The Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region, in partnership with Amazon, is accepting applications for the 2026 Amazon Rappahannock Region Community Fund. The program will award a total of $350,000 to eligible nonprofit organizations serving Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline, Culpeper, and Louisa Counties in Virginia.
Deadline and Submission
Applications opened August 17, 2026 and are due September 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM through The Community Foundation’s online grants system. The official public opportunity page and August 18 announcement reviewed by Atlas do not separately state a time zone, so Atlas does not infer one. Applicant outreach should remain blocked unless an authoritative source verifies the exact time zone.
Funding and Focus Areas
The fund has $350,000 total available. The current public opportunity materials do not publish a per-applicant maximum award. Proposals may address STEM education, sustainability and environment, community development, digital skills, cultural heritage preservation, or health and wellbeing. The health and wellbeing focus expressly includes physical and mental health outcomes, disease prevention, access to care, health education, mental health services, and community wellness.
Eligibility
The specific 2026 fund is open to nonprofit organizations serving Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline, Culpeper, and Louisa Counties. The Community Foundation’s general grant guidelines require applicants to be registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, current with state and federal reporting requirements, and free of past-due Community Foundation grant reports. The general guidelines also allow otherwise ineligible projects to apply through a qualified 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor. The specific fund’s expanded five-county geography controls for this opportunity.
Material Restrictions
The Community Foundation does not fund individuals, regranting, fundraising campaigns or events, capital or endowment campaigns, political campaigns or lobbying, religious proselytization or exclusively sectarian projects, debt or legal settlements, retroactive reimbursement for completed projects/programs/equipment, or national/statewide organizations that cannot demonstrate a strong local presence. Current public materials reviewed by Atlas do not publish a matching or cost-share requirement for this fund.
Application Requirements
Applications are submitted through The Community Foundation’s online grants system. First-time portal registrants are instructed to gather the organization’s EIN, phone number, mailing address, and executive officer’s name and email before registration. The Foundation conducts due diligence and may request additional information after review. Successful grantees must sign a grant agreement, use funds as approved, return unused funds, acknowledge support, and complete narrative and financial reporting. The public fund page does not expose every application field or attachment requirement without an applicant login, so applicants should review the live portal before final submission and should not invent missing organizational data.
Atlas Assessment
Atlas Opportunity Score: 92/100. N9+ Fit Score: 30/100 conditional. This is a strong Virginia opportunity for qualifying nonprofit healthcare, behavioral health, community wellness, school/education, and digital-skills projects in the five-county service area. The health focus expressly supports access to care and mental health services, but the current official materials do not specifically establish remote clinical examination devices or related technology as allowable costs. Any N9+ or clinical technology role would require applicant-specific project fit and confirmation through the live application requirements.
This is not a direct Dr. Miltie applicant opportunity because the published eligibility is for qualifying nonprofit organizations serving the named Virginia counties. Because the official public materials reviewed do not state the deadline time zone, Atlas will not initiate new applicant outreach until that timing is authoritatively resolved.