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May 30, 2024

Generous Virginians 2024: The 50 largest Virginia charities

GENEROUS VIRGINIANS 2024 A heartfelt donation: Schars have donated more than $126 million to Inova since 1993 The 50 largest Virginia charities Total corporate donations Donations by companies and corporate foundations Donations by independent foundations and groups Donations by individuals and family foundations

Dr. Todd Stravitz donated $104 million to Virginia Commonwealth University last year for a liver disease institute. Photo by Caroline Martin
Feb 27, 2023

Paying it forward

In the last year, Virginia philanthropists continued making generous donations toward health care research, while others maintained their longstanding support of art museums. Leading the pack were two nine-figure donations for medical research. In February 2022, Dr. Todd Stravitz, who built his expertise researching and treating liver disease, donated $104 million to Virginia Commonwealth Universi[...]

Aug 29, 2021

Nonprofits | Philanthropy

SHERRIE ARMSTRONG PRESIDENT AND CEO, COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR A GREATER RICHMOND, RICHMOND Historians will likely focus on two things regarding 2020: COVID-19 and protesters hitting the streets to demand racial justice. Under Armstrong’s leadership, the Community Foundation for a greater Richmond worked to address both the pandemic and social justice. The philanthropic organization manages m[...]

Oct 7, 2020

Amazon to donate $1M to NoVa schoolchildren amid pandemic

Arlington Public Schools announced Wednesday that e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc., which is establishing its $2.5 billion East Coast HQ2 headquarters in Arlington, will donate $1 million to support the needs of thousands of students from underserved Northern Virginia communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Communities In Schools NOVA will distribute Amazon’s donation through its Right Now [[...]

Oct 5, 2020

Smithfield Foods donates $100K to aid homeless vets

Smithfield Foods Inc. donated $100,000 to to support state government programs for homeless veterans and their families, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday. The donation from the Smithfield Foundation presented to the Virginia Veterans Services Foundation will be designated to the Veteran Homeless Fund, which provides one-time gap assistance to homeless veterans in the process of […]

Courtesy Sentara Healthcare
Jul 31, 2020

Sentara, Truist launch emergency meals program with state

As Feeding America projects that more than 1 million Virginians will face food insecurity this year, Norfolk-based Sentara Healthcare, Optima Health and Truist Financial Corp., along with the state government, launched the “We Care” COVID-19 Virginia Emergency Fund Support Plan to provide free meals to families during the pandemic.  The state committed $1.4 million of […]

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