Hampton Roads Community Foundation



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.

Assets and Giving for Hampton Roads Community Foundation

Assets

2019 - 376,569,597
2018 - 348,857,995
2017 - 353,390,518
Domestic Grants

2019 - 19,431,268
2018 - 17,669,071


    

Recent News from Hampton Roads Community Foundation


How Samaritan House became Hampton Roads' resource for human trafficking victims
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation

The grants – from the the Department of Justice, the Department of Criminal Justice Services and the Hampton Roads Community Foundation –...more

Kurt Rosenbach, retired Rices Nachmans and Haynes executive | First person
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation

I still serve on the finance and audit committee of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, and I am a life trustee and member of the...more

President of Tidewater Community College to retire in July
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation

... the college's fifth president in 2012, replacing Deborah DiCroce, who left to become president of the Hampton Roads Community...more

Reinvent Hampton Roads wants to make region a better place for all
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation

Reinvent Hampton Roads is an outgrowth of a community leadership initiative of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation that focused on regional economic competitiveness. Today, as a separate...more

Deborah DiCroce | No. 10 2018 Inside Business Power List
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation, Virginia Beach Foundation

Deborah DiCroce is used to the position of leader. She spent 35 years in higher education, with 14 of them as the president of Tidewater Community College, before she became the president and CEO of...more

Emeritus (listed in alphabetical order) | 2018 Inside Business Power List
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation

R. Bruce Bradley, former Virginian-Pilot publisher, board chair of Hampton Roads Community Foundation. Linwood Branch III, board of...more

Business Notes for week of April 30
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation

The Hampton Roads Community Foundation recently awarded more than $750,000 in grants to 10 nonprofit organizations during its first round of 2018 community grant funding. Organizations awarded grants...more

The launch heard round the 757 region | Letter to the editor
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation

While events like 757 Launch are milestones on their own, they are also amplifying the momentum generated by the early work of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, 757 Angels, Old Dominion...more

Decoding donor-advised funds from data to application | Expert column
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust

Donor-advised funds began in the 1930s, but in recent years these funds have become the fastest growing vehicle in philanthropy. Contributions to the funds grew at three times the rate of total...more

ForKids gets a makeover
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation

ForKids has also received leadership support from Landmark Foundation, the Obici Healthcare Foundation, TowneBank, Hampton Roads Community Foundation, Birdsong Peanuts and an active Suffolk Campaign...more



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