Nonprofits

Meet Mae Breckenridge-Haywood, a retired Portsmouth librarian, who is rounding up $5 donations to transform the city's former "colored" library into an African American history center to tell the story of Portsmouth's black residents during segregation. Read more

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we offer many opportunities to help nonprofit organizations improve life in our region through:

• Grant opportunities
• Support of key community initiatives
• Academy for Nonprofit Excellence and other training opportunities
• Monthly nonprofit drop-in days
• Grant Seekers Gazette, a monthly nonprofit e-newsletter

We also manage the endowments of more than 20 area nonprofits.  If you are interested in starting an endowment to benefit an organization, please contact Debbi Steiger, regional vice president.

Our program staff is always available to help you with questions about grants, initiatives or other nonprofit topics.

Are you interested in creating a fund to help area nonprofits? It's easy. Here’s how.