As a nonprofit executive, academic, and pastor, Dr. Nathan Walton has devoted his career to equipping and mobilizing organizations for social transformation. That career has included serving as Executive Director of a community development nonprofit that specialized in youth development, as well as over a decade of pastoral ministry. Walton currently serves as Co-Lead Pastor of East End Fellowship in Richmond, Virginia.

Marta Keane has spent her career helping others thrive, first as a speech-language pathologist and audiologist and later as a nonprofit leader. She began at the Woodrow Wilson Rehab Center, where she supported patients from toddlers to seniors—teaching sign language to a preschooler who had survived a stroke, and helping a young man with a brain injury communicate through Morse code.

Erika Viccellio, who joined as Executive Director early in the Fund’s journey, brought a passion for turning equity from a value into a structure, not just what the Fund did, but how it did it.

“We’ve been asking ourselves,” she said, “what am I willing to give up so that others have opportunity?”

From rethinking traditional top-down leadership to prioritizing lived experience in every facet of the organization, the Fountain Fund didn’t just aim to help formerly incarcerated individuals; they invited them to lead.

Following is the latest update on the impending government shutdown from the National Council of Nonprofits.

En el corazón de Charlottesville, Creciendo Juntos (CJ) ha sido una parte vital de la comunidad Latinx durante casi dos décadas. Lo que comenzó a mediados de los años 2000 como una pequeña iniciativa enfocada en ayudar a los proveedores de servicios a interactuar mejor con la población Latinx se ha convertido en una organización sin fines de lucro resiliente, ahora completamente enfocada en construir el poder de la juventud Latinx.

As Program Director of the Carver Food Enterprise Center (CFEC), Gretchen Ledmor is steering bold, intentional growth. That work is deeply rooted in strong public-private collaboration, with essential support from both Culpeper County and Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE). GWCARC’s mission is to strengthen and sustain the region’s agriculture and environment, and since joining the team, Gretchen has become a driving force behind that vision.