Denton Family Foundation Grant

The Denton Family Foundation Grant, established by E. Warren Denton, Jr. in 1985, aims to support nonprofit organizations in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. It focuses on community needs, education, church, athletics, and the arts, particularly music. While there is no formal application deadline, proposals are preferred over personal meetings. The foundation, a 501(c)3 private entity, requires organizations to align with its funding priorities to qualify for grants.

NOTE: There isn’t a formal application deadline, and we prefer that requests for support are through written proposal rather than personal meeting or letter of intent.
Background and Mission
A civic-minded gentleman, E. Warren Denton, Jr. established the Denton Family Charitable Foundation in 1985 to provide opportunities for people to better themselves. His mission was to help them attain their highest potential in areas of spiritual, educational, social and economic life and to assist in their efforts to become independent, self sufficient and generally to improve the quality of their lives.
The Denton Family Charitable Foundation seeks to help support a wide variety of human needs, significantly in the city of Harrisonburg and county of Rockingham as this is where five generations of the Denton family have resided.
The Foundation concentrates on five major areas — community, education, church, athletics and the arts, particularly music. The Foundation also has a number of smaller programs which it intends to help as the founder, E. Warren Denton, Jr. believed in many ways that private programs are more effective than those of government.
The Foundation is nurtured by the many interests of Mr. Denton including family, church, community and his compassion for human needs. In addition to his wide range of interests, he donated time, energy, enthusiasm and leadership to the community throughout his long life. It is the ongoing intent of the Foundation to honor and continue his principals and goals.
Although the Denton Family Foundation is endowed by the generosity of E. Warren Denton, Jr., additional revenues are needed to continue to support its charitable programs. The Denton Family Foundation is a 501(c)3 private foundation. All donations to the Foundation are deductible as charitable contribution to the full extent of the law.
The Denton Family Foundation limits its grants to nonprofit organizations in Harrisonburg and the surrounding area. We review each proposal to determine if the requesting organization falls within the Foundation’s interests and funding priorities.

Eligibility

The Denton Family Foundation limits its grants to nonprofit organizations in Harrisonburg and the surrounding area.