Letters of Intent (LOI)

Foundation for Roanoke Valley awards grants for a broad array of charitable purposes to benefit the communities we serve. The Foundation uses a LOI Process to bring potential grant opportunities to its attention that fall within the following funding priority areas:

1. BASIC HUMAN NEEDS
   The Foundation will play a critical role in meeting the community's basic human needs, with an emphasis on programs and agencies that seek to improve or maintain an individual's quality of life.
   
   
2. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
   The Foundation will work to provide students with the skills to become self-supporting adults; help provide this community with a well-trained and skilled work force; and support the important role that arts and cultural organizations play in attracting and retaining good businesses.
   
   
3. EDUCATION
   The Foundation will work to make the pre-K - 12 classroom experience effective, productive, safe and enriching for students and teachers; will encourage literacy efforts across all ages; will combat truancy, high-risk behavior, and substance abuse through proactive, creative and preventive programs; and will support life-long learning.
   

Agencies may submit LOIs anytime during the year, and submission must be by e-mail. (See LOI Instructions below)

If a LOI is selected for further consideration, staff will notify the organization of the full proposal deadline and additional materials required.

Full proposals will be reviewed by staff and the grants committee, and site visits may be conducted, if appropriate. Agencies will typically be notified of funding decisions within 60 days of submission of the full proposal.