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Generous Virginians

May 30, 2024

Donations by independent foundations and groups

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 independent foundations and groups Donations by individuals and family foundations

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

May 30, 2023

Great expectations

In the mid-1990s, Diane and Paul Manning were thinking about moving from New Jersey with their three children. Like many families, they took many factors into consideration. “One of the kids was really big-time into swimming, so we needed a place that had a good swim team,” Diane says. Also, “I always prefer a college […]

May 30, 2023

Donations by companies and corporate foundations

Check the numbers: Donations by individuals and family foundations; total corporate donations Read more: Mannings aim for biotech revolution with $100 million gift

May 30, 2023

Donations by individuals and family foundations

Read more: Mannings aim for biotech revolution with $100 million gift Check the numbers: Donations by companies and corporate foundations; total corporate donations

May 30, 2023

Total corporate donations

Check the numbers: Donations by companies and corporate foundations; donations by individuals and family foundations Read more: Mannings aim for biotech revolution with $100 million gift

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[...]

Stanislas Vilgrain (L), chairman of Sterling-based Cuisine Solutions, traveled to Ukraine to deliver truckloads of food from his company. Photo courtesy Cuisine Solutions
May 29, 2022

‘The world is behind them’

In late March, Stanislas Vilgrain drove in a convoy of eight trucks from France to Ukraine for 26 hours through a snowstorm, keeping an ear to the radio for news of Russian attacks, The convoy’s mission: to deliver 400,000 meals to Ukrainians from Vilgrain’s Sterling-based business, Cuisine Solutions. The French-born chairman of a company that […]

Dr. Todd Stravitz, a liver disease specialist, made a record $104 million donation to Virginia Commonwealth University to support liver research. Photo by Caroline Martin
May 29, 2022

Gift of a lifetime

For Dr. Todd Stravitz, February was an opportune time to make the largest gift in the history of Virginia Commonwealth University — a $104 million donation to support liver research. The retired medical director of VCU Health’s Hume-Lee Transplant Center, Stravitz is an heir to the Boar’s Head Provisions Co. Inc. fortune. His mother, Barbara […]

Jim and Frances McGlothlin, shown here at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, have donated 90 artworks to the museum in the past decade. Photo by Sandra Sellars, © 2022 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
May 29, 2022

The gift givers

While 2020 represented a significant year for philanthropic shifts toward social and racial justice causes, 2021 and early 2022 have seen a return to traditional giving, with many of Virginia’s largest donations benefiting universities, medical research and the arts.     Donations to Virginia institutions — topped by a $104 million gift in February from Dr. […]

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