Founded originally as the Norfolk Foundation, the Hampton Roads Community Foundation began in 1950 with total donations of $2,350. The foundation has always had a regional focus - giving scholarships and grants across southeastern Virginia to ambitious students and essential nonprofits.
Over the past 70 years we have put more than $301 million into action through grants and scholarships, more than $19 million in 2019 alone.
The CEO of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, Angelica Light, has recently announced her retirement at the age of 63.
Light has lead one of the area's largest charities since the fiscal year...more
Spina will succeed current President Deborah DiCroce who is leaving to become president and CEO of the nonprofit Hampton Roads Community Foundation. “With him on board, Tidewater won't miss a...more
MACHIPONGO -- The board of directors and staff of the Barrier Islands Center announced that the center has been named a recipient of a $1 million Batten Endowment Challenge administered by the...more
The Batten Educational Achievement Fund of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation will provide the challenge grant. With the gift of a $500000 challenge grant, Saint Paul's College has launched...more
Deborah DiCroce, president of TCC since 1998, announced this week that she will become president and chief executive officer of the nonprofit Hampton Roads Community Foundation in March. DiCroce will...more
On March 1, 2012, she will become president and chief executive officer of the nonprofit Hampton Roads Community Foundation, which had been known as the Norfolk Foundation until last year. "It...more
The president of Tidewater Community College is stepping down to lead the Hampton Roads Community Foundation. The Virginian-Pilot reports (http://bit.ly/stYEyD ) Deborah DiCroce will begin with the...more
Dr. Deborah M. DiCroce was chosen to be the president and chief executive officer of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation. DiCroce was chosen from a field of more than 100 candidates from across...more
By Sarah Hutchins The Hampton Roads Community Foundation awarded more than $1.9 million in grants and scholarships this year. The 369 scholarship recipients are mostly from Hampton Roads and will all...more
By Philip Walzer The longtime president and CEO of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, one of the leading philanthropic organizations in the region, will retire at the end of the year....more
Textbooks for Change, a London-based social enterprise that has obtained the B Corporation seal for positive social and environmental impact, is seeking investors that would be helping the company expand.