Adult Community Education of Louisa County trains volunteers to work one-on-one with Adult Learners.  Learners set their own goals, and ACE volunteers help them achieve them.  After being matched, student and tutor work together to set meeting times and establish a plan to meet their goals.

Avalon Center works to end domestic and sexual violence by breaking the cycle of abuse through prevention, education, shelter and support services in the greater Williamsburg and Middle Peninsula communities.

Our mission is to bring the highest quality, compassionate health care to those in need, including the poor and the dying, in order to alleviate human suffering caused by illness, pain and loss. As a beacon of hope in our community, Bon Secours is committed to providing good help to those in need.

Boots To Suits provides complimentary interview and career apparel to transitioning Vets, Wounded Warriors or their spouses who are moving from their military careers into  civilian  employment. We do this through a voucher system distributed by and in partnership with the Virginia Dept of Veteran Affairs, Petersburg Freedom Center, the Virginia Employment Commission, Virginia Dept of Transitioning Veterans, and McGuire's Hospital "Star Program". 

The outfitting is done at the Junior League of Richmond Clothes Rack in Richmond, Virginia.

Boys to Men Mentoring Network of Virginia (BTMVA) offers young men a safe place where they can talk about what is really going on in their lives, as well as a community of mentors and peers who listen, believe in them and help them make better choices.

Our mission is to fulfill Cameron's dream and legacy by being a positive force that works to cultivate awareness and understanding of teenage depression and anxiety.

Our mission is to conserve and protect the natural and historic land and water resources of Virginia’s Capital Region for the benefit of current and future generations. We achieve our goals by partnering with individuals, businesses, other non-profit organizations, and state and local government agencies.

Capital Trees’ mission is, “Building public landscapes, enriching the community.” Guided by this mission, we focus on building, remediating, and maintaining public landscapes, addressing issues of climate resilience in our projects and practices, and advocating for and educating the community about the transformative power of public landscapes to improve physical and mental health and build community. We build public landscapes by collaborating with public and private partners to identify, create, environmentally restore, and beautify public urban green spaces. We maintain our work integrating environmentally sustainable management practices. We engage the community through volunteer opportunities and educational initiatives

Cat Adoption and Rescue Efforts, Inc. (C.A.R.E.) is an all-volunteer, non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization dedicated to the rehabilitation, care and adoption of cats and kittens rescued from euthanizing animal shelters in Richmond, VA and surrounding areas.  And, accepts on a limited basis, animals from alternative sources.  We are committed to the highest principles of humane care and obtain professional medical treatment for all animals in our systems.

Children’s Hospital Foundation is dedicated to funding and advocating for pediatric initiatives that improve the status of health care and the quality of life for children in our region. The Foundation provides support for the programs of Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU (CHoR) and the many children it serves each year.

Since 1981, The Children’s Museum has been inspiring growth in ALL children by engaging families in learning through play. Your gift will make a difference supporting essential mission efforts such as… supplying of items and books in our exhibits, recruiting and training volunteers, teacher and staff salaries to coordinate and teach SOL-based field trip programs for thousands of children whose families cannot afford to pay, and purchasing additional materials for the Art Studio to ignite children’s creativity.

Please consider becoming an advocate for early childhood education and building school-readiness skills right here in our community. Your support makes a difference in children’s lives! Thank you!

At the core of ChildSavers’ mission is a fundamental commitment to the mental well being of children and the positive bond between adult and child. ChildSavers supports this with clinical treatment and education and training services. These services offer reassurance, healing, and the skills necessary to achieve normal life and development.

ChildSavers was founded in 1924 by Martha Patteson (Mrs. Melville C.) Branch in memory of Dr. McGuire Newton. Dr. Newton was one of Richmond’s first pediatricians. Originally established to serve our region’s children during a worldwide flu epidemic, ChildSavers soon turned to addressing the mental health and developmental needs of children. Today ChildSavers mission specifically focuses on supporting those who have experienced trauma.

Circles RVA offers a relationship-based model to empower individuals and families to permanently move out of poverty and thrive by engaging the strengths, goodwill and existing resources of the community and focus on the collaborative ownership of solutions to break the cycle of poverty.

Crater Community Hospice’s mission is to educate the community on serious illness and end of life concerns and provide families and patients with quality care and supportive services.

We are called to provide high quality healthcare, promote wellness, and connect community talents and resources with people in need in the name of Jesus Christ.

Originally, CrossOver furnished free legal assistance, help with rent and heating bills, clothing, and medical care to needy individuals and families. The ministry focused on the low-income Church Hill neighborhoods and demand for assistance offered by the ministry quickly snowballed. Buddy and Cullen remember shutting down operations for a day to pray that funding and other resources would continue.

The founders soon came to understand that health care was a “foot in the door“ – a first step in assessing other life needs – and CrossOver began the transition to a medical ministry. A large contingent of volunteer nurses and doctors were inspired to join in the work.

Daily Planet Health Services’ mission is to provide accessible, comprehensive, and integrated quality health services to anyone regardless of their housing, financial, citizenship, or insurance status.

Dogwood Preschool was founded in 2020 to provide high-quality early childhood education to children of residents of greater Richmond, Virginia. Each classroom offers age-appropriate educational choices designed to draw in each individual child. Choices include cognitive, fine motor, gross motor, practical life, art, music, reading, and more. Our program is based on the best features of well-regarded early childhood education philosophies including Montessori, Reggio Emilia, and Piaget. For more information on our program, please visit Our Classes.

Feed More is Central Virginia’s core hunger-relief organization comprised of programs like the Central Virginia Food Bank, Meals on Wheels, the Mobile Pantry and Kids Cafe. Spanning nearly one-third of the state, across 34 counties and cities, Feed More serves more than 200,000 individuals in the region’s most vulnerable populations – children, families and seniors.  Working together to efficiently and effectively fight hunger, Feed More’s multi-tiered approach and comprehensive programs are dedicated to nourishing the community while empowering lives.  

Our mission is to impact the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.

First Tee is a youth development organization that enables kids to build the strength of character that empowers them through a lifetime of new challenges. By seamlessly integrating the game of golf with a life skills curriculum, we create active learning experiences that build inner strength, self-confidence, and resilience that kids can carry to everything they do. We’re Building Game Changers through our junior golf programs.

The mission of the Fort Monroe Foundation is to promote and sustain Fort Monroe, its programs and partners, through fundraising and stewardship of financial resources. The Foundation supports projects that focus on conservation, preservation, and educational initiatives surrounding Fort Monroe’s vast historic, cultural, and natural resources. Designated a National Monument, a Site of Memory associated to the Slave Route by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and Historic Landmark District, the site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register.

Forward Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to assisting working, single parents and their children in the Greater Richmond area who are in the midst of a financial crisis.

Our Mission: "Empowering Action To Move Forward" 

With Strength, Perseverance, Persistence, Purposefulness

We bridge the gap for families who typically don’t qualify for government assistance. The Foundation provides a multitude of resources for the entire family. These resources include educational workshops, career development opportunities, community activities, and childcare subsidies.

Forward Foundation provides solutions and creates opportunities for single parent families to achieve long term financial stability and independence.

Freekind™exists to prevent human trafficking and to support those who have been exploited on their journey to freedom. With a merger in 2021, Freekind brings together two Virginia-based anti-trafficking nonprofits, Richmond Justice Initiative (RJI) and Virginia Beach Justice Initiative (VBJI).

Because a majority of human trafficking survivors in the United States were younger than 23 years old when their trafficking began, we created a prevention education curriculum designed to disrupt trafficking before it can begin. The Prevention Project™ program is our nationally recognized, survivor-informed prevention education curriculum with editions for middle and high school students as well as youth service providers.

For adult victims who have been incarcerated for crimes related to their abuse, we offer Offramps, a program that includes jail-based classes to help identify victims, court support to advocate for alternative sentencing, re-entry planning to create a path to freedom, and transitional support as survivors reintegrate into the community.

Friends of Hollywood Cemetery is a 501(c)3 organization that was founded in 2007 in order to meet the cemetery's growing need for private philanthropy. Friends' primary goal is the restoration and conservation of monuments, sculptures, and ironwork within the cemetery. They handle development programs for the cemetery, community outreach efforts and cemetery events, including tours, picnics and guest speakers.

With the aid of conservation consultants, Friends of Hollywood has identified and ranked monuments and ornamentation most in need of repair and enhancement. The cemetery's current income and endowment, however, is not enough to cover all the care and conservation needed to preserve this historic site.

Hollywood depends on the generous support of donors in order to ensure the long-term care of the cemetery. These donations are essential to the preservation of this historic cemetery for future generations.

Girls on the Run is a transformational physical activity based positive youth development program for girls in 3rd through 8th grade. We teach critical life skills through dynamic interactive lessons and running games. The program culminates with the girls being physically and emotionally prepared to complete a celebratory 5K running event. The goal of the program is to unleash confidence through accomplishment while establishing a lifetime of appreciation of health and fitness. Our mission is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. The 20-lesson Girls on the Run Curriculum combines training for a 5k (3.1 miles) running event with lessons that inspire girls to become independent thinkers, enhance their problem solving skills, and make healthy decisions.  All of this is accomplished through an active collaboration with girls and their parents, schools, volunteers, staff and the community.

GoochlandCares programs have been a safety net for our community since 1952. The mission of GoochlandCares is to provide health care and basic human services to Goochland residents in need. GoochlandCares envisions a Goochland community where everyone’s basic human needs are met.

GFCFS is the only organization in Goochland that provides a safety net for those needing assistance with immediate food, housing, health, safety, and other basic needs.

GRASP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, charitable, college-access organization that assists students and families in obtaining funding for post-secondary education.

GRASP will help students and their families, regardless of their financial resources and at no charge to them, develop an educational plan by:

• Assisting them with the financial aid process;
• Awarding and administering scholarships;
• Inspiring them to believe that secondary and post-secondary education are attainable; and
• Supporting them during the completion of their educational goals.

GRASP’s goal is to ensure that every student has an equal opportunity for continuing education after high school, regardless of financial or social circumstances.

The Green Run Collegiate Foundation endeavors to maximize the learning potential for each and every student attending Green Run Collegiate. Our goal is to raise funds necessary to expand the opportunities for our students.

The Hanover Education Foundation is a non-profit, tax exempt 501 (c)(3) organization formed by citizens of Hanover County to provide our students with unparalleled educational opportunities and experiences by augmenting existing tax grant-based funds.

The HEF is a vital part of the educational endeavors of Hanover County Public Schools.  Join with us in supporting the work of our foundation to prepare our children to live and work productively in the 21st Century.  Your contribution is tax deductible.

The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

Henrico CASA is a nonprofit organization committed to advocating for the best interests of children involved in the Henrico County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court process. The Henrico CASA program recruits, screens, trains, and supervises volunteers dedicated to representing the needs of abused and neglected children, children in juvenile dependency proceedings, and children in need of services or supervision. The volunteers promote safe permanent homes for all children and seek to educate the community concerning the needs of abused and neglected children.

The Henrico Firefighter Foundation is a community-focused non-profit organization with the mission of improving Henrico Country by supporting the Division of Fire. The Foundation focuses on the Safety, Training, Education and Protection (STEP) of firefighters and Henrico residents. We provide smoke alarms that firefighters install for free in homes without working alarms. The Foundation participated in the Nourish Henrico program, providing meals to firefighters through gift certificates from local restaurants. We fund additional firefighter training and equipment that is not in the country budget. The Foundation offers emergency assistance to residents during and after fires and accidents.

Our mission is to shape the future of Richmond by preserving our distinctive historic character, sparking revitalization and championing our important architectural legacy. Our city is evolving every day. The skyline and the landscape are changing. We are dedicated to keeping the Richmond of tomorrow unique and distinct from every other city on Earth. We are committed to preserving the character of the city, energizing its neighborhoods and conspiring to keep Richmond interesting and authentic.

Hitting Cancer Below the Belt (HCB2) is dedicated to colorectal (colon and rectal) cancer prevention in our hometown of Richmond, VA, surrounding counties, and across the Commonwealth.  HCB2 provides community education, early detection services for the uninsured, and direct support services for patients and survivors. By hosting events and offering services, we are able to raise awareness, provide education, and raise funds for local efforts in cancer prevention.  Our vision is to build and bridge resources in an effort to create a community where  cancer is challenged to survive.

Helping families and individuals experiencing homelessness secure & maintain a Home, Again.

In 2017,  HomeAgain served 770 individuals across 540 households including men, women, children, and veterans!

“With your help, HomeAgain is able to help end homelessness for over 500 households each year, getting them back on the road to stability. Safe, decent, and affordable housing does transform lives and boosts potential! It is difficult to be successful without it! Thank you for your support.” – Lorae D. Ponder, Executive Director

Homeward serves as the regional voice on homelessness and related housing and human services for the Richmond region. As the regional planning and coordinating agency for homeless services, Homeward's mission is to prevent, reduce, and end homelessness by facilitating creative solutions through the collaboration, coordination, and cooperation of regional resources and services.

Jacob's Ladder, Inc is a year-round enrichment and advocacy program to aid and encourage intellectually gifted, at-risk middle school and high school students to reach their full potential and become leaders equipped to help others in similar economic and social situations. Through a summer enrichment camp, middle school students receive support to foster their intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development. Our high school advocacy program provides mentoring to assist with challenges, course selections, scholarship opportunities, and the college application process.

Journey House Foundation, Inc., is a holistic, peer recovery program teaching individuals to live a recovery lifestyle and achieve a thriving life. They support the whole individual and address the underlying social, emotional, and spiritual malady that are at the core of alcohol and drug dependency. The Journey House Recovery Foundation program incorporates the principles of sobriety, self-worth, authenticity, and purpose through 5 Guiding Principles: recovery support, practicing faith, healing families, community interaction and meaningful work.

We are empowering young people to own their economic success. Our volunteer-based K-12 programs foster work-readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy skills, and use experiential learning to inspire kids to dream big and reach their potential.

The Library of Virginia Foundation was founded in 1984 to advocate for and provide public and private support of the Library of Virginia and its mission. A significant bequest from Annabelle Cox McAllister provided the funds to establish the Foundation, which is a private 501(c)(3) organization that receives grants, bequests, and donations from individuals, corporations, foundations and other organizations in support of the Library.

The Library of Virginia Foundation is dedicated to promoting cultural and historical literacy throughout the commonwealth. The Foundation reaches out to both adults and children in bringing to life Virginia's culture and history through enjoyable and interactive reading, writing, and arts programs; exhibitions; and publications.

Little Hands helps provide much-needed items to new parents and young children. Having a baby can be tough for any new parent. But worrying about diapers, clothing a child, and having the essentials to get through the first couple years can make it even more difficult.  We help give new parents and children from birth to 3 years old the essentials to thrive.

The Live Red Foundation is a 501c3 corporation that was founded to offer free fitness programs, which teach 8 core life skills, to youth in low-opportunity communities. These programs are funded through premier youth races which promote fitness in all communities.

The mission of the Louisa Arts Center is to stimulate awareness and appreciation of the arts through varying visual art exhibitions, concerts, theater performances, studio classes, workshops, and lectures, to entertain and enlighten; while strengthening diversity, interpretive ability and interactive creativity for both youth and adults. The aim is to broaden audience involvement and access and to improve the livelihood of artists and their opportunity to contribute to the community. By doing so the Louisa Arts Center makes the Town of Louisa and Louisa County a more appealing place to visit, locate a business, and call home.

Founded in 1966, the Louisa County Historical Society brings to light, preserves, and shares the history of Louisa County. Our vision is to enlighten the present by illuminating the past in order to inspire the future. 

The mission of the Martha Mason Hill Memorial Foundation is to carry on the legacy and spirit of the late Martha Mason Hill by providing academic scholarships to high school students, and conducting community outreach programs that create college awareness and encourage students to attend college. Currently the focus is on helping underrepresented minority students in Chesterfield County, Virginia, where she lived.

MENTOR Virginia’s mission is to foster quality mentoring relationships that empower, elevate, and encourage young people.

Mission Gait's mission is to empower the physical rehabilitation community, through education and research, to help patients with complex gait disabilities learn to move again with confidence.

The My Princess Project is an organization to help provide a student, a teenager currently attending a high school, with a formal dress that might otherwise not be able to afford one. Our mission is to help these students feel like a princess by showing them how much our organization cares and know that there is support in celebrating who they are! The hope is that our organization can help reduce the added stress by offsetting some of the expenses that a student has to attend their event, be it prom or homecoming. These milestones are significant in the lives of high schoolers and all students should have the availability to attend regardless of their financial situation.

 

Nest Academy RVA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating social and learning opportunities for teens and young adults with complex physical and intellectual disabilities. Our target population for academic year programs includes high school graduates who are typically non-verbal, in wheelchairs and who require adaptive environments to engage in the community. Nest’s Summer Passport program serves teens as young as 15 years old. The only organization of its kind in central Virginia, Nest is filling an unmet need in Richmond, providing a specialized learning environment and inspired programs to foster an inclusive community and the continued emotional, social and educational growth of each student.

NextOp was founded in 2014 by veteran and industry leaders who sought to build a strong military talent pipeline to industries. Our founders identified a gap between E-3 and E-7 military members and companies looking to hire military talent. Transitioning service members and veterans are a talented group that bring years of experience and leadership to the table. NextOp’s goal is to bridge the gap by connecting these talented individuals to existing career opportunities. Through one-on-one mentorship, we help them understand how their training and experiences translate into valued qualifications in the workforce after their military commitment.

The mission of Operation Healing Forces (OHF) is to serve the needs of our active-duty and recent-veteran wounded, ill, and injured Special Operations Forces (SOF) and their spouses by starting or continuing the process of mentally, physically and emotionally healing in preparation to return to the fight or transition successfully into civilian life

The Perkinson Center for the Arts and Education is a public performing and visual arts center that provides and promotes cultural arts opportunities within our community. Managed by the Chesterfield Cultural Arts Foundation, the Perkinson Center seeks to improve lives and expand horizons by providing an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming space where all members of our community are encouraged to create, explore, and access cultural arts. The Perkinson Center changes lives for the better by bringing cultural arts and community together – bringing the power of art to ALL.

Our mission is to support the neighbors of the East End and educate its students, equipping them to serve as positive contributors to their families, community, and society.

The PGA REACH Middle Atlantic is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and philanthropic arm of the Middle Atlantic PGA Section. Our 1,100 members across Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. are committed to serving our communities and growing the game of golf through our three pillars- Youth, Military, and Inclusion.

The mission of PGA REACH Middle Atlantic is to positively impact the lives of youth, military, and diverse populations by enabling access to PGA Professionals, PGA Sections and the game of golf.

To offer and provide high school and college-age students the opportunity to help the less fortunate by paying for and assembling wheelchair ramps for those people who are in need and have qualified for financial assistance.

We are a continuing care community (also known as a life plan community) providing the highest quality living experience for discerning senior adults. Situated on 165 beautiful acres outside the village of Irvington in Virginia’s Northern Neck, RWC residents choose to live here for the independent and worry-free lifestyle afforded in a tranquil setting.

Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury Inc. is a Virginia nonprofit corporation affiliated with the Episcopal and Presbyterian churches. All religions are welcome.

RE:work is committed to making maximum use of existing services and agencies throughout the city of Richmond, in order to avoid duplicating services. Our commitment is to fill in gaps we find in services and to go beyond what other agencies are able to offer, when it is in our power to do so, in the interest of those whom we are serving. Our ministry is one of companioning, empowering, advocating, and consciousness-raising.  While we offer tangible help to those in need, we also seek to empower the people whom we are companioning, to advocate for them, and to encourage them along the way to full thriving. And through our engagement with our clients and neighbors, we seek to raise consciousness in our community about the barriers people face in moving from crisis to thriving.

Richmond ballet's mission is to awaken and uplift the human spirit, both for audiences and artists.

Richmond Performing Arts Alliance is a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to provide diverse local and world-class performing arts, transformative arts education experiences for students of all ages, and inspirational venues—all to strengthen the cultural and economic vitality of Greater Richmond Region.

The Richmond Symphony performs, teaches, and champions music to inspire and unite our communities.

Rx Partnership is a public/private partnership which exists to increase access to medication for Virginia’s vulnerable populations and serve as a resource to the organizations that support these populations.

SEALKIDS helps children and families of Navy SEALs through academic support and tutoring. Offering 4 core programs including: personalized academic support, specialized needs programs, testing & evaluation and advocacy. No two kids are alike, so they tailor prorgams to fit individual needs.

Since 1889, patients and their families have come to Sheltering Arms looking for hope and healing, often following very difficult life events that are physically, emotionally and financially overwhelming. Sheltering Arms is the type of organization that exists to help people regardless of their situation. The courageous idea of our founder, Rebekah Peterkin, as well as the support of our community, have allowed Sheltering Arms to keep that promise as we provide a full continuum of rehabilitative care and wellness services and help people find the Power to Overcome.

Generosity, compassion and a commitment to excellence have kept us going for 125 years. Now more than ever, we are excited to launch the next 125 years with renewed zeal to push the boundaries of rehabilitative technology and life-changing innovations. We are dedicated to expanding educational opportunities for our staff of physicians, therapists and nurses, while conducting more groundbreaking research to achieve even greater success with the patients we serve.

During the past 25 years, Sports Backers, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, has developed programs and events that are designed to inspire people from all corners of our community to live actively.  We achieve this work by focusing on a network of collaborative partnerships with other organizations, businesses, local governments and faith based institutions.  In order to have transformational change, we realize we can’t do it all alone, but rather we work to build a movement of change in our community to make active living the easy choice.

At St. Andrew’s School we believe every child deserves an education that equips them to thrive.

In 1894, founder Grace Arents was confident in her belief that a solid education was essential in preparing children to build successful lives as adults. More than 120 years later the school continues to be guided by that founding principle, educating children academically, physically, emotionally, and spiritually through a progressive, whole-child approach.

Rooted in today’s best practices, our student-centered academic program is designed to develop passionate, lifelong learners. Children learn more deeply when they make their own connections through hands-on experiences and student-led questioning; this is the cornerstone of our model.

St. Joseph’s Villa is a non-sectarian 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children and youth reach their potential.

We create brighter futures for children of all socioeconomic backgrounds faced with developmental disabilities, diverse learning styles, mental health issues, homelessness and other challenges.

The mission of Tech For Troops Project (T4TP) is to provide veterans in need with technology and job skills to rejoin the workforce and boost the economy. 

Our mission is to positively impact the trajectory of our community through teaching mindfulness. We believe in a proactive approach to mental health. Through teaching mindfulness we seek to meet all people where they are with scientifically proven tools to enhance one’s health, daily performance and how they show up for others.

The READ Center changes lives through adult literacy by providing classroom instruction, one-to-one tutoring, and educational resources to adults who need and want to improve reading, writing, basic math, and digital skills. When adults with low-level literacy develop basic reading, communication, math, and digital skills, they can better fulfill their roles as citizens, workers, and family members.

The Up Center has served as a safety net for our community for over 130 years. Today, we help over 10,000 people in Hampton Roads each year. Our mission is to change the trajectory of families from crisis to wholeness. Our vision is a healthy community where families thrive. We protect children, empower people in crisis, maximize independence for those with disabilities and strengthen families through the following programs: Foster Care & Adoption; Team Up Mentoring; Youth Counseling; Mediation and Visitation; Mental Health Skill Building; Parents as Teachers; Healthy Families; Housing and Financial Counseling; Financial Management; Camp Horizons for children and adults with intellectual disabilities; and more.

The Valentine has been collecting, preserving and interpreting Richmond’s 400-year history for over a century. Located in the heart of historic downtown, the Valentine is a place for residents and tourists to discover the diverse stories that tell the broader history of this important region.

Urban Hope is  a faith-based affordable housing nonprofit that is focused on the East End of Richmond. We help our clients gain financial management skills, provide safe, quality, affordable housing, and walk alongside clients looking to begin the pathway to homeownership. 

We are working hard to shift the paradigm and help our clients navigate their way to greater stability, health, and prosperity through homes they can afford.

The Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts and its Educational Foundation is to provide and promote leadership in the conservation of natural resources through stewardship and education programs. Flagship programs include the Dominion Virginia Envirothon, a team based natural resources competition for high school students and Youth Conservation Camp, an immersion into natural resource, conservation, environmental and agriculture topics on the campus of Virginia Tech led by career professionals and faculty. Experiential, hands-on and outdoor learning is fundamental to foundation education programs that provide a meaningful watershed education experience.

The Virginia Deer Hunters Association, (VDHA), a volunteer, statewide, non-profit organization founded in 1985, is dedicated to responsible management of Whitetail deer as a valuable resource. VDHA serves as "the voice" of deer hunters while protecting the rights and traditions of deer hunting.

The Virginia Pharmacists Association Research & Education Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, was incorporated in 1980. The Foundation’s mission is to:

1. To promote health and wellness through development of pharmacist-provided patient care services; and
2. To encourage, provide for, and engage in research, education, and the advancement of the profession of pharmacy.

Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Richmond, the Virginia Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (VAFCC) is an effective advocate for the issues and concerns of free and charitable clinics, their volunteer workforce of doctors, dentists, nurses, therapists, pharmacists, technicians, and other health care professionals, and the patients served by free and charitable clinics in communities throughout the Commonwealth.

We believe that every person deserves access to basic healthcare services. Therefore, VAFCC supports Virginia’s network of free and charitable clinics to adapt to Virginia’s changing healthcare landscape in order to serve those who fall through the gaps of the healthcare system with compassionate and comprehensive healthcare services regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay.

Our mission is to lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His church. 

VA Civics sponsors the We the People: the Citizen and the Constitution program in Virginia. In supporting the program, VA Civics provides professional development opportunities for teachers based on the WTP curriculum, teaching resources, classroom support, and runs the annual regional and state WTP competitions.

Virginia Down Syndrome Association strives to improve the quality of life of individuals with Down syndrome and their families. We provide access to current and accurate information on Down syndrome. We also foster programs that focus on education, community services, public awareness, medical issues, research, advocacy, legal issues and parenting.

A vision of former Virginia State Golf Association President Gib Palmer, the Virginia Golf Hall of Fame became a reality in June 2015. Though the induction of the Inaugural Class didn’t take place until nearly 11 months later, the seeds for a virtual home honoring Virginia’s golf heritage and excellence were sown long before then.

Through extensive behind-the-scenes work and collaborations with allied organizations like the Middle Atlantic Section of the PGA, the Virginia Golf Hall of Fame became a reality. The first class honors legends of playing, teaching, professionalism and Rules of Golf knowledge. The induction of the Inaugural Class will spur on a new tradition: Honoring the rich history of golf in the Commonwealth on a yearly basis, with new honorees and a chance to celebrate tremendous memories while looking toward the future.

Said Palmer: “We want this to be a vibrant, great place to go to celebrate the history of golf in Virginia.

The VIMS Foundation advises and assists the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, promotes philanthropy to and stewards the philanthropic resources of the VIMS Foundation, and its members act as allies and ambassadors to position VIMS as the preeminent leader in coastal and estuarine science and education for Virginia and the world.

At the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, we believe that great art should be shared. 

Our permanent collection is free and our doors are open 365 days a year. Through our statewide partnerships and digital outreach, we strive to bring art experiences to every corner of the commonwealth.

You can help give Virginia another 365 days of great art by making a gift to VMFA. More than simply keeping our doors open, your gift will animate every aspect of the museum’s mission to preserve, collect and share the magnificent works of art under our care.

Virginia Repertory Theatre is a nonprofit, professional theatre company and the result of the 2012 merger of Barksdale Theatre and Theatre IV.  Virginia Rep is the largest professional theatre and one of the largest performing arts organizations in Central Virginia. We are dedicated to the development and production of new plays, and we seek outside producing collaboration to insure the play has a life beyond its development and production at Virginia Rep.

For over 60 years, Virginia Rep has served Virginia’s adults, children, families and schools and contributed to the cultural, educational, and economic life of our city and region.

The mission of the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame is to serve as a non-profit resource which celebrates athletic excellence in the Commonwealth of Virginia, highlighting philanthropy through sports, while inspiring sports fans through programming and engaging entertainment.

Virginia Voice advances its mission by connecting individuals with blindness and vision impairment to news, information, arts, and culture through technology and the human voice. We seek to enhance the viability of our Central Virginia community by serving people with blindness, vision impairment and other disabilities that prevent them from reading or accessing visual elements of publications, events and performances. Our core competencies enable us to provide a unique, unduplicated service through audio information programs created by caring and talented individuals. We are able to continue our mission because we are always working to strengthen our relationships with contributing individuals, corporations, service clubs and foundations.

The Virginia War Memorial depends on the generosity of corporations, businesses, military and veteran organizations, civic groups, other foundations, and most especially, individuals like you to fulfill its mission to Honor Veterans, Preserve History, Educate Youth and Inspire Patriotism in All.

Chartered in 2000, the Virginia War Memorial Foundation (VWMF) is the 501 (c) (3) corporation that finances all of the educational and patriotic programs, historic exhibits, documentary films, and student-teacher outreach of the Memorial.

VirginiaNavigator, a statewide public/private non-profit, provides community support information and guidance to individuals, families, and caregivers across Virginia including older adults, people with disabilities, and veterans — supporting independence, dignity and quality of life by providing access to vital services.  VirginiaNavigator’s family of websites (disAbilityNavigator.org; SeniorNavigator.org; VeteransNavigator.org) offer a unique combination of technology and traditional one-on-one personal contact:

• An easy-to-search resource directory of 26,300+ programs and services;
• 1,075+ articles that educate and help guide consumers;
• 765+ links to content-specific websites and resources;
• Features such as Ask an Expert, Community Calendar, and Editor’s Pick articles on our home pages; and
• 742 grassroots "Navigator Centers" developed through partnerships with libraries, senior centers, hospitals, and faith communities – serving as community access points for all Virginians.

Leveraging the use of websites, coupled with our on-the-ground resources consisting of Navigator Centers and Community Specialists, Virginians turn to us over 1.5 million times annually.

The Visual Arts Center of Richmond (VisArts) has helped adults and children explore their creativity and make art since 1963. Each year, the organization touches the lives of more than 33,000 people through its classes, exhibitions, community outreach programs, camps, workshops and special events.

Founded in Church Hill as the Hand Workshop, the organization moved to the historic Virginia Dairy building at 1812 West Main Street, where it leased space for 17 years before purchasing and later renovating the building. Completed in 2007, the renovation transformed the facility into an inviting and inspiring 30,000-square-foot arts center, which includes the 1,800-square-foot True F. Luck Gallery. The gallery’s focus is on materials and processes of contemporary artists.

Each year, VisArts offers more than 800 visual and creative arts classes in clay, wood, fiber, painting, photography, printmaking, glass, metal, drawing, writing, decorative arts and other visual media. More than 125 instructors teach for the organization.

VPM is committed to fulfilling the promise of public broadcasting by using the power of media to enrich the human spirit and make our community a better place. We partner with many organizations, using our media to amplify their missions. Together we help foster a community that is vibrant in the arts, understands and learns from its past, inspires curiosity in the world around us and lifelong learning for all ages, whose citizens are informed, open-minded and engaged and whose children are put on a path for success in school and life.

In 1984 the Virginia State Golf Association launched a VIP Card initiative that was designed to provide value and access for golfers, generate play at participating VSGA member clubs, and produce revenue for scholarships. The program traces its roots back to the terms of past VSGA presidents Ed Key and Dr. Frank Filipowicz, along with sectional chairman Dave Daniels who helped spawn the program and nurtured its early growth. Simultaneously, the VSGA created the VSGA-VIP Scholarship Foundation [501(c) (3)] whose purpose remains to provide college assistance to young men and women with an interest in golf.

From the outset, a cornerstone of the VIP Card program was the condition that a portion of the proceeds from card sales be designated for scholarships. Twenty-five Virginia courses participated on the VSGA’s first VIP Card offering, including longtime supporters The Homestead and Wintergreen Resort. Today more than 200 courses appear on the card, including more than 60 courses in West Virginia.

Since its humble beginnings more than 30 years ago, the VSGA-VIP Scholarship Foundation has awarded nearly $2.5 million to more than 1,000 students.

World Pediatric Project heals children in developing countries today while creating and implementing long term solutions to address the critical healthcare needs of children and babies who will be born tomorrow.

We know that lasting personal and social change comes about when we all work together. That’s why at the Y, strengthening community is our cause.  Every day, we work side-by-side with our neighbors to make sure that everyone, regardless of age, income or background, has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive.