11/20/2025
Our wonderfully creative students have been so fortunate to have the support of this amazing family foundation!
For Alison Foundation Dedicates Grant to the Grandin Theatre Film Lab
ROANOKE, VA – November 20, 2025 – The Grandin Theatre Foundation of Roanoke, VA is excited to announce a gift of $14,000 from the For Alison Foundation.
Established in 2016, the For Alison Foundation was created in memory of journalist Alison Parker to give young people opportunities to experience the arts.
The donation is explicitly designated for support of the award-winning Grandin Theatre Film Lab after-school program, whose mission is to supplement education provided by area schools and to teach cinematic arts for students. The For Alison Foundation has provided annual funding for the Film Lab since 2016.
“It is difficult to explain how much this relationship has meant to the Film Lab for the past decade. To be able to receive support from the For Alison Foundation, and honor Alison’s legacy by providing resources to young minds has been a gift for the Theatre, the Foundation, and the Film Lab,” said Grandin Theatre Foundation Executive Director Ian Fortier. “Knowing the Parkers has helped us get to know Alison even in her absence. Her essence underlies everything these students have done and will do going forward. For Alison Foundation has been one of our longest supporting grantors of this incredible award-winning program.”
Photo Caption – Barbara Parker, director of the For Alison Foundation, presents a gift in the amount of $14,000 to Grandin Theatre Foundation Executive Director, Ian Fortier.
About the Grandin Theatre
The mission of the Grandin Theatre Foundation (GTF) is to preserve the historic Grandin Theatre as a cultural and educational resource devoted to film and the cinematic arts for Western Virginia.
