Giving Together
Being involved with collaborative, responsive, and regional solutions is an integral part of our work at the Community Foundation. Below are collaborative funding initiatives that we are creating and cultivating with our community partners. We invite you to join us in learning about and supporting these critical efforts that are offering solutions to complex issues facing our region.
Community Impact Fund
The Community Impact Fund is an unrestricted fund that supports the Community Foundation's annual community grants program. Donor contributions are combined with income from the Foundation’s endowment, thereby providing greater flexibility in addressing the pressing needs or promising opportunities facing the Richmond region each year. You can rely on the deep knowledge and expertise of Foundation staff to ensure that your gift will be invested strategically in our community and leveraged for greater impact. Together, we make larger, more meaningful grants.
To learn more about the Community Impact Fund and its benefits, click here.
Give to the Community Impact Fund
Read More
The Amandla Fund for Economic and Racial Justice
The Amandla Fund for Economic and Racial Justice was created by Richmond's Black giving circles SisterFund and Ujima Legacy Fund, in partnership with the Community Foundation, to mobilize long-term investments that will strengthen the Black community and achieve an equitable Richmond.
The Fund will harness investments from foundations, corporations and individuals who want to increase access to opportunity for Greater Richmond’s Black community. The Fund's initial areas of focus are increasing Black homeownership and expanding Black leadership.
To learn more about the Amandla Fund, please see the Amandla Fund webpage.
Give to the Amandla Fund
Read More
Fund for Entrepreneurial Growth
The Fund for Entrepreneurial Growth is a complement to the Community Foundation's existing workforce and career development strategy to create access to job training, living wage employment opportunities and support systems, as well as business creation opportunities for residents pursuing upward economic mobility and wealth creation. Through pooled funding, the Foundation and its donors can further strengthen, expand and diversify the region's entrepreneurial community so that more individuals can start and grow businesses of their own.
Areas of investment for this Fund include technical and mentoring support for existing small business owners (particularly women and minority-owned),
entrepreneurial programming for public school youth, and strengthening and diversifying the entrepreneurial ecosystem. A volunteer advisory committee, comprised of local business owners and others who know well the entrepreneurial ecosystem, will review proposals and provide recommendations. Learn more about the Fund for Entrepreneurial Growth.
Give to the Fund for
Entrepreneurial Growth
Read More
Conserve the Future