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


Deborah M. DiCroce | Junior Achievement 2018 Hall of Fame
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation

Deborah M. DiCroce is a South Hampton Roads native and lifelong Virginian and has devoted her life to public service. A leader in forging partnerships for the public good, she began her “second...more

40 percent class time increase at newly-upgraded Norfolk art's school
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation

The city of Norfolk, the Perry Family, the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, and developer Buddy Gadams all contributed significantly to the GSA expansion, Warren said. With the expansion, the GSA...more

Data for the week of Jan. 1
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation

The Langley for Families Foundation in Newport News awarded $156,000 in grants to 26 organizations that assist with children and family issues in health care, housing and human services, safety and...more

Editorial: Savage, Brock left their mark on the region
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation

He served on the Hampton Roads Community Foundation Board of Directors and spent 10 years as chair of the Randolph-Macon Board of Trustees. He and his wife Joan were honored in 2015 with the national...more

Prominent attorney, philanthropist Toy Savage Jr. dies at the age of 96
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation

In 1980, he was named Norfolk's First Citizen. And in 2012, he received the Hampton Roads Community Foundation's Barron Black Community Builder Award. Savage's daughter, Tracy, said her father always...more

Dollar Tree co-founder and local philanthropist Macon Brock dies
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation

Macon served on the boards for both Sentra Healthcare and the Chrysler Museum of Art . He was also an honorary trustee for the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center, and as well, director of...more

Co-founder of Dollar Tree, local philanthropist dies
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation

He served on the Chrysler Museum of Art Board, Sentara Healthcare Board, created the Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach, was an honorary trustee for the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science...more

Macon Brock, co-founder of Dollar Tree and a prominent philanthropist, dies at 75
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation

(Beth Bergman Nakamura / The Virginian-Pilot). BETH BERGMAN NAKAMURA. Facebook · Twitter · Email; Print; Save. PWBROCKS. Buy Now. Picture of Macon and Joan Brock taken at the Brock Environmental...more

Foundation gets help in quest to help Maury High School graduates
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation

Now, a partnership between the Maury Foundation and the Hampton Roads Community Foundation is expanding opportunities for graduating...more

Andrew and Morris Fine | Outstanding Philanthropists, National Philanthropy Day Awards
Foundation: Hampton Roads Community Foundation, Virginia Beach Foundation

Fine received the ninth annual Barron F. Black Community Builder award from the Hampton Roads Community Foundation in 2015. The award honors a Hampton Roads professional adviser for outstanding...more



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