HEART awards Community Impact Grants to 9 nonprofits to promote environmental sustainability in Henrico

Nine local nonprofits will receive a combined $30,700 in funding through the 2026 HEART Community Impact Grants program to support environmental sustainability projects in Henrico County.

The program is providing grants from $1,500 to $5,000 for initiatives that include pollinator and community gardens, native plant cultivation and outdoor education. 

Henrico’s Environmental Action Resource Team launched the program last April, awarding grants from $1,000 to $2,400 to eight organizations. The grant amounts were increased this year to support more projects with greater impact. The award recipients are:

• Beyond Boundaries, to support an Earth Day event at Osborne Park & Boat Landing;

• Blue Sky Fund, for outdoor education at Title I elementary schools of Henrico County Public Schools;

• Capital Region Land Conservancy, for restroom facilities at the Varina LandLab;

• East Richmond Beekeepers Association, for a pollinator garden at Highland Springs High School that will support the installation of the school’s first beehive;

• Good Neighbor Village, for planter beds and growing produce for residents;

• Greater Richmond Fit4Kids, for a Learning Garden club at Ruby Carver Elementary School;

• Local Ecotype Richmond Natives, to support a new nursery site with native plants available year round;

• Richmond Community ToolBank, to support volunteers building furniture for outdoor classrooms at HCPS locations;

• Woodland Restoration Foundation, to promote outdoor access and restoration of the area around the Woodland Cemetery chapel. 

To learn more about the nonprofit organizations and their projects, watch the HEART Podcast or visit the Community Impact Grants website.