Local Area Teens Award $10,000 Youth In Philanthropy Grant To Rainbow Therapeutic Riding Center

Warrenton, Virginia — We are pleased to share that The Northern Piedmont Community Foundation (NPCF) Youth In Philanthropy (YIP) leadership program has voted to award this year's $10,000 Youth In Philanthropy Grant to the Rainbow Therapeutic Riding Center. The YIP leadership program is designed to provide young people with guidance, money, and mentorship by funding a local nonprofit organization via grant application process.

The program challenges participants to demonstrate leadership, solve problems, study proposals, manage budgets, and work collaboratively. This year's cohort is comprised of high school teenagers from each of the four counties we support: Fauquier, Culpeper, Rappahannock, and Madison counties.

Located in Haymarket, Virginia, Rainbow Therapeutic Riding Center describes itself as "a place where individuals with special challenges come together, and where victories — some dramatic, some modest, but all significant — are joyously celebrated through equine therapy." Established in 1985, Rainbow Therapeutic Riding Center uses a wide variety of equine activities to address participants' individual needs. These individual needs vary in multiple areas, such as mental health and cognitive disabilities.

Thank you to our sponsors: The Crabtree Family Foundation and Dot and Rick Lessard.

For more information or assistance in completing the grant application, please contact :

Renard Carlos: (540) 349-0631 rcarlos@npcf.org
Dede McClure: (202) 306-0157 communityservices@npcf.org