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What is the Hampton Roads Community Foundation?

It is a 501( c) 3 charitable organization that:

  • Connects donors with causes they care about in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia
  • Awards grants to nonprofit organizations working to improve life in our region
  • Provides scholarships for college students and grants for school scholarship funds
  • Manages a community endowment that is a permanent source of funding for Hampton Roads.
Quick Facts
  • Largest grantmaker and scholarship provider in Hampton Roads
  • Formed on January 1, 2010 from the merger of The Norfolk Foundation (founded 1950) and The Virginia Beach  Foundation (founded 1987)
  • Manages nearly 400 named charitable funds  
  • Distributed more than $140 million in grants and scholarships since 1950 through predecessor foundations; distributed nearly $15 million in 2009
  • Manages assets of $225 million
  • Received more than $11 million  in charitable gifts in 2009
  • Is one of 700-plus community foundations in the United States – 27 in Virginia. All manage and distribute charitable funds donated by people from all walks of life. Funds benefit a specific geographic region. In our case that is southeastern Virginia or Hampton Roads
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  • Charitable giving and philanthropy (including donor-advised funds, endowments, bequests and planned giving)
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • Community needs 
  • Scholarships
  • Efforts to improve early childhood education in Hampton Roads
  • Arts stabilization in Hampton Roads
  • Green building grants in Hampton Roads

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