Closed

Loudoun County Community Challenge

US$29,840 | Loudoun County

Proven ideas and funding for your community

ChangeX will help you to start a new community project in your neighborhood. This $20,000 challenge is dedicated to helping you build thriving and sustainable communities in Loudoun County.

How it works
  • Select an idea listed below and register to get your project page
  • Use your project page to complete the 30 Day Challenge
  • Submit a photo and your action plan
  • Once you're active let us know what impact you are having in your community
The Challenge
Who can apply
  • You want to start a ChangeX idea to improve your local community
  • You're passionate about building a thriving community where you live in Loudoun County or Prince William County
  • You are an individual, an existing local group or a community organization
Criteria
What you get
  • Seed funding to start your selected idea
  • Free starter resource pack, mentorship and technology tools to get started
  • Additional impact funding, once you report back on the social impact of your active project
Free Supports

Explore ideas

Choose an idea to start in your community. See terms & conditions.
This fund has closed for applications. You can still start ideas without funding, or check for other live funds in your area.

  • FIRST LEGO League - Discover

    Lead a hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) programme in your school or community for 4-6 year olds.

  • FIRST® LEGO League - Explore

    Lead a hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) programme in your school or community for 6–10 year olds

  • Building Healthy Communities, A Physicians Committee Action Network

    PlantPure Communities (PPC)'s mission is to empower individuals to build healthy, kind, sustainable communities by sharing the health and environmental benefits of plant-based nutrition.

  • Repair Café US

    Organize a free meeting place in your community to repair things instead of throwing them away.

  • Community Fridge

    Start a community fridge in your community to share good food that would otherwise go to waste.

  • Girls Who Code

    Start a Girls Who Code Club in your community and get girls excited about coding and computer science.

  • Community Composting

    Divert your community's food waste from landfill, reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions

  • River Cleanup

    A community based initiative aiming to clean and maintain local rivers

  • Grow Remote

    We're on a mission to make remote employment visible and available in local communities, regardless of location

  • Cycling Without Age

    Start a Cycling Without Age chapter in your community and give more people the opportunity to feel the wind in their hair.

  • Urban Thinkscape

    Transform a public space in your community into a joyful learning opportunity.

  • Hour of Code

    Organize an Hour of Code™ and join a global movement introducing tens of millions of students worldwide to computer science.

Show more

  • FIRST LEGO League - Challenge

    Lead a hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) programme in your school or community for 9-14 year olds

  • Open Orchard

    Organise an Open Orchard to bring people together, provide free fruit to local residents and green our urban environments.

  • Pollinator Partnership

    Invite pollinators to your neighborhood by planting a pollinator friendly habitat in your garden, farm, school, park or just about anywhere!

110 people have already joined the
#LoudounCountyCommunityChallenge

Start something today

It’s really exciting to be building on the success of last year’s Loudoun County Community Challenge. Already hundreds of people across our region have benefited from the 20 impactful projects started last year. I can’t wait to see a new group of people empowered to drive positive community change through the 2022 Challenge. - Kelly Lanier Arnold, Senior Program Manager on Microsoft’s Datacenter Community Development Team.

×