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City of Charlottesville

City of Charlottesville Vibrant Community Fund FY27

CLOSED Deadline 10/20/2025

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Description [hide this]

This application is to request funding from the City of Charlottesville Vibrant Community Fund, Charlottesville and Albemarle County Intergovernmental (Contractual) organizations, and organizations determined to be in the Fundamental category. If you have questions about the type of application your organization should submit, contact Hunter Smith at smithha@charlottesville.gov . Organizations may submit applications for multiple programs. To do so, click on Open Programs above, and then click apply again. Do NOT complete pre-application for second or subsequent programs. Be sure to "SHOW" instructions whenever available.

Disclaimer/Disclosure: The City of Charlottesville reserves the right to award funds from a different funding source other than what an applicant may have selected on the application. In th event of unallocated funds, the City, at its descretion, may award additional funding to an applicant whose project meets an immediate need, priority, and goal of the City.

Requirements [hide this]

Please refer to the 'Tips, tricks and other info' document in the Library for office hour information, Albemarle County funding information link, Charlottesville Budget and Grants Management link and other helpful tips!

For returning applicants, there is no Pre-Application Tab. Those questions have moved to the Application Questions Tab.

Applicants must have a 501c3, similar designation from the IRS or have a verified fiscal agent that is registered with the City of Charlottesville.

Applicants must be register with the State Corporation Commission and the Va. Department of Agriculture, Division of Consumer Affairs,Charitable Solicitation Section.

Please pay close attention to the financial audit questions as the requirements have been updated for FY27 funding period.

There is a $200,000 maximum request limit for FY27 which applies to full organizations applying for Vibrant Community Funds. This does not apply to Intergovernmental organizations for FY27.

The City of Charlottesville may contact applicants for inquiries for surveys, to share other funding opportunities or for other matters related to matters related to community matters.

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For other questions, contact Hunter Smith at smithha@charlottesville.gov

For questions about bonus points, reporting or audit requirements contact Taylor Harvey-Ryan at harveyryant@charlottesville.gov

Restrictions [hide this]

Individuals and for-profit businesses are not eligible for this funding.

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Description	File Name	Date Uploaded	File Type
Tips, tricks and other info	FY27TipsTricksandInfo.pdf	9/18/2025 3:58:28 PM	PDF
FY27 Orientation Slides	FY27VCFOrientationSlides.pdf	9/18/2025 3:59:51 PM	PDF
FY27 Scoring Matrix	FY27ScoringMatrix.pdf	10/1/2025 11:48:23 AM	PDF
FY27 Budget Calendar	FY27BudgetDevelopmentPublicMeetingsCalendar.pdf	10/14/2025 11:54:01 AM	PDF

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Name of Program (not organization unless they are identical)
Amount Requested City of Charlottesville Request	$
Albemarle County Request If not applying to Albemarle County, please enter 0.	$

Applicant Information
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Organization Information

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Item Description	Prior Year FY25	Current Year FY26	Projected Amounts FY27
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Revenues
For FY27, put in the amount of funding the program is REQUESTING from the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County (if applicable) and projected amounts from other sources. Please explain any miscellaneous revenue in budget notes. You are able to add line items or 'overwrite' the line items you see in the boxes to more closely reflect how you define your budgets. To see dollar and percentage changes, look at "print/view".
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Funding uses/Expenses
Provide actual expenditures for FY25, and projected expenditures for FY25 and FY26. You are able to add line items or 'overwrite' the line items you see in the boxes to more closely reflect how you define your budgets. To see dollar and percentage changes, look at "print/view".
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Budget Narrative (Discuss the items and amounts you entered above.)
Respond to any relevant question(s). Please number responses. 1. Please indicate what percent of your total revenue the request from the City of Charlottesville represents. For example, if your total revenue is $500,000 and your request is $50,000, the percentage would be 10%. 2. Thoroughly explain any revenue/expenditure line items that show an increase or decrease of 10% or more. 3. If the program is receiving/requesting funding from localities other than Charlottesville or Albemarle, provide the localities and amounts. 4. If "Miscellaneous" revenues are more than 10% of the overall budget, provide a breakout of those revenues. 5. Explain the source of 'City of Charlottesville-other' revenue. 6. Provide any additional information about the budget you feel is necessary for review.. 7. Some organizations maintain operational reserve funds and/or capital reserve funds. Operational reserve funds are cash or cash equivalent funds available to support programming. (this does not include value of real estate, vehicles or other assets unless they are maintained strictly as investments). Capital reserves are funds restricted for a one-time project. Provide information about reserves below.
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