NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!

Click HERE to download the application.

Applications will close at 11:59pm on Monday, April 6, 2026

The Junior League of Hampton Roads (JLHR) was founded in 1956 and is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women’s leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. Our vision as the Junior League is Women Around the World as Catalysts of Lasting Community Change. The Community Assistance Grant was established in 1980 to support 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that are contributing to work that improves lives of women and/or children in our local communities of Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson, York County, Williamsburg, James City County, Isle of Wight, Smithfield, and Gloucester. Our specific areas of impact for 2025-2026 are family services & education. This grant has been awarded to more than 200 organizations in our area for over 40 years.

Please note: The completed application must be received by 11:59 pm on Monday, April 6th, 2026.  If you need additional space, you are welcome to attach supplementary pages. Up to three organizations may be selected as a Grant Recipient and awarded between $500-$2,000 to continue their work. If selected as a Grant Recipient, we ask that you submit photos and a short summary of your project by October 15, 2026 to VPcommunity@jlhamptonroads.org. A small celebration will be held in May for the grant recipients. Notification of decisions will be sent the week of April 20^th, 2026. Organizations who have received monetary support from the JLHR in the past two years are ineligible for this grant.

Established in 1980, we have awarded over $187,000 to 200 organizations in the past 40 years.

If you have any questions about the Community Assistance Grant, please contact our Vice President of Community, at VPCommunity@jlhamptonroads.org.