Annual Report FROM THE Board and CEO

SEVACF 2017 BOARD LISTING Dear Friends, 2017 was a promising year for the Southeast Timothy Culpepper, Community Foundation. It was a time of growth, strategy and President commitment. Thomas Wood, With your help, we successfully reached the $14 million asset Immediate Past President mark for the first time in our Foundation’s history due in part to exceeding our goal of $1 million for our Match program. Daniel Grubb, Vice President In 2017 alone, we awarded 94 grants and 36 scholarships totaling $435,704. We also positioned ourselves for the future William H. Oast, III, by expanding our offices into Chesapeake and downtown Vice President Portsmouth. We now boast flags in the two cities that came together in 2010 to form the Southeast Virginia Community Foundation. Emily Robbins, Treasurer However, there is more work to be done. In order to sustain the quality of life that draws so many of us here in the first place, we Richard Wentz, must nurture and preserve our region’s greatest strengths while also addressing issues not yet Secretary imagined. Stephen Korving We are very proud of our past and are using the lessons learned from those who worked Strategic Development so tirelessly to build the Foundation to help chart our pathway to the future. Many of you Committee Chair have been friends of SEVACF for years – some since our inception in 1965 – and have Carolyn Bernard stood with us during our evolution through time. Our commitment to partnering with Michelle Butler donors, investing in local nonprofits and serving as a resource for the community is stronger Ross Cherry than ever. Amy Folkes Over the last two years, the Southeast Virginia Community Foundation has made some Carl Hardee Ashton Lewis, Jr. important strides to ensure the long-term viability and sustainability of our organization. Scott Matheson With renewed focus, we’ve embarked on a strategic planning effort to reflect on the role we Kelli Ragland play in our community and the lasting impact we want to leave on our region. Patrick Reynolds The Foundation will continue to grow and evolve by giving our donors and partners Susan Robertson David Stockmeier even more ways to be a part of our giving community. We will offer more opportunities to Emil Viola learn and align ourselves around the areas where we and our donors focus our discretionary giving – educating our children, feeding and housing families, protecting our environment, SEVACF 2017 creating a thriving arts region and building strong, sustainable nonprofits. STAFF LISTING This report is a brief reflection of all that you have helped us to achieve – not just this past fiscal year, but since we began 52 years ago. On the pages that follow, we’ll tell you R. Stephen Best, Sr., more about those accomplishments, welcome our new funds, introduce you to two of our Chief Executive Officer board members and summarize our financials. Janice Coppa, We thank you all for your dedication to this community and look forward to the journey Director of Finance ahead. and Administration

Stephanie Calway, Sincerely yours, Administrative Coordinator

Timothy S. Culpepper R. Stephen Best, Sr. President, Board of Directors Chief Executive Officer 2017 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

The Southeast Virginia Community Foundation holds itself to high standards of financial management and transparency, and operates efficiently for the interest of our community.

GRANTS BY FUND TYPE FUND ASSETS BY TYPE*

Special Project 15%

Donor Advised 29%

Scholarship 12%

Fld. of Interest 8%

Designated 20% Unrestricted 16%

Grants By Fund Type Fund Assets By Type Total Grants: $435,704 Total Assets: $13,687,900 Donor Advised: $128,229 Donor Advised: $2,601,953 Designated: $87,813 Designated: $5,508,349 General Unrestricted: $67,435 General Unrestricted: $2,274,571 Field of Interest: $34,718 Field of Interest: $1,871,437 Scholarship: $52,885 Scholarship: $1,376,405 Special Project: $64,624 Special Project : $55,185

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS total total total total NET GRANTS OF ALL NUMBER ASSETS AWARDED* CONTRIBUTIONS OF FUNDS $13,687,900 $435,704 $1,237,352 91

*pre-audited TheFoundation Battle Plays Integral Roleof in CreationGreat of Museum Bridge That Honors Lin Olsen looks at the busy was a project coordinator. Today, personal collections. construction site along the she’s the executive director. The building will also be Elizabeth River in Chesapeake and The Southeast Virginia available for special event rentals. smiles. Community Foundation (SEVACF) “The Park and Visitor Center At long last, she knows the recognized the importance of the is a project whose time has come,” dream is almost a reality. project and pledged $50,000 over a said Olsen. “We can’t wait to In spring 2019, the Great five-year period to help with phase bring children and adults alike Bridge Battlefield & Waterways 1 of construction. In return, the through our doors and help them Park & Museum/Visitor Center Foundation became a key partner understand the significance of the will officially open to the public. and the center’s administrative ground they stand on.” office will bear its name. The project began as an idea Olsen expects the back in December 1999 after the “We are so grateful for the administrative office to be finished Army Corps of Engineers replaced Southeast Virginia Community in December 2018. At that time, the old bridge and made adjacent Foundation,” said Olsen. “The guests can come by for a visit. The land available for use. Foundation team saw the need for Research Room will be accessible, education and preservation of such docents will guide people around By 2002, the Great Bridge a pivotal moment in American Battlefield & Waterways History the park and the gift shop will be history. Without a victory at Great open. Foundation began to raise money Bridge, we might still be flying the and community support for a British flag today.” The museum itself will be museum that would commemorate completed and opened in spring The Battle of Great Bridge, the When guests walk through the 2019. center, they will find an assortment first major Revolutionary War Then, almost 20 years since armed conflict in Virginia. of artifacts from the Revolutionary War era. They include artwork, the project first began, the Great Over the next 16 years, Lin newspapers, military objects and Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Olsen and a group of committed everyday items like a spinning Park & Visitor Center will become volunteers worked tirelessly to rally wheel. Local families with deep a fixture in Chesapeake – and earn donors and locate 18th century histories in its place in our nation’s triumphant  artifacts for display. At the time, Lin donated many of the artifacts from battle for independence. SEVACF’s New Heritage Fund Will Help Sustain the Foundation Into The Future In 2017, our Board of Directors approved the The Southeast Virginia Community Foundation creation of a very exciting endowment called the has a legacy of service by improving the quality of life “Heritage Fund.” The sale of the 3603 County Street in the communities we serve. We achieve our mission property provided the initial donation to the fund. by connecting donors to the causes they care most Gifts to the Heritage Fund will provide much about and enable them to give back to our community needed annual operating revenue to help sustain through many philanthropic charitable financial tools. the Foundation’s continuing work of promoting We believe that wisely invested charitable gifts philanthropy in southeast Virginia. The Heritage from a donor will grow to have a remarkable impact Fund provides a means for friends of the Foundation on the community. We invite you to make a gift to the to support the long-term mission of the Foundation Heritage Fund or leave a legacy gift. Contact info@ by making tax-deductible contributions on an annual sevacf.org or call 757-397-5424 to discuss this exciting basis or remembering the Foundation in their wills by new giving opportunity or to make your gift to the way of a bequest. Heritage Fund today!

Turning Property Gains Into Community Good

hen Dr. H. Dale Sponaugle retired in would have the W1998, he left a building at 3603 County most impact. Street in Portsmouth that once housed his private For several ophthalmology practice, Tidewater Eye Surgeons years, the Southeast Virginia Community Foundation and Associates. He would gift the property, valued at leased the building to Oasis Opportunity Center, $1.1 million, to the Southeast Virginia Community which helped homeless people in Portsmouth gain job Foundation in 2012 and to date, it is the largest gift in skills and find employment opportunities so they can the Foundation’s history. lead independent and ultimately, more meaningful For many years, the office served the residents lives. of Portsmouth and surrounding communities. In 2017, the Foundation sold the property and Portsmouth, however, wasn’t always home to Dr. used part of the proceeds to create the Dr. H. Dale Sponaugle and his wife, Orva. As many do, the Sponaugle Family Designated Fund. Earnings from Sponaugles adopted Portsmouth as their home after the fund will be distributed to deserving non-profits he served a tour of duty here with the Navy. “It was throughout southeast Virginia to continue the good a great place to raise a family and be part of a caring work by the Sponaugles. “We are happy that the community,” Dr. Sponaugle said. They, and other property will continue to serve the health needs of the individuals and families like them, wanted to give back area,” says Dr. Sponaugle. “We hope to see the gift to the community that had treated them well, so the continue to grow.” Sponaugles found a way to ensure their heartfelt giving Match Program Reaches Goal of $� Million

n 2014, we unveiled our new endowment River Project, Portsmouth Public Library Foundation, Iprogram, The Match, with the goal of creating Association of American Physicians of Indian Origin, a million dollars’ worth of endowed funds over a Chesapeake Sports Club, Christopher Academy, Fort five-year period. At the end of 2017 with one year left Nelson Chapter of the National Society of Daughters under our current program, we are pleased to report of the , South Norfolk Ruritan that we have exceed our goal. We now have over 1.1 Club, and the YMCA of Portsmouth. million dollars’ worth of endowed funds! All endowment funds generated through The program was initially created as a partnership The Match are managed by us and placed into a between our foundation and the TowneBank permanent, named fund for the organization. The Foundation. The program was designed to have two program has provided these organizations with participating non-profit organizations join per year financial stability allowing them to be less dependent with a total of 10 participating organizations at the on personal donations or government grants, which conclusion of the five-year program. To participate, can often be inconsistent and unpredictable. a nonprofit would pledge to raise between $20,000 For many, the goal is to grow their fund enough and $50,000 over an 18-month period. Once their to support future projects, needs and operations. The fundraising pledge was met, we and the TowneBank Association of American Physicians of Indian Origin Foundation would – together – match their money (AAPI) Hampton Roads created an endowment raised, instantly doubling their endowment. through our Match program with $50,000 in assets. In 2015, the Elizabeth River Project became our Through an annual fundraiser, For the Love of Giving first Match participant when they pledged $50,000 to gala, AAPI continues to add to their fund. Their goal help fund their education programs at Paradise Creek is to raise a minimum of $500,000 to further their Nature Park, which they opened in 2013. “SEVACF’s mission of improving healthcare for the underserved. endowment with matching funds has provided a We look forward to bringing you more news about stable source of funds for education at Paradise Creek the Match program as we move into 2018. In the Nature Park, making the park viable as a way to reach meantime, we have two spots remaining in our current new generations for many years into the future. We program. If your non-profit organization is interested are very grateful,” said Marjorie Mayfield Jackson, in becoming our next Match participant and would Executive Director, Elizabeth River Project. like more information, please give our office a call at Since then, the program has quickly grown 757-397-5424 or email us at [email protected]. in popularity and now has eight organizations participating. Participants include, the Elizabeth SEVACF On the Move

he Southeast Virginia in Portsmouth, the Foundation us more visible and accessible than TCommunity Foundation expanded their operations into ever before. It has also allowed us found a new home in 2017. After Chesapeake while maintaining to keep the activity and life of our 52 years of maintaining one office a smaller office in downtown community front and center every Portsmouth. day. “We are very excited about The move the expansion of our services into echoes the tale of Chesapeake and are very thankful our roots when, in to TowneBank for providing us the 2010, foundations opportunity to acquire this first representing these class office space in their building,” very two cities says Steve Best, Chief Executive came together to Officer of the Southeast Virginia form the Southeast Community Foundation. Virginia Community The office space itself, which Foundation – is much larger than what the previously known Foundation occupied before, as the Heron positions the Foundation for growth Foundation for years to come. There is a large (Chesapeake) and the conference room and separate multi- Portsmouth Community purpose space that will also greatly Foundation. expand the Foundation’s ability to The move to Chesapeake offer services and information to has brought us closer to the clients and non-profits. We welcome center of our region, making the community to stop by for a visit.

Our Open House!

In light of our expansion, the Foundation held an open house in July of last year where we invited our board members, donors, nonprofits, professional advisors, and other community stakeholders to attend. Over 200 people who walked through our doors to see our new office space and connect with each other. Rocketbike, a Portsmouth-based, self-described “boutique” digital agency started by Max Greenhood, was on hand to give demos of our new website, which underwent a major overhaul in 2017. Max’s father, Charles, who owns Brutti’s Catering and is also Portsmouth-based, provided the catering for the event. BOARD MEMBER Spotlight

Bradford Ross Cherry Bradford “Ross” Cherry is a Portsmouth native where he attended Portsmouth Public Schools, graduating from Churchland High School in 1991. He then received a BS in Business Management from Clemson University before returning home to work in his family business, Cherry Carpet & Flooring in 1997. In 2007, he became COO and in 2009 was named President of the Portsmouth-based company established in “I look forward to 1947. Ross has served on many boards for his industry to include the JJ Haines Dealer being a part of this Council, Ardex Fuse Dealer Council and currently sits on the board of Fuse Alliance. mission of helping local families, Besides having a passion for his industry, he also has one for his community. individuals and As a Lefcoe Leadership Graduate, Ross has been active in various community businesses build organizations. He also served on the 2025 Comprehensive Plan Committee for the legacies while City of Portsmouth. In addition to serving on our board here at the Southeast Virginia allowing our local Community Foundation (SEVACF), he is also a Director of the Portsmouth Partnership communities to thrive where he sits on the Executive Committee. for years to come When Ross is not at work, he is an outdoor enthusiast. He can be found anywhere by channeling those that has mountains, valleys and a river view. He spends most of his free time whitewater funds back into the kayaking, whitewater rafting, hiking, and snowboarding. His greatest accomplishments community.” are his two daughters, Savannah and Hayley and his wife of 18 years, Tara.

Kelli Ragland Kelli Ragland is a native of Virginia having grown up in Red Oak, VA about 3.5 hours west of Hampton Roads. After graduating from Randolph Henry High School, she went on to receive her Bachelors of Science degree in Communications with a minor in Marketing from Old Dominion University, and later her Masters of Business Administration degree from Regent University. “I am honored to serve on the Kelli is the VP of Marketing at ABNB Federal Credit Union, a position she has SEVACF board. served since August 2012. Within her role, she helps establish the organization’s brand SEVACF has and competitive position, consistent with its mission within the markets served. She also already influenced develops objectives, policies and programs for marketing and public relations activities so many lives in our of the organization while coordinating the efforts of marketing and sales toward the community and it is accomplishment of the overall objectives. my hope that I can As a SEVACF board member, Kelli chairs our Marketing Committee and serves on be part of continuing our Grants Committee. She is also a member of Calvary Revival Church. the efforts already In addition to her professional life, Kelli is the wife of Gerald Ragland and a made to this great mother of two; Jordan (13) and Taylor (10). When Kelli is not at work, she can be found service.” spending time with her family and their many sport demands on the weekend! 2017 Funds By Type

DONOR/COMMITTEE ADVISED FUNDS • First Citizen Designated Fund • South Norfolk Ruritan Club Endowment • Apurva & Vandana Patel Family Advised • Fort Nelson Chapter of the Nat’l Society Fund Fund DAR Fund • USO of Hampton Roads and Central VA • Bradley Coles Memorial Fund • Fort Nelson Chapter of the NSDAR/TBF/ Restricted Endowment Fund • Cherry Family Donor Fund SEVACF Designated Endowment Fund • Child & Family Fund of Patrick & Karen • Foskey-VanDyck Memorial Fund SPECIAL PROJECT FUNDS Callahan • Heritage Fund • Chesapeake 50, Inc. T/A Chesapeake • Creecy Family Advised Fund • John & Barbara Hill Fund Charities • Don, Susan, and Kathleen Comer Advised • Lee & Helen Gifford Fund • Cycle for Survival VB Fund • Lynn B. Dutton Designated Fund • Loxley Place Civic League Fund • Earl Industries Charitable Fund • Medical Transport Assistance Fund • Fleming Family Advised Fund • Neal & Jean Davis Family Fund UNRESTRICTED FUNDS • Griffin Family Advised Fund • Operating Fund • Arthur & Martha Cherry Fund • Herbert K. & Carolyn K. Bangel Advised • PIT Foundation Designated Fund • Bernard Griffin, Sr. Memorial Endowment Fund • Portsmouth Cedar Grove Cemetery Fund Fund • Major Hillard Family Advised Fund • Portsmouth Public Library/TBF/SEVACF • Community Needs Fund • Neal & Jean Davis Advised Fund Designated Endowment Fund • Dick & Dona Wood Fund • Oast Family Donor Advised Fund • Portsmouth Service League Fund • Dr. H. Dale Sponaugle Family Fund • Patterson-Bertrand Family Advised Fund • Schwetz Library Fund • Eustis Family Fund • Paul & Carolyn Gottlieb Advised Fund • South Norfolk Ruritan Club/TBF/SEVACF • Jacquie B. McCready Deans Fund • Paul W & Shirley K Robinett Advised Fund Designated Endowment Fund • Randolph Macon Lambda Chi Alpha • St. John’s/London House Fund SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS Fraternity Fund • Tidewater Youth Golf Association Fund • Armed Forces Scholarship Fund • Sims Donor Advised Fund • TowneBank/SEVACF Challenge Fund • Barbara Howard OTR Memorial • STRIVE – The Tapp Family Foundation • Trinity/London House Fund Scholarship Fund Fund • United Way Campaign Fund • C.H. Jordan Memorial Scholarship Fund • Ward & Bruce Robinett Family Advised • C.S. Sherwood Scholarship Fund Fund FIELD OF INTEREST FUNDS • Eastern Amateur Golf Scholarship Fund • Willard & Betty Moody Advised Fund • Children with Special Needs Fund • Foskey-VanDyck Scholarship Fund • William Collins Hill Memorial Fund • Chisholm Fund • George F. Bogdan Scholarship Fund • Wood Family Advised Fund • Merrimac Kiwanis Legacy Fund • Horace Savage Scholarship Fund • Viola Family Donor Advised Fund • Shuler Family Fund • IFPTE Local #1 McElfresh Scholarship • South Norfolk Ruritan Club Robert G Fund DESIGNATED FUNDS “Buddy” Bagley Statue & War Memorial • Jarrod B. Shivers Memorial Scholarship • AAPI-HR/TBF/SEVACF Designated Fund Fund Endowment Fund • Josef D. Collins Memorial Scholarship • Chesapeake Sports Club/TBF/SEVACF AGENCY ENDOWMENT FUNDS Fund Designated Endowment Fund • AAPI-HR Foundation Fund • Mike Moreland Humanitarian Rotary • Christopher Academy /TBF/SEVACF • Annette Crandall Scholarship Fund Memorial Scholarship Fund Designated Endowment Fund • Chesapeake Sports Club Endowment • Portsmouth Service League Scholarship • Collins Project Fund Fund Fund • EDMARC Hospice for Children • E. Ann Stokes American Heritage Fund • Tyrone Hines Scholarship Fund Endowment Fund • Elizabeth River Project Endowment Fund • W. Clayton Robertson Memorial • Elizabeth River Project/TBF/SEVACF • Elizabeth B. Watson Endowment Fund Scholarship Fund Designated Endowment Fund • Friends of Chevra T’Helim Fund

The Southeast Virginia Community Foundation exists to serve our donors and make your charitable giving more meaningful. When you choose to work with us for your philanthropy, you join a group of dedicated, like-minded individuals, families and businesses united by a passion for making a difference in their community.

To learn more about the variety of options and how Every gift, regardless of the amount, is an investment to build stronger healthier communities. We invite you to visit our website for detailed information on each of our giving vehicles and to get started, contact us at 757-397-5424. how to start a fund. 2017 Donor Contributions

GIFTS $100,000 + GIFTS $5,000 - $9,999 RJ and Mary Louise Nutter Mr. Tyrone C Watson AAPI of Hampton Roads, Inc AHP Development, LLC Scott Matheson Richard E. H. Wentz Apurva and Vandana Patel Anonymous Siebert Reality Rudolph & Ada Russo Elizabeth Patterson Bon Secours Hampton Roads The Darwin Group Sara H. Salter Jacquie B. McCready Deans Marital Foundation VOA Mgmt Co Susan G. Robertson Trust CO TUA Benjamin H West-Family Trust Think Italian, LLC East Coast Marketing Inc. GIFTS $500 - $999 Tidewater Youth Golf Association GIFTS $50,000 - $99,999 ESG Enterprises Inc. Anonymous Trina M. Starling Chesapeake Sports Club Georgia T. Flournoy Unitrust #3 Cavalier Mazda VA Society Sons of the American South Norfolk Ruritan Club Harvey Lindsay, Jr. Christian Broadcasting Network Revolution The St. Christopher School, Inc. McLeskey & Associates, LLC Dragas Management Corporation Townebank Foundation Portsmouth Service League Inc. Elsie (Sis) and Monroe Nash Fund GIFTS UNDER $100 Timothy S. Culpepper I. C. Norcom Class of 1964 Amazon Smile GIFTS $25,000 - $49,999 Venture Realty Group P. Ward Robinett, Jr. Auto Club Enterprises Chesapeake 50, Inc. W. F. Magann Corporation The Touchdown Club of New Orleans, Barbara Person Estate of Paul Ward Robinett, Sr. Inc David R. Mitchell Fort Nelson Chapter DAR GIFTS $1,000 - $4,999 Velverlee Brown Parrish Ethel Brown Mary L. Ziv Revocable Trust Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, LLC Haywood Robinson TowneBank Mortgage Carl L. Hardee GIFTS $100 - $499 Kempis & Pam Brown William H. Oast, III Cavalier Ford Lincoln Benjamin D. Hendrick Marion Smith Don & Susan Comer Byron P. and Pamela Kloeppel Mary Hollowell GIFTS $10,000 - $24,999 Elizabeth Manor Golf and Country Connie Frazier Robin Boyd Charles Barker Champions For Club Dandrea, LLC Ruby Phillips Charity, Inc. First Team Honda Emily Robbins Steve Best Herbert K. and Carolyn Bangel First Team Toyota Frances O. Wright Paul and Carolyn Gottlieb Harrison’s Moving & Storage Co., Inc. Gordon and Claudia Thomas PHR/GKR Holding Co. Loxley Place Civic League Gyeral May Sentara Foundation Hampton Roads Lynnhaven Middle School J. Robert Bray Otha & Bertha Wright John E. Parrish

This year, 35 deserving JOSEF D. COLLINS MEMORIAL C.H. JORDAN SCHOLARSHIP Chloe Hammond students are the recipients SCHOLARSHIP FUND FUND Danny Hill, Jr. of $52,885 in scholarships, Markeil Blow Stephanie Ashby Hope Irwin thanks to the Southeast Xiariah Estes Hayley Lawrence Virginia Community EASTERN AMATEUR GOLF Marcus Hudson Sharmarr Mitchell Foundation. SCHOLARSHIP FUND Keyon Jones MyKayla Moore Matthew Keene Lashonna Odom LaMecca Robertson ARMED FORCES Christa Ventura Antonio Pass Shaila Ya’ari Scott SCHOLARSHIP Anaia Ward Andrew Shea ARMED FORCES TYRONE HINES SCHOLARSHIP Bria Williams Donnie Smith III SCHOLARSHIP FUND Ashley Caffee Raiquan Diontae Thomas Teagan Rogers MIKE MORELAND ROTARY Allora Vico HORACE SAVAGE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Aysia Ward GEORGE F. BOGDAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND Ammon Ward Lonnell Wiggins, Jr. SCHOLARSHIP FUND Willie Cordy, III Esperanza Williams Adelaide Hinde C.S. SHERWOOD Timothy Reibel Jr. BARBARA HOWARD OTR SCHOLARSHIP FUND PORTSMOUTH SERVICE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Meghan Addison LEAGUE SCHOLARSHIP FUND Laurie Seril De’Shauna Downs Teagan Rogers 2017 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENCTS 2017 Grants Paid By Program

The majority of our annual grantmaking is directed by donors to the causes they care about. Additional grants are made possible through our Community Needs Fund, which was established by philanthropists who have entrusted the Foundation to identify and address critical issues and community needs.

Arts & Culture 3% Religious ARTS & CULTURE - $11,750 2% Capital 4% ENVIRONMENT - $8,375 Civic & Econ Dev Portsmouth Community Concerts, Inc. 5% Public Art Virginia Beach Foundation Elizabeth River Project The Community Outreach Coalition Nansemond River Preservation The Governor’s School for the Arts Foundation Alliance

Trinity Episcopal Church Education HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES - 19% CAPITAL - $13,000 $248,401 Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways History Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Foundation Disorders Association The USO of Hampton Roads and Central Virginia American National Red Cross Environment Boys & Girls Club of Southeast 2% Health & Human CIVIC & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Virginia 65% $20,290 Chesapeake Care, Inc. Cedar Grove Cemetery Foundation Churchland Little League Fraternal Order of Police Gosport Lodge No. 20 City Kids Care, Inc. Friends of the Portsmouth Juvenile Court Inc. Combat Wounded Coalition United Way of South Hampton Roads Horizons Hampton Roads, Inc. Cradock Little League Inc. Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation National Center for Prevention of Community Crush Cancer Westmoreland Children and Youth Association Violence Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation Inc Railroad Museum of Virginia, Inc. Edmarc, Inc. Victory Boulevard Baptist Church Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia RELIGIOUS - $8,282 Wesley Community Service Center, Inc. ForKids, Inc. Green Acres Presbyterian Church YMCA of Portsmouth VA Friends of the Portsmouth Juvenile Court Inc. St. John’s Church Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast EDUCATION - $72,721 Girls on the Run of South Hampton Roads ACCESS College Foundation Healthy Chesapeake, Inc. CREATING A FUND Academy Help & Emergency Response Inc. Chesapeake Bay Academy Educational Holiday House of Portsmouth, Inc. The Southeast Virginia Community Foundation Foundation Memorial Sloan Kettering improves communities by connecting people Chesapeake Public Schools Educational Oasis Commission on Social Ministry of who care with causes large and small. Based Foundation Portsmouth on this mission, the Foundation’s grantmaking Children’s Harbor Police Benevolent Foundation, Inc. program builds the capacity of organizations Communities in Schools of Hampton Roads Portsmouth Area Resources Coalition Inc. to address important issues and thrive. Geneva College Portsmouth Intercity Pop Warner Football & We welcome applications and proposals Maison Fortune Orphanage Foundation, Inc. Cheer from nonprofit organizations and students Military Child Education Coalition Portsmouth Self Sufficiency Project throughout southeast Virginia. Portsmouth Catholic Regional School Portsmouth Volunteers for the Homeless Portsmouth Council of PTAs Roc Solid Foundation Inc We invite you to visit our website for detailed Portsmouth Public Schools Schellhammer Urological Research Foundation information on criteria, guidelines and how to Portsmouth Schools Foundation Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia apply for a grant or scholarship. Starbase Victory, Inc. Southeastern Council on Foundations The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art Teammates For Kids Foundation To learn more about our grant process, please University of Virginia Law School Foundation The USO of Hampton Roads and Central Virginia visit: www.sevacf.org. Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc. The V Foundation Washington & Lee University Together We Can Foundation Williams School True Freedom, Inc. about THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is a SEVACF also manages designated endowments on behalf of nonprofit community corporation that connects people who care nonprofits through The Match program, providing these groups with causes large and small to benefit the communities we serve. with sustainable, easy funds for whatever their needs may be while Founded in 1965, SEVACF helps donors meet local charitable needs promoting financial stability. in Chesapeake, Portsmouth, and the greater southeast Virginia region by targeting grants and scholarships toward our community’s most Through our scholarship program, SEVACF has helped many local pressing needs and promising opportunities. students pursue their dream of a college education. We have awarded both need-based and merit-based scholarships to the future leaders of SEVACF manages a collection of undesignated charitable funds, grant- our country. making funds, nonprofit endowments, and scholarship funds, created by different donors at different times for varying purposes. Donors SEVACF’s perpetual endowments are a resource for today and may create funds during their lifetime or by bequest, for general tomorrow. With the Southeast Virginia Community Foundation, people charitable purposes or for a particular cause or organization that they who love southeast Virginia can give back to the community to meet specify. SEVACF provides tailored services to help individuals, families, today’s pressing needs, while building a source of support for future businesses, and other groups pursue their charitable goals easily, generations. effectively, and with maximum tax benefit. Believing that community is more than about geographic locale Through our two competitive grant cycles each year, SEVACF supports each of SEVACF’s programs share, by design, common values. Our southeast Virginia’s most exciting and urgent charitable projects. We overriding goal is to develop a vision, shared by all, of building a sense serve as a catalyst, leading collaborative solutions to key community of community for today, tomorrow and forever. issues as they arise.

2017 FOUNDATION MEMBERSHIPS AND CERTIFICATIONS

The Southeast Virginia Community The Southeast Virginia Community The Southeast Virginia Community Foundation meets National Standards Foundation is an active member of the Foundation is an active member of the for operational quality, donor service and Council on Foundations, an association of Southeastern Council of Foundations, one accountability in our sector. This certification more than 2,100 grantmaking organizations of the nation’s largest regional associations assures the utmost transparency, donor and corporations. of grantmakers, serving more than 330 accountability, fundraising, grantmaking and grantmaking foundations and corporations in financial practices. the South.

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