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James Madison University alums Carl and Angela Reddix gave $1.1 million to start the Reddix Center for First Generation Students, which opened last fall. Photo courtesy James Madison University
Aug 30, 2023

Support system

James Madison University is where Angela Reddix says she found “my tribe, the godmothers of my children” — and also her future husband, Carl, whom she met on her first day on campus. “All those relationships came from JMU,” says Reddix, founder, president and CEO of Norfolk-based ARDX, a health care management and IT consulting […]

From left: Steve King, workforce administrator of the city Richmond’s Office of Community Wealth Building; Truist Chairman and CEO Bill Rogers; Lift CEO Michelle Rhone-Collins; Truist Foundation President Lynette Bell; Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney; and Thomas Ransom, Truist’s Virginia regional president, formally announced the grant at Richmond City Hall. Photo courtesy Truist Financial Corp.
Jun 9, 2023

Truist grants $500k to aid Richmond Community Wealth Building office

Truist Foundation announced it has made a $500,000 grant that will ultimately help Richmond’s Office of Community Wealth Building provide further financial, education and employment coaching to city families, the philanthropic arm of Truist Financial Corp. announced in a press conference Friday. “At Truist, our purpose is to inspire and build better lives and communities, and […]

Great expectations
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

Inova receives $75M donation for heart, vascular programs
May 23, 2023

Inova receives $75M donation for heart, vascular programs

Northern Virginia philanthropists Dwight and Martha Schar have made a $75 million matching gift to support Inova Health System’s heart and vascular treatment programs, Inova announced Tuesday. The Schars have donated a total of $126 million to the Falls Church-based health system since 1993, including $50 million in 2015 to establish Fairfax County’s Inova Schar […]

CoStar makes $18M pledge to VCU for arts building
May 12, 2023

CoStar makes $18M pledge to VCU for arts building

CoStar Group, the Washington, D.C.-based real estate data analytics company with a large presence in Richmond, has committed to give $18 million to Virginia Commonwealth University to build an arts and innovation academic building in Richmond, the company announced Friday. The building, which will tentatively be named the CoStar Center for Arts and Innovation, will […]

From left: NSU Board of Visitors Rector Devon M. Henry, Conrad M. Hall and NSU President Javaune Adams-Gaston hold a ceremonial check for Hall's $1 million donation.
May 9, 2023

NSU receives $1M donation for chair endowment

Retired Dominion Enterprises Inc. President and CEO Conrad M. Hall has donated $1 million to Norfolk State University, the university announced Friday. The gift from Hall, who serves on NSU’s board of visitors, will support the creation of an endowed chair, the Conrad M. Hall Endowed Chair in Constitutional and U.S. History, in NSU’s Department […]

GMU biz school receives $50M bequest
May 3, 2023

GMU biz school receives $50M bequest

George Mason University‘s School of Business will be renamed for the late Donald G. Costello, a Loudoun County native and business owner who left the university $50 million in his will, GMU announced last week. The donation is the university’s largest individual gift in its 50-year history. Costello, who died in 2017 at the age […]

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