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Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band runs on a twice a year cycle.

Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band

Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

Foundation Semi-annual Grants for Nonprofits Grants for Youth Programs Grants for Mentoring Programs Environmental Grants

Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Deadline history & next window

Cycle: Twice a year
Tracked since: April 2026

From the program guidelines: “Grant Cycles: Twice each year (semi-annual).”

Overview

Funder: Dave Matthews Band at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

Geographic Scope: City of Charlottesville and the Counties of Albemarle, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, and Orange

Focus Areas:

Youth mentoring programs
Environmental initiatives
Food security causes
Community development and housing
Organizations supporting vulnerable populations

Background: Established in 1999, the Bama Works Fund has awarded more than 2,500 grants totaling nearly $27 million. The fund operates under the philosophy that meaningful and long-lasting change begins in the community.

Grant Cycles: Twice each year (semi-annual). Recent cycles have included:

Spring 2022: Nearly $670,000 to 88 nonprofits
Spring 2021: More than $743,000 to 125 nonprofits

Special Initiatives: Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the band has deepened commitment including:

$250,000 leadership gift to create the Community Emergency Response Fund (CERF)
$1 million gift for Community Recovery & Catalyst Grant program
$300,000 to Thomas Jefferson Area Coalition for the Homeless
$5 million grant in 2019 to Charlottesville Redevelopment & Housing Authority for public housing redevelopment
Phone: 434-296-1024
Email: info@cacfonline.org
Address: PO Box 1767, 410 E Water Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902

What Charlottesville Area Community Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024: 437
Total given: $27.86M
Median grant: $20K
Range: $5,300–$1.22M

By dollars: Virginia 60%, New York 15%, Minnesota 4%. Top recipient cities: Charlottesville, VA; Richmond, VA; Washington, DC.
65% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
28% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA

Tree planting campaign and general purposes

$1.22M
Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation · New York, NY

General purposes

$1.02M
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN

Bill hewitt employee wellness center payment 2 of 2

$1M
New Hill Development Corporation · Charlottesville, VA

Beacon commercial kitchen construction and black business incubator

$874K
Piedmont Housing Alliance · Charlottesville, VA

General purposes, black mothers blooming steering committee, kindlewood elc consultant…

$792K