The Community Foundation of the New River Valley Annual Report 2024-2025

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2025 STATS

$796,053 Raised 3,465 Donors 4,690 Gifts 114 Causes $5.15 Million Raised Since 2014

Literacy NRV interview on stage at the Lyric.

This spring, Michael Hemphill, a longtime friend of the Foundation and founder of the Blue Ridge PBS show Buzz4Good, reached out to our team with a big idea. What if we did a live two-hour show on the Giving Day featuring nonprofit partners? We said an enthusiastic ‘yes!’ and got to work. Our friends at the Lyric Theater generously donated their space for the event and we scheduled it to happen just as the 24-hour Giving Day sprint kicked off at noon on Wednesday, June 25. At the show, 18 nonprofits partners were interviewed, representing organizations from around our region working in a variety of areas. The show also featured musical performances from two youth groups: Floyd’s Handmade Music School and Montgomery Junior Appalachian Musicians. And, in a first for a CFNRV event, we had special wildlife guests join us: a kestrel and a kingsnake! BUZZING AT THE LYRIC

Ceci Leonard of SWVA Wildlife Center with a kestrel.

Celebrating the Buzz Live Giving Day event.

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Photos by Three Bird Photography.