Recent Grants

• $916,981 in scholarships to help 348 students attend college this fall. Recipients come primarily from Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach. They will attend more than 60 different colleges and universities. The scholarships come from 55 different scholarship funds administered by the foundation.
• $214,433 in grants to seven nonprofits from the E.K. Sloane Fund to purchase pianos. Recipients are: Hampton University, Isle of Wight County Public Schools, Jewish Museum and Cultural Center in Portsmouth, Norfolk Public Schools, Portsmouth Public Schools, Randolph-Macon College and Southampton County Public Schools.
• $136,240 to support the Academy for Nonprofit Excellence at Tidewater Community College, which offers one- and two-day classes for the staff and volunteers of Hampton Roads nonprofit organizations.
• $131,190 grant to the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia to upgrade the Virginia Beach art center’s computer system and audio visual equipment.
• $15,000 to Multi-cultural Performing Arts Consulting to purchase steel drums to teach music to children attending Southside Boys and Girls Club programs at Campostella Elementary School and in the Diggs Town housing community.
• $15,000 to PORTCO for a feasibility study on ways to make the Portsmouth employment service organization’s building more energy efficient.
  

 

• Building Excellence grants were awarded to four Hampton Roads nonprofits to provide them 18 months of consulting services designed to help them improve their fundraising efforts. Recipients are ACCESS Aids Care, Armed Services YMCA of Hampton Roads, Places and Programs for Children, and Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts Foundation.
• Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation, $1 million paid over five years to help build a new classroom and research building as part of an $80 million expansion. It is designed to help the school increase enrollment of medical students by 29% by 2016 to help meet an anticipated shortage of physicians in Virginia. It will allow EVMS ti increase enrollment in other medical professional programs by 37%.
• Chesapeake Bay Academy, $27,260 for a new phone system for the Virginia Beach school that serves students with learning disabilities from throughout Hampton Roads.
• Virginia Business Coalition on Health, $8,000 to upgrade technology for Square One, a program that trains child-care providers.

 

• Blackwater Regional Library, $68,360 to purchase 30 computers and equipment for three libraries in Courtland, Franklin and Smithfield to use in computer training.
  
• Business Consortium for Arts Support, $445,000 to provide operating support for area arts and cultural groups in 2010.
  
• The Community Builders, up to $75,000 to expand its community center that serves residents of the Broad Creek neighborhood in Norfolk.
  
• Chesapeake Humane Society, $60,000 from the Alfred L. Nicholson Fund to help support its spay and neuter clinic.
  
• Eastern Virginia Medical School, $43,000 from the Benjamin R. Brown and Charles G. Brown funds for mental health research.
  
• Elizabeth River Project, $50,000 to help fund wetlands restoration, a walking trail, overlook and other features at Paradise Creek Nature Park in Portsmouth.
  
• Five Points Community Farm Market, $4,500 from the Julian Haden Gary and Margaret Savage Gary Fund to support a community garden at the Norfolk farm market.
  
• Friends of the Fred Heutte Foundation, $5,950 from the Julian Haden Gary and Margaret Savage Gary Fund for its Urban Gardener Lecture Series and to purchase window blinds for the Norfolk garden center.
  
• Norfolk Botanical Garden, $12,000 from the Julian Haden Gary and Margaret Savage Gary Fund for educational programming for families.
  
• Norfolk SPCA, $100,000 from the Alfred L. Nicholson Fund to purchase veterinary supplies for the shelter.
  
• Oasis Commission on Social Ministry, $100,000 to help construct a new building in Portsmouth for a soup kitchen, food pantry and other services to homeless people from Portsmouth, Chesapeake and northern Suffolk.
  
• The Salvation Army, Suffolk Unit, $75,000 to build an addition for physical health and community education programs.
  
• Virginia Beach Community Development Corp., $100,000 to renovate transitional housing units for homeless families in Virginia Beach.
  
• Virginia Beach SPCA, $100,000 from the Alfred L. Nicholson Fund to replace heating and cooling units and make other improvements to improve the energy efficiency of the animal shelter.
  
• Virginia Supportive Housing, $15,890 to start a community garden at The Cloverleaf Apartments in Virginia Beach, whose residents formerly were homeless.
• Virginia Wesleyan College, $114,076 in matching funds to help renovate a chemistry lab in Blocker Hall and to purchase science equipment.
  
• Virginia Zoological Society, $7,850 from the Julian Haden Gary and Margaret Savage Gary Fund for horticulture education at the Norfolk zoo.
  

 

• The Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Virginia, $125,000 to buy two small activity buses and computer software. The organization serves 2,000 children a year in Chesapeake, Franklin, Isle of Wight County, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach.
  
• Center for Community Development, $4,700 for sound equipment for the Urban Arts Center in Portsmouth, which teaches music to students.
  
• Goodwill Industries of Central Virginia, $70,000 for a computerized job application system that will help Hampton Roads residents with disabilities and other challenges find employment.
  
• Beach Health Clinic, $56,800 to expand the clinic that provides medical services and prescriptions for low-income people in Virginia Beach with no medical insurance.
  
• The Salvation Army - Tidewater, $15,319 for computers and laundry equipment for its Norfolk center that provides job counseling and shelter for homeless people.
  
• Seton Youth Shelters, $49,760 to remodel a Virginia Beach shelter for youths who are unable to live at home.
  
• STARBASE Victory, $25,000 for computers to use in Portsmouth elementary schools for a program that teaches students about the Elizabeth River and the Hampton Roads climate.
  
• United Way of South Hampton Roads, $100,000 over two years in seed funding for a coordinator for the Regional Task Force on Ending Homelessness, which links efforts by area nonprofits and government agencies to end homelessness in Hampton Roads.
  
• The Up Center, $97,474 for repairs to its Norfolk and Portsmouth offices. The organization helps children and families in Hampton Roads through various prevention and education programs.
  
• Virginia Supportive Housing, $129,000 to start programs to help formerly homeless people deal with their addiction and mental health problems. The programs will help residents of Gosnold Apartments in Norfolk and The Cloverleaf in Virginia Beach develop independent living and coping skills.
  
• Western Tidewater Free Health Clinic, $85,000 to refurbish a building for the Suffolk clinic that provides free medical services to people with no health insurance.

 

• Alzheimer’s Association, Southeastern Virginia Chapter, $5,000 for education and outreach support to help area patients with Alzheimer’s disease and their families.
  
• Barrett Haven, $2,500 for prescription assistance for the Norfolk home for formerly homeless women and their children.
  
• Beach Health Clinic, $22,500 for dental services for uninsured Virginia Beach residents.
  
• Camp Holiday Trails, $2,500 to help area children with special needs attend summer camp.
  
• Cerebral Palsy of Virginia, $4,903 for a summer camp for area children with cerebral palsy.
  
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation, $5,000 for environmental education and adult outreach programs in Hampton Roads.
  
• Chesapeake Service Systems, $5,000 to expand work opportunities for area adults with disabilities.
  
• Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters, $7,000 for its child abuse program in Virginia Beach.
  
• Chrysler Museum of Art, $2,000 for a program that teaches parents techniques for developing thinking skills in their children.
  
• The Dwelling Place, $3,500 to support a children’s program, transportation and emergency food vouchers for residents of the Norfolk homeless shelter.
  
• Edmarc Hospice for Children, $18,750 to care for area children needing hospice services and their families.
  
• EQUI-KIDS Therapeutic Riding Program, $5,000 for horse sheds at its Virginia Beach center where area residents with disabilities ride horses for therapy.
  
• Evelyn’s Wildlife Refuge, $1,500 to help the Virginia Beach center rehabilitate injured wild animals so they can be released to live on their own.
  
• Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia, $27,000 for its Kids Café and school backpack programs to help feed area children.
  
• ForKids, $5,000 for its program to assist children in formerly homeless families.
  
• Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast, $6,500 for scouting programs in the Atlantis, Friendship Village and Williams Village communities in Virginia Beach and to help support summer camp programs.
  
• Hampton Roads Community Care, $10,500 for its healthy living supplemental food program for area families living in low-income neighborhoods.
  
• Hope House Foundation, $9,000 for its community support and dental health programs to help adults in the region with disabilities.
  
• Horizons Hampton Roads, $2,000 for a summer enrichment program for low-income children in Virginia Beach and Norfolk .
• I Need a Lighthouse, $5,000 for website upgrades needed for the area depression and suicide prevention program.
  
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, $2,000 for an educational program for parents, caregivers, healthcare professionals and school personnel in Virginia Beach who work with children with cancer.
  
• The Little Theatre of Virginia Beach, $1,636 to purchase a defibrillator for medical emergencies.
  
• Norfolk Academy, $2,000 for a summer internship that explores teaching as a career.
  
• Old Coast Guard Station, $1,200 for Family Fun Day concerts at the Virginia Beach museum.
  
• Operation Homefront Hampton Roads, $1,000 for emergency financial assistance for military families.
  
• Reaching Our Communities, $6,000 for the Capture the Dream summer camp and the toddler and parent program that help underprivileged youth in Virginia Beach.
  
• Samaritan House, $10,500 for a children’s summer program for the Virginia Beach organization that helps homeless or abused families.
  
• Seton Youth Shelter, $15,000 for school-based counseling and education programs for area teens in crisis.
  
• Simon Family Jewish Community Center, $2,500 for the Be a Reader Program for students in area public schools.
  
• Sinkinson Dyslexia Foundation, $3,000 to train volunteers to help area residents with dyslexia through one-on-one tutoring.
  
• Square One, $1,500 for prevention and intervention training for early childhood professionals.
  
• St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children, $20,000 for children from St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children to attend Camp Horizon at Virginia Wesleyan College.
  
• Symphonicity, $6,000 so the Virginia Beach orchestra can present special concerts for the public.
  
• Tidewater Arts Outreach, $3,000 to help bring arts programs to people with special needs in Hampton Roads.
  
• Tidewater Literacy Council, $1,000 to help expand its resources for area tutors and students.
  
• Together We Can Foundation, $6,500 for a housing program to help youth aging out of the foster care system.
  
• The Up Center, $3,000 for its resource mothers program to help teen-age mothers in the region.
  
• Virginia Arts Festival, $2,500 for the Arts for Everyone program, which provides student matinees of arts performances.
  
• Virginia Beach CASA, $3,726 to recruit volunteers for the Court Appointed Special Advocates program that works with children involved in the court system.
  
• Virginia Beach SPCA, $2,020 for an outdoor ecology education center.
  
• Virginia Center for Public Safety, $2,000 for a program to educate area youth about the impact of gun violence.
  
• Virginia Children’s Chorus, $1,750 to help commission a performance of “The Gift of the Magi.”
  
• Virginia Stage Company, $1,000 for education and outreach programs that instill an interest in arts and creativity in area students.
  
• Virginia Supportive Housing, $5,000 for programs to help previously homeless people who now live in apartments developed for them in Virginia Beach and Norfolk.
  
• Virginia Symphony Orchestra, $2,000 for the S.O.A.R. residency program that teams professional musicians with high school music students.
  
• VOLUNTEER Hampton Roads, $1,000 to help fund Global Youth Service Day events.
  
• WHRO, $2,500 to enhance public television programs geared toward children and parents.
  
• Young Audiences of Virginia, $2,000 for Curriculum Plus, which strives to bring arts program to all Virginia children.
  
• Youth Challenge, $10,000 for a Newport News residential program to help area youths overcome drug addictions.
  
• YWCA of South Hampton Roads, $3,000 for the Choose Respect awareness program about partner violence.