The Louise R. Lester Foundation seeks to effect positive change in the communities and lives of the people who are served through the philanthropic support.
Donor Name: The Louise R. Lester Foundation
State: Virginia
County: Henry County (VA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 09/12/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Louise R. Lester Foundation is to support nonprofit religious, scientific, literary, humanitarian or educational organizations. The Foundation does not grant financial support to individuals, sport teams/events or political candidates/organizations. The Foundation is interested in providing resources to areas of need not adequately served by the local charitable communities. All organizations receiving a grant award must be a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations.
Grant Application Guidelines

The requesting organization must be tax-exempt.
The Foundation’s Directors are interested in supporting organizations that engage in sound financial planning and solid management practices. The Foundation reserves the right at any time to request detailed information on the use or financial well-being of any organization to whom funds are granted.
Organizations are only eligible to receive one grant per calendar year.
The Foundation Directors are currently interested in grants to be spent in the Foundation’s geographic areas of interest, which include the Roanoke Valley area of Virginia, the greater Henry County area of Virginia, and the Smith Mountain Lake region of Virginia.  Other areas of consideration are at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
Since the Foundation receives funding requests in excess of its funds available for grants, not all or only a portion of the requests received can be approved. A decision not to fund a request does not necessarily reflect on the merits of the applicant or the value of its request.

For more information, visit LRLF.