BayPort Credit Union’s philanthropic arm, to expand the program’s scope and funding. Recognizing each other’s unwavering commitment to the community, the 2022 ACT Grant is an extension of the companies’ existing charitable giving.
Education & Workforce Development
2022
Emergency Assistance & Disaster Relief
Hardship & Hunger
Housing & Family Health and Wellness
Calling all local nonprofits ready to make a bigger difference!
The ACT grant will be awarded to an eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located within the Greater Hampton Roads, Virginia, geographic footprint. Subject to the Contributions Committee’s annual review of the nonprofit’s demonstrated effectiveness of the application submission, the recipient will receive a step-down grant in the following yearly payments.
- Year 1: $250,000
- Year 2: $175,000
- Year 3: $75,000
Contributions Committee Lead Participants
Gary Artybridge, Jr.
Manager of Corporate Citizenship
& K-12 Education Partnerships,
Newport News Shipbuilding
Melissa Hazelwood
Director of Social Impact,
Ferguson Cares
Nancy Porter
Vice President Marketing,
BayPort Credit Union & Executive Director, BayPort Foundation
We're on a mission. Tell us about yours.
ACT grant applicants must submit the following by October 31, 2022.
- Funds are intended to support a new project
- Clearly define objectives
- Demonstrate community need
- Project plan and 3-year budget
- Identify the target population
- Locality breakdown and demographic analysis
- Impact of failing to implement the program
- Metrics to track, evaluate, and judge effectiveness
- Anticipated outcomes of the program
- Sustainability plan on how the project will survive
The following types of organizations will not be able to apply for a grant under this program:
- Churches and organizations with a primarily religious purpose; however, organizations with a religious background, whose program benefits the greater good of the community, may apply for consideration, specifically for a non-sectarian program that has neither religious components nor eligibility requirements.
- Political or propaganda organizations
- Civic clubs & community/neighborhood organizations
- Organizations that solely support an individual
- Organizations will not be eligible if it is the subject of ethical uncertainty or if it places demographic restrictions on the type of persons it serves.
- Organizations whose programs discriminate based on race, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law shall be ineligible.
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