Getting to know us:
A brief history
On January 1, 2010, two long-established community
foundations merged to form a new entity, the Hampton
Roads Community Foundation.
The Norfolk Foundation and The Virginia Beach Foundation
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— joined forces
because the time was right to create a single, comprehensive, cost-effective
institution serving donors and nonprofits in southeastern Virginia.
This is a fast-growing region with many urgent problems. It is a region
where philanthropy already plays a large and exciting role. It is a region
where even more philanthropy will be needed in the future.
With the merger, the Hampton Roads Community Foundation now
holds the region’s largest charitable endowment, an endowment devoted
to improving the quality of life locally. We are the area’s largest grantmaker
to nonprofit agencies and a welcome source of scholarships for more than
325 college-bound students every year.
In truth, though, the credit for all those grants and scholarships goes
to donors. Every grant the Foundation makes derives from a gift made
by someone like you.
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