For the second quarter of 2026 the Community Foundation of the Dan River Region distributed $675,190 throughout its service area. The disbursement, which was made possible thanks to the funds created by donors, was approved by the Board of Directors during their quarterly board meeting Monday, June 15.
On June 4, The Foundation awarded 181 scholarships totaling $412,490 to 165 students from the Dan River Region during its annual scholarship reception in Chatham.
In addition to scholarships being awarded, the following funds paid out in the second quarter.
- The Community Foundation’s Special Initiatives Fund – $50,000
- Center for Early Success – to support a play-based learning symposium
Donor Advised – $13,200
- Christian Charities Fund
- Transition Pregnancy Center – undesignated
- God’s Pit Crew – undesignated
- North Main Baptist Church – building fund
- Moses L. Merricks and Louise A. Merricks Fund
- Mount Cross Volunteer Fire Department – undesignated
- Danville-Pittsylvania Cancer Association – undesignated
- Danville Area Training Center – undesignated
Designated – $191,400
- Mr. and Mrs. P.L. Anderson, Jr. Family Fund
- First Baptist Church – undesignated
- Salvation Army – undesignated
- PATHS – undesignated
- Boys and Girls Club of Danville – undesignated
- Board Endowment Fund
- The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region
- Boys & Girls Club Endowment Fund
- Boys & Girls Club of the Danville Area – undesignated
- Danville Symphony Orchestra Endowment Fund
- Danville Symphony Orchestra – undesignated
- Cora Taylor Younger Smith Memorial Fund
- Berea College in Berea, KY – undesignated
- United Negro College Fund – undesignated
- American Indian College Fund – undesignated
- Sam and Margaret Kushner Fund
- Temple Beth Sholom – undesignated
Field of Interest – $8,100
- Kang-A-Rhue Children’s Cancer Fund
- Danville Pittsylvania Cancer Association – to enrich the lives of area children with chronic life-threatening illnesses and their families, with a major focus on those children with cancer
- Jack W. Hall Memorial Fund
- Southern Area Agency on Aging – to provide support for medication and other necessary assistance to persons suffering from chronic kidney and renal diseases and disorders
- Gideon Miller Cancer Fund
- Halifax County Cancer Association – to meet the needs of area cancer patients and their families
- Read-Write-Work Fund
- Pittsylvania County Schools Adult Education Center – to support adult learners by improving their work readiness skills