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COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
Businesses of Rappahannock: This is a membership-based nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting local businesses through promotion, advocacy and education. Its goal is to provide the network necessary for maintaining an economically viable community for all those who wish to live and work in Rappahannock County. It is also the public-facing organization that welcomes thousands of visitors each year to the county’s bucolic villages. For more information, visit ExploreRappahannock.com or call 540-227-4845.
Encompass Community Supports (formerly
Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services): Its mission is to improve the quality of life in Rappahannock, Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison and Orange counties by providing comprehensive behavioral health, developmental disability, substance use disorder and aging services. For more information, visit rrcsb.org or call 540) 825-3100.
Family Futures: A 501(c) (3) public charity creating and implementing a unique financial education model for K-12 students that produces confident, financially-savvy high school graduates. Visit familyfuturesva. org or call 703-727-6575.
Foothills Forum: Our journalists and photographers do deep-dive research and award-winning reporting projects as a service to the community. Supported by individual donations and grants, Foothills is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization working in partnership with, but independent of, the Rappahannock News. We also share our reporting, free of charge, to other news outlets across the region. Recent reporting projects have included a series about the health care challenges that face Rappahannock's aging population, including isolation and mental health; ongoing coverage of the impact of tariffs on farmers and federal budget cuts relating to health, environment and education; and an in-depth look at how 2025’s unusually high rainfall put local lives in danger and what the county is doing to address the issue. For more information, visit foothillsforum.org or call 540834-9562.
For the Cats’ Sake is a nonprofit organization dedicated to spaying and neutering stray, feral and domestic cats, and thereby reducing the incidence of unwanted litters in Rappahannock and surrounding counties. The group seeks to stabilize feral cat colonies and reduce the homeless stray cat population, while also providing cats with healthier and happier lives. Visit forthecatssake.org for more information.
Friends of the Library:
The Friends are a tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization, that provides funds to the library for programs, furniture, internet access, computers, and other technology. All contributions to the Friends are tax deductible. Visit rappahannocklibrary.org/ friends or call 540-675-3780.
Living Sky Foundation:
An educational organization in support of the arts that educates, motivates and inspires individuals to achieve optimum well-being and a purposeful existence through a conscious reconnect with nature. Services include curriculum development, community support, artist services, music and art enrichment programs and environmental stewardship. For program, member or volunteer information visit livingsky.org, email lsf@livingsky.org or call 540-987-9288.
Northern Piedmont Community Foundation:
An established 501(c)(3) whose purpose is transforming the resources of local citizens into real growth and strength for the community. NPCF manages a variety of funds established by individuals, families, businesses and charitable institutions. Through investment strategies, the returns from these funds are put back into the community through grant cycles and scholarships, along with the personal causes the fund holder holds dear. NPCF is committed to building deep bonds with the region’s nonprofits and dedicated to educating and supporting them in their health as businesses, and in their missions of supporting the community’s most vulnerable. Call 540-3490631 or visit npcf.org.
PATH Foundation:
The PATH Foundation is a philanthropic foundation that supports Fauquier, Rappahannock, and Culpeper counties. Since inception, we’ve invested more than $84M in our community through grants, programs, and partnerships. Through these partnerships, we help provide resources to our community and organizations that serve it. The PATH Foundation invests in nonprofits and government agencies whose goals for wellness and community improvement align with our values. Visit pathforyou. org or call 540-680-4100.
Rappahannock Aging Together: Part of a regional partnership taking action to improve quality of life for older adults and their families. Meetings are 1 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month at the Rappahannock County Library. Call 540-829-6405 or visit agingtogether.org
Rappahannock Animal Welfare League: RAWL rescues homeless dogs and helps pets find and stay in loving homes. RAWL’s shelter at 160 Weaver
Road, Amissville also offers spay and neuter programs and rabies clinics. Contact manager Patti Want (inforawldogs@gmail.com) at 540-937-3336 or 540-937-3283, or visit rawldogs.org.
Rappahannock Benevolent Fund: The Rappahannock Benevolent Fund provides emergency, self sufficiency and critical home repairs to residents of Rappahannock County. For more information www. rappbenfund.org or to request assistance call 540-671-0421.
Rapp at Home serves the health, safety and social needs of Rappahannock residents aged 50 and older. It helps seniors connect with the community and live as they choose by providing services such as rides to medical appointments and events, prescription and grocery pick-up, in-home services, stimulating activities, fitness classes and get-togethers. Call 540 937-4663 or visit rappathome.org.
For over 25 years, the Northern Piedmont Community Foundation has been a trusted partner in maximizing charitable impact. Let us help you create a lasting legacy that strengthens our community for generations to come.
Rappahannock County Democratic Committee: Contact RCDC chair Sean Harringan at Chair@RappDems. org or visit RappDems.org.
Rappahannock County Republican Committee: Contact chair Ron Frazier at ronspsd7.3@gmail.com or visit facebook.com/ RappahannockGOP.
Rappahannock Food Pantry: The pantry opened in a new building in the summer of 2024 at 37 Leggett Lane in the Town of Washington at Rush River Commons. It is a volunteer nonprofit organization that assists all Rappahannock residents who need food. Its Plant a Row Program encourages Rappahannock gardeners to plant a little extra for the pantry. Call 540-987-5090 or visit rappahannockpantry.org for more information, to donate or volunteer.
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