Civic Organizations
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Reston Association
Reston Association (RA) is a not-for-profit corporation that serves a community of about 60,000 people and is one of the largest community associations in the United States. Reston Association sustains and protects the community’s quality of life by caring for Reston’s natural environment and recreational facilities, and administering its architectural and maintenance covenants.
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Reston Citizens Association
The Reston Citizens Association (RCA) is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)3 corporation serving over 60,000 people who live in Reston. Founded in 1967, RCA is the only community-wide, non-partisan, and action-oriented organization in which everyone that lives, works and plays in Reston has a voice.
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Reston Community Center
Reston Community Center (RCC) is a community leader, bringing the community together through enriching leisure time experiences that reach out to all and contribute to Reston’s sense of place. RCC collaborates to improve our and other Reston organizations’ effectiveness, to build community, and to strengthen our identity. RCC outreach and collaboration support our mission, serve Reston, and enhance our value to the community.
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Cornerstones
For nearly 50 years, Cornerstones has been helping neighbors in need overcome tough economic times in an already high cost-of-living region. The service area of Cornerstones has grown to include most of northwestern Fairfax County. Each of us can become a Cornerstone and continue our history of helping people build more stable lives by connecting them to vital resources that solve their needs for housing, childcare, food or financial assistance.
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Public Art Reston
Public Art Reston seeks to inspire an ongoing commitment to public art and create a new generation of artworks in Reston, Virginia.
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Reston Town Center Association
Its mission is to maintain a vibrant and viable downtown for the benefit of residents, employees, and visitors. Town Center was designed and is being developed according to the principles of what is now called smart growth and new urbanism: high-density; compact; mixed use; and transit-oriented with parks and open space adjacent to downtown. A major part of the RTCA mission is to support a variety of public arts, social, and civic events.
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Friends of Reston
Established in 1999, Friends of Reston for Community Projects, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Its mission is to support the Reston Association in performing charitable, educational and scientific purposes.
Some of their community projects include park improvements, camp and tennis scholarships, environmental education and natural areas restoration
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Partnership Reston
Partnership Reston is a membership organization of thought leaders invested in Reston, committed to continuing the excellence of the past fifty years. The arrival of Metro’s Silver Line and the concurrent adoption of a revised Reston Comprehensive Plan have ignited planned, strategic development in Reston’s Dulles Corridor. Dozens of land use applications for redevelopment have been approved through Fairfax County’s entitlement process. Partnership Reston is the place where all of the individual project planning comes to life with a focus on integration and seamless delivery.
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Friends of Southgate Community Center, Inc.
Friends of Southgate Community Center, Inc. is a fully accredited 501c3 non profit organization dedicated to serving the users and supporting the staff of the Cathy Hudgins Community Center at Southgate Community Center (CHCCSG) by financially assisting the Southgate Advisory Council's mission to support programming at the Center and increase the community's awareness of and engagement with CHCCSG.
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Alliance of Reston Clusters and Homeowners
The Alliance of Reston Clusters and Homeowners (ARCH) is a non-profit corporation formed to act as a practical resource to homeowner associations in Reston, Virginia, in their day-to-day management.
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Coalition for Planned Reston
The community-wide organizations Reclaim Reston, Reston 20/20 and Reston Citizens Association, which have advocated for fair and effective Fairfax County land use policies, have joined forces to help keep Reston a planned community. Working together we are Coalition for a Planned Reston (CPR).
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CORE Foundation
CORE Foundation ignites and supports charitable projects which address societal needs, build community, and enable positive change. Projects can range from supporting the fight against cancer to championing veterans’ issues to battling homelessness and food insecurity. CORE Foundation’s leadership team assists in incubating those big ideas and bringing them to life in a supportive environment.
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Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce
The Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce is the catalyst for business growth and entrepreneurship by providing quality programs, education, connections and advocacy for our members and organizations in the Dulles Corridor. We are the leader of a thriving business community that positively impacts the growth and prosperity of a vibrant and collaborative region. With 400+ members and growing, we are the premier leader of business in the Fairfax County community.
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YMCA Fairfax County Reston
Their mission is to foster the spiritual, mental and physical development of individuals, families and communities according to the ideals of inclusiveness, equality and mutual respect for all.
We know that lasting personal and social change comes about when we all work together. That’s why, at the Y, strengthening community is our cause. Every day, we work side-by-side with our neighbors to make sure that everyone, regardless of age, income or background, has the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive.