The Community Foundation of the Northern Shenandoah Valley (CFNSV) held its annual Community Philanthropy Day luncheon on Wednesday, where it announced the distribution of $100,000 in grants to charitable causes.

"This year's been great," Erik Beatley, board president of the nonprofit foundation based at 107 Youth Development Court in Winchester, said at the start of last week's celebration at Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury . "We've grown to 147 funds ... and our current endowment is $17.6 million."

Those figures represent remarkable growth. The CFNSV was founded in 2001 by local Rotary Club members who wanted to establish a pooled endowment fund for donors to support causes and organizations of their choice, with a particular focus on Winchester and the counties of Frederi

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