100WomenStrong Announces 2025 Grant Awards

Loudoun County, Va. May 15, 2025 —  100WomenStrong, a philanthropic collective dedicated to improving the lives of Loudoun County residents, has awarded $646,600 to 48 nonprofit organizations. This year’s milestone propels the group’s cumulative impact past $5.3 million.

Established in 2008 by Karen Schaufeld and 12 founding members, 100WomenStrong was created to strategically support nonprofits meeting the most critical needs in Loudoun County. Today, the group has grown to 78 members—its largest membership to date—and continues to expand its impact. Membership is capped at 100 to preserve a close-knit, collaborative spirit.

The group’s grantmaking supports nonprofit organizations across five essential focus areas: Shelter, Health, Mental Health, Hunger, and Education. Based on membership voting, Shelter emerged as the top funding priority in 2025, with $214,500 awarded to 14 organizations. Other allocations include:

• Health: $178,000 to 11 organizations
• Education: $105,100 to 9 organizations
• Hunger: $78,500 to 7 organizations
• Mental Health: $70,500 to 7 organizations

In her speech to grantees, Schaufeld emphasized the gratitude 100WS has for Loudoun’s nonprofit leaders and the collaborative spirit amongst safety net organizations. “Many of you were integral to shepherding your organizations through the very difficult COVID years. You’re seasoned veterans of the challenges brought by uncertain times. We’re again in uncertain times, and we hope these uncertain days quickly come to an end—in a good way,” she said. “You have this collective leadership that’s so important. I will say this: Working together as nonprofits and collaborating is more important now than ever,” Schaufeld said.

Grant applications estimate that this year’s funding will directly impact over 24,000 Loudoun County residents.

• A Place To Be – $12,000
• All Ages Read Together – $25,000
• Boulder Crest Foundation – $7,000
• BRAWS – $15,000
• Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington – $14,000
• Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties – $10,000
• Crossroads Jobs – $10,000
• Dulles South Food Pantry – $12,800
• Dulles South Neighborhood Closet – $2,000
• Dulles South Soup Kitchen – $7,500
• ECHO – Every Citizen Has Opportunities – $12,500
• Food for Neighbors – $15,000
• Friends of Loudoun Mental Health – $12,000
• HealthWorks for Northern Virginia – $20,000
• Inova Health Foundation – $15,000
• Insight Memory Care – $10,000
• Just Neighbors – $15,000
• LAWS – Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter – $20,000
• Legacy Farms – $12,500
• Leonard W. Kidd Memorial American Legion Post 2001 – $10,500
• Loudoun Cares – $20,000
• Loudoun Club 12 – $15,000
• Loudoun County Community Veterans Engagement Board – $5,000
• Loudoun Education Foundation – $16,000
• Loudoun Free Clinic – $25,000
• Loudoun Hunger Relief – $15,000
• Loudoun Serenity House – $20,000
• Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers – $24,500
• Love, KK – $4,200
• Mobile Hope – $20,000
• Morven Park, Inc. – $5,600
• Northern Virginia Family Service – $10,500
• NOVA Diaper Bank – $6,000
• OAR NOVA – $12,500
• Ryan Bartel Foundation – $11,000
• Seven Loaves Services – $14,000
• Shelter House Inc. – $20,000
• St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church – $20,000
• The Arc of Loudoun – $20,000
• The Chris Atwood Foundation – $6,000
• The Family One – $4,000
• The Fenwick Foundation – $15,000
• The Salvation Army of Loudoun – $10,000
• True Ground Housing Partners – $15,000
• Virginia Hunters Who Care, Inc. – $10,000
• Windy Hill Foundation, Inc. – $10,500
• Women Giving Back – $25,000
• Youth for Tomorrow – $9,000

About 100WomenStrong

Founded in 2008, 100WomenStrong is a nonpartisan, nonpolitical group of philanthropists dedicated to strategically investing in organizations that enrich the lives of Loudoun County residents. The group supports local nonprofits working in the areas of shelter, health, mental health, hunger, and education. As a proud component fund of the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties, 100WomenStrong empowers its members to connect, collaborate, and amplify the impact of their giving.

For More Information:

To learn more about membership, visit www.onehundredwomenstrong.org/join-us or contact Pam Ray, Executive Director, at Pam@onehundredwomenstrong.org.

Membership eligibility includes the ability to make an annual contribution of $10,000. Both individual and corporate memberships are welcomed, and all contributions are tax deductible.