Together in Philanthropy
Annual Report 2021
Partners in Philanthropy Look at what Hampton Roads and the community foundation accomplished together in 2020:
$1.25 million
$23 million+
$16.5 million+
for COVID-19 response and recovery grants
paid in grants to nonprofits and scholarships for students
donated for current and future charitable causes
Beyond the dollars, collective philanthropy
Now more than ever, our commitment
provides an opportunity to address complex
to racial equity is vital. In the centerfold
needs in the region.
of this report, you will find an overview of
our efforts to ensure a more equitable and
In 2020, the community foundation
leveraged partnerships with groups like
thriving community for all as well
United Way of South Hampton Roads to
as opportunities for you to get
quickly deploy resources to people and
involved.
sectors hit hardest by the pandemic.
will see the myriad ways donors,
Along with other civic groups, the
community foundation stepped in to
community members, and civic
support Children’s Hospital of The King’s
leaders work collaboratively
Daughters with a $1 million grant for the state’s first youth mental health hospital.
to transform neighborhoods, Deborah M. DiCroce President & CEO
In the wake of racial and social
organizations, and communities through their gifts, talents, and time.
conflict, we convened regional leaders
and community members in forums
this journey.
on race and the history of race and
launched a grant program with Virginia
better future for Hampton Roads
Humanities called Beneath the Surface.
through philanthropy.
James A. Squires Board Chair
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Throughout this report, you
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Contents
Hampton Roads Community Foundation is guided by its
Vision A thriving community with opportunity for all
2020 Highlights
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2020 New Charitable Funds
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Teens With A Purpose
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Civic Leadership Initiative: Mental Wellness The Chas Foundation
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Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic
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Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters 12
Mission Make life better in Hampton Roads through leadership, philanthropy, and civic engagement
Charles Syer IV
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James and Karen Jones Squires
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Q&A with Brittany Branch
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Friends of Norfolk Public Schools
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Cyrus A. Dolph IV
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The In[HEIR]itance Project
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COVID Response 2020
Values Collaboration — finding answers together
Isle of Wight Christian Outreach Program
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COVID Response and Recovery Grants
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Barbara Taylor
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The Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation
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Community Leadership Partners
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Brave Students of the Norfolk 17
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Excellence —
Our Commitment to Racial Equity
superlative stewardship and service
What is Racial Equity?
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Owning Our History
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Integrity —
Equity in Action
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honesty and respect in all things
Visionaries for Change
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Grants, Scholarships, Partners
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Legacy Society For Hampton Roads
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Knowledge —
Professional Advisors Committee
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listening, learning, and innovating
Board Members and Staff
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Financial Summary
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How to Donate
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Justice — advancing equity and inclusion
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2020 Highlights $432 million +
$23 million +
Total charitable assets, making us the
Grants and scholarships paid
58th largest community foundation out of more than 750 in the United States
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$16.5 million+
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Number of new
Donations received in 2020
New Legacy Society
charitable funds created
from individuals, families,
members in
in 2020
and corporations
2020
Sponsored
Dred Scott Presents: Sons and Daughters of Reconciliation for the National Day of Racial Healing, part of our Understanding Hampton Roads civic engagement series Black Philanthropy Month Celebration, focused on sports and philanthropy
Launched
Beneath the Surface grant initiative with Virginia Humanities, focused on race and the history of race in the region
2020 Grants Paid by Program Area Other $4,230,591
Environmental Stewardship $3,559,599
Scholarships $1,488,183
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Designated $2,959,810
Health and Wellness $2,075,657 Vibrant Places $987,040
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Unrestricted $3,050,352 Scholarship $1,488,183 Organizational Endowments $683,827
Educational Success $4,767,500
Cultural Vitality $3,507,475 Economic Stability $3,120,532
2020 Grants Paid by Fund Type
Donor-Advised $12,398,336
Field of Interest $3,156,069
New Charitable Funds
CREATED in 2020
Kendra Ruestow Atherton Fund for Scholarships A designated fund for K5K A Run For Kendra Inc. Black Community Partnership Fund A field-of-interest fund for Black-led nonprofits COVID-19 Rapid Response and Recovery Funds (2) Field-of-interest funds to aid local nonprofits in their response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 Relief Fund For The Arts A field-of-interest fund to aid local arts organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic Ann Caldwell Dearman Fund A designated fund for the Old Coast Guard Station and the Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands Center, Inc. Margaret Jane Dickinson Internship Fund ES A designated fund for the internship program at the Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands Center, Inc. Eastern Shore Public Library Materials Organizational Fund ES An organizational fund for the Eastern Shore Public Library William Gooch Foundation Fund A donor-advised fund
The Maury Foundation Scholarship Fund Paxton-Beale Family For Maury High School graduates attending a four-year college or university Louis F. and Prudence H. Ryan Fund 2 A donor-advised fund James A. Squires and Karen Jones Squires Donor-Advised Fund A donor-advised fund The Harold E. and Marjorie L. Taylor Fund A designated fund for St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Norfolk, Va., Boys Home Inc. in Covington, Va., and Hampton Roads Community Foundation’s unrestricted funding Barbara Taylor Fund A donor-advised fund Taylor Family Fund A donor-advised fund Mary Josephine Termini Memorial Charitable Fund A donor-advised fund
G. Barbara Hudgins Foundation Fund A field-of-interest fund to benefit low-income people and children
Mary Josephine Termini Memorial Scholarship for the Arts For students from South Hampton Roads attending Old Dominion University for a Bachelor of Fine Arts or Bachelor of Arts degree in the areas of fine arts, design, art history, or art education
Anthony B. Jernigan 2020 Fund for Boys & Girls Clubs of SEVA A designated fund for Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Virginia
Touch the Future Early Childhood Education Scholarship Fund For graduates of South Hampton Roads high schools who are majoring in early childhood education
Margaret N. and Charles F. Lester Designated Fund A designated fund for Union Mission Ministries in Norfolk, Va.; the Knox Area Rescue Ministries in Knoxville, Tenn.; and the Lottie Moon Offering Mercy Drops Dream Center received COVID-19 grant funding to provide food to Portsmouth residents.
Lewis Family Norfolk 17 Scholarship Fund For students in Norfolk Public Schools needing financial aid for undergraduate education at a college or university Eleanor J. Marshall Fund A field-of-interest fund for health and human services and arts and culture
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Teens With A Purpose
Transforming a Norfolk Community
“Gardening, I’ll admit, I’m a
trees that bloom on the site. It sits
since its inception.
black thumb,” said 19-year-old Asia
across from the Vivian C. Mason
Caraballo, chuckling. She was talking
Arts and Technology Center, the
in some form since 1996, and
about her introduction to Purpose
organization’s headquarters.
it’s primarily a creative youth
Park, one of the many initiatives of
development organization, according
Teens With A Purpose, a longtime
experience,” Caraballo added.
to Deirdre Love, its founder and
nonprofit based in Norfolk.
“You don’t just get the plant.
executive director. Yet TWP can be
Caraballo’s thumb has gotten
“Gardening is a hands-on
The group has been around
You have to weed, to tend to it; the
tough to characterize because it does
greener, though, since helping at
care you have to put into it
so much more: from HIV prevention
the large-scale garden that grows
to make plants grow.”
and awareness, to poetry slams, to
on a half acre, just off Church Street
after-school and community-based
and East Olney Road. She waters
probably thousands, who have
summer programs.
and weeds the tomatoes, zucchinis,
participated in activities with Teens
sweet potatoes, herbs, and fruit
With A Purpose, also known as TWP,
of gardeners.
She is one of hundreds, and
And now, it is producing a set
Teens With A Purpose is a nonprofit youth empowerment organization that began in 1996.
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The Hampton Roads Community
Foundation and donors have supported TWP over the years through a series of grants totaling more than $150,000. The money includes funding for the organization’s school-based poetry and literacy program as well as for Purpose Park – which is billed as a
TWP also partnered with Chesapeake Bay Foundation as a part of a program for neighborhoods that were subject to discriminatory housing practices called redlining.
“Safe Creative Community Space.”
little for their own tables. “They express gratitude,” said Caraballo. “And it’s very unique, because you’re not used to seeing” such a large community garden in the middle of a city.
Exercise, yoga, and games like
kickball take place in the park, too. Part of the space has a plywood
community aid program, is another
bandstand where entertainers and
2016, Love said, when a teenager in
partner.
poets occasionally perform.
the nearby Young Terrace community
suggested making the plot of land
you’ll see all sorts of rectangular
of African American women
something more than just gravel. The
plant boxes and metal barrels
who made their mark in Virginia,
city-owned property was intended for
that hold something delicious or
including Katherine Johnson,
development, Love said, but she kept
fragrant. Peach, apple, and cherry
the NASA mathematician whose
Purpose Park became a notion in
Walk through this spot, and
The park also includes murals
plugging away to convince Norfolk officials of a different vision.
TWP began a partnership with the
Norfolk Botanical Garden and Virginia Tech to learn about gardening and cultivation. The city then allowed the organization to become a lease partner for the park space. It’s been in motion since 2017.
Open Norfolk, a city of Norfolk
The group hosts a variety of activities from poetry slams to after-school programs as well as managing a community garden.
trees are part of the mix, too.
contributions were spotlighted in
the movie “Hidden Figures,” and
Sometimes, the plants will grow
as expected. Other times, they’ll
Irene Morgan, who took a stand
go bad, said Jaylin Samuel, 17, a
against second-class treatment on
student at Granby High School,
buses in 1944, more than a decade
“We’ll take it out of the ground
before Rosa Parks’ well-known act
and replace it,” he said.
of defiance in Montgomery, Ala.
The ripe produce is shared
The land was once covered in
with neighbors in the nearby public
concrete now helps young people
housing community Calvert Square,
connect with nature.
which lacks ample grocery stores.
Sometimes they’ll come in to pick a
Love said, “since they built this.”
“It’s a sense of ownership,”
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Civic Leadership Initiative: Mental Wellness The Hampton Roads Community Foundation does not shy away from tackling major challenges in our region. We work in partnership with generous people and an array of nonprofits through grants and special leadership initiatives, such as mental wellness.
The Chas Foundation
Tragedy Turns to a Mission for Supporting Mental Health
Tucker Corprew knows
grant from the Hampton Roads
firsthand the devastating effects
Community Foundation to hire a
mental illness and lack of available
peer counselor and social worker
resources can have on a family. Her
for its Mental Illness Navigator
middle son, Charles H. Kirkwood –
and Support Program (MINS).
nicknamed Chas – was diagnosed
The program connects families to
with bipolar disorder and psychosis
local and national providers for
in his early twenties. Corprew
their loved ones experiencing a
said Chas experienced a nervous
Tucker Corprew is the president and founder of The Chas Foundation.
breakdown and later attempted
which range from bipolar disorder
suicide. He was treated at a
and schizophrenia, to postpartum
psychiatric center but there were
depression and anxiety. Corprew
no long-term beds available for him at a state hospital, she said. Chas tragically lost his life to suicide at age 34.
This life-altering experience
gave Corprew, an owner of two local consignment shops and retired healthcare supervisor, her new mission. She did not want other families to have to go through what hers did, and she recognized that additional support was sorely needed in the region as well as
Corprew established The Chas Foundation in honor of her late son in 2012. It is a Norfolk-based nonprofit which seeks to advocate for those living with a mental illness, increase access to effective treatment, and provide support for family members dealing with their loved one’s mental illness.
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variety of mental health issues,
serves as the peer coordinator.
“Once they reach out, we get
the history and start developing an action plan,” she explained. “Wherever the gap is, we are now able to more adequately and comprehensively support them in connecting them to a resource to address their mental health need.”
According to Mental
Health America of Virginia, the Commonwealth ranks 47th among all states for adults with a mental illness who reported they were
related to mental illness.
illness, increase access to effective
not able to receive the treatment
treatment, and provide support for
they needed. It also stated more
Foundation in honor of her late
family members dealing with their
Virginians have developed mental
son in 2012. It is a Norfolk-based
loved one’s mental illness.
health symptoms as a result of the
nonprofit which seeks to advocate
pandemic, due to grief, joblessness,
for those living with a mental
received a $54,000 two-year
Corprew established The Chas
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In 2019, The Chas Foundation
and the loss of insurance benefits.
Civic Leadership Initiative: Mental Wellness
The MINS program also
Through MINS,
provides clients with legal assistance and financial planning resources as well as helps with food, housing, mental health services, and counseling.
the intervention of a program like
grantmaking at the community
eight weeks for a patient to see a psychiatrist.
this, it takes eight weeks for a patient to see a psychiatrist.”
who was suicidal in front of a
program like this, it takes
in front of a psychiatrist right away,” Corprew explained. “Without
Corprew began meeting with
Without the intervention of a
got a 20-year-old who was suicidal
— Tucker Corprew
In collaboration with Eastern
to establish their nonprofit locally.
we recently got a 20-year-old psychiatrist right away.
“Through MINS, we recently
Foundation in 2012 when trying
Virginia Medical School and other
Linda Rice, vice president for foundation.
“She helped walk me through
the grant writing process and gave me a lot of guidance and best practices on what to do as a nonprofit,” Corprew said. “We always knew we could come to the community foundation because they work with so many different
community partners, the MINS
mental health services.
civic- minded groups as well as prominent voices within the
program also launched the Norfolk
business community. We were able
Mentally Healthy Resource Guide
Foundation initially connected with
to grow because of them – they
for Norfolk residents to access
the Hampton Roads Community
have been the driver.”
Corprew and The Chas
The Chas Foundation volunteers Catherine Henderson and Tina Cowan share information at an education booth during a community event.
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Civic Leadership Initiative: Mental Wellness
Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic
Joining Forces to Help Military Children When it comes to children,
A child used to have to wait
an average of 32 days to receive
issues can include having difficulty adjusting to new situations
care for mental health issues at The Steven A. Cohen Military Family
it partnered with the Cohen Veterans Network, established by
due to frequent moves,
philanthropist Steven A. Cohen,
With a 2020 grant from
putting them at greater risk
A. Cohen Military Family Clinic in
the Hampton Roads Community
for depression and anxiety.
Clinic at The Up Center.
Foundation, the clinic was able to
— Sarah Pitzen
cut the wait time to about a week — while vastly increasing the number
to create the nation’s 12th Steven Virginia Beach.
The clinic offers therapy at low
or no cost and focuses on post9/11 veterans and their families.
of children served.
both the expertise and because we
These services are important in
had too many children who needed
this military-heavy region so their
$161,242 grant as seed money to
The clinic used the three-year,
the help.”
problems don’t become chronic later.
hire a clinician who specializes
in evidence-based treatment for
last fiscal year, up from 97 in the
served in the military or are
children, adolescents, and their
year prior due to the pediatric
relatives of military members.
families.
clinician, who is a licensed clinical
Therefore, they know firsthand
social worker, coming aboard.
the issues experienced by military
staff dedicated solely to working
families, creating a level of trust
with children. Yet, children make up
providing critical support services
with clients.
more than a quarter of the people
to children and families for
Previously, the clinic had no
The clinic served 168 children
The Up Center has been
Several staff members have
When it comes to children,
the clinic serves, said
issues can include having
Tina Gill, president and
difficulty adjusting to
CEO of The Up Center,
new situations due to
South Hampton Roads’
frequent moves, putting
largest and oldest human
them at greater risk for
services agency.
depression and anxiety,
said the clinic’s lead
“We had too long
of a waitlist; we didn’t
clinician, Sarah Pitzen,
have enough capacity in
a licensed professional
the clinic,” Gill said. “We
counselor and registered
needed somebody for
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more than 135 years. In 2019,
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The children’s play therapy room at the Cohen Clinic is where staff members use creative means to engage with young clients.
art therapist.
Civic Leadership Initiative: Mental Wellness
“A lot of our military children
handle such issues, the pediatric
Other network clinics
are resilient,” Pitzen said. “But we’re
clinician trains and consults with
seeing in the clinic that they do face
other clinic team members and has
social and emotional challenges. For
mentored an art therapy intern
some, it could be a parent away on
who runs an art therapy group. The
are looking to the Hampton Roads
deployment or they’re coming back
clinic also has added group therapy
clinic to help them build
in and reintegrating into the family.
for children and adolescents who
We do see quite a bit of grief and
need help regulating their emotions
loss, unfortunately, around a parent
or with socialization.
who has passed away.”
don’t have pediatric clinicians are
In addition to helping children
Other network clinics that
that don’t have pediatric clinicians
their own children’s groups, further expanding the impact of the community foundation’s grant. looking to the Hampton Roads clinic to help them build their own children’s groups, further expanding the impact of the community foundation’s grant.
In one case, a mother was
concerned about her four-year-old daughter’s behavior when the girl’s father would return home from deployment.
“The girl didn’t really know
who her father was because by the time she got old enough to develop memories, he was away,” Pitzen said. “When he would come back to reintegrate with the family, it was just so taxing.”
The pediatric clinician provided
support to the mother, who was anxious. She also worked with the daughter and the entire family. The girl grew to understand her dad’s role in the family and why he had to go away every so often. She also is finding it easier to make friends and is less nervous than she used to be.
“She’s thriving,” Pitzen said.
“The family’s thriving.” U.S. Representative Elaine Luria, a Navy veteran, takes a tour of the facility with Tina Gill, president and CEO of The Up Center.
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Civic Leadership Initiative: Mental Wellness
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
“Lighting the Way” for Children’s Mental Health
Children’s Hospital of The
these desperately needed services
King’s Daughters saw the number
to our children.”
of mental health patient encounters
grow by more than 600 percent
children’s hospital in Virginia and
between 2015 and 2021.
serves the medical and surgical
needs of children throughout
To address the growing youth
CHKD is the only freestanding
mental health crisis, CHKD will
greater Hampton Roads, the
open a children’s mental health
Eastern Shore of Virginia, and
hospital and outpatient center in
northeastern North Carolina. The
Norfolk in 2022. It’s the first of its
not-for-profit CHKD Health System
kind in the state.
operates primary care pediatric
practices, surgical practices, multi-
To aid the effort, Hampton
Roads Community Foundation awarded a $1 million grant over six years to CHKD, one of the largest grants in the foundation’s recent
service health centers, urgent A rendering of the 14-story, $224 million mental health hospital and outpatient center for children, slated to open in 2022.
history.
sleeping accommodations for a
parent, and a “partial hospitalization”
“The hospital — coupled with
broad community support for it —
program in which children will
will have a transformational effect
receive treatment during the day,
on the lives of children and families
and return home at night.
in the region and state,” said
Deborah DiCroce, president and
Dahling said that “The foundation’s
CEO of the community foundation.
leadership and support of our
“It will put us on the map nationally
mental health initiative serves as
at being at the forefront of
a rallying cry for the community,
addressing this critical issue of
as individuals, organizations, and
children’s mental health.”
businesses work together to bring
CHKD President and CEO Jim
care centers, and satellite offices throughout its service region. Children’s mental wellness is a civic leadership initiative of the community foundation, and it has hosted forums, created resource libraries, and funded multiple community-based mental health programs. During the pandemic, mental health became even more important as children’s social and educational foundations shifted while families experienced financial and emotional hardships.
Construction of the 14-story
facility began in 2019. The $224 million tower will provide a full spectrum of mental health care for children, including outpatient therapy, inpatient rooms with
Mental Wellness Events In 2019, child psychiatrist Gregory K. Frtiz, MD spoke at an Understanding Hampton Roads forum. In 2021, the community foundation hosted Mental Health: A COVID Crisis as a virtual forum.
Mental Wellness Resources Find a list of local mental health resources, tips, blogs, and information at www.HamptonRoadsCF.org/mentalhealth
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Charles Syer IV
Forever Helping Hampton Roads Through an Estate Gift A little bit of Charles Syer IV is in almost every community grant awarded to local nonprofits by the Hampton Roads Community Foundation. Syer, who passed away in 2014, was a member of the community foundation’s Legacy Society, a special group of charitably inclined people who decide while they are living to leave a bequest to the community foundation. Upon his death at age 82, he bequeathed to the foundation an unrestricted fund ready to tackle a variety of community needs – even ones he could not have imagined during his lifetime. Thanks to the power of endowment, his fund has grown to more than $8.5 million today, all while disbursing grants annually. Syer was born in Portsmouth and later attended Princeton University as well as the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. For a time, he served as an officer in the U.S. Army and later worked for a bank in New
Syer bequeathed to the foundation an unrestricted fund ready to tackle a variety of community needs – even ones he could not have imagined during his lifetime. Thanks to the power of endowment, his fund has grown to more than $8.5 million today, all while disbursing grants annually.
Charles Syer left a gift in his will to the community foundation.
York before moving to a local bank in Hampton Roads. For many years, Syer lived and worked in Norfolk before retiring to Virginia Beach. He knew the community
foundation well during his 30-year career heading investments for the bank. “As time goes by, organizations that are worthy during one period may change. With the foundation there is flexibility. The organization is steered by a group of people who have demonstrated they are responsible and capable of using money intelligently,” he said prior to his passing. The Charles Syer Fund will forever be at work throughout the Hampton Roads region he loved.
YOU MAY WONDER . . . Why would I leave a bequest? There are several reasons. Your bequest lets you easily support multiple organizations or causes with one act of generosity. Your community foundation will forever be an excellent steward of your permanent endowment. Its impact will grow over time as your fund supports causes important to you.
If I choose to join the Legacy Society for Hampton Roads, do I have to reveal to you my bequest plans?
By completing a simple fund agreement, it is easy for you to add or modify any nonprofits or causes you may prefer.
If I decide to reveal my bequest plans, how should I let the community foundation know? It’s easy. Once you’ve added the Hampton Roads Community Foundation to your estate plans, you become a member of the Legacy Society. Simply call Lynn Neumann or Kay Stine at (757) 622-7951. Or, email us at bequests@hamptonroadscf.org.
No, we respect donor privacy. But, we appreciate knowing so we can thank you and make sure we know your wishes.
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Leading by Example
The Philanthropy of James and Karen Jones Squires On a warm summer day, a dozen kids crowded around James A. Squires during his visit to the Southside Boys & Girls Club, eager to give him a tour. As chairman, president, and CEO of Norfolk Southern Corporation, James, who is also known as Jim, visited the Norfolk club that day to present a $5 million gift on behalf of the corporation to the Hampton Roads community as well as a $40,000 gift from his own personal fund to the youth center. The who’s-who of the city showed up to see him and to celebrate the gift from the Fortune 500 company, which recently relocated from downtown Norfolk to Atlanta, Ga. A few speeches and handshakes later, Jim peeled away to meet the youngsters and learn about their club. His time with them was just as important as the donation. For Jim, philanthropy goes beyond his checkbook, and over the years, it has evolved to become more hands-on, more intentional, and more equitable
thanks, in part, to his wife Karen Jones Squires, who’s long been involved in community work.
Early Philanthropy As chair of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation’s board of directors, Jim Squires, 60, now leads the region’s largest endowment for charitable grants and scholarships. His early philanthropy began as a young attorney sending periodic donations to his alma mater, the
Jim Squires tours the Southside Boys & Girls Club in Norfolk. He is chairman, president, and CEO of Norfolk Southern.
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University of Chicago Law School. “I was probably 35 years old and had just recently started practicing law, and I made a stock gift,” he recalled. “The dean of the law school called me, and I thought ‘wow.’ Here I was a freshly minted lawyer, and I got a call from the dean. I felt really excited by that.” Now, philanthropy offers him something more. “The thing that I find most gratifying about philanthropy is that it opens doors for learning. I love to learn about what members of the community are doing,” he said. “It’s really about creating relationships and getting to know people you otherwise wouldn’t meet.” Jim’s involvement in philanthropy grew as he rose in rank from staff attorney to leader at Norfolk Southern, which has long supported the region with grants to nonprofits. “It certainly was and still is expected of young executives,” he recalled. “So, when you went to the symphony, your name better be in that program in the donor section. You really wanted to be active in the community. You wanted your name out there, and you wanted your good work out there because it was expected of you.” As the company has grown, so have his personal philanthropic efforts. Jim and Karen have established multiple funds at the community foundation, including a donor-advised fund and an unrestricted fund. They also seeded the community foundation’s Civic Leadership Fund. In total, the couple
has donated nearly $2.5 million to the community foundation. “We just really believe that to whom much is given much is expected,” Karen said. The Civic Leadership Fund underwrites the majority of the community foundation’s work in racial equity. It covers research projects, training sessions, special events, and custom materials to help educate the board, staff, and community about the history and debilitating impact of racism on people, institutions, and society at large. “The community foundation has been able to make significant strides in our racial equity work because of Jim and Karen’s support,” said Deborah DiCroce, president and CEO. “They put racial equity into practice through their giving, which magnifies the foundation’s vision of a thriving and more equitable community for all. We are so fortunate to have them as our partner.” The couple’s gift complements the community foundation’s adoption of a Racial Equity statement in 2019. The statement serves as a pledge to challenge racism that exists in public policies, practices, and societal norms as well as to advance a more equitable and inclusive community through philanthropy and civic engagement. “I am really proud of the foundation’s work in diversity, equity, and inclusion,” Jim said. “As part of that, I want my philanthropy through the foundation to support that effort.” Karen, who formerly served on the Norfolk School Board, said acknowledging racial disparities is one of the best ways to start addressing them.
Karen Jones Squires (center) at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Paradise Creek Nature Park in Portsmouth.
“When I volunteered in the schools, the majority of the students were Black. So, I could see that there were differences in the way Black students were treated in so many different ways – whether intentional or not is almost beside the point,” she recalled. “Call it what it is and try to get beyond these institutional and long-term prejudices that are there.” Directing a portion of their gifts to racially diverse organizations is a part of the the couple’s personal commitment to racial equity, which means acknowledging racism exists and working to counteract and overcome its impact. For example, through their donor-advised fund, they support small, communitycentric nonprofits, including groups led by women and People of Color. The duo said this giving tool provides a convenient and meaningful way for donors to quickly deploy resources, to provide flexible funding options, and to target groups that may not be able to compete for larger, institutional grants.
Giving through the community foundation Every month, the couple meets with community foundation staff who work closely with local nonprofits, and they review a targeted list of candidates to support. “Our deal was, you bring us good people and organizations, and we’ll fund them,” Jim said. “Then, let them decide how the money can best be put to use.” Jim and Karen make it a point to meet representatives from each organization they fund. This flexible funding strategy ensures that people within the affected communities are leading the change. “It’s very easy to come in as a person with money and dictate your own pet solutions to problems,” Karen said. “You really have to check yourself and allow yourself to step back and listen to people who are closer to the problems of our society and our culture and let them lead and enable them to lead, not with your
“It’s very easy to come in as a person with money and dictate your own pet solutions to problems. You really have to check yourself and allow yourself to step back and listen to people who are closer to the problems of our society and our culture and let them lead and enable them to lead, not with your solutions and your ego but with what they know to be important and true.” — Karen Jones Squires 2 0 2 1
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solutions and your ego but with what they know to be important and true.” Philanthropic organizations near and far laud Jim and Karen for their generosity. But Jim emphasizes that Karen is the one who inspired him to broaden his commitment to philanthropy. Throughout their marriage, Karen has volunteered in several organizations, including as president of the board of the Elizabeth River Project, an environmental group. “Karen has been a philanthropist for much longer than I have,” Jim said. “She’s been a lot more hands-on than I have been, and I have tried to follow suit.” Karen says she learned about philanthropy from her mom while growing up in Kentucky. “When I was little, every year my mom would go around the
neighborhood with a little box for the March of Dimes,” Karen said about the national nonprofit which supports babies born prematurely. “She had had four healthy children, and she really felt for families that had children who weren’t. She didn’t have money to spare, but she did that volunteer work.” That is the type of legacy Karen and Jim want to leave to their daughters Eleanor and Maggie and to the region – to use philanthropy to reach all areas of the community, including those that are hardest hit and often overlooked. Karen said: “The only way we can alleviate some of the inequality in this country is to share what we have.” Through their gifts of money and time, Jim and Karen are doing that and more. They are leading the way.
Karen Jones Squires said she learned how to give back to the community by watching her mom, who volunteered at a local hospital and raised money for the March of Dimes.
Still Connected: Norfolk Southern Makes $5 Million Contribution to the Hampton Roads Community In 2021, Norfolk Southern Corporation donated $5 million to the Hampton Roads community on behalf of the many Norfolk Southern employees and retirees who call Hampton Roads home, and the many more who have lived and raised their families in the area over the years. The company is relocating from downtown Norfolk to Atlanta, Ga. The funding will be administered through the Hampton Roads Community Foundation. “Norfolk has been home to Norfolk Southern for decades,” said James A. Squires, chairman, president, and CEO of Norfolk Southern. “The Hampton Roads community has helped to shape Norfolk Southern and will remain part of who we are. Even as we relocate our headquarters, we will continue to actively support the prosperity of the Hampton Roads
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community to express our ongoing gratitude and commitment.” Deborah DiCroce, president and CEO of the community foundation, praised the company as a model corporate citizen of the region. “Five million dollars is an impressive gift, and the Hampton Roads Community Foundation is both honored and delighted to accept this gift from Norfolk Southern,” she said. “We’ll be a good steward of this generosity.”
Beginning in 2022, Norfolk Southern will distribute $1 million in grants to nonprofits across Hampton Roads each year for a five-year period. A committee of Norfolk Southern employees and retirees will work together to review and select the proposed grants. The committee will target organizations and initiatives that support education and innovation, the environment, equity, and enrichment of the community.
Community leaders and Norfolk Southern representatives attended the check presentation ceremony at the Southside Boys & Girls Club.
Q&A with Brittany Branch
Visionaries Member Focuses on Bolstering Black Community Name: Brittany Branch
murder of our Black men and women. Another side is not as open, such as the unequal treatment of homeowners during appraisals. This impacts wealthbuilding in the Black community.
Hometown: Born in Rocky Mount, N.C., moved to Virginia at age five, grew up mostly in Virginia Beach and Portsmouth; now lives in Portsmouth
Age: 36
Aside from money, what are some ways people can give back to this community? Through time
Education: Bayside High School, Virginia Beach, 2003; bachelor’s of science in accounting, Hampton University, 2007; master’s of science in accounting, Old Dominion University, 2008
and volunteering. It can be helping out at local food drives. Philanthropy can even be seeing the person on the street without a home and food and helping out.
Occupation: Certified public accountant and chief financial officer for Hampton City Schools
What’s something most people don’t know about you? Probably
Family: Married to Jason Branch and stepmom to Jason Jr. and Ariyanna Connection to the foundation: Founding member of the Visionaries for Change giving circle and co-chair of its grantmaking committee
Brittany Branch is a founding member of Visionaries for Change.
What have been the major tasks so far for Visionaries? We’ve
my sense of humor. I’m an introvert by nature, but I have a really good sense of humor.
If you had a chance to have a meal or conversation with someone, living or dead, who would it be?
Black business and civic leaders. Members donated money to a pooled fund in order to grow an endowment for charitable causes in the Black community.
reached our target of $500,000 in three years. The endowment will support our grantmaking, which will begin in 2022. We surveyed members about their interest in funding a range of needs – from education to mental health services to financial literacy.
Michelle Obama. I admired her when she and her husband were in the White House. In her book, “Becoming,” Mrs. Obama details her early career in the corporate world and how she transitioned into something more meaningful for her. That really spoke to me.
Why did you join Visionaries for Change? A Black billionaire
What does philanthropy mean to you? It really means giving back. I
What do you do for fun? I need to do
investor, Robert F. Smith, was the 2019 commencement speaker at Morehouse College. He announced in his speech that he gifted everyone by paying off their student loans. At the time, a friend told me about plans to launch Visionaries for Change, a Black giving circle. I wanted to be a part of that. If you have discretionary income, some of that should go to giving back to others. I saw that as a way of giving back to Hampton Roads in the Black community.
think at the heart of it is generosity. It covers your time, your talent, and your treasure. Most of my prior giving had been through my local church, Calvary Revival in Norfolk. With Visionaries, I have an opportunity to expand my giving.
How did Visionaries for Change begin? It was started in 2019 by
What does racial equity mean to you? It impacts so much within our lives. We see the overt racism in the
something fun! Before COVID changed church attendance, I was in the choir. It was my favorite thing to do because I love singing. I love cooking – I’ve been researching cooking classes. And, I like watching sports.
Is there something really pivotal in your life coming up? I recently got married! We are both members of Calvary Revival Church in Norfolk, and we reconnected through the church.
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Friends of Norfolk Public Schools
Friends in Education and Philanthropy Kathy Nolento-day classroom Martin volunteered experience,” she said. in just about every To start the fund, school event when her she reached out to daughter Molly Martin friends and asked attended Norfolk them to contribute Public Schools. so that it will be a From fundraisers permanent source of to athletics to PTA and philanthropy – not just teacher appreciation a year-to-year school activities, Nolen-Martin fundraising effort. The Friends are on a mission to help children in Norfolk Public Schools. They include: showed up to help “An endowment is Tineke Cunning, Kelly Faulkner, Kathy Nolen-Martin, Martina Boone, and Beth Fraim. every time she could. everlasting,” she said. She first got involved when Partnering with the community field-of-interest fund to support Norfolk Molly attended Ghent School from foundation ensures the funds will Public Schools teacher projects. kindergarten through eighth grade. grow over time to benefit Norfolk “It’s a small but dedicated group In 2018, Molly graduated from Public Schools now and in the future. of people who love Norfolk Public Maury High and is now a student “What are the essentials that Schools,” she said. Supporters include at Parsons School of Design in New will be around forever?” she said. educators, elected officials, business York. However, Nolen-Martin hasn’t “Teachers. Teachers will always be people, and community leaders. stopped lending a hand to Norfolk there.” The fund provides grants to schools in need. Norfolk Public Schools teachers to In the fall of 2019, she and a enhance the classroom learning Inaugural Grants group of community leaders started experience through creative and In early 2021, the Friends of Norfolk the Friends of Norfolk Public Schools innovative teaching strategies. Public Schools provided three $250 grants to support teachers and endowment fund at the Hampton The grants include a mentoring their daily classroom practices. The Roads Community Foundation. It is a component. By receiving a grant, community foundation will monitor the teacher recipients agree to share grant programs for accountability. their success tips with other colleagues. Southside STEM Academy at Campostella — to purchase equipment that will allow Nolen-Martin, a retired major students to visualize objects and documents gifts officer at The College of William while learning STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) concepts in the and Mary, said she believes in public classroom or virtually. education and wants to see every Blair Middle School – to purchase software child succeed. that will enable students with disabilities to interview their family members, write stories “My heart is in the public using special online tools, and ultimately schools,” she said. “When I retired, create a published book that will be shared. I decided to put my time and talent Blair Middle School – to purchase materials for a math-focused program to build students’ where my passion is.” understanding of integers and equations. Nolen-Martin, who grew up in Students will make a video of their use of these Kathy Nolen-Martin uses her gifts and vision tools, and highlights will be shared throughout rural Alabama, said a good education the school and district to demonstrate the to benefit students in Norfolk schools. sets up students for lifelong success. impacts on student learning in math. “We want to affect the day-
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Meet Cyrus A. Dolph IV
The 2020 Recipient of the Barron F. Black Community Builder Award In his profession as a tax attorney, Cyrus A. Dolph IV considers himself a helper, working with clients on business law, estate planning and taxation matters. Really, he’s an architect of philanthropy, assisting generous people in arranging charitable gifts that will forever benefit charitable causes in the region. The Hampton Roads Community Foundation honored Dolph with the 2020 Barron F. Black Community Builder Award for his longtime service and dedication to philanthropy and the region. The annual award is named for Barron F. Black, founding board chair of the community foundation. Black, who led the community foundation board from 1950 until he passed away in 1974, was a founder of the Vandeventer Black law firm who inspired his clients to find lasting ways to be generous and benefit their community. For more than 40 years, Dolph has helped clients start nonprofits as well as create charitable legacies, including through the community foundation. “At the end of the day, it’s sort of like problem solving,” Dolph said. “Folks want to accomplish something. There are various ways to get there, and you just sort of try to help them achieve that objective in the most efficient way possible. The community foundation provides such an incredible solution. It’s easy, it’s cost effective, it’s efficient, and it works.” Before entering the legal
Cyrus A. Dolph shows clients how to make an impact through philanthropy.
The Hampton Roads Community Foundation honored Dolph with the 2020 Barron F. Black Community Builder Award for his longtime service and dedication to philanthropy and the region. The annual award is named for Barron F. Black, founding board chair of the community foundation. profession, Dolph had planned to pursue a career in the U.S. Army, just like his father who was a career Army officer. Dolph graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1970. Shortly thereafter, he enrolled in the T.C. Williams School of Law at the
University of Richmond. “What interested me the most was tax law,” Dolph said. From there, he earned a master’s degree in law and taxation from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at The College of William and Mary. Soon after, he began working at law firms and is currently a senior lawyer at Clarke, Dolph, Hull & Brunick, P.L.C. in Virginia Beach. Dolph, a longtime Norfolk resident, also devotes time to his family, church, and the community. He has served as a volunteer U.S. rowing referee for several years, serving as a referee and as the chief referee for many local high school and club regattas. He also helped start the Eastern Virginia Scholastic Rowing Association, Inc. Rowing, he said, is a sport of endurance and teamwork. Youth who participate learn important lessons to carry them throughout school, their careers, and life. “One of the things that’s given me the most satisfaction is seeing the good it does for the kids,” he said. Along with the award recognition, Dolph has an opportunity to direct a $5,000 grant to a charity of his choice. He selected ForKids, a nonprofit agency that serves families and children experiencing homelessness in the region. Dolph said he is concerned about children who face food and housing insecurities, a problem which increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. “COVID has shone the spotlight on this,” he said. “ForKids just does an absolutely exemplary job of taking on that really important mission.” 2 0 2 1
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The In[HEIR]itance Project
Theater Production Helps Break Cultural Barriers
A group of 15 women
convened at a neighborhood arts center in Cincinnati, Ohio, to describe their city to playwrights gathering raw material for a script. All but one were White and used terms like “hidden gem,” “beautiful place to raise a family” and “nice.” The word that came to mind for the lone Black woman was “cliquish.” At that, most of the White women gasped, shushed her, and asked her not to say such things. But through the conversation, some acknowledged the need to make their community better.
That exchange is similar
to the type of dialogue local community leaders hope to foster in Hampton Roads by bringing
HUBB co-leaders (l-r) Rev. John Rohrs, Rabbi Rosalin Mandelberg, and Rev. Dr. Sharon Riley discuss the In[HEIR]itance Project.
the In[HEIR]itance Project to the on their experiences, stories, and
region via a $10,000 Beneath the Surface grant from the Hampton
Local community leaders
perspectives of racism and how it
Roads Community Foundation
hope to foster a dialogue
continues to shape this region. They
in collaboration with Virginia Humanities.
The In[HEIR]itance Project is
a national arts organization that intertwines community issues, history, religion, and theater to promote cross-cultural awareness and understanding.
In Hampton Roads,
In[HEIR]itance Project artists will work with area residents to create an original stage play based
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in Hampton Roads by bringing the In[HEIR]itance Project to the region via a $10,000 Beneath the Surface grant from the Hampton Roads Community Foundation in collaboration with Virginia Humanities.
plan to perform at an upcoming upcoming Virginia Arts Festival event.
The local endeavor is
administered by the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and led by Hands United Building Bridges, or HUBB, an interfaith and intercultural coalition of diverse religious leaders. Community conversations and public playmaking workshops are central to the effort.
“This project will enable us
“Every city has a story to
tell, and we count on the people
to develop methods of
in the community to give us the
communication and
content,” said Ariel Warmflash, one of the In[HEIR]itance Project’s
networking that allow us
co-founding artists. “We come with
to see how much we are alike
expertise in making theater and
as opposed to how much
you come with expertise in your own lives, and together we create
we are different from
something.”
each other.”
HUBB’s co-leaders say their
organization is a good fit for the
— Rev. Dr. Sharon Riley
playmaking project because of its mission to promote better
HUBB co-leader Rabbi Rosalin
Mandelberg of Ohef Sholom Temple in Norfolk agreed. “The history of racism in our community is not as well-known as one would think,” she said. “There is an opportunity to tell the stories and educate people, first of all just to make them more aware of issues of race and how they still perpetuate themselves.”
The Rev. John Rohrs, a
HUBB co-leader and rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, said
understanding by bringing
reality,” said Warmflash. “Our work
the play has the potential to unite
together diverse people to discuss
is not just about us hearing what
people of various backgrounds as
tough issues. They believe the
people think about their city but
well as spark more cross-cultural
conversations, workshops, and
having them hear from each other.”
dialogue and activities.
performance will spark additional
activities that foster community
historical and current racial
ways of fostering conversations …
awareness and healing.
inequities in South Hampton
that can be hard to do otherwise,”
Roads, Riley said, is a key step in
he said. “This play can be an entry
countering racism.
point to doing more work together.”
“The In[HEIR]itance Project
will give another vehicle to us for
Greater recognition of
“The arts and theater have
unity,” said the Rev. Dr. Sharon Riley, senior pastor of the Faith Deliverance Christian Center in Norfolk, and one of the HUBB co-leaders. “This project will enable us to develop methods of communication and networking that allow us to see how much we are alike as opposed to how much we are different from each other.”
In the Ohio example,
playwrights included a scene based on the exchange between the White women and one Black woman to highlight diverse perspectives and demonstrate the importance of talking about racial issues. “That scene explores different people’s versions of
HUBB co-leaders believe that the arts can foster community awareness and healing, such as this multicultural choir singing at a previous HUBB event.
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Isle of Wight Christian Outreach Program
Neighbors Helping Neighbors in Need Tucked away on a winding road in a small rural county stands a beacon of hope. Inside a humble brick building, volunteers pack groceries in an assembly line, fold linen in a store room, and sort through piles of baby diapers in another. They then distribute the goods for fellow neighbors in need who line up at the center. For their efforts to support the community with essentials throughout the pandemic, the Isle of Wight Christian Outreach Program received a $25,000 COVID Rapid Response grant, which was paid by the Hampton Roads Community Foundation. Throughout the pandemic, more than $1.25 million was given in COVID-related grants to local nonprofits as a part of a joint response by the community foundation and United Way of South Hampton Roads. “The support from the Hampton Roads Community Foundation has played a major
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Wayne Willis, board chairman, and Cris Lawrence, administrative assistant, keep the center running smoothly.
role in allowing the Isle of Wight County Christian Outreach Program to continue and even expand our assistance to the needy in our community at a time when both our major fundraisers had to be cancelled because of the coronavirus,” said board chair Wayne Willis. Since 1991, the center has been helping Isle of Wight residents, including the residents of Smithfield, Windsor, and Carrollton. Over the years, their operations have expanded, and they are now serving approximately 400 to 500 households per month, which equates to 1,400 to 1,500 individuals, leaders said. “We also have an emergency services program where we help with prescriptions, overdue rent, and car repair. If someone can’t get to work, then that’s a problem. We screen them and we do what we can to determine the need. We work closely with social services on that as well,” said Cris Lawrence, the center’s sole staffer. Now, the outreach center is able to help complete essential home repair jobs, assist clients with dental
Throughout the pandemic, volunteers at the Isle of Wight Christian Outreach Program have helped county residents in need.
COVID Response 2020 “The support from the Hampton Roads Community Foundation has played a major role in allowing the program to continue and even expand our assistance to the needy in our community at a time when both our major fundraisers had to be cancelled because of the coronavirus.” — Wayne Willis, board chair
work, and provide some rent and utility bill assistance. The center was able to purchase a new van for picking up food from local grocery stores, delivering food to clients, and moving furniture. The center had to install a new walk-in refrigerator in order to be able to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to clients every month. Pandemic-related hardships led to a greater need in the Western Tidewater community, program leaders said. Residents have also stepped up to fill in gaps. “If we have empty shelves, we’ll put a little note in the newspaper to say we need blankets or cereals and the next day the donation table is full,” Lawrence said. “The community is amazing.”
More Than $1.25 Million in COVID Response and Recovery Grants In 2020, the Hampton Roads Community Foundation quickly responded to community needs during the pandemic. It provided three rounds of grant funding. The first round was conducted in partnership with United Way of South Hampton Roads to quickly deploy resources to help charitable organizations assisting people with food, shelter, essential resources, mental health counseling, and other critical needs. The community foundation awarded a second round of funding for similar purposes. The community foundation continued providing recovery support to stabilize nonprofits whose operations and finances were negatively impacted by COVID-19. Learn more at HamptonRoadsCF.org/COVID19.
In April 2020, the Hampton Roads Community Foundation and United Way of South Hampton Roads jointly awarded $517,410 in initial Rapid Response grants to 34 nonprofits providing COVID-19 relief to people in South Hampton Roads for food security, emergency housing, household essentials and mental health counseling. Grant recipients are: An Achievable Dream Virginia Beach, $15,000 for food and other essentials for students and their families. Buffalow Family and Friends Community Days, $20,000 to feed people in South Norfolk. Children’s Health Investment Program (CHIP), $25,000 for essentials to help families in 11 home visiting programs in the region. Communities in Schools of Hampton Roads, $10,000 for mental health services for parents and guardians of students it serves.
ForKids Inc., $25,000 for rental assistance. Friends of the Portsmouth Juvenile Court Inc., $18,300 to feed Portsmouth residents and to purchase essential items. The Genieve Shelter, $10,000 for emergency shelter. Greater Hampton Roads Diaper Bank, $5,000 for essential items for families. Hampton Roads Community Action Program Inc., $10,000 for needs for families in the region.
Cover 3 Foundation, $5,000 for breakfast and lunch for area children.
Help and Emergency Response Inc., $10,000 for emergency shelter.
Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore, $50,000 for food distributed to residents in South Hampton Roads.
Hope House Foundation Inc., $8,000 to feed individuals living with developmental disabilities. Isle of Wight Christian Outreach Program Inc., $25,000 for food and essential items for people in Isle of Wight County. Joy Ministries, $15,000 for food and essential supplies for clients in the region. Judeo-Christian Outreach Center Inc., $10,000 for food and emergency shelter. LGBT Life Center, $18,000 for meals for clients.
Greater Hampton Roads Diaper Bank received funding for essential items for families.
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Mercy Chefs Inc., $25,000 to prepare meals for people in need. Mercy Drops Dream Center, $20,000 for food to help Portsmouth residents.
Mile High Kids and Community Development Inc., $7,000 to deliver food to four neighborhoods in Virginia Beach where children in their day care live. Sickle Cell Association, Inc., $1,500 for essential products for patients with sickle cell. YMCA of South Hampton Roads, $4,000 to support food distribution to individuals and families in partnership with the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore.
LGBT Life Center, as an essential service nonprofit, received funding for meals for clients as well as to provide mental health care for uninsured clients.
In August 2020, the Hampton Roads Community Foundation provided an additional round of COVID-19 Rapid Response funding in the amount $227,908 to the list of organizations below, which previously received rapid response funding. Generally, the intent of the funding was to support a continuation of the services begun with the first round of funding. They are:
Jewish Family Service of Tidewater - Virginia Beach VA, $4,500
An Achievable Dream Virginia Beach, $4,263
Meals on Wheels of Chesapeake Inc., $3,500
Buffalow Family and Friends Community Days, $10,000
Mercy Drops Dream Center, $10,000
Children’s Health Investment Program, $17,000
Mile High Kids and Community Development, Inc., $10,000
Communities in Schools of Hampton Roads, $5,000
Oasis Commission on Social Ministry of Portsmouth/Chesapeake, $3,500
ForKids Inc., $25,000
Samaritan House, Inc., $10,000
The Salvation Army Suffolk Corps, $7,500 to feed people in Suffolk.
Friends of the Portsmouth Juvenile Court Inc., $6,000
Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia, $5,000
Samaritan House Inc., $20,000 for emergency shelter.
Greater Hampton Roads Diaper Bank, $6,500
Survivor Ventures, $3,645
Hampton Roads Community Action Program Inc., $5,000
The Genieve Shelter, $5,000
Mercy Drops Dream Center received funding for food to help Portsmouth residents. Oasis Commission on Social Ministry of Portsmouth/Chesapeake, $3,500 for food to help Portsmouth residents. PIN Ministry, $7,560 for food and essential supplies for people experiencing homelessness in Virginia Beach. The Salvation Army Hampton Roads Area Command, $25,000 for food and essential supplies for people in Chesapeake, Norfolk and Virginia Beach. The Salvation Army Portsmouth Corps, $7,500 to feed people in Portsmouth.
Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia, $15,000 to help older adults with food and essential items. Survivor Ventures, $16,050 for emergency shelter for survivors of human trafficking. The Up Center, $25,000 for professional mental health care.
Joy Ministries, $5,000 Judeo-Christian Outreach Center, Inc., $5,000 LGBT Life Center, $3,500
Help and Emergency Response Inc., $5,000
The Salvation Army Hampton Roads Area Command, $8,000
Hope House Foundation Inc., $4,000
The Up Center, $10,000
Isle of Wight Christian Outreach Program Inc., $10,000
Urban League of Hampton Roads, Inc., $30,000 Virginia Supportive Housing, $3,500
Urban League of Hampton Roads Inc., $20,000 for emergency shelter and rental assistance.
William A. Hunton YMCA, $10,000
Virginia Supportive Housing, $6,000 for food and essential items for people permanently housed in South Hampton Roads after experiencing chronic homelessness.
Community Foundation provided COVID-19
Additionally, in 2020, Hampton Roads Recovery funding, including: Arts & Cultural Organizations, Community Anchor Arts Groups: $175,000 was awarded to six organizations. They are:
Wesley Community Service Center Inc., $5,000 for food to help Portsmouth residents. William A. Hunton YMCA, $10,000 for food to help Norfolk families.
Chrysler Museum of Art, $36,000
YWCA South Hampton Roads, $20,000 for emergency shelter. In June 2020, the community foundation awarded a second round of grants to these organizations: Jewish Family Service of Tidewater, $9,000 to feed individuals and families they serve.
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Virginia Arts Festival, $36,000 Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, $22,500
Mile High Kids and Community Development Inc., as an essential service nonprofit, received funding during the pandemic to provide food to four neighborhoods in Virginia Beach where children in their daycare live.
Virginia Opera, $24,000 Virginia Stage Company, $22,500 Virginia Symphony Orchestra, $34,000
COVID Response 2020 Arts & Cultural Organizations, Small and Mid-sized Arts Groups: $150,000 was awarded to 26 organizations. They are:
Children’s Assistive Technology Service, $1,500
Academy of Music, $2,000
Community Alternatives, Inc., $2,000
Arts for Learning, the Virginia Affiliate of Young Audiences, $15,000
Communities in Schools of Hampton Roads, $7,500
Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia, $5,000
Compassion Advocacy Network, Inc., $3,000
Council of United Filipino Organizations of Tidewater, Inc., $10,000 d’Art Center, $5,500 I. Sherman Greene Chorale, Inc., $4,000 Isle of Wight Arts League, $4,500 Little Theatre of Norfolk, $6,000 Little Theatre of Virginia Beach, $6,000 Mosaic Steel Orchestra, $10,000
Commonwealth Catholic Charities, $1,000
Edmarc, Inc., $7,500 Families of Autistic Children of Tidewater, $2,000
Oyster Reef Keepers of Virginia, Inc., $2,000 Park Place School, $9,250 Places and Programs for Children, Inc., $15,000 Prevent Child Abuse Hampton Roads, $5,000 REACH, Inc. (Reading Enriches All Children), $5,000 Roc Solid Foundation Inc., $1,000 SEALKIDS, Inc., $1,000 Seton Youth Shelters, $15,000
Garden of Hope Inc., $9,250
Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia, $15,000
Girl Scout Council of the Colonial Coast, $7,500
Suffolk Meals on Wheels, Inc., $8,000
Girls on the Run South Hampton Roads, $3,000
The Children’s Center, $12,500 The Eliza Hope Foundation, $1,500
Norfolk Chamber Consort, $1,000
Hampton Roads Community Health Center, $15,000
Portsmouth Community Concerts, Inc., $4,000
Habitat for Humanity South Hampton Roads, $7,500
Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, $12,000
Help and Emergency Response Inc., $7,500
The Hermitage Museum and Gardens, $5,000
Hampton Roads Community Action Program, Inc., $5,000
The Hurrah Players, Inc., $10,000
Hope U Inc., $2,000
TWP-The Youth Movement, $15,000
The Muse Writers Center, $4,000
Joy Ministries, $2,000
Tidewater Arts Outreach, $6,000 Tidewater Winds, $4,000
Judeo-Christian Outreach Center, Inc., $2,000
United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, $2,000
Todd Rosenlieb Dance, $6,000
LGBT Life Center, $5,000
ViBe District Virginia Beach, $4,000
LIFT Fitness Foundation, $1,000
Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation, $5,000
Virginia African American Cultural Center, $8,000
Louise W. Eggleston Center, Inc., $7,500
Virginia Beach CASA, $7,500
Mercy Chefs Inc., $2,500
Virginia Beach Art Center, $3,000
Mile High Kids and Community Development, Inc., $5,000
Virginia Beach Community Development Corporation, $12,500
Virginia Beach Chorale, $2,000 Virginia Children’s Chorus, $5,000 Virginia Musical Theatre, Inc., $5,000 Zeiders American Dream Theater, $3,000 Essential Service Nonprofits: $428,742 was awarded to 67 organizations in September 2020. Here’s the list:
The Living River Restoration Trust, $2,000 The Planning Council, $15,000 The Sarah Michelle Peterson Foundation, $5,000 The Up Center, $12,500 Tidewater Wooden Boat Workshop, $2,500
United Methodist Family Services of Virginia, $1,000
Virginia Beach Justice Initiative, $2,500
Montero Medical Missions Inc., $1,000
Virginia Zoological Society, $5,000
Nauticus Foundation, $10,000
Walk In It Inc., $5,000
New Vision Youth Services, Inc., $1,500
Western Tidewater Free Clinic, Inc., $12,500
Nursing CAP, Inc., $1,500
Western Tidewater Tennis Association, $2,500
Norfolk CASA, Inc., $10,000 Norfolk Senior Center, $15,000
Youth Outreach Urban Resources & Services, $12,500
Ability Center of Virginia, $5,242 Access College Foundation, $15,000 Access Partnership, $1,000 Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, $2,000 American Diabetes Association (HRLocal Chapter), $8,000 An Achievable Dream Virginia Beach, $10,000 Armed Services YMCA of Hampton Roads, $4,000 Beach Health Clinic, $8,000 Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia, $10,000 Chesapeake Care, $10,000
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Barbara Taylor
A Family Legacy of Philanthropy There’s more to Barbara Taylor’s legacy than what was written in her will. When she passed away in 2020, Taylor left more than half a million dollars to the Hampton Roads Community Foundation to forever benefit charitable causes in the region. But she gave her family something more – the gift of philanthropy. “One of the greatest legacies she gave us was a family whose company we crave. We are a very close family,” said daughter Kathy Brobst. Brobst, along with her siblings Gail Perry and Michael Khandelwal, will advise on the fund created by their mother’s estate at the community foundation, which will benefit charitable youth causes. “She had a special affinity for young people – their education, their safety, their health and welfare,” said her son Michael Khandelwal. “So that’s why the fund is set up in such a way. Our goal is to help organizations that work with youth.” Brobst added: “She thought education was an investment into your future, and education is something important. She passed that on to her children and grandchildren.” Taylor was so passionate about education that she moved her
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Barbara Taylor left a gift in her will to the community foundation.
Taylor graduated with a double major in sociology and psychology, and she earned Phi Beta Kappa honors. She then earned a master’s degree in public health and later taught at Old Dominion University. family from Chicago to enroll in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill well into adulthood. “I think the really cool thing
about our mother is that she had three young daughters and then had a divorce, then applied to colleges and moved them across the country. As a single mom of three young kids, she went to college and then to graduate school in the 1960s,” Khandelwal said. Taylor graduated with a double major in sociology and psychology, and she earned Phi Beta Kappa honors. She then earned a master’s degree in public health and later taught at Old Dominion University. Taylor remarried and later had Khandelwal, teaching at night until he was in kindergarten. She then taught full-time. All the while, she remained active in the community, including serving as an elder in the Session at the former Thalia Trinity Presbyterian Church in Virginia Beach. Now, Taylor’s legacy of giving will forever live on through the community foundation and her children and grandchildren because of the generosity she left behind. “Keeping the fund going is very important to us because it keeps her name going, her memory going, and it keeps her charitable spirit going,” Brobst said. “We have already informed the generation below us that they are going to be responsible for carrying this on once we are gone.”
Shore Delivery Corps
Dedicated Volunteers Helping Neighbors During the pandemic, many people used online ordering and delivery services to keep their families safe. However, community leaders in rural areas like Virginia’s Eastern Shore found that limited digital infrastructure made it difficult for residents to conduct online grocery shopping and arrange other essential services. That is how the Shore Delivery Corps stepped in to help. The organization formed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic so that Eastern Shore residents stayed safe and sound. Its mission is to provide free delivery service of needed medical supplies and
prescriptions as well as perishable and non-perishable groceries to residents who were at the highest risk for serious complications from COVID-19. This allowed people to stay at home away from public places and decrease the potential exposure and spread of this virus. From July 2020 to June 2021, volunteers received over 800 calls and made 832 deliveries of groceries, prescriptions, food deliveries, and they helped the Eastern Shore Action Agency on Aging/Community Action Maggie Molera Stodghill, Shore Delivery Corps volunteer, Agency with deliveries. The Corps greets a resident with food and supplies. Eastern Shore provided 411 deliveries of bulk of Virginia Community Foundation donated grant funds to paper and 158 deliveries to local start the organization in 2020. schools. “Working together, we can all make a difference in preserving the lives and good health of our fellow citizens who are at the greatest risk of serious complications from COVID-19,” said Corps leader Jeff Holland.
The Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation is
Eastern Shore Action Agency on Aging/Community Action Agency volunteers and staff work tirelessly to help neighbors. ESVCF funded a replacement refrigerated vehicle for meal distribution.
an affiliate of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, which manages the endowment of the Eastern Shore organization. Our partnership began in 2004 after the Hampton Roads Community Foundation provided a challenge grant.
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Community Leadership Partners The Community Leadership Partners, a giving circle of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, is a vibrant group of philanthropists who enjoy learning about community needs and combining their resources to tackle them. Since 2010, the Partners have put more than $2.3 million into action through grants to help area youth and young
adults overcome obstacles and thrive in school and life. Membership is open to all. Members donate each year to participate and support the annual grants program. To learn more, contact Kate Hofheimer Wilson, associate vice president for development, at kwilson@hamptonroadscf.org or (757) 622-7951, or visit CommunityLeadershipPartners.org.
MEET OUR MEMBERS (as of May 31, 2021) Clay H. Barr
Anjali and Joseph Gresens
Ann Nusbaum
Aimee and Frank Batten
Debra and Ray Gromelski
Maureen Olivieri
Elena and Gary Baum
Nancy and Robert Hall
Patty and Vince Olivieri
Donna Bausch
Stuart Hawkins
Susan T. Pender and Dan Beck
Claire and David Benjack
Jennifer and Burr Henderson
Ellis Pretlow and Jaeson Dandalides
Lilly and Bruce Bradley
Susan and Paul Hirschbiel
Miranda and Troy Price
Joan P. Brock
Natalie and Ian Holder
Suzanne and Joe Prueher
Mackenzie and Aaron Brunson
Patti and Tom Host
Suzanne Puryear and Mike Borysewicz
Nicole and Chris Bugg
Susan and Bob Hume
Allison and John Rachels
Audra Bullock and Richard Litton
Nita and Akhil Jain
Robin and Richard Ray
Meg and Bill Campbell
Kirkland Molloy Kelley
Lyn Reid
Matt Casale
Sheila Kilpatrick
Cart and Craig Reilly
Susan and Norman Colpitts
Harry Laibstain
Kristi and Eric Rosenfeldt
Denyce and James Corzatt
Sarah Larkin
Shikma and Danny Rubin
Cara Cotter
Christopher LaRocca
Pru and Louis Ryan
Kim and Keith Curtis
Stephen Leaman
Kelsey and Jay Sarcone
Maria and Matthew Echaniz
Sandra and Miles Leon
Audrey Settle
Ellen and Doug Ellis
Terry and John Lynch
Anne and George Shipp
Janet and Johnny Ellis
Kindall and Lamont Maddox
Joan and James Spore
Barbara and Andrew Fine
Harriet and John Malbon
Carter and Justin Steil
Blair and Mike Fine
Suzanne and Vince Mastracco
Shana and Randy Stoker
Jan and Morris Fine
Wendy S. McGrady
Chris Topping
Kim and Carlton Forbes
Patt and Colin McKinnon
Winship and Guy Tower
Dianne and Tom Frantz
Will McLean
Emily and Jarratt Webb
Rusty Friddell
Barbra and John Midgett
Sarah and Joey Weinberg
Theresa and Cecil Garber
Scott Morgenthaler
Linda and Steve Whitehead
Bern Glasser
Jackie and Fred Napolitano
Beth and Rolf Williams
Lynanne Gornto
Andrew S. Nusbaum
Lynne and Steve Winter Susan and Dubby Wynne
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Who are the Community Leadership Partners? An active philanthropy group which began in 2010. Members pool resources to tackle specific causes in Hampton Roads.
How do they decide who gets a grant? Every year, the Partners learn about local issues, choose a funding focus area, invite nonprofits to apply for grants, go on site visits to see programs in action, and recommend grants to fund.
How did the Partners respond to the COVID-19 pandemic?
Communities in Schools of Hampton Roads received funding to, in part, provide support programs and materials to students at risk of disconnection and to provide Trauma Informed Care training to paid staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Partners awarded $225,000 in grants to 12 area nonprofits in 2020. These organizations serve young people between ages 16-24 who are not working, in school or serving in the military, or middle- and high-school aged youth. The purpose of the 2020 grants program was to support organizations with their efforts to adapt and respond to urgent and essential needs of Opportunity Youth and young adults who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and middle or high school students at high risk of disconnection.
What are the benefits of membership? Since 2010, the Community Leadership Partners have put more than $2.3 million into action by aiding more than 80 nonprofits with grants. As a giving circle connected to the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, the Partners receive information about groups needing support and resources to help strengthen their efforts. “The Foundation provides a framework for us and does a lot of the technical work,” said Lamont Maddox, a local business attorney who has been a member of the Partners since 2010.
“They put us in touch with the nonprofits in the region, and this allows us to narrow our focus and collectively make a positive change on a consistent basis.” For the last few years, the Partners have focused on “Opportunity Youth,” who are between the ages of 16-24 and are not working or in school. Their grants support programs that provide guidance and resources to help these young people succeed. “We believe we form a stronger and more equitable community when we invest in the welfare of our young people,” he said.
Community Leadership Partners can:
• Learn firsthand about philanthropy and community needs • Actively participate in grantmaking and nonprofit site visits • Get to know other community leaders and philanthropists • Attend educational and networking events
How do I join? Annual membership amounts are based on age: $2,100 for ages 50 and up, $1,000 for ages 40-49, and $500 for ages 39 and younger. Go to CommunityLeadershipPartners.org
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Keeping Their Legacy Alive
Scholarship Honors Brave Students of the Norfolk 17 In 1959, seventeen that church did when it children in Norfolk stepped in. The church took paved the way for future some risk in doing that as generations to obtain a well,” he said. “The whole good education. Civil Rights Movement In 2020, two generous was just a critical period of donors created a time. Many people made scholarship fund to ensure sacrifices for the future – for that legacy continues. the future of the community Sandra and Lemuel and for the future of the Lewis, through a generous country.” gift, established the Lem said progress is Lewis Family Norfolk 17 possible when everyone Scholarship Fund at the works together to fight at the Hampton Roads injustices. Lem, who Community Foundation. It attended segregated Sandra Lewis stands in front of a historical marker honors the brave students schools in Lynchburg before at First Baptist Church with Dr. Patricia Turner, one of the 17 students who desegregated city enrolling as one of the few to desegregate Norfolk city schools. public schools amidst Black students at UVA in the fierce opposition. 1960s, said the couple is paying forward “Having the scholarship with the scholarships that helped them “Having the scholarship that name, it keeps the memory alive. achieve educational success. with that name, Somebody has to say, ‘well why do they “Without them, I would never call them the Norfolk 17?’” Sandra said. have been able to attend college,” said it keeps the memory alive. “The men and women – or at that time Lem, who serves on the community Somebody has to say, the girls and boys – who suffered the foundation board of directors. “We both ‘well why do they call them insults, the threats, the hostility that very much appreciate and benefited they did to achieve integration, that from getting a good education. We the Norfolk 17?’” should never be forgotten. History is know of no better way to give back than — Sandra Lewis important.” through scholarships.” Sandra knows firsthand the power Their first local scholarship was in the 1950s opened its doors to tutor of young people to change the course awarded in 2021, and it will forever help the 17 Norfolk students who – along of history. After all, she did it herself. others achieve a college education. with others across the state – were At 10 years old, Sandra became “We like the concept that this will shut out of public schools when the one of 12 students to desegregate continue the fundamental goal of the governor chose to close rather than Charlottesville public schools when Norfolk 17, which is to help people get a integrate them. she walked through the doors of good education,” Sandra said. “Because Churches were not immune to Venable Elementary in 1959. She went of the perpetual nature of having the fund racial violence during the Civil Rights on to become one of the first African with the Hampton Roads Community Movement, including bombings by American women to graduate from the Foundation, it will last a long time.” racist groups in the deep South, Lem University of Virginia’s College of Arts “And not only last but grow, and Lewis pointed out. & Sciences in 1972. grow in perpetuity,” Lem added. “That, to me, is what history is – not The couple attends the historic Learn more about the Norfolk 17 at only what the Norfolk 17 did but what First Baptist Church in Norfolk, which HamptonRoadsCF.org/Norfolk 17.
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These are the 17 students who desegregated Norfolk city schools in 1959. Louis Cousins, Olivia Driver, LaVera Forbes, Patricia Godbolt, Alvarez Fredrick Gonsouland, Andrew Heidelberg, Delores Johnson, Edward Jordan, Lolita Portis, Betty Jean Reed, Johnnie Rouse, Geraldine Talley, James Turner, Jr., Patricia Turner, Carol Wellington, Claudia Wellington, Reginald Young.
Rev. Robert G. Murray (left), is pastor of First Baptist Church, which educated students like Dr. Patricia Turner (center) when schools closed during a period called Massive Resistance. Sandra Lewis (right), along with her husband Lemuel Lewis (not pictured) started a scholarship in honor of the Norfolk 17.
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In 2019, the Hampton Roads Community Foundation board of directors adopted a Racial Equity statement to guide the community foundation’s work, to better align our grantmaking and scholarships programs for equitable outcomes, to host courageous conversations about race and the history of race, and to provide leadership through collaborative action to address racism in Hampton Roads.
Our Commitment to Racial Equity
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e believe that racial equity is essential to the success of our region and its people. We further believe that advancing a more equitable and inclusive community is core to the mission of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation. Race has long held a defining place in American society. It is embedded in our culture, laws and policies, educational institutions, and economy. The result is a system of racial bias and inequities that limits opportunities for people of color. If left unchallenged, such structural racism threatens our future. To be sure, this system is bigger than the Hampton Roads Community Foundation and the region. It is nonetheless a powerful force pushing against “a thriving community with opportunity for all”– what our community foundation envisions for the people of Hampton Roads.
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What is Racial Equity? Acknowledging that racism exists. Working together to fix problems caused by discrimination. Ensuring People of Color have fair access to resources. Creating a more inclusive community with opportunity for all.
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Owning Our History
In 2018, the community foundation began looking inwardly at our policies and practices around equity as well as our engagement with residents and community partners. Since then, we have: • Worked with a consultant, LM Strategies, to coach staff and board members about racial equity issues, and to create a Racial Equity Statement and plan • Hosted the annual Black Philanthropy Month celebration to amplify Black voices often left out of traditional philanthropy
Community Conversations The community foundation is a convener. We bring together people from all backgrounds to tackle important community issues, such as racial equity. Here’s a sampling:
Beneath the Surface Beneath the Surface is a collaboration between Virginia Humanities and the community foundation exploring the ways race has shaped this region and to advance personal understanding and community dialogue. It began in 2019 with a community residency with author and former Spelman College President Dr. Beverly Tatum. It was followed by a series of community conversations called “Unmasking Hampton Roads.” The third and final phase is a grant program launched in late 2020. • Expanded grant guidelines to require nonprofits to report racial demographic data on their boards, staff, and clients in order to get a more comprehensive picture of our community, who we help, and opportunities for support • Commissioned the Giving Black® Hampton Roads study to learn about Black philanthropists and giving trends
Dred Scott Presents In honor of the National Day of Racial Healing in January, the community foundation, in partnership with Virginians for Reconciliation, hosted Dred Scott Presents: Sons and Daughters of Reconciliation. The event convened a civil rights panel to discuss how United States laws have fostered discrimination. It featured descendants of plaintiffs and judges in two landmark 19th-century U.S. Supreme Court cases – The Dred Scott Decision and Plessy v. Ferguson.
America to Me • Joined diverse community organizations, including the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Coastal Virginia, Asian Business Association of Hampton Roads, Black BRAND, and others The work continues with trainings, conversations, research projects, and ongoing assessment of our internal practices and external actions.
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The community foundation sponsored an Understanding Hampton Roads civic engagement forum exploring the intersection of race, equity and education. It included a screening of the first episode of the America To Me documentary followed by a panel discussion, which included local school and community leaders as well as student activists.
Equity in Action:
The Hampton Roads Community Foundation awarded nearly $1 million Black Community Partnership Fund in grants to 30 local Black nonprofit organizations as a part of its commitment to racial equity. This commitment involves confronting unfair and unjust policies and practices that persistently limit opportunities for Black people in Hampton Roads and beyond. The grants come from the Black Community Partnership Fund, which the Foundation launched in 2020 thanks to a $1 million gift from Facebook to
For the complete list of grantees, go to BlackCommunityPartnership Fund.org
support Black-led nonprofits. In early 2021, the community foundation awarded grants to nonprofits with a majority Black board of directors, executive leadership and/or staff, and that primarily serve Black people. Grants, which will be paid over two years, can be used for a variety of programs and needs.
Buffalow Family and Friends Community Days, which received a $10,000 grant, is a family-oriented organization offering support and encouragement to the community in Chesapeake. It provides food and clothing to individuals in need.
The Don Carey REECH Foundation also received a $10,000 grant. The organization provides students the opportunity of academic achievement and exposure to diverse areas through hands-on, innovative programs including science, technology, engineering, and math.
Here are three ways to be more equitable: 1. Learn about racial prejudice from the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities. According to VCIC, “The fight against prejudice is a cooperative process.” Take a class, download resources, and check out their programs here: InclusiveVA.org/programs/communities
2. Read books about racial issues, including these titles:
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Visionaries for Change Visionaries for Change is a giving circle of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation. It was founded in 2019 by Black business and civic leaders. Members come together to donate money to a pooled fund, and together they provide support for charitable causes in the Black community. Membership is open to all. To become a member and learn more, contact Vivian Oden, vice president for equity and inclusion, at voden@hamptonroadscf.org or (757) 622-7951 or visit www.VisionariesforChange.org
MEET OUR MEMBERS (as of May 31, 2021) Leadership Circle L. D. Britt, MD, MPH* Brittany Branch* Kimberly Jenkins and Tony Brothers* Valerie and Kim Brown* Sharon and Bernard Goodwyn* Desi Hacker, Ph.D. and Bruce Hacker Sandra Lewis (Chair) and Lemuel Lewis* Shirley Liverman* Courtney and Janeen McBath Delceno Miles Angela D. Reddix, Ph.D. and Carl Reddix* Audrey Settle* DeAnne and Randy Williams (Vice-Chair)* Jane S. and F. Blair Wimbush*
Individuals and Couples Hon. Angelia Allen* Gilbert T. Bland* and Joyce Williams Keshia and James Brown* Kimberly Michelle Brown* LaKeisha and Don Carey III* Nan Edgerton Robin Foreman-Wheeler* Elsie and Robert Goodrum* Hon. Jimmy Gray* Sharon and James Harrington III* Hon. Daun Hester Anthony Jones* Phillip Jones Shevette and Kevin Jones Rev. Linda Kirkland-Harris, Ph.D.* Dyteya Lewis Shannel Lundy and Kieara Lundy* Mavis and Wayne McKenley* Angela M. Mercer, MD* and Reginald Corinaldi Peter W. D. Morford Fredericka and Hon. Gabriel Morgan Sr.*
Cherise and Richard Newsome Jr.* Dr. Ruth Jones Nichols* Barbara and Jesse Oden* Rosa Oden* Vivian Oden* Joan Rhodes-Copeland Jennell and Dwight Riddick* Ruth Rose* Hon. Amelia Ross-Hammond, Ph.D.* Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott* Lateacia and Terard Sessoms* Hon. Lyn Simmons and Hon. Jerrauld Jones* Hope Sinclair, Ph.D.* Lisa Smith and Maurice Jones* Wanda and Kevin Turpin* Sharon Campbell Waters, Ph.D. Dr. Kawanna Ward* Dr. Edith G. White* Martha Williams* Dr. Yvette B. Williams* Maria P. Williams-Giddens*
*Founding Member
Members of Visionaries for Change along with community foundation President and CEO Deborah DiCroce at a special reception last year.
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Grants, Funds, and Our Generous Partners The following pages include the lists of grants and scholarships paid, donors, special gifts, and friends in philanthropy.
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EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS
The following organizations received Hampton Roads Community Foundation grants in 2020 for Educational Success. Grants came from donors’ designated, donor-advised, field-of-interest, organizational, or unrestricted funds. 200+ Men Foundation ACCESS College Foundation Adult Learning Center, City of Virginia Beach Public Schools Americans for Oxford Inc. An Achievable Dream Middle and High School, Inc. An Achievable Dream Virginia Beach Barry Robinson Schools Broadwater Academy Bryn Mawr College Cape Henry Collegiate School Catholic High School Chatham Hall Chesapeake Bay Academy Chesapeake Public Schools* Child Mind Institute Children’s Harbor Chincoteague Island Library, Inc. Christopher Newport University Educational Foundation Communities in Schools of Hampton Roads Cornell University Duke University E3: Elevate Early Education Eastern Shore Community College Foundation Eastern Shore Public Library Foundation Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation Frank W. Cox High School Friends of the Norfolk Public Library Friends of the Northampton Free Library G.I.R.L.S. Club Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Graceland University Grymes Memorial School Hampden-Sydney College Hampton Roads Educational Television Association, Inc. (WHRO) Hampton Roads Workforce Foundation Hampton University Hargrave Military Academy Hollins University Horizons Hampton Roads Joy Ministries Evangelistic Association Kairos Freedom Schools of Virginia, Inc. L.D. Britt, M.D. Scholarship Fund Mary Baldwin College Merton College Charitable Corporation Newport News Public Schools* Norfolk Academy Norfolk Collegiate School Norfolk Public Library Old Dominion Athletic Foundation
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PAID in 2020
Old Dominion University Educational Foundation Park Place Child Life Center Park Place School Princeton University Randolph-Macon College REACH Inc. Rider University Robert C. Nusbaum Honors College Ron Brown Scholar Program Saint James School Sentara College of Health Sciences Slover Library Foundation St. John the Apostle Catholic School St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School Star of the Sea Catholic School Sweet Briar College Talmudical Academy of Norfolk TCC Educational Foundation The 3:20 Scholarship The Endependence Center The Literacy Lab The Maury Foundation The Ready Academy Christian School The University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership The Virginia Zoological Society The Williams School Thomas Nelson Community College Foundation Toras Chaim Tulane University Union Presbyterian Seminary University of Pennsylvania University of Virginia - Alumni Association University of Virginia Law School Foundation University of Virginia’s College at Wise Virginia Air & Space Center Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation Virginia Beach City Public Schools* Virginia Humanities Virginia Space Flight Academy Virginia Tech Foundation Virginia Theological Seminary Virginia Wesleyan University Woodberry Forest School Youth Outreach Urban Resources and Services Ministry (YOURS) Educational Success grants $4,767,500 Total paid as of 12-31-20
$871,263 from field-of-interest and unrestricted funds $3,896,237 from designated, donor-advised, and organizational funds * Includes an E.K. Sloane Fund grant for a piano
Grants
ECONOMIC STABILITY
The following organizations received Hampton Roads Community Foundation grants in 2020 for Economic Stability. Grants came from donors’ designated, donor-advised, field-of-interest, organizational, or unrestricted funds. Access Virginia American Cancer Society - Harrisonburg American Red Cross of Coastal Virginia Armed Services YMCA of Hampton Roads Back on My Feet Boy Scouts of America, Tidewater Council Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Virginia Boys’ Home, Inc. Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia, Inc. Community Hospice of Texas Cover 3 Foundation Inc. Crisis Pregnancy Center of Tidewater Eastern Shore Area Agency on Aging/Community Action Agency Eggleston Services Eggleston Services Foundation Envision Lead Grow, Inc. Equi-Kids Therapeutic Riding Program Families of Autistic Children of Tidewater Federation of Virginia Food Banks Feeding San Diego Feminist Majority Foundation Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore ForKids, Inc. Franklin Cooperative Ministry Franklin-Southampton Area United Way Frost Valley YMCA Habitat for Humanity of SHR, Inc. Hampton Roads Workforce Foundation Healthy Day Partners HER, Inc. (Help and Emergency Response) Hope House Foundation Hunters for the Hungry Jackson-Feild Homes Jewish Family Service of Tidewater Judeo-Christian Outreach Center Knox Area Rescue Ministries Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia Life Enrichment Center Norfolk Light House Ministries Loving and Caring for the Homeless Manna Cafe CI Martin County Department of Social Services Masonic Home of Virginia Meals on Wheels of Virginia Beach Menchville House Ministries Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Neighborhood New Vision Youth Services, Inc.
PAID in 2020
Norfolk CASA Orphan Helpers PrimePlus - Norfolk Senior Center Ronald McDonald House Charities of Norfolk Samaritan House Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia Seton Youth Shelters Shelters to Shutters Simon Family Jewish Community Center Ski for Light SOME (So Others Might Eat) Southside Boys & Girls Club St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children StandUp for Kids - Hampton Roads Stop Abuse Sugar Plum Bakery, Inc. The ORPHANetwork The Salvation Army - Hampton Roads Area Command The Up Center The Virginian-Pilot Joy Fund Foundation Tidewater Friends of Foster Care, Inc. Todd Rosenlieb Dance Together We Can Foundation Union Mission Ministries United Jewish Federation of Tidewater United Way of South Hampton Roads United Way of Virginia’s Eastern Shore Vanguard Landing, Inc. VB Home Now Virginia Beach CASA Virginia Gentlemen Foundation Virginia Peninsula Foodbank Virginia Supportive Housing Wave City Care WeAreVB Westminster-Canterbury of Hampton Roads Foundation William A. Hunton YMCA Wounded Warrior Project, Inc. YMCA of South Hampton Roads YMCA of the Chesapeake Youth Outreach Urban Resources and Services Ministry (YOURS) YWCA of South Hampton Roads Economic Stability grants $3,120,532 Total paid as of 12-31-20
$412,736 from field-of-interest and unrestricted funds $2,707,796 from designated, donor-advised, and organizational funds
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The following organizations received Hampton Roads Community Foundation grants in 2020 for Health and Wellness. Grants came from donors’ designated, donor-advised, field-of-interest, organizational or unrestricted funds.
PAID in 2020
Alzheimer’s Association Southeastern Virginia
Mercy Medical Angels
American Cancer Society - South Atlantic Division
NAMI Coastal Virginia
American Heart Association
Operation Smile
American Heart Association - Mid Atlantic
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Aspen Hope Center
Pan-Mass Challenge
Auxiliary of Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital
Physicians for Peace
Beach Health Clinic
Prevent Cancer Foundation
Boston Children’s Hospital
Sentara Health Foundation
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association
Shore Health Services, Inc.
Children’s Health Investment Program
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation
The Chas Foundation
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
The FREE Foundation
Edmarc Hospice for Children
The Sarah Michelle Peterson Foundation
Girls on the Run Hampton Roads
The Up Center
Harmonium
Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation
Healthy Chesapeake
Virginia Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad
Howard & Georgeanna Jones Foundation for Reproductive Medicine
Virginia Hospital Research and Education Foundation d.b.a. VHHA Foundation
James E. Newby, Jr., M.D. Foundation
Virginia Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program
JDRF, International - Virginia Chapter
Virginia League for Planned Parenthood
Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital
Western Tidewater Free Health Clinic
Lee’s Friends
Health & Wellness grants $2,075,657 Total paid as of 12-31-20
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society LGBT Life Center
$215,518 from field-of-interest and unrestricted funds $1,860,139 from designated, donor-advised, and organizational funds
Lone Star Paralysis Foundation
A 2010 merger of two community foundations created the Hampton Roads Community Foundation. All names, logos, and taglines are trademarked.
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CULTURAL VITALITY
The following organizations received Hampton Roads Community Foundation grants in 2020 for Cultural Vitality. Grants came from donors’ designated, donor-advised, field-of-interest, organizational, or unrestricted funds.
PAID in 2020
Amazement Square
Teens With A Purpose
American Jewish Historical Society
The Academy of Music
Arts for Learning San Diego
The Chrysler Museum of Art
Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Ballet Virginia International*
The Feldman Chamber Music Society
Bay Youth Orchestras
The Hermitage Foundation Auxiliary
Boys Choir of Hampton Roads
The Hermitage Foundation Museum
Business Consortium for Arts Support
The Hermitage Museum and Gardens*
Chincoteague Cultural Alliance
The Hurrah Players
Chincoteague Island Arts Organization
The Little Theatre of Norfolk
Council of United Filipino Organizations of Tidewater
The Mariners’ Museum
Creative Visions Foundation
The Muse Writers Center
d’Art Center
The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands Center
The Southern Jewish Historical Society
Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society
The Tidewater Winds
Generic Theater
Tidewater Arts Outreach
Glyndebourne America Inc.
Tidewater Classical Guitar Society
Governor’s School for the Arts Foundation
Todd Rosenlieb Dance
I. Sherman Greene Chorale, Inc.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Island Community House
Virginia Arts Festival
Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation
Virginia Beach Neptune Festival
La Jolla Playhouse
Virginia Children’s Chorus
Little Theatre of Virginia Beach
Virginia Chorale
Los Amigos Arte Popular
Virginia Historical Society
Mosaic Steel Orchestra
Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Virginia Musical Theatre, Inc.
Nauticus Foundation
Virginia Opera*
Norfolk Chamber Consort
Virginia Stage Company
North Street Playhouse
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Portsmouth Museums Foundation
Women in Film & Video
Preservation Virginia - State Home Office
Young Audiences of Virginia d.b.a. Arts for Learning
Public Art Virginia Beach Foundation, Inc.
$3,507,475
San Francisco Camerawork Inc. Sandler Center for the Performing Arts Foundation Shotgun Players Inc.
Total Cultural Vitality grants paid as of 12-31-20
$802,777 from field-of-interest and unrestricted funds $2,704,698 from designated, donor-advised, and organizational funds
Slover Library Foundation Suffolk Presbyterian Church* Symphonicity - The Symphony Orchestra of Virginia Beach * Includes an E.K. Sloane Fund grant for a piano 2 0 2 1
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ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
The following organizations received Hampton Roads Community Foundation grants in 2020 for Environmental Stewardship. Grants came from donors’ designated, donor-advised, field-of-interest, organizational, or unrestricted funds.
PAID in 2020
Chesapeake Bay Foundation - Hampton Roads Office
TCC Educational Foundation
Chesapeake Bay Foundation - Maryland Office
The Billfish Conservation Project, Inc
Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore
The Elizabeth River Trail Foundation
Elizabeth River Project
The Nature Conservancy
Friends of Fred Heutte Foundation
The Nature Conservancy, Virginia Chapter
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
The Virginia Zoological Society
Hudson River Park Friends
Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust
Lynnhaven River Now
Virginia Foodshed Capital
Nansemond River Preservation Alliance
Environmental Stewardship grants $3,559,599 Total paid as of 12-31-20
Norfolk Botanical Garden
$192,286 from field-of-interest and unrestricted funds $3,367,313 from designated, donor-advised, and organizational funds
Norfolk Botanical Garden Foundation Old Dominion University Educational Foundation Southern Environmental Law Center St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Grants
VIBRANT PLACES
PAID in 2020
The following organizations received Hampton Roads Community Foundation grants in 2020 to help transform their facilities. Grants came from donors’ unrestricted or field-of-interest funds.
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters ForKids, Inc. Fort Monroe Foundation Operation Smile The Elizabeth River Trail Foundation Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation Virginia Stage Company Virginia Wesleyan University YMCA of South Hampton Roads Vibrant Places grants $987,040 Total paid as of 12-31-20
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Grants for scholarships were paid to the following colleges and universities to benefit the 447 individual students selected to receive payments from the scholarship funds we administer.
Scholarships
Alfred University American University
PAID in 2020
$ 3,000 750
Pitt Community College
1,500
Radford University
18,000
Auburn University
3,000
Randolph-Macon College
4,000
Babson College
2,500
Regent University
13,100
1,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
5,000
Benedict College
2,500
Rochester Institute of Technology
4,000
Bowie State University
3,000
Saint Augustine’s University
1,000
Bridgewater College
3,000
The Citadel
4,000
Brigham Young University-Idaho
3,000
The College of William & Mary
Brown University
4,000
The George Washington University
4,000
Campbell University
1,000
The Ohio State University
3,000 1,000
Beaufort County Community College
40,800
Christopher Newport University
35,100
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Dartmouth College
5,500
Tidewater Community College
Duke University
11,100
Tulane University
3,000
East Carolina University
8,500
Union College
3,500
Eastern Mennonite University
6,500
University of Alabama in Huntsville
1,000
16,500
Eastern Virginia Medical School
62,000
Elizabeth City State University
2,500
University of Maryland, College Park
1,500
Emory University
3,000
University of Miami
2,500
Ferrum College
1,500
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
3,000
Flagler College
3,000
University of North Carolina-Greensboro
1,000
Florida State University
4,500
University of Notre Dame
1,500
George Mason University
12,500
University of Oklahoma
2,000
Georgetown University
3,000
University of Pennsylvania
1,500
Georgia Tech
2,700
University of Richmond
3,000
Hampden-Sydney College
48,250
University of Mary Washington
57,700
Harvard University
3,000
Howard University
University of South Carolina
1,000
University of Virginia
110,600
16,000
University of Virginia School of Medicine
84,900
James Madison University
66,650
Vanderbilt University
Johns Hopkins University
2,000
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine 32,000
Kent State University
3,000
Virginia Commonwealth University
79,250
Liberty University
7,300
Virginia Military Institute
16,500
Longwood University
10,750
Virginia State University
Mary Baldwin College
9,000
Virginia Tech
Mayo Clinic Alix College of Medicine & Science
12,000
3,000
7,000 132,350
Virginia Wesleyan University
47,000
Morgan State University
3,000
Wake Forest University
3,000
New England College
1,300
Washington and Lee University
3,500
Wentworth Institute of Technology
1,500
Williams College
3,000
Xavier University of Louisiana
3,000
Norfolk State University North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina State University Old Dominion University
86,100 7,000 13,400 277,883
Pennsylvania State University
6,000
Pepperdine University
2,700
Scholarship grants $1,488,183 Total paid as of 12-31-20
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Grants OTHER
The following organizations received grants in 2020 from donors’ designated, donor-advised, field-of-interest, organizational, or unrestricted funds.
Ability Center of Virginia ACCESS College Foundation Access Partnership Alzheimer’s Association Southeastern Virginia American Baptist Churches of the South American Diabetes Association American Jewish Committee American Resilience Project An Achievable Dream Virginia Beach Armed Services YMCA of Hampton Roads Bay Youth Orchestras Beach Health Clinic Black Creek Baptist Church Buffalow Family and Friends Community Days Campus Crusade for Christ, Inc. Candid Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia, Inc. Champions for Children: Prevent Child Abuse Hampton Roads Chesapeake Bay Wine Classic Foundation Chesapeake Care Chesapeake Humane Society Children’s Assistive Technology Service Children’s Harbor Children’s Health Investment Program Christ and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Church of the Good Shepherd Commonwealth Catholic Charities Communities in Schools of Hampton Roads Community Alternatives, Inc. Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond Community Foundation of Jackson Hole Community Outreach Coalition Compassion Advocacy Network, Inc. Council of United Filipino Organizations of Tidewater Council on Foundations D.E.L.T.A. Rescue d’Art Center Doctors Without Borders USA Inc East Coast Exotic Animal Rescue Eastern Shore Chapel Episcopal Church Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation Edmarc Hospice for Children Eggleston Services Eliza Hope Foundation Elizabeth River Project Fallbrook Animal Sanctuary Families of Autistic Children of Tidewater First Baptist Church of Norfolk First Presbyterian Church, Norfolk First Presbyterian Church, Staunton First Presbyterian Church, Virginia Beach Focused Ultrasound Foundation ForKids, Inc.
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PAID in 2020
Francis Makemie Society Franktown United Methodist Church Friends of the Portsmouth Juvenile Court Fund for Women’s Equality, Inc. Galilee Episcopal Church Garden of Hope Ghent Area Ministries Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast Girls on the Run Hampton Roads Global Friendship Ventures Goldring/Weldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life Governor’s School for the Arts Foundation Grace Episcopal Church Greater Hampton Roads Diaper Bank Guru Nanak Foundation of Tidewater Habitat for Humanity of SHR, Inc. Hampton Roads Community Action Program Hampton Roads Community Foundation Hampton Roads Community Health Center HER, Inc. (Help and Emergency Response) Hindu Temple of Hampton Roads Hispanics in Philanthropy Hope House Foundation Hope U Inc. I. Sherman Greene Chorale, Inc. Isle of Wight Arts League Isle of Wight Christian Outreach Program Jewish Family Service of Tidewater Joy Ministries Evangelistic Association Judeo-Christian Outreach Center Key Largo Baptist Church Law Enforcement United, Inc. LGBT Life Center LIFT Fitness Foundation Little Theatre of Virginia Beach Meals on Wheels of Chesapeake Mercy Chefs, Inc. Mercy Drops Dream Center Mile High Kids and Community Development, Inc. Mission to North America Montero Medical Missions Inc Mosaic Steel Orchestra Mt. Carmel Christian Church Mutts with a Mission National Disaster Search Dog Foundation Nauticus Foundation New Vision Youth Services, Inc. Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association Foundation Norfolk Area Community Kollel Norfolk Botanical Garden Norfolk CASA Norfolk Chamber Consort Norfolk Crime Line, Inc.
Norfolk SPCA Northshore Humane Society Nursing CAP, Inc. Oasis Commission on Social Ministry Ohef Sholom Temple Oyster Reef Keepers of Virginia, Inc. Park Place Child Life Center Park Place School Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia Pioneers-USA Portsmouth Community Concerts PrimePlus - Norfolk Senior Center REACH, Inc. ReInvent Hampton Roads Roc Solid Foundation Inc. Rotary Club of Norfolk Royster Memorial Presbyterian Church RVA Hampton Roads Mega Region Collaborative d.b.a. RVA-757 Connects Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Salvation Army - Portsmouth Salvation Army - Suffolk Samaritan House SEALKIDS, Inc. Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia Seton Youth Shelters Southeast Virginia Community Foundation Southeastern Council of Foundations SPCA Eastern Shore St. Andrews Episcopal Church St. Mary’s Catholic Church St. Simons by the Sea Episcopal Church StandUp for Kids - Hampton Roads Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts Foundation Suffolk Meals on Wheels Survivor Ventures TCC Educational Foundation Teens With A Purpose Temple Shir Tikvah The Academy of Music The Baptist General Convention of Virginia The Billfish Foundation The Chas Foundation The Children’s Center The Chrysler Museum of Art The Community Foundation Martin St. Lucie The Genieve Shelter The Ghent Dog Park Association The Hermitage Museum and Gardens The Hurrah Players The Little Theatre of Norfolk The Living River Restoration Trust The Muse Writers Center The Navigators The Planning Council The River Ellis Foundation The Salvation Army - Hampton Roads Area Command The Sarah Michelle Peterson Foundation The Southern Poverty Law Center
The Tidewater Winds The Up Center The Virginia Zoological Society Tidewater Arts Outreach Tidewater Friends of Foster Care, Inc. Tidewater Wooden Boat Workshop Tidewater Youth Services Foundation Todd Rosenlieb Dance Together We Can Foundation Unchain America Union Mission Ministries United Jewish Federation of Tidewater United Methodist Family Services of Virginia University of Virginia-Virginia Athletics Foundation Urban League of Hampton Roads USS John Warner Recreation Fund VBBF-HOFNOD, Inc. Veteran Sailing ViBe Creative District Virginia African American Cultural Center, Inc. Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation Virginia Arts Festival Virginia Beach Art Center Virginia Beach CASA Virginia Beach Chorale Virginia Beach Community Development Corporation Virginia Beach Justice Initiative Virginia Beach Maritime Museum d.b.a. Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum Virginia Beach SPCA Virginia Beach United Methodist Church Virginia Children’s Chorus Virginia Growth and Opportunity Foundation Virginia Humanities Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Virginia Musical Theatre, Inc. Virginia Opera Virginia Public Access Project Virginia Stage Company Virginia Supportive Housing Virginia Symphony Orchestra VOLUNTEER Hampton Roads Walk In It, Inc. Walker Sports Group Western Tidewater Free Health Clinic Western Tidewater Tennis Association Westville Christian Church (DOC) William A. Hunton YMCA World Affairs Council of Greater Hampton Roads World Central Kitchen YMCA of South Hampton Roads Young Audiences of Virginia d.b.a. Arts for Learning Youth Outreach Urban Resources and Services Ministry (YOURS) Zeiders American Dream Theater Other grants $4,230,591 Total paid as of 12-31-20
$2,724,801 from field-of-interest and unrestricted funds $1,505,790 from designated, donor-advised, and organizational funds
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Legacy Society FOR HAMPTON ROADS
In 2020, the Hampton Roads Community Foundation welcomed 24 new members to its Legacy Society, which honors forward-thinking people with plans for charitable gifts through their community foundation. Several more Legacy Society members have joined in 2021 by letting us know of their plans for a bequest through their wills or other estate plans.
LEGACY SOCIETY FOR HAMPTON ROADS MEMBERS (as of September 30, 2021) Anonymous (40)
Charlene Greiner
Nancy Alain
“We wanted to
Michael Hamar and Barry Menser
Virginia W. Alberts
leave a legacy
James S. Hanner, M.D.
Susan Pfiester Anders and Michael Thomas Anders Mary P. Bailey
because we’ve been blessed in
H. Furlong Baldwin
our lives.”
Robin Deal Baliles Sandra Baylor Lawrence A. Bernert, Jr., M.D.
— Allison and Scott
Bough
Kim S. and Robert L. Bey David Cole Bland
Mary Lee Harris Mark Harrop Sally Kirby Hartman Sharon Henley Lucia A. Herndon Shirley Hetland James W. High Raquelle L. Hill Susan and Paul Hirschbiel
Joanne and Bruce Bodner
Kim and Keith Curtis
Susan and Bruce Holbrook
Susan M. Borland
Cynthia A. Cutler and Craig W. Haines
Eric Holloman
Allison and Scott Bough
James Ivey Davidson
John P. Jackson
Lilly and Bruce Bradley
Edward J. Dempsey
Doris and Donald Jellig
Joseph H. Brandon, Jr.
Vallery L. Doe
Terry S. Jenkins
Bobbie and Bob Brenton
Ronald Durand and Patricia O’Hare
Kirkland Molloy Kelley
Arthur Broadbent III
James R. Early
Katherine L. Kitterman
Joan P. Brock
Russell D. Evett, M.D.
Paul A. Kotarides
Thomas C. Broyles
Joyce H. and John L. Fain
Deborah and L.M. Landreth
John R. Buffington
Mary and Jesse Fanshaw
David Landsberger
Hunter Joyce Burt
Ann Farley
Leslie P. Langley
Arlene T. Campsen
Juanita G. Felton
John R. Lawson II
Rosanne Elizabeth Cary
Sandee Ferebee and Erik van Strien
Peggy and Aubrey Layne
Charlotte Coates-Wilkes, M.D.
Joanna and Frank Fowler
Mary Louis LeHew and Willette L.
Paula C. Collins and Arthur L. Collins
Cheryl and Larry Garrett
LeHew, M.D.
Cynthia M. Cook
Emil James Gasser, Jr.
Ernest M. Lendman
Mary Pem L. Copeland
Valerio M. Genta M.D.
Harry T. Lester
Nancy Whitlock Corriveau
W. Collins Gooch and Karen Y. Whitmore
Penelope Barlow Lewis
Denyce K. and James W. Corzatt
Alice Cooper Goodman
Angelica D. Light
Edwin J. Costa
Martha and Rob Goodman
Linda and Ed Lilly, M.D.
Katherine Cotten-Meunier
Burton D. Goodwin, M.D.
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Shirley W. Liverman
Dal Paull, Jr.
Audrey Settle
Tony London and Tim Bostic
Eunice Payne
Jane Reeb Short
Katherine Loring and Robert Benjamin
Whitney S. Peace
Gay W. Shulman
Jean A. Major
Jack Mueller Peirson and John Mueller
Madeline Sly
Lewis K. Martin II, M.D. and Cheryl Rose Martin
Jacque and Powell Peters
Alan L. Smith
Starr Plimpton
Bobby Stein
John May and Judith Whitehead
Henry L. and Sharon K. Rankin
Kay A. Stine
Marshall and Glen McClure
Patricia Peace Rawls
Lois B. Martin Strode
Marylen Melton
Lynette S. Regan
Kay and Keith Sudduth
Roberto L.R. Mercado
Sandra M. Reynolds
Sharon Swift
William A. and Harriet Messner
Richard Rivin
Carolyn T. and Robert W. Waddell, M.D.
Judge Lester and Thelma Moore
Virginia Buchanan Rountree
Jeanne Warner
Gwendolyn Joyce Moss
Roger F. Rowe
Richard and Brenda Waters
Jacqueline and Frederick Napolitano, Sr.
Dr. Burt Rubin
Marsha Wilkins
Sharon P. and John F. Newhard, Jr.
Prudence H. and Louis F. Ryan
Katherine Wilkinson
Barbara B. O’Leary
Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott
Deborah H. Wyld
Patrice Parker
Patricia A. Seay
John O. and Susan S. Wynne
We Remember Our Thoughtful Friends We are saddened by the recent passing of Legacy Society for Hampton Roads members Cheryl Ann Karam Bilbo, Theodore Bonk, Lynne Farrell, Paul Farrell, Charles F. Lester, Eleanor Marshall, Joanne C. McClellan, Richard D. O’Leary, Rose R. Rosenbach, Gretchen H. Shine, and the Hon. John W. Warner. We appreciate the arrangements they made for gifts to the community foundation through their estate plans. Our honor roll of former Legacy Society members whose generosity is greatly appreciated are the late: W. Byron Babcock
Chester W. DeWalt, Jr., M.D.
Linford Mason
Dr. John Settle, Jr.
John M. Baillio
Francis Facchini
Joanne C. McClellan
Gretchen H. Shine
Theodore Baker, Jr.
Lynne Farrell
Harry E. McCoy, Jr.
Lewis H. Shulman
Winifred Maddock Baldwin
Paul Farrell
Martha Lee McCoy
Ada Louise Sivik
Mary Rawls Cooke Berkeley
Thomas A. Felton, Jr.
Dorris W. McNeal
Donald E. Sly, M.D.
Cheryl Ann Karam Bilbo
Virginia Glennan Ferguson
H.P. “Sonny” McNeal
Edward Snyder
Theodore Bonk
Mary Adele Forbes
Ula K. Motekat, Ph.D.
Hildreth Strode
Christine Clegg Bosher
William A. Goldback
Richard D. O’Leary
Charles Syer IV
Julia Atwater Bristow
Augusta Goodman
Jean C. Old
Barbara Taylor
Macon F. Brock, Jr.
Melvin R. Green
M. Lee Payne
Marjorie L. Taylor
Dan H. Brockwell
Marjorie Frame Hawkins
Nancy G. Plaskie
Patsy Teer
Charles F. Burroughs, Jr.
G. Barbara Hudgins
Charles E. Plimpton
John S. Thiemeyer, Jr., M.D.
Judith Ball Wysong Cofer
Pamela Scott Hyatt
George B. Powell, Jr.
Nancy Upton Thiemeyer
Geraldine “Jeri” Johnson Colenda, Jr.
Asa B. Johnson, Jr.
William Brewster Purdy
Frederick R. Ward
Calvert Lester
Nancy A. Richards
Hon. John W. Warner
Richard P. Cook
Charles F. Lester
Kurt M. Rosenbach
Ruth B. Weeks, M.D.
Dr. Samuel Coppage, Jr.
Stuart P. Levy
Rose R. Rosenbach
Eleanor H. Wheeler
Joseph W. Cotten, Jr.
Robert L. Major
Michael E. Sakakini
Janet C. Whitehead
Susan Ashburn Cotten
Carl Mangum
Toy D. Savage, Jr.
James Martin Willcox
Joshua P. Darden, Jr.
George Henry Marin
Glenn Allen Scott
Barbara Upton Wilson
Ann Caldwell Dearman
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Funds
FIELD-OF-INTEREST
Field-of-interest funds support broad areas of concern identified by donors. These charitable funds underpin Community and Special Interest Grants awarded through a competitive process to nonprofit organizations working in Hampton Roads.
Ashinoff Family Fund for the Arts, 2004
$30,126
Jeanne Atkinson Fund, 2011
$84,199
To benefit the arts
To benefit early childhood education
Virginia Dietrich Williams Fund for Women and Children, 2005 Black Community Partnership Fund, 2020
A racial equity fund for Black-led nonprofits serving primarily Black people or Black clients
COVID-19 Recovery Excluding the Arts Fund, 2020 $7,320 COVID-19 Relief Fund for the Arts, 2020
$116,099
For women and children
$166,849
Charles G. Brown, 1983
$576,937
Community Action Resource Empowerment Fund, 2008
$42,237
Community Fund for Civic Leadership, 2007
$36,416
Community Fund for Educational Achievement, 2007
$37,019
For arts and culture
For civic engagement and leadership
For improving educational opportunities for students
Community Fund for the Environment, 2007 Community Fund for Health and Human Services, 2007 William A. and Jane M. Charters Fund, 2004 For essential human services
For arts and humanities on the Virginia Peninsula
Christadelphian Ecclesia of Hampton Roads Helping Fund, 2015
For the preservation of Virginia history
$33,806
Friends of Norfolk Public Schools Fund, 2019
$64,455
Julian Haden Gary and Margaret Savage Gary Fund, 1998
$766,562
Lee A. and Helen G. Gifford Endowment for the Cultural and Performing Arts, 1997
$422,864 $5,282,860
Victor and Ruth N. Goodman Memorial Fund, 1996 $ 2,101,459 For students studying for a career in medicine or health care
Jennifer Lynn Gray Fund, 1993
$453,000
To support training for people with mental disabilities
Paul S. Huber Memorial Fund, 1985
$6,388,067
For the arts
G. Barbara Hudgins Foundation Fund, 2020
$305,088
Inge Family Fund for the Environment, 2013
$35,648
To benefit low-income people and children To improve life for the environment
Lee B. Jacobs Fund, 1993
$489,035
Ethel T. Jones Fund, 1965
$2,161,864
For youth living in foster care
$36,123
To improve life for children and youth in Norfolk
$143,622
H. Lee Kanter Endowment for the Performing Arts, 2001
For human services with a preference for helping Norfolk residents
Vernon and Judith Cofer Fund, 2013
Lowery D. Finley Jr. Memorial Fund, 2002
To support performing arts organizations and to support medical services, medical education or research
$8,773,772
Mary E. and Curtis M. Chappell Jr. Fund, 2006
$120,195
William A. Goldback Fund, 2009
$35,591
For health and human services
Dixon-Settle Fund for Women, 2015
For cultural and performing arts
$70,582
For the environment
$24,731
For horticultural educational purposes
$606,691
Community Fund for Arts and Culture, 2007
Ryan S. Crouse Fund, 2005
To benefit Norfolk Public Schools
For projects that positively impact youth in certain neighborhoods in Virginia Beach For civic leadership
$10,500
For youth
$10,949
Civic Leadership Fund, 2019
COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund, 2020
For human services with a preference for programs supporting women in difficult situations
For research in mental illness and for those suffering from it For advanced research in mental illness
$3,693
For children and teenagers
$1,000,000
Benjamin R. Brown, 1985
2020
$555,786
For the performing arts
$31,533
Mary Jane Kunhardt Fund for the Benefit of the Homeless of Tidewater, 2000
The Colenda Fund (Art, Gerry, Jeri Colenda), 2007 $783,022
For people experiencing homelessness
For children, veterans, and abandoned or abused animals
Eleanor J. Marshall Fund, 2020
For health and human services and the arts and culture
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Field-of-Interest Funds continued from page 48
Perry and Bunny Morgan Fund, 1999
$11,138,701
The Laura Turner Fund, 1997
Alfred L. Nicholson Fund, 1998
$7,104,960
Tyler Cultural Fund, 1995
$266,007
William Thomas Reilly III, 2013
$63,696
John W. and Linda Vakos Fund, 2014
$342,166
John L. Roper, 2nd and Sarah Dryfoos Roper Fund, 1984
$711,893
Visionaries for Change Fund, 2019
$385,519
For the arts, education and essential human services For the humane treatment and care of animals For the environment
For cultural arts
The Glenn Allen Scott and Anne C. Brower Cultural Endowment, 2001 $114,739 For an arts and culture endowment
E. K. Sloane Fund, 1997
$5,355,539
To provide pianos to charitable, educational or intellectual institutions
Brenda & Alan Stein Fund for Homeless & Indigent, 1990
For food, clothing or shelter, especially for children
The Surry Fund, 1999
$22,700 $22,374
To promote racial harmony in Surry County through scholarships
Taylor Sisters Library Fund, 1999
$19,092
For organizations serving minorities, people living in poverty or those experiencing homelessness in Norfolk
Patsy G. Teer Fund, 2014
For South Hampton Roads students attending college and for research
$956,749
$55,442
To assist adults with cerebral palsy For arts and cultural organizations
For early childhood and elementary education and health care and support services, particularly for those with Alzheimer’s disease or cancer To support solutions for Black communities experiencing economic distress
Landmark Fund for Slover Technology, 2010
$3,023,679
To support the technology needs of the Colonel Samuel L. Slover Library in Norfolk
Harry F. Wall Memorial Scholarship Fund, 2007 For public high schools on the Virginia Peninsula
$305,605
Skip Wilkins Fund, 1992
$4,205
For basic human needs
Barbara Upton Wilson Charitable Fund, 2014
$1,260,097
For preservation of the natural environment, environmental education and humane treatments of animals
Sue Cook Winfrey Memorial Fund, 1997
$4,524,342
For organizations helping abused children and/or spouses Value of Field-of-interest funds as of 12-31-20
$67,554,183
Finding Good Homes for Furry Friends Tricia Miller found a furry friend at the Virginia Beach SPCA. She adopted Bella as a three and a half-year-old high-energy Lab mix who was recovering from a rear leg amputation and heartworm. Bella joined the ranks of some 2,600 animals adopted in 2020 from the Virginia Beach animal welfare organization. Since 2011, the VBSPCA has received grants from the Alfred L. Nicholson Fund, which is a field-of-interest fund at the Hampton Roads Community Foundation. The Nicholson Fund, which promotes humane treatment and care of animals, honors the bequest of Alfred Nicholson — nicknamed Captain Nick — died in 1997 at age 93 after serving on the boards of several animal shelters. He had owned the Canine Country Club in Virginia Beach. The 2020 grant of $115,000 included money to improve sound insulation in the dog kennel and cattery areas.
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Funds DESIGNATED
Designated funds provide annual grants to nonprofits named by the donors who established these endowed funds.
Access 20th Anniversary Fund, 2007
Batten Fund for Young Audiences of Virginia, 2007
$241,206
For ACCESS College Foundation for scholarships to students from Chesapeake, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach public high schools
ACCESS Education Challenge Fund, 1999
Bay Island Yacht Club, 2009
$928,645
For Lynnhaven River NOW
Isaac M. Baker, Jr. and Sarah Lee Baker Memorial Fund #1, 1995
For the Virginia Beach SPCA
The Mary F. Ballentine Fund, 2000
$73,132
For Black Creek Baptist Church in Franklin
For the Baptist General Convention of Virginia Foundation
First Baptist Church of Norfolk Fund, 2016
L.D. Britt, MD, Community Health Fund Designated Fund, 2015 $305,926
READY Academy of First Baptist Church Fund, 2019
Macon & Joan Brock Scholarship Fund for Randolph-Macon College, 2012
$57,205
Charles F. and Mabel C. Burroughs Memorial Fund, 1960
$4,531,454
For First Presbyterian Church in Norfolk, Christ and St. Luke’s Church in Norfolk, Norfolk Academy, Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond and Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria
Margaret G. and William T. Campbell Fund, 1989
$10,530
Carol Chittum Endowment for the Theatrical Performing Arts, 2004
$31,805
The Chrissy Fund, 2008
$14,827
For the Jones Institute Foundation
$2,477,319
For the Generic Theater, Little Theatre of Norfolk and Little Theatre of Virginia Beach
$1,685,432
Batten Fund for the Barrier Islands Center, 2011 $1,910,327 For the Eastern Shore of Virginia’s Barrier Islands Center in Machipongo
For American Cancer Society for Hampton Roads cancer patients needing wigs and other head covers, prostheses and transportation services
Batten Fund for the Children’s Museum of Virginia, 2008
$1,727,304
The Colenda Fund (Art, Gerry, Jeri Colenda), 2007 $191,265
Batten Fund for Elizabeth River Project, 2013
$1,735,291
For the Children’s Museum of Virginia in Portsmouth For the Elizabeth River Project
Batten Fund for EQUI-KIDS, 2011
For The Maury Foundation
$501,124
Batten Fund for the Virginia Aquarium, 2011
$65,035
Constance Jordan Coppage, Dr. Samuel F. Coppage Sr. and Dr. Samuel F. Coppage Jr. Fund, 2015 $844,411
$1,510,386
For Tidewater Community College Foundation
$1,446,283
Dr. Samuel F. Coppage Jr. Fund #1, 2015
$844,411
Dr. Samuel F. Coppage Jr. Fund #2, 2015
$844,411
For Grace Episcopal Church in Norfolk
$2,505,905
For the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center in Virginia Beach
For St. Mary’s Catholic Church The Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk
HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$382,126
For Christ and Saint Luke’s Church in Norfolk
For Places and Programs for Children for its Children’s Harbor centers For Park Place School in Norfolk
Fannie R. Cooke #2, 1962
Elsie Stewart Copeland Fund, 1983
For Horizons Hampton Roads programs in Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach
Batten Fund for Park Place School, 2008
$96,026
For Mary Baldwin College in Staunton and Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond
Batten Fund for Horizons Hampton Roads, 2007 $1,628,845
Batten Fund for Places and Programs, 2011
Fannie R. Cooke #1, 1961
For Hampden-Sydney College, Mary Baldwin College in Staunton and Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond
For EQUI-KIDS Therapeutic Riding Program in Virginia Beach
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$919,570
For Randolph-Macon College scholarships for Hampton Roads students
$72,666
For READY Academy of First Baptist Church in Norfolk
For An Achievable Dream in Virginia Beach
For the L.D. Britt Community Health Fund
$244,191
For First Baptist Church of Norfolk
Batten Fund for An Achievable Dream Virginia Beach, 2015
$6,371
Black Creek Baptist Church Enhancement Endowment Fund, 2010 $39,480
$2,863,867
Baptist General Convention of Virginia Foundation Fund, 2019
For The Academy of Music in Norfolk
$409,705
C. M. Baylor Jr. Fund, 2001
For resident support grants at Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay in Virginia Beach
Batten Fund for The Academy of Music, 2010
$1,640,398
For Young Audiences of Virginia
For ACCESS College Foundation for “last dollar” scholarship awards to students from Virginia Beach public high schools
For the Norfolk Botanical Garden Foundation to benefit the Norfolk garden
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Lynnwood Craig Fund, 2002
For Boys and Girls Club of SEVA
Hampton Roads Committee of 200+ Men George C. Crawley Scholarship Fund, 2014
$28,052
Ann Caldwell Dearman Fund, 2020
$170,114
For the 200+ Men Foundation to provide scholarships for Hampton Roads students
Anthony B. Jernigan 2020 Fund for Boys & Girls Clubs of SEVA, 2020 $140,191
$22,761
For JDRF Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
For the Old Coast Guard Station and the Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Island Center Inc.
For the Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation
Kendra Ruestow Atherton Fund for Scholarships, 2020
$254,259
$88,186
Sandee Ferebee and Erik van Strien Fund, 2017
$58,365
Jan and Morris Fine Fund for the Virginia Beach SPCA, 2016
$121,605
John Jay & Ola Hill Krueger Fund, 1999
$41,030
Anne and Keith Lansley Fund, 2018
$35,282
For WHRO and Virginia Musical Theatre
To support the R. Franklin and Arbee R. Edwards Scholarship Fund
Margaret N. and Charles F. Lester Designated Fund, 2020
$1,403,120
Harold L. and Brooke Neilson Lowry Memorial Fund, 1959
$552,681
For the benefit of the Union Mission Ministries in Norfolk, Virginia, the Knox Area Rescue Ministries in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the Lottie Moon Offering
For the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and Eastern Shore, programs working to end homelessness, and the S.A.M.E. Foundation
For the Boys’ Home in Covington
Mary Ludlow Home Fund, 2011
$32,597
$1,215,879
To support ForKids Inc.
For the American Cancer Society, Mid-Atlantic Division Region VII for the Franklin/Southampton County, Virginia Relay for Life
George H. Marin Fund, 2016
$148,655
For Catholic High School, Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore, Niagara Catholic High School, Salvation Army – Hampton Roads Area Command, Star of the Sea Catholic School and St. John the Apostle Catholic School
$49,423
For grounds beautification at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital
Virginia Cooke Glennan Fund, 2012
$238,621
For the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center and the Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum in Virginia Beach
$144,148
Edwards Family Scholarship Support Fund, 2016
The Garden Club of Eastern Shore Fund, 2013 ES
Eugenia Smith Kennedy Fund, 2013
For scholarship to K5K A Run For Kendra Inc.
$7,192,782
For the model early childhood education center located at the YMCA in the Park Place neighborhood in Norfolk
Franklin/Southampton County Relay for Life Endowment Fund, 2010
$942,430
For the Virginia Symphony, Virginia Opera, Virginia Musical Theatre, Little Theatre of Virginia Beach and Virginia Beach SPCA
To assist after disasters
For the Virginia Beach SPCA
$844,411
Kellam Family Fund, 2005 ES
Dollar Tree Associates Disaster Relief Fund, 2014 $1,181,180
For the Pretlow Branch of Norfolk Public Library
Mildred Jordan Fund, 2015 For Hampton University
For the internship program at the Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Island Center
East Ocean View Literary Fund, 2005
$279,776
For the Eastern Shore of Virginia Community College Foundation
Margaret Jane Dickinson Internship Fund, 2020 ES $173,073
Early Education Fund, 2013
Johnsen Peregrination Fund, 2005 ES
$582,410
For Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay, the Boys’ Home in Covington and the Jackson-Feild Homes in Jarratt
Arnold B. McKinnon Family Symphony Fund, 2019 $283,528
George Chamberlaine Memorial Fund, 1953
Benjamin W. Mears, Jr. Family Fund, 2007 ES
For need-based scholarships at Norfolk Academy
Glick-Papetti Family Fund, 2019 ES
For the SPCA of the Eastern Shore of Virginia
Green Family Memorial Fund, 1990
For Westville Disciples (Christian) Church in Mathews
Hampton Roads Cultural Endowment, 1994
For the Virginia Symphony
$135,038 $28,421
Hampton Roads Committee of 200+ Men Fund, 2014
For The Williams School in Norfolk
Alice R. Jaffe Memorial Fund-Feldman Chamber Music, 1994 For the Feldman Chamber Music Society
$157,274
Ula Motekat Fund, 2006
$89,733
For the Feldman Chamber Music Society, Chrysler Museum of Art, Virginia Opera, and WHRO
$57,517
Ula and Janne Motekat Fund, 2016
$642,504
$385,645
For the Chrysler Museum of Art, Fred Heutte Center, Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk SPCA, Virginia Beach SPCA, Virginia Opera, and WHRO
Jo Nock - Lydia Nock Wyatt Fund, 2019 ES
$80,582
For the Eastern Shore Area Agency on Aging/Community Action Agency
$126,591
ES
$226,637
For the 200+ Men Foundation
For participating Hampton Roads arts and cultural institutions
Gabrielle P. Hubbard Fund, 2010
$40,638
For the Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust Inc.
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NSU Honors Program Fund, 1998
For Norfolk State University’s Honors Program
$1,126,571
Robert C. Nusbaum Scholarship Fund F/B/O Norfolk State University Honors College, 2016 $112,806 For the Norfolk State University Honors Program
Justine Nusbaum Family Fund, 2018
$280,303
For the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore, Ohef Sholom Temple and the Red Cross
Propeller Club Norfolk Judy Barrett Fund, 2019
$28,162
For the Nauticus Foundation
Philippine Cultural Center of Virginia Board of Trustees Foundation Fund, 2019 $45,237 For the Council on United Filipino Organizations of Tidewater, Inc. to support the Philippine Cultural Center of Virginia
Kathrina B. Powell Fund, 2006
$41,081
For Norfolk Public Library branches
William B. Purdy Fund, 2015
$215,596
For Norfolk Public Library
Robert & Nancy Richards Fund, 2017
$1,042,169
For Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, Civitan Acres in Chesapeake, Virginia Arts Festival, Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa, Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University to support the Center for the Arts and the Robert R. and Nancy A. Richards Scholarship at Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University
William A. and Lucille W. Sawyer Memorial Fund, 1999
$113,867
For Royster Memorial Presbyterian Church in Norfolk and need-based scholarships for Norfolk Collegiate students
Mary Elizabeth Semple Fund, 1991
For Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
Sergeant Memorial Fund, 1988
$109,299 $85,487
For First Presbyterian Church in Staunton, First Presbyterian Church in Norfolk, Rider University in Lawrenceville, N.J., Westminster Choir College in Princeton, Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Norfolk Academy, and the Arts and Culture Community Fund of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Shore Bank Fund, 2006 ES
$62,021
Shore Cancer Center Fund, 2008 ES
$27,085
Slone Family Designated Fund, 2008
$98,471
For the United Way of Virginia’s Eastern Shore
For Shore Health Services Inc. in support of the Shore Cancer Center For the Talmudical Academy of Norfolk
Smithfield Courthouse of 1750 and Clerk’s Office of 1799 Fund, 1996 $53,331 For the Old Courthouse of 1750 and Clerk’s Office of 1799 in Smithfield
Bertha G. Snyder & Ben Paul Snyder Children’s Care Fund, 2017 $1,205,738
For grants to the United Way of South Hampton Roads to support the Bertha G. Snyder Children’s Care Fund ES
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Ed & Jean Snyder Fund, 2017
$2,415,363
To support free admission to the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center for active-duty members of the Armed Forces
Symphony Fund, 1962
$1,106,471
For the Virginia Symphony
Taylor Sisters Library Fund, 1999 For Norfolk Public Library
Taylor Brothers Fund for Scholarships, 2010 For Norfolk Academy for need-based scholarships
$62,966 $31,307
The Harold E. and Marjorie L. Taylor Fund, 2020
$102,213
William J. and Ellamae Vakos Fund, 1993
$141,694
Virginia Beach Foundation Administrative Fund, 2007
$154,319
For St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Norfolk, VA, Boys Home Inc. in Covington, VA, and Hampton Roads Community Foundation’s unrestricted funding For Union Mission Ministries and Beach Health Clinic
For community foundation operations
I. T. Walke Jr. Designated Fund, 1978
$3,485,796
For Eastern Virginia Medical School, Christ and St. Luke’s Church in Norfolk, and Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Senator John W. Warner, Mrs. John Warner, Ship’s Sponsor, and Warner Family Fund for the SSN-785, 2015 $100,418
To honor meritorious public service of USS John Warner crew and for its morale, welfare and recreation fund
Whitehead Fund, 2019 ES
For the Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust
$339,642
James M. Willcox Memorial Fund 1, 2018
$17,847,071
William E. and Anne D. Wood Fund, 2018
$414,823
William E. and Anne D. Wood Scholarship Fund, 2018
$103,697
Vonnie Wray Mission Support for Operation Smile Fund, 2017
$103,707
For the American Heart Association – Mid-Atlantic, American Red Cross of Coastal Virginia, Boys’ Home Inc., Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters, Chrysler Museum of Art, Hampden-Sydney College, Jackson-Feild Homes, Norfolk Collegiate School, Operation Smile, The Salvation Army Hampton Roads Area Command, Virginia Opera, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, St. James School, Virginia Symphony, WHRO, and The Williams School To help support ForKids Inc., Hope House Foundation, JudeoChristian Outreach Center, Loving and Caring for the Homeless, Menchville House Ministries, Samaritan House, and Seton Youth Shelters
For South Hampton Roads or northeastern North Carolina students studying business or education at Old Dominion University, Tidewater Community College, Thomas Nelson Community College, or Christopher Newport University
To help support participation in Operation Smile mission trips Value of Designated funds as of 12-31-20
Part of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation family of funds
$82,038,729
Funds
DONOR-ADVISED FUNDS
Donor-advised funds let living donors recommend grants to specific nonprofits they choose. Donors can name advisors and successor advisors to recommend grants from their funds.
Winifred Maddock Baldwin Charitable Fund, 1998 Linda D. and John I. Barney Family Fund, 2016 Michael J. Barrett Fund, 2017 Jane Batten Donor-Advised Fund, 2018 Batten Family Educational Achievement Fund, 2019 Future Leadership Partners, 1998 Bellamy Martin Fund, 2003 The Jennet Bernert Helping Hands Charitable Fund, 2000 Carter Grandy Bernert Fund, 2015 R.G. “Pete” & Christine C. “Tina” Bosher Family Fund #1, 2016 R.G. “Pete” & Christine C. “Tina” Bosher Family Fund #2, 2016 R.G. “Pete” & Christine C. “Tina” Bosher Family Fund #3, 2016 R.G. “Pete” & Christine C. “Tina” Bosher Family Fund #4, 2016 Bradley Family Fund, 2008 Sarah K. Brokaw Fund, 1998 Broadfoot/Ambler Fund, 2015 The Checkered Flag Fund, 2000 Cherrystone Fund, 2010 ES Ted Clarkson Fund, 2006 Community Leadership Fund, 2009 Mary Rawls Cooke Horticultural Fund, 2012 The Cooke Fund, 2012 Mary Rawls Cooke Berkeley and Richard D. Cooke, Jr. Fund, 2014 James W. and Denyce K. Corzatt, 2008 Kitty and Tim Croke Fund, 2014 ES Homer Cunningham Fund for Meals on Wheels, 1996 Kim and Keith Curtis Fund, 2005 Jane S. Curtis Fund, 2012 Joshua and Elizabeth Darden Fund, 2001 The Davis Family Fund, 2014 E. J. Dempsey Fund, 2005 R. & C. Dickerson Family Fund, 2012 Friedrich Ludwig Diehn Fund, 1987 Deborah M. DiCroce Donor-Advised Fund, 2019 Dollar Tree Stores Fund, 1997 Dr. Luke’s Trust, 1991 Fain Family Fund, 2002 Fine Family Fund, 1988 The Genny Hayes Donor Advised Fund, 2015 Gettier Family Fund, 2006 Lee A. and Helen Gifford Fund, 1994 John & Susan Gill Family Fund, 2006 Martha and Rob Goodman Family Donor Advised Fund, 2005 CG2 Fund, 2005 Alice Cooper Goodman Fund, 2016 Beverly Goodman Fund, 2017 David Goodman Fund, 2017 William Gooch Foundation Fund, 2020 Henderson Family Fund, 2019 Robert L. Herman Family Donor-Advised Fund, 2018 R. and J. Hofheimer Family Fund, 2019 Thomas P. Host III Family Fund, 2018 Rebekah L. Huber Family Charitable Fund, 2007 Jain Family Fund, 2014 Julia & Rebecca Memorial Garden Fund, 2002 Floyd E. Kellam Jr. Family Fund, 2000 Kirkland Molloy Kelley Fund, 2015 E. Polk Kellam Foundation Fund I, 2016 ES E. Polk Kellam Foundation Fund II, 2016 ES Kirkland-Harris, Suitt Fund, 2008 The David Landsberger Fund, 2015 ES Nancy Bush Lawson Memorial Fund, 1999 Robert A. Lawson, Jr. Family Fund, 2005 Maureen and Augustine H. Lawrence III Fund, 2013 ES Edward and Ruth Legum Family Fund, 2015 Sandra and Miles Leon Family Fund, 2017 Lewis Family Fund, 2008 Lisa and Revell Lewis Donor-Advised Fund, 2018 ES Sean A. Lovas Memorial Fund, 2008 Senator L. Louise Lucas Legacy Fund, 2015 Caroline and Donald Luzzatto Family Fund, 2018 John & Harriet Malbon Family Fund, 2018 Carl W. Mangum, Jr. and Marguerite S. Mangum Fund #1, 2016 Carl W. Mangum, Jr. and Marguerite S. Mangum Fund #2, 2016
2020
Carl W. Mangum, Jr. and Marguerite S. Mangum Fund #3, 2016 Carl W. Mangum, Jr. and Marguerite S. Mangum Fund #4, 2016 Glenn B. and Reba S. McClanan, 2004 Joanne and Jim McClellan Fund, 2008 Harry E. and Martha Lee McCoy Fund, 2010 McClellan Railroad Fund, 2019 McKinnon Fund, 2004 Arnold and Oriana McKinnon Family Fund, 2019 “E.A” and George N. McMath Edgewater Fund, 2007 ES The Mermaid Fund, 2015 Milton-Mountjoy Fund, 2007 Elsie N. (Sis) and Monroe Nash Fund, 1992 The Neikirk Family Fund, 2015 Nightingale Fund, 2004 Alan and Susan Nordlinger Family Fund, 2002 Nancy N. Nusbaum and V.H. Nusbaum, Jr. Donor Advised Fund, 2011 Robert Nusbaum and Linda Laibstain Fund, 2014 Alan and Ann Nusbaum Family Fund, 2018 Richard and Maureen Olivieri Family Fund, 2006 Marianne Olivieri Memorial Fund for the Performing Arts, 2007 Alison J. and Ella W. Parsons Fund, 2005 Dal Paull Endowment Fund, 2005 Charles E. and Starr D. Plimpton Donor Advised Fund, 2001 Allen and Ann Richter Fund, 2012 Robin A. Rinaca and Nicholas J. Covatta, Jr. Fund, 2006 ES Leigh Rinearson Fund, 2018 Bill Rosenow Memorial Fund, 2002 William F. Rountree, Jr. Fund, 2011 Louis F. and Prudence H. Ryan Fund, 2008 Louis F. and Prudence H. Ryan Fund 2, 2020 Kelsey and Jay Sarcone Family Fund, 2018 Bobby Scott Fund, 2019 Slone Family Donor Advised Fund, 2007 Louis Snyder Foundation Fund, 2002 Special Fund #5, 2003 Special Fund #6, 2008 Special Fund #7, 2008 James A. Squires and Karen Jones Squires Donor-Advised Fund, 2020 B. M. Stanton Foundation Fund, 1989 Debbi and Jim Steiger Family Fund, 2006 Kay and Ronald Stine Family Fund, 2012 David B. and Suzanne VK. Tankard Fund, 2005 ES Lisa and David Tankard, Jr. Fund, 2007 ES Tonya T. and Samuel V. Tankard Fund, 2007 ES Richard and Joie Tankard Conservation Fund, 2008 ES Bob & Marion Taylor Family Fund, 2013 Taylor Family Fund, 2020 Barbara Taylor Fund, 2020 Mary Josephine Termini Memorial Charitable Fund, 2020 Thistle Foundation Fund, 2018 Torrech Family Fund, 2004 Betty McClung Turner Fund, 2017 ES Mabel Burroughs Tyler Fund, 2007 George W. and Nancy S. Vakos Fund, 2002 Christiane and James Valone Charitable Fund, 2010 Virginia Eye Foundation Donor-Advised Fund, 2015 Carolyn T. and Robert W. Waddell, M.D. Family Fund II, 2017 Bradley J. Waitzer Fund, 1998 Mr. and Mrs. Guilford Dudley Ware Charitable Fund, 1997 Senator John W. Warner and Mrs. John Warner Donor Advised Fund, 2016 Violet S. Whitson Memorial Donor Advised Fund, 2005 Kate and BC Wilson Family Fund, 2018 Barclay C. Winn Family Fund, 2018 Leah S. Wohl Musical Arts Fund, 2013 Dona Wood Family Fund, 2002 Susan S. and John O. Wynne Family Fund, 2008 Katherine and John Wynne Family Fund, 2017 Lynn G. Zoll Fund, 2017
Value of Donor-Advised funds as of 12-31-20 ES
$102,266,889
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Funds SCHOLARSHIP
Scholarship funds help students from Hampton Roads attend college. Fund donors specified the purpose of each endowed scholarship fund. In 2020-21, 447 students attended 84 colleges and universities with help from generous donors.
AAA Tidewater - J. Theron “Tim” Timmons Memorial Scholarship Fund, 2016 $370,095 For graduating high school seniors whose families are AAA Tidewater members who live in one of the 30 cities and counties the regional AAA branch serves in Virginia
Helen Murphy Addington Scholarship Fund, 1986 Kay White Baker Art Fund, 1987
J. Robert and Ettie Fearing Cunningham Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1992 $1,215,201 For students from South Hampton Roads with a preference for those from Norfolk and those planning to make education their careers
$78,883
Friends of Joshua P. Darden Jr. Scholarship, 2009
For students at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria For female students ages 25 and under
Bob & Bobbie Brenton Scholarship Fund, 2019
For students of color, first generation college students and others overcoming barriers to obtaining higher education in South Hampton Roads
Julia Atwater Bristow Fund, 2010
For graduates of public high schools in Norfolk and on the Eastern Shore of Virginia
Dan H. Brockwell Fund, 2013
For students from South Hampton Roads
Hunter Davis Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1979
$38,978
Dean-Callahan Scholarship Fund, 2015
$94,466
Edwards Family Isle of Wight Scholarship Fund, 1999
$178,546
For former Thalia Elementary School students who are graduates of Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach
$1,054,688 $53,801
For Norfolk Public Schools seniors who participate in school athletics
For students from Isle of Wight County
$3,070,348
Facchini Frost Fund, 2018
$516,911
Frank Fang Memorial Scholarship, 2005
$49,432
For students at Old Dominion University
$32,630
For Chinese or Chinese American students from Hampton Roads
Dan H. Brockwell Scholarship for Architecture, 2014 $89,071
Palmer Farley Memorial Scholarship, 2008
$130,992
Clara Wahlig Burhans Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1986
Tara Welch Gallagher Environmental Scholarship Fund, 1999
$197,759
For undergraduate or graduate students from Virginia Beach studying architecture
For deserving students from Chesapeake, Norfolk and Virginia Beach
Charles F. Burroughs Memorial Scholarship (Hampden-Sydney College), 1960 For students at Hampden-Sydney College
For graduate students in environmental studies
Nicholas J. Georges Memorial Fund, 1974
For Old Dominion University students of Greek heritage
$1,083,127 $33,232
Community Fund for Scholarships, 2007
$74,254
For South Hampton Roads students attending college
For graduate students pursuing the creative brand management track at the Virginia Commonwealth University Brandcenter
$753,651
Stephen Ashby Carpenter Memorial Fund, 1994 For Norfolk Public Schools guidance counselors pursuing additional education
Harry Bramhall Gilbert Merit Scholarship Fund, 2004
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$40,112
$494,879
For Chesapeake Public Schools graduates attending The College of William & Mary, James Madison University, the University of Virginia or Virginia Tech
Jennifer Mooney Greene Scholarship Fund, 2013
$97,975
For Virginia Beach Public Schools students who are in the Achievement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program with a preference for students from Green Run High School or Green Run Collegiate
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$1,552,660
For graduates of public high schools in South Hampton Roads
Barron F. Black Theological Scholarship Fund, 1976 $83,278 Jesse T. Bonney Scholarship Fund, 1981
$52,327
For students at Union Presbyterian Seminary
For students at Norfolk State University with a preference for single parents For a student graduating from First Colonial High School in Virginia Beach
E. W. Chittum Memorial Scholarship Fund, 2005
Richard Dickson Cooke and Sheppard Royster Cooke Scholarship Fund, 1951 $248,138
Hampton Roads Spartan Scholarship Fund, 2011 $1,379,983
The “Max” Bennis Scholarship Fund, 2007
$27,569
For Chesapeake Public Schools graduates with a preference for students attending Washington and Lee University in Lexington
$61,414
For Norfolk Public Schools graduates studying art
James Harry Charleton Valedictorian Scholarship, 2019 For the valedictorian from Granby High School
$131,658
For female graduates of Maury High School
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Melvin R. Green Scholarship Fund, 2014
$136,991
Judge Floyd E. and Annie B. Kellam Scholarship Fund, 2013
For students from South Hampton Roads attending a four-year college or university with a preference for students studying accounting at Old Dominion University
Everette H. and Edith P. Griffin Memorial Scholarship Fund, 2002 $211,472
Adrian Ryan Kirk Memorial Scholarship Fund, 2001 $20,320 For students with attention deficit disorder or learning disabilities
For students from Western Tidewater or deaf and blind students from South Hampton Roads with a preference for students from Isle of Wight County
Colonel J. Addison Hagan Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1980 For students at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington
George D. and Marion Phelps Hamar HRBOR Scholarship Fund, 2011
$769,285
For graduates of Kellam High School in Virginia Beach pursuing degrees in math, science or business
Leslie P. Langley and Sarah Campen Powers Scholarship Fund, 2017
$31,430
Joseph A. Leafe Scholarship Fund, 1992
$72,533
Alice Riddick Levy and Stuart Paul Levy Scholarship Fund, 2017
$237,700
For Norfolk Public Schools graduates attending Virginia Tech
$427,086
For Norfolk Public Schools graduates at Hampden-Sydney College
$30,997
For self-identifying lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) students from high schools in the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk or Virginia Beach
For students from Suffolk
Lewis Family Norfolk 17 Scholarship Fund, 2020
$126,701
Dr. Milton R. Liverman Memorial Scholarship Fund, 2017
$28,285
Lewis K. Martin, II, M.D. and Cheryl Rose Martin Scholarship, 2005
$128,178
For students from Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach who may not be at the top of the class but have good character and are active in the community and community service
The Maury Foundation Scholarship Fund, 2017
$593,705
Pat Howe Jr. Health Care Scholarship, 2005
The Maury Foundation Scholarship Fund Oscar B. Ferebee, Jr., 2017
$61,452
The Maury Foundation Scholarship Fund Paxton-Beale Family, 2020
$175,276
Ellen Hitt McLaughlin Scholarship, 1998
$16,716
Joseph E. Harry and Bertha White Harry Fund, 1990
For students in Norfolk Public Schools needing financial aid for undergraduate education at a college or university
$2,966,828
For students at Old Dominion University or Virginia Wesleyan University in Norfolk
Diane Reilly Hartzog Memorial Scholarship Fund, 2013
For graduating high school seniors from Suffolk Public Schools
$59,316
For South Hampton Roads students with an interest in library science or English
Tommy Horvatic Memorial Scholarship Fund, 2013
For students in the allied health professions
$123,571
For Maury High School graduates attending a four-year college or university
$57,013
Hampton Roads Association of Social Workers Scholarship, 1959
$34,480
Anne Hurd Memorial Fund, 1987
$83,338
For graduate students in social work
For Virginia students at Davidson College, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Salem College or Salem Academy
For Maury High School graduates attending a four-year college or university
For Maury High School graduates attending a four-year college or university
For female students active in Key Club or the daughters of Kiwanis Club members
Pamela Scott Hyatt Music Scholarship Fund, 2019 $221,443
For students who attended Holland Elementary School in Virginia Beach
To help Norfolk Public High Schools students in need of financial aid for undergraduate education and are majoring in performing arts or studying to become music teachers
Indian River Ruritan Scholarship Fund, 2011
$88,497
$493,405
For students from Mathews County
$1,758,084
William F. Miles Memorial Fund, 1990
$24,614
For students preparing for leadership in a field of religious service
Carrie Biggs Morrison Memorial Fund, 1958
For students from Virginia Beach or Martin County, N.C.
$68,171
For Norfolk Public Schools graduates at the University of Virginia
$62,669
John H. and Annie Campbell Miles Memorial Fund, 1990 $112,394
For students from low-income families in South Hampton Roads attending a public college in Virginia with a preference for those living in public or subsidized housing
Thomas G. Johnson Jr. Scholarship Fund, 1990
Metro Machine Scholarship Fund, 2008 - 2011
For students who met reading program milestones while attending St. Helena or Campostella elementary schools in Norfolk
For alumni of Norfolk State University pursuing graduate degrees and for graduate students in humanities at Old Dominion University or graduate students in art history
James 2:26 Fund, 2008
$29,493
For Norfolk Public Schools graduates
For students graduating from a public high school in Chesapeake with a preference for students from Indian River High School
Louis I. Jaffe Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1994
Meachum Scholarship Fund, 2018
$1,253,183
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Reverend Doctor Joyce G. Moss Theologian Scholarship, 2014
$27,730
For students at Richmond Virginia Seminary or Regent University School of Divinity planning to pursue Christian ministry
Lori Burwell Ocean Lakes High School STEM Scholarship, 2010
$130,327
For graduates of Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach studying science, technology, engineering or mathematics
Margarette H. Old Student and Nurse Educational Fund, 1960
$247,748
For students at Sentara School of Health Professions or Salem College
Betty Ciampoli Oliver Scholarship Fund, 2018
$29,104
For residents of Hampton Roads who attended Woodstock Elementary School in Virginia Beach for at least three years and graduated from high school with a GPA of at least 2.8
Benjamin D. Pender Scholarship Fund, 1957
$359,228
For female students at Notre Dame of Maryland University
The Lefki and George Polizos Family Scholarship Fund, 2000
$54,068
For students of Greek heritage or students at Virginia Wesleyan University
Harry B. Price, Jr. Memorial Fund, 1985
$112,551
For students displaying qualities of leadership, initiative, and ability
Roland W. Proescher Fund, 1987
$157,046
For students in engineering or science
Walter Cecil Rawls Educational Fund, 2013
$333,408
For graduates of public schools in Gates County, N.C.; Southampton County; Isle of Wight County; Sussex County; Suffolk and Franklin
Elisabeth Kelly King Reilly Scholarship Fund, 2006 $527,776 For graduates of Norfolk’s Maury High School attending the University of Virginia
Edwin J. Rosenbaum Scholarship Fund, 1985 For students of the Jewish faith
Ellis W. Rowe Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1990 For students from Gloucester County
$387,190 $998,752
Doctors Kirkland Ruffin and Willcox Ruffin Scholarship Fund, 1997
$39,870
Michael E. Sakakini Scholarship Fund, 2018
$934,011
For Norfolk students at Eastern Virginia Medical School For graduates of Granby High School in Norfolk with a preference for those who participated in track and field, cross country, or other sports
$463,230
Donald E. Sly, M.D. and Madeline H. Sly Medical Scholarship, 2015
$130,472
For undergraduate or graduate students
For Virginia students pursuing medicine or healthcare studies at in-state institutions
Florence L. Smith Fund, 1952
$2,699,247
For Virginia students attending medical school at Eastern Virginia Medical School, the University of Virginia or Virginia Commonwealth University
Hy Smith Endowment Fund, 1952
For students at Virginia Theological Seminary
For Virginia students attending medical school at Eastern Virginia Medical School, the University of Virginia or Virginia Commonwealth University
$333,092
For upper-level undergraduate students studying engineering, physics, or math at Virginia colleges
$78,180
Jarrod Camper Smith Memorial Scholarship, 2000 $19,290 For students who participated in youth sports programs at the Kings Grant/Lynnhaven Recreation Association in Virginia Beach
Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Architectural Scholarship Fund, 1983
$232,641
For upper-level undergraduate or graduate students studying architecture, architectural history or architectural preservation
Minton W. Talbot Scholarship Fund, 2013
$131,741
D.A. Taylor Memorial Scholarship, 2006
$544,856
For students from Granby High School
For South Hampton Roads students with strong leadership skills and academic abilities who exhibit overall excellence
Mary Josephine Termini Memorial Scholarship for the Arts, 2020
$35,055
Vincent J. Thomas Scholarship Fund, 1984
$90,021
Thomas P. Thompson Memorial Fund, 1976
$201,530
Touch the Future Early Childhood Education Scholarship Fund, 2020
$29,076
For students from South Hampton Roads attending Old Dominion University for a Bachelor of Fine Arts or Bachelor of Arts degree in the areas of fine arts, design, art history or art education
For Hampton Roads students attending Virginia Military Institute with a preference for students from Norfolk Public Schools For Norfolk residents
For graduates of South Hampton Roads high schools who are majoring in early childhood education
John W. and Linda Vakos Scholarship Fund, 2014 $112,807 For students from Virginia Beach
Gertrude “Betty” Ward Scholarship Fund, 2014
Helen and Buzzy Schulwolf Fund for Smith Scholars, 2011 $33,855
Wilfred G. Semple Scholarship Loan Fund, 1991
Felton Ray Sharp and Evelyn Berryman Sharp Fund, 1999
$795,226
For students from Virginia Beach with a preference for graduates of Princess Anne High School and those majoring in English
Weisberg and Clark Scholarship Fund, 2010 For students from South Hampton Roads
$81,439
Captain Rexford Vinal Wheeler Jr., U.S.N., Fund, 1988
$1,536,052
Paul and Athena Yeonas Memorial Fund, 1997
$811,855
For students attending Old Dominion University with a preference for students from Norfolk
For students of Greek heritage or students at Old Dominion University Value of Scholarship funds as of 12-31-20
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$36,489,158
Funds UNRESTRICTED
Unrestricted funds are created and endowed by donors who entrust the community foundation to provide grants to meet changing needs, help solve complex regional issues, or to enhance the quality of life in Southeastern Virginia.
Leon H. Ackerman Fund, 1976 Anne B. Addington Fund, 2004 Argyle Fund, 1998 Margaret B. Atkinson Fund, 1971 Byron Babcock Fund, 2009 John M. Baillio Fund, 2018 Isaac M. Baker, Jr. and Sarah Lee Baker Memorial Fund #1, 1995 Chad Ballard Fund, 2006 ES BAL Group Fund, 1988 E. C. Barnhardt III Memorial Fund, 2005 Frank Batten Fund, 1988 Beskin & Assoc., 1988 Mary L. B. Birdsong Fund, 1971 Barron F. Black Article VIII, 1976 Munro Black Fund, 1959 Edward J. Brickhouse Fund, 1979 Macon & Joan Brock Fund, 1992 Virginia P. and Charles F. Burroughs Jr. Memorial Fund, 2008 Margaret G. and William T. Campbell Fund, 1991 June Page Camp Fund, 1999 Chesapeake Bay Wine Classic Foundation Fund, 1997 Richard S. Cohoon Memorial Fund, 1978 Community Fund, 2003 Croshaw, Seigal et al, 1989 Colgate and Constance Darden Memorial Fund, 1980 Joshua P. and Elizabeth D. Darden Fund, 2014 Leroy W. Davis Memorial Fund, 1993 Daisy K. and William P. Dickson Jr. Memorial Fund, 2004 Ralph B. Douglass Fund, 1973 Walter A. Edwards, Jr. Fund, 1992 Ellen W. & Douglas D. Ellis, Sr. Fund, 2003 The Family Channel Fund, 1990 Lynne & Paul Farrell Fund, 1992 Alan and Ester Fleder Foundation Fund, 1991 Barbara H. Fleming Fund, 1987 Furman Family Fund, 1990 General Unrestricted Fund-VBF, 1988 Gornto Fund, 1988 Eva K. Grant Fund, 2008 Albert H. Grandy Memorial Fund, 1988 Grantmaking Fund of ESVCF, 2009 ES Grant Making Fund, 2002 John Stanley Gregory Memorial Fund, 1994 Isla Vance Grover Fund, 1980 William B. Grover Fund, 1980 Evelyn D. Grones Fund, 1990 Hall Auto Mall Fund, 1988 J. Burton Harrison, Jr. Fund, 1988 W. Wright Harrison Memorial Fund, 2001 The Howard Association, 1987 Johns Brothers Fund, 1989 Samuel G. Jones, Jr. Fund, 2004 Edwin C. Kellam Fund, 1988 Reed W. Kelley Memorial Fund, 2017
$322,181 $52,421 $323,954 $149,180 $608,741 $80,507 $42,792 $137,625 $919 $83,763 $42,544 $1,668 $687,020 $191,082 $1,060,766 $1,740,902 $35,526 $2,808,960 $12,119 $113,783 $3,894 $289,141 $1,727,406 $4,193 $9,994,623 $1,827,020 $49,193 $166,537 $722,903 $351,167 $144,388 $3,774 $259,760 $2,011 $243,631 $11,474 $154,243 $2,677 $230,935 $125,519 $15,541 $3,735,545 $341,237 $4,593,909 $676,411 $12,555 $8,354 $5,540 $6,466 $253,105 $2,893 $123,580 $4,730 $95,261
2020
Landmark Design Group Fund, 1990 $4,938 The Edmund A. “Ned” Langhorne Memorial Fund, 2008 $76,722 Angelica D. Light Fund, 2012 $43,896 S. E. Liles, Jr. Fund, 1988 $9,132 Joseph Lust Fund, 1994 $6,374 Ethel and Linford Mason Fund, 2009 $3,599,503 Francis & Jean McCoy Fund, 1989 $6,603 Gary D. McMahan Fund, 1991 $8,491 Horace P. and Dorris W. McNeal Fund, 2005 $601,515 McPhillips, Roberts & Deans Fund, 1990 $2,791 Meadville Fund, 2005 ES $1,776,402 Alva W. Mercer Fund, 1972 $58,158 Perry and Bunny Morgan Fund, 1999 $6,683,780 C. Whitley Musick Fund, 1989 $1,235 Nandua Fund, 2008 ES $2,032,792 Napolitano Family Fund, 1989 $126,230 V. H. Nusbaum Jr. Fund, 1988 $5,199 Jean C. Old Fund, 2010 $442,557 Pat and Dan Fund, 1991 $3,309 PNC Bank Fund, 2006 ES $28,588 C. J. Prettyman, Sr. Fund, 2008 ES $180,879 RBC Centura Fund, 1991 $4,986 Irene D. Redwood Fund, 1977 $975,470 Langford W. Redwood Fund, 1962 $1,916,767 Clarence B. Robertson Fund, 1968 $197,721 Lelia E. Robertson Fund, 1980 $335,428 Walter H. Robertson Fund, 1973 $491,386 The Runnymede Corporation Fund, 1988 $8,394 Philip & Mary Russo Fund, 1997 $31,319 Toy D. Savage, Jr. Fund, 2017 $348,553 Henry & Phyllis Shook Fund, 1991 $4,830 Ada Louise Sivik Fund, 2019 $59,104 Hattie G. Slaughter Fund, 1964 $293,287 Mrs. C. Gordon Smith, Jr. Fund, 1990 $31,264 Special Fund #1, 1997 $5,595,152 Special Fund #3, 1984 $9,569,854 James A. Squires and Karen Jones Squires Fund, 2016 $692,377 Dorothy Redwood Cooke Sutherland Fund, 2004 $113,051 Charles Syer Fund, 1996 $8,538,888 The Trinder Fund, 1993 $4,502 Donald J. Trufant Memorial Fund, 2015 ES $666,956 Helen W. and Charles F. Tucker Memorial Fund, 2005 $74,299 Mabel B. Tyler Fund, 1987 $499,375 Goldsborough S. and Katherine P. Tyler Memorial Fund, 1999 $107,973 Virginia Investment Counselors Charitable Fund, 1997 $31,795 I. T. Walke Jr. Unrestricted Fund, 1978 $1,134,242 Eugene Walters Foundation Fund, 1992 $9,005 James M. Willcox Memorial Fund 2, 2018 $6,931,655 William P. Woodley, 1990 $98,346 Tom and Page Young Fund, 2007 ES $51,037
$89,202,179
Value of Unrestricted funds as of 12-31-20 ES
Part of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation family of funds
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Funds ORGANIZATIONAL
Organizational Funds are created by nonprofit organizations to provide them with permanent endowments that grow over time and enable them to receive grants to support their missions.
Ability Center of Virginia Fund, 2014
$213,276
Academy of Music Endowment Fund, 2011 An Achievable Dream Virginia Beach Endowment Fund, 2015
$1,266,841 $341,830
2020
ForKids Inc. Endowment Fund, 1998
$61,719
Friends of the Northampton Free Library, Inc., 2010 ES
$125,168
SHR Habitat for Humanity, Inc. Fund for Jill House, 2002
$60,278
Auxiliary of Shore Memorial Hospital Fund, 2006 ES
$96,264
The Hermitage Foundation Auxiliary Endowment Fund, 2000
Beach Health Clinic Fund, 2000
$44,272
Hope House Foundation Fund, 2002
Broadwater Academy Fund, 2005
$36,221
Horizons Hampton Roads Organizational Fund, 2008
Broadwater Academy Julia B. Fleet, 2006 ES
$28,736
The Hummingbird Fund, 2001
ES
Mt. Carmel Christian Church Fund, 2016
$69,039
Virginia Beach CASA Endowment, 2008
$11,707
The Children’s Center Fund, 2008
$84,741
$1,137,197 $120,807
Museum of Chincoteague Island Endowment Fund, 2015
$295,221
The Muse Writers Center Fund, 2018
$49,048 ES
Northampton County Education Foundation Fund, 2019
$313,405
Norfolk Rotary Endowment Fund, 1992
Chincoteague Island Library Endowment Fund, 2013 ES
$180,818
Chincoteague Island Arts Organization Fund, 2018 ES $115,636
Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association Foundation Fund, 2009
Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore Endowment Fund, 2009 ES
Physicians For Peace Fund, 2005
$44,682
$889,570 ES
Children’s Harbor Anchor Fund, 2012
ES
$55,132
$49,789 $666,341 $44,064
Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia Fund, 2004
$202,867 $3,178
Randy Custis Memorial Fund, Inc., 2011 $45,966
Portsmouth Museums Foundation Fund for the Children’s
Eastern Shore Community College Foundation Fund, 2005 ES $55,815
Museum, 2009
$425,936
Eastern Shore Family YMCA Branch of the YMCA of SHR Fund, 2006 ES
Park Place School, 2009
$150,332
Seton House Fund, 2003
$30,491
$69,490
Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands Center Endowment Fund, 2006 ES $1,049,335 Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation Fund, 2005 ES
$441,881
Eastern Shore Public Library Materials Endowment Fund, 2020 ES $28,095
Sugar Plum Endowment Fund, 2003
$1,128,030
Symphonicity Endowment, 2008
$36,203
United Way of South Hampton Roads Endowment Fund, 1995 $830,686 Virginia Arts Festival Endowment, 1997
$1,140,864
Katharine H.S. Edmonds Reading Materials Fund, 2017 ES $62,094
Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust Endowment Fund, 2012
Elizabeth River Endowment Fund, 2014
Volunteer Hampton Roads, 2000
$25,004
Young Audiences of Virginia Fund, 2008
$712,330
$661,333
Endependence Center, 2001
$1,316
Equi-Kids Therapeutic Riding Program Fund, 2010
$133,436
Families of Autistic Children of Tidewater (F.A.C.T.) Fund, 2012 $134,427 Feldman Chamber Music Society Endowment Fund, 1991 ES
$15,310,333
Value of Organizational funds as of 12-31-20
$584,437
Part of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation family of funds
How to Apply
FOR A GRANT
We provide an array of grants to local nonprofit organizations, including four competitive community grant cycles each year. Learn about grant opportunities, specific criteria, and how to apply at HamptonRoadsCF.org/nonprofits.
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What is a community foundation? It is a nonprofit organization that manages a permanent endowment helping improve life in a specific geographic region. There are more than 750 community foundations in the United States – 30 in Virginia. Ours was founded in 1950 as Virginia’s first community foundation and was built over the decades by generous donors from all walks of life.
What is the Hampton Roads Community Foundation? We are a regional community foundation focused on improving life in southeastern Virginia through leadership, philanthropy, and civic engagement. We are the region’s largest grant and scholarship provider and a catalyst for leadership initiatives that tackle key issues in the region. In 2020, we ranked as the 58th largest community foundation in the country in terms of assets. Since 1950, we have distributed more than $324 million in grants and scholarships.
How did the Hampton Roads Community Foundation get started? In 1950, seven Norfolk civic leaders gathered donations of $2,350 to create The Norfolk Foundation. In 1987, Virginia Beach community leaders started the Virginia Beach Foundation. In 2010, the two neighboring community foundations merged to form the Hampton Roads Community Foundation.
How do your charitable funds work? We manage nearly 600 charitable funds. Each retains the identity and purpose established by the original donors and follows the donors’ intent. For most funds, each year we distribute for grants or scholarships 4.5% of the value of a fund (computed over 12 trailing quarters). The rest is invested to grow for the future.
How are funds invested? Our endowed funds are invested for longterm growth in partnership with Spider Management Company LLC, our investment manager. Our goal is to provide grants and
scholarships now as endowed funds grow over time. Our Board of Directors sets our investment policy and monitors investment performance with oversight from our Investment Committee.
How does the community foundation help southeastern Virginia? We award grants annually to about 150 nonprofit organizations. We have quarterly competitive grant cycles and regularly distribute grants from donor-advised, designated, and organizational funds. When needs arise, such as those resulting from the COVID-19 crisis, we create special grant opportunities. We administer a robust college scholarship program that helps more than 430 students each year go to college. Beyond funding, we convene working groups, participate in partnerships to tackle issues in our community, and train area nonprofits. We encourage philanthropy in various ways, including through two giving circles. 2 0 2 1
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Frances M. Facchini will forever help students because of the charitable bequest she left to the Hampton Roads Community Foundation. Facchini, who passed away in 2018, enjoyed a 33-year civil service career, serving as personal secretary to seven commanders of Norfolk Naval Base and administrative assistant to four commanding generals of The Fleet Marine Force Atlantic. In 2020, the Facchini Frost Fund at the community foundation, which is named for both sides of Facchini’s family, began providing scholarships for area students attending Old Dominion University.
In 2020, Brécha Byrd received a $1,000 scholarship from The Surry Fund at the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, established in 1999 to promote racial harmony and lessen the negative impact of racism in Surry County. She attends St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh, N.C., and she is majoring in business administration.
Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia received COVID-19 response grants to help older adults with food and other essential items during the height of the pandemic. Drivers from the organization also delivered personal protective equipment, paper goods, and other essential items. To keep seniors engaged socially, staffers sent out 1,000 activity kits. The grant funding was vital in helping seniors, who make up nearly 14 percent of the regional population, according to the latest U.S. Census data. 2 0 2 1
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Our Donors
The Hampton Roads Community Foundation appreciates the individuals, families, organizations, businesses, and estates that donated $16,536,344 in 2020. The following made charitable contributions between January 1 and December 31, 2020.
Anonymous (19)
Deborah M. DiCroce
Rodney Howell
Eleanor J. Marshall Trust
David B. Propert
200+ Men Foundation
Dollar Tree Inc.
Bellamy Martin Fund
David Puzzo
An Achievable Dream Virginia Beach
Rick Cole at DTA
Hubard Family Endowment Fund at the Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond
Lewis K. Martin II, M.D. and Cheryl Rose Martin
Randy and Linda Rice
Robert B. Mason The Maury Foundation
Richmond Primoid / Brad Sawyer
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Mayo
Ann Richter
Joanne C. McClellan*
Jorge Rivera
Tracey McElligott
Ben Rountree
InMotion Hosting
Oriana McKinnon
Virginia Rountree
Diane and Tom Ippolito
Stephen Middlebrook
Carol and John Rowe
Ironclad Technology Services LLC
Miriam and Richard Miles
Dr. Willcox Ruffin Jr.
Jack Jacovides
Judith M. Miner and Ralph W. Miner, Jr.
Jane D. Tucker and Philip L. Russo, Jr.
Nita and Akhil Jain
Carroll Monger
Pru and Louis Ryan
Rajnish K. Jain
Betty and Dave Moore
Anthony B. Jernigan
Elizabeth B. Moore
Estate of Michael E. Sakakini
K5K A Run For Kendra Inc.
Frank Moore
Debra Mervis Keeling
Jennifer W. Moore
Martha B. and Thomas W. Ambler Estate of Theodore Baker, Jr. Dr. John D. Ball
Eastern Shore Public Library Foundation Elizabeth River Project Sarah Ellis and Josh Solomon
Mrs. Paul S. Huber, Jr. Rebekah L. Huber Family Charitable Fund Estate of G. Barbara Hudgins
Mary S. Barnes and Fletcher J. Barnes III
Frank Ellsworth
Paige and Tim Barrow
Joan and Bruce Berlin
Joyce and John Fain
Susan M. Borland W.B. (Bill) Boyer, Jr.
The Feldman Chamber Music Society
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Virginia
Fincantieri Marine Systems NA
Lilly and Bruce Bradley
Page Fitchett
Bradley Family Fund
Ann E. Fordham
Choice Insurance Agency Bobbie and Bob Brenton
The Richard and Martha Glasser Family Foundation
Andy Bridgforth
Dawn S. Glynn
Linda Keith
Kathryn and Lee Morgan
Joan P. Brock
William A. Gooch
Dale Kitts
Jill Broome
William A. Gooch Conservation Fund
Heidi Kulberg
Museum of Chincoteague Island
Sandra and Howard Gordon
Jessica Lambert
Marynell and Stephan Gordon
John R. Lawson II
Pauline Grabowski & Associates
Mackenzie and Aaron Brunson Lauren and Sully Callahan Kim Canterbury Lisa and Web Chandler Chesapeake Bay Wine Classic Foundation
Wayne Ewing
Anthony H. Grant
Chincoteague Island Library, Inc.
Astrid Grow
Community Foundation for Northern Virginia / Micron Opportunity Fund
Mr. and Mrs. James Haluska
Van O. Hall
Denyce and James Corzatt
Kristin Harrell-Bowles
Frank Craig
Sally and Ron Hartman
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Creekmore
Mary E. and Thomas J. Hayes
Estate of Ann Caldwell Dearman
Karen Hays
Delta Dental of Virginia
Conrad Hedderich
Dr. W. Andrew Dickinson, Jr. and Mrs. Mary Dickinson
Robert L. Herman
Barbara Heckel
Linda S. Laibstain
Elsie N. (Sis) and Monroe Nash Fund
Larry “Shack” Shackelford Conrad Shumadine Linda Simon Mark E. Slaughter
Lynn Watson Neumann Nancy and Mike Newbill
Debora and Richard Smith
Kathleen Nolen-Martin and Frederick Martin
Gerry and Ron Smith
Vivian and Steve Lawson Sandra and Miles Leon
Rotary Club of Norfolk
Charles F. Lester Trust
Nancy and Bill Oelrich
The Edward B. Snyder Trust
Sandra and Lemuel Lewis
Susan and Norman* Olitsky
James A. Squires and Karen Jones Squires Bill and Cynthia Sterrett
Angelica and Henry Light
Richard E. Olivieri Family Foundation
Linda and Ed Lilly, M.D.
Paradigm, Inc.
Caroline and Donald Luzzatto
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Parker III
John and Kimberly Tamminen
Ellis E. Malabad
Whitney S. Peace
The Barbara J. Taylor Irrevocable Trust
Wesley and Laura Mangum on behalf of the Carl W. Mangum Jr. and Marguerite S. Mangum Fund
Nancy C. Peele
Kenneth Taylor
Tami and Scott Peterson
The Harold E. and Marjorie L. Taylor Trust
David Landsberger
Hon. and Mrs. W. Revell Lewis III
Philippine Cultural Center Penny and Ken Powders Joshua Pretlow, Jr.
Horizons Hampton Roads *Deceased
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John E. Settle Jr. Revocable Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Jordan E. Slone
Miranda and Troy Price
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Casey and Marcus Rice
Carrie Snead
Christopher Sulima
Marshall Carney Taylor, M.D. John S. Termini Thistle Foundation
Gay K. Tiffany
Barbara and Andrew Fine’s Anniversary
Shunichi Toida, Ph.D.
Kathryn Fine
Kavitha and Rony Thomas
Diane and Mike Torrech Elizabeth A. Twohy Thomas M. Tye Nivea T. Velazquez and Miguel A. Rosa
Morris Fine’s 90th Birthday Kathryn Fine
Virginia Arts Festival
Dixie Harmon
Dr. Frederic R. Walker
Jamie L. King, M.D.
Mary Ann and Phil Walzer Guilford D. Ware
Sally K. Hartman
Carolyn and J. Catesby Ware
Nan and Gary Edgerton
The John W. Warner IV Foundation Inc.
Debbi and Jim Steiger
Thomas and Maria Whitaker Estate of James Martin Willcox
Patricia Peace Rawls
Kay and Ron Stine
David and Jean Hinson Christopher Hinson
Kate and BC Wilson Caralyn and Ray Wittersheim Meredith, Gili, and Brenner Wojnowich
Charles F. Lano, graduate Maury High School 1956 Judy and Charles Lano
We appreciate the gifts made in honor of the following special people. Names of the donors are listed below the honorees. Donors made gifts between January 1 and December 31, 2020.
Judy Barrett Beverly and Bob Armbruster Rodney Oliver Virginia Pilot Association
Mrs. Sally Taylor Abeles Dale Dean
Kate and Tony Sakowski
Anonymous
Teachers at Blair Middle School & Maury High School Dawn Peters and Bob Finke
Botty Baker and Paula Gaskins
Jennet Bernert Kathryn and Lee Morgan
Karen and Edward Bellamy Boyd’s Mason Lake Resort Inc. Candace C. Brooks Arden and Rudy Carlson Ann Marie and Chip Cleckner
Macon F. Brock, Jr. Shevette and Kevin Jones
Dan Brockwell Ross Brockwell
Coastal Threads Franklin Family: John, Martha, John and Anne
Keith Burrell Patricia Peace Rawls
Jerry P. Galanides
Al Abiouness
Suzanne and Bill Gooch
Nancy Chandler
Brenda and Alan Stein
Suzanne and Patrick Gravitt
Rotary Club of Norfolk
Beverly Owens Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Charles Hafer
Anne* and Ingolf Kiland
Leslie A. Hamilton
Sadie Coates Charlotte Coates-Wilkes, M.D.
Edie and Bill Heinzelmann
Richard F. Aufenger
J. Walls Ink!
Frances and Linwood Beckner
Angie and Tim Klouda
Dolores Bartel
Edward Lilly, M.D.
Lois Kercher, Ph.D.
Honorary Gifts
We appreciate the gifts made in memory of the following special people. Names of donors are listed below the honorees. Donors made gifts between January 1 and December 31, 2020.
Brenda and Alan Stein
The Wylies Katherine and John Wynne Family Fund
Memorial Gifts
Martha Paxton Beale Frances and Linwood Beckner Mary and Frank Black Cathey and Marshall Brown Cindy Cummings Mary and Jesse Fanshaw Thelma S. Haycox Catherine McManama Martha and Robert Orton
Hampton Tucker
Martha B. Ruggles
Christopher Anderson
Jo V. Thompson Williams Mullen
Wayne Wilbanks
Ed Walter
May Lynn Mansbach
Nancy K. Wilson Jennie Gwaltney
Judy Loper Donna Luzzi
The Barrett Family
David, Edward, Fanny, and Evelyn
Maria T. Mills Anthony F. Radd
Judith G. and Sheldon M. Markowitz
Philip L. Russo, Jr. Richard Simon Molly and Tuffy Samuels
Mrs. Lena Davis
Carolyn W. Scullion
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Goines
Lauren and John Sharpe Mary and Herb Sharpe Chris Simon
Tara Welch Gallagher
Tag Ink
Nancy Eberhardt
Gay K. Tiffany
Tracy and Sam Estep
Jon Trice
Carol and John Rowe
Jody and Dr. Alan Wagner Wilma Clay at Beacon Realty
Polly Chapman Herring Fred Deen Herring
Joan and George Harwin Debra Mervis Keeling
Dr. John A. Horgan
Max Bennis
Dr. and Mrs. Ashby B. Taylor III
Arden and Rudy Carlson
Deacon Cris and Dr. Aleli Romero
John Maxwell Bennis
Wilma Clay at Beacon Realty
Dr. Cynthia Romero
Mary A. Adams
Joan and George Harwin
Sara A. Anderson
Debra Mervis Keeling
*Deceased
Alene Cofer
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Tommy Horvatic and Rita Horvatic
Jennifer Mooney Greene
William F. “Tree” Rountree
Dorman D. and Elinor B. Dove
Carol C. Boesch
Michael L. Coates MD, M.S.
Lawton H. Baker
The Honorable Rebecca B. Smith and Mr. Gerald M. Zeno
Charlotte Coates-Wilkes, MD
Phil and Mary Russo
Vandeventer Black LLP
Darrell S. Daniels, MD J. William DuVal Jr., MD
Ben Merrill
William E. Cooley Jr, MD
Charles A. Jefferson, Jr.
Reverend Doctor Joyce G. Moss
Jane D. Tucker
Ruth H. Weinberg
Ina and Moss Friedman
Estherine J. Harding
Gail Santana
Mrs. Cecilia Taylor
Shawn N. Gersman, MD
Patricia Peace Rawls
Dale Dean
Burton D. Goodwin, MD
Helen Schulwolf
D.A. Taylor
Long P. Huynh, MD
Betsy Rossheim
Flax Family
Jamie L. King, MD
Edward C. Johnston, Sr. Lee Bandy
Mrs. Corinne D. Jones The Honorable Jerrauld C. Jones and The Honorable Lyn M. Simmons
Govind Khandelwal Patricia Peace Rawls
Beth J. Kellam H.B. Kellam, Jr.
Arlene Bergman Kesser Frances and Linwood Beckner Brenda and Alan Stein
Sarah Oliver Knorr Debra Burrell and Craig T. Adams
Mark Novitch, M.D. Betsy Rossheim
Irene Newsom O’Meara Black Creek Baptist Church
Russell D. Evett, MD
James S. Hanner, MD
Alfred M. Schulwolf, M.D.
Arnold Slone David Parker
Ina and Moss Friedman
Rosanne Cary
Curtis L. Stallings G. Conoly Phillips
Diane Stallings
Jerry Pributsky
Stephanie Catherines
Ina and Moss Friedman
Patricia A. Corbus and Lili Corbus Geer
Dr. Bill Robinett
Helen M. Kattwinkel
Iva Robinett
Lynn and Michael Regna
Kurt M. Rosenbach
Linwood Thumm
Jane P. Batten
Patricia Peace Rawls
Rosanne Cary Cavanaugh Nelson PLC
Charles and Helen Tucker Jane D. Tucker
Leigh and Jason Davis
Stephen Leaman
Rebecca and Michael Gurley
Charles F. Tucker
Sally and Ron Hartman
Laura and Dean Buckius
Mary Louis LeHew and Willette L. LeHew, M.D.
Ming-Jer Chen
Nelle T. McCabe
Betty Wade and Tim Coyle
Dr. Milton R. Liverman
Debbie Pearl
Charlie and Phil Davey
Roland Liverman
Marybeth and Ken Saunders
Mary Lawrence Harrell
Ritty Margulies
Brenda and Alan Stein
Fred Deen Herring
Ina and Moss Friedman
Tom Meurer Sally and Ron Hartman
Linda and Ed Lilly, MD
Maury High School Class of 1970
Dr. Sheldon M. and Judith G. Markowitz
Lester Wilkes
Lewis K. Martin II, MD and Cheryl Rose Martin
Charlotte Coates-Wilkes, M.D.
Kay and Ron Stine
Jack and Kirk Clarkson
Pearl B. Harrell Kimberley A. Johnson Arlene Klinedinst Baragona
K. Robert McIntire, MD Lynn Watson Neumann James A. Piggott, MD
Barbara Taylor
Miss Gill Leaman
Calvert Lester
Jeffrey Laoang, MD
David Tuttle c/o 1970
The Breeden Family
Lillian and Richard Cooper
Jerry Pratt, MD
Smith Scholars We thank the following physicians and their loved ones for their generosity. Each donor listed received a Florence L. Smith Scholarship, which helped pay for their education, or is a family member or loved one of a Smith Scholarship recipient. The scholarship started in 1952 from Smith’s bequest. Since then, more than 750 Smith Scholars have benefitted from Smith’s generosity, and the Smith Scholarship continues to support medical students. The following donors either made a donation in 2020, created a charitable fund at the community foundation, or arranged for a future bequest.
Anne, Robert, Charlie, and Michael Robinovitz Betsy Rossheim Dr. Tony and Kate Sakowski Rachel and Geo Sanborn, MD Alfred M. Schulwolf, MD Jennifer L. SharpWarthan, MD Christopher N. Sheap, MD Robert L. Smith, MD Steven W. Smith, MD Norman T. Soskel, MD, FACP, FCCP Dr. John and Kimberly Tamminen Dr. and Mrs. Ashby B. Taylor III Marshall Carney Taylor, MD
Stephen L. Aleshire, MD
Kevin B. Treakle, MD
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Baker
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Ward
David H. Beals, MD
Dr. and Mrs. James L. White
Edgar Rossheim, M.D.
Susan I. Pollack
Anne, Robert, Charlie, and Michael Robinovitz
Dr. and Mrs. John A. Bodine
William E. Rachels, Jr.
Bruce I. Bodner, MD
Mary and Morgan Riley
Percy Wootton, MD
Richard C. Brown, MD
Dorothy Urban Wright, MD
Shirley Christian Goodwin, MD
Terry P. Yarbrough, MD
Betsy Rossheim
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Lynn and Jeff Sachs
Lee Ann Russo and Kevin C. Miller Judge Leonard B. Sachs
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Karen Bloxom White, MD
*Deceased
H A M P T O N R O A D S C O M M U N I T Y F O U N D AT I O N
Professional Advisors Committee The Hampton Roads Community Foundation appreciates the time and expertise provided by the accountants, attorneys, and financial advisors who serve on our Professional Advisors Committee. Shirley C. Baldwin
John T. Midgett
Baldwin Advisory, LLC
Midgett Preti Olansen
Michael R. Barclift
Edward “Ted” H. Miller
Waddell & Reed
Cooper, Spong & Davis, PC
Board Members
Staff
James A. Squires, Chair
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Chairman, President, and CEO, Norfolk Southern Corporation
Deborah M. DiCroce
Sharon S. Goodwyn, Vice Chair Counsel, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
L.D. Britt, MD, Treasurer Chairman of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Christine Nguyen Piersall
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Williams Mullen, P.C.
Gary D. Bonnewell
Ellis H. Pretlow
Morgan Stanley
Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.
Chairman, Landmark Media Enterprises
Administrative Assistant
Thomas R. Frantz
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Chairman Emeritus of the Board & Partner, Williams Mullen
Donald Luzzatto
Cyrus A. Dolph IV
Neil L. Rose
Hon. Jerrauld C. Jones
Clarke, Dolph, Rapaport, Hull & Brunick, P.L.C.
Willcox & Savage, P.C.
Judge, Norfolk Circuit Court
Stewart & Company
Wolcott River Gates
Howard P. Kern President & CEO, Sentara Healthcare
John R. Lawson II Executive Chairman, W.M. Jordan Company, Inc.
Miles B. Leon
The AHM Wealth Management Group, Merrill Lynch
Andrew H. Hook Hook Law Center
Kirkland M. Kelley Kaufman & Canoles, P.C., retired
CPA Investment Advisors, LLC
Guilford D. Ware Crenshaw, Ware and Martin, PLC
Caryn R. West Parks Zeigler, PLLC
AMG National Trust Bank
DEVELOPMENT & DONOR ENGAGEMENT
Kay A. Stine Vice President for Development
Leigh Evans Davis Vice President for Donor Engagement
Kate Hofheimer Wilson Associate Vice President for Development
Lynn Watson Neumann General Counsel and Senior Director of Gift Planning
Mackenzie Morris Brunson
Lemuel E. Lewis
Jillian Pruitt
Retired Executive Vice President and CFO, Landmark Communications
John F. Malbon Retired Chairman & CEO, PAPCO Inc.
Vincent J. Mastracco Jr. Partner, Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.
Manager of Knowledge Systems
Donor Services Associate GRANTMAKING
Linda M. Rice Vice President for Grantmaking
Gina Kelly Grants Manager
Suzanne Puryear Consultant and Community Volunteer
Cynthia Romero, MD
Mavis E. McKenley
Vice President for Civic Engagement
President & Chairman of the Board, S. L. Nusbaum Realty Co.
Tazewell G. Taylor Ian A. Holder
Vice President for Administration
Theresa Newbill
President, Hampton Roads & Northeastern North Carolina, TowneBank
Jessica A. Hayes
Robin C. Foreman-Wheeler
Community Volunteer
Dawn S. Glynn
W. Kevin Stewart
Chief Financial Officer
Joan P. Brock
Williams Mullen, P.C.
PBMares, LLP
Chief of Staff
Richard Matthews
Cartwright Rixey Reilly
Edward Jones
Sarah Ellis
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
Virginia E. Brown, PC
Risë Flenner
Vice President for Equity and Inclusion
President & CEO, Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Ginny Brown
Virginia “Penny” Sanchez
Vivian M. Oden
Deborah M. DiCroce, Secretary
Frank Batten Jr.
David M. Bastiaans
President & CEO
Director, M. Foscue Brock Institute for Community and Global Health, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Rony Thomas President & CEO, LifeNet Health Inc.
COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING
Cherise M. Newsome Vice President for Communications and Marketing
Cordereau M. Dye Director for Social Media and Marketing
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Financial Summary YEAR END DECEMBER 31, 2020
Assets: Investments Operating cash and fixed assets Future interests
Total assets
$422,154,555 1,769,568 8,898,698
$432,822,821
Liabilities and net assets: Funds held for others Grants and other payables Net assets
Total liabilities and net assets
$15,847,729 1,369,905 415,605,187
$432,822,821
Revenues: Contributions
$16,117,517
Changes to future interests
(1,337,223)
Investment Income Grant refunds and other
Total Revenues
64,729,593 116,887
The Hampton Roads Community Foundation appreciates its donors from all walks of life who entrust us to be excellent stewards of their gifts and to forever do good in our community. Started in 1950 with $2,350 in donations, our assets grew by the end of December 2020 to more than $432 million. Over the decades, we have invested more than $324 million in grants to support nonprofits, scholarships for students, and leadership initiatives. Our quest is to make life better in southeastern Virginia through leadership, philanthropy, and civic engagement. We partner with Spider Management Company LLC of Richmond to wisely invest our financial resources so we can support community needs today as our endowment grows and weathers financial storms. Since 2011, we have been among 26 foundations and nonprofit endowments partnering with Spider Management through its Richmond Fund. Our net return for 2020 was 20.7%. From July 2011 through December 2020, our portfolio has generated an annualized net return of 8.34% in positive investment gains that total more than $217 million. Spider Management invests its $5.4 billion portfolio through various managers to protect assets, generate positive returns and mitigate risks even during down markets. Below are snapshots of asset and geographic allocations as of December 31, 2020.
$79,626,774 Asset Allocation Equity Long 30%
Grants and expenses: Grants and other program services Supporting services
Total grants and expenses Change in net assets Net assets beginning of year
$24,348,980
Cash 7% Real Estate 4% Real Assets 6% Credit 13%
2,137,314
$26,486,294 $53,140,480
Equity Long/ Short 12%
Multi-strategy 3% Private Equity 25%
$362,464,707 Geographic Allocation
Net assets end of year
$415,605,187
These summarized statements do not include all disclosures or the format required by generally accepted accounting principles. Complete audited financial statements, which include footnotes, are available upon request and are posted to HamptonRoadsCF.org.
Europe 11% Developed Asia 1% China 10% India 5% Latin America 2% Other emerging markets 1%
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North America 70%
How to Donate We welcome charitable donations of all sizes. Gifts of $25,000 or more let you start an endowed charitable fund that will forever help others. Your fund can have the name and purpose you select, or you can remain anonymous. Explore your options by contacting Kay Stine, vice president for development, at (757) 622-7951 or kstine@hamptonroadscf.org.
Easy Ways to Support Your Community • Mail a tax-deductible check using the envelope in this publication.
Types of Community Funds and Giving Opportunities: • Community Fund (provides grants to all types of nonprofit organizations) • Community Fund for Arts and Culture • Community Fund for Civic Leadership
• Go to HamptonRoadsCF.org and donate through our secure online system.
• Community Fund for Educational Achievement
• Talk with us about arranging for a charitable gift of appreciated stock or other assets.
• Community Fund for the Environment
• Include the Hampton Roads Community Foundation in your will, trust, IRA or other retirement plans.
• Community Fund for Scholarships
Types of Charitable Funds Available:
4 Options for Donor-advised Funds:
Unrestricted funds – tackle an array of critical
community needs now and those in the future we can’t imagine now.
The Hampton Roads Community Foundation offers options for starting a donor-advised fund – one of the fastest-growing forms of philanthropy:
Field-of-interest funds – provide grants to
Endowed Fund – Your legacy will last forever through this endowed,
nonprofits working in key areas of concern such as arts, education, or the environment.
Donor-advised funds – let living donors
recommend grants to specific nonprofits as an alternative to having a private foundation. See the list on this page for the four types of donor-advised funds available.
Scholarship funds – help college students pay for their education.
Designated funds – forever provide annual grants to specific nonprofits you name.
• Community Fund for Health and Human Services
• New! Racial equity efforts
permanent fund that lets you and successor advisors recommend grants to nonprofits. When the advising period ends, your fund will become the type of charitable fund you choose, such as unrestricted, scholarship, or field of interest. (Initial charitable gift: $25,000 or more.)
Current-use Fund – You make one donation and then recommend
grants to nonprofits until you spend the fund balance. (Initial charitable gift: $50,000 or more.)
Quasi-endowed Fund – You and your successor advisors can
recommend grants to nonprofits as long as your fund keeps a minimum balance of at least $50,000. When the advising period ends, your fund becomes a permanent charitable fund with the purpose you specified. (Initial charitable gift: $50,000 or more.)
Customized Fund – You create a specialized donor-advised fund
that meets your needs now and helps others through your generosity. (Initial charitable gift: $2 million or more.)
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Special thanks to the community foundation staff and nonprofit partners for their assistance with this year’s annual report as well as these special contributors: Sonja Barisic, Andrea Bear, Roger Chesley, Irene Davis, Lee Dear, Cordereau Dye, Jones Printing, Mike Knepler, Bart Morris, Lisa McGill, Reginald Smart. Editor: Cherise M. Newsome, vice president for communications and marketing, cnewsome@hamptonroadscf.org or (757) 622-7951.
If you received duplicate reports or have address changes, please email tnewbill@hamptonroadscf.org.
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