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Dominion Energy offers $1.2M in community needs grants

Chris Graham

Dominion EnergyDominion Energy is inviting nonprofit organizations across the company’s footprint to apply for grants of up to $25,000 each to meet critical needs in communities.

For the fifth consecutive year, the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation has pledged $1.2 million to help meet critical needs for food, housing, medicine or medical services.

“We want to do our part to help care for our neighbors who are struggling,” said Hunter A. Applewhite, president of the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation. “These grants support organizations that provide a better life for those in need.”

Last year’s Critical Community Needs grants helped more than 200 nonprofits provide services such as free in-school eye screenings for children, housing for homeless veterans, and food for those in need. Watch a video about the impact one of last year’s grants had on Meals on Wheels.

For this year’s grants, eligible organizations in targeted areas of Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming and other areas within Dominion Energy’s footprint are encouraged to apply. Online applications will be accepted until Oct. 21, 2019.

For more complete details or to apply, go to www.dominionenergy.com/communityneedsgrants.

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Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

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