Though she’s always lived in California, Allison knew her family roots extended back to Colonial Virginia. When her genealogical research uncovered her family’s history of enslavement, she decided to take her inheritance and invest it back into Virginia’s Black communities.

Sarah Arenstein Levy and Greg Gallop, who are experts in donor advising and community engagement respectively, share more about the Giving Store and why it has become a popular way for donors to fund urgent needs in our community.

Wendell Fuller, electrical engineer turned financial advisor, founded and operates Fuller Wealth Advisors and serves on the Foundation's Professional Advisor Council.

To celebrate the Black history being made in Greater Richmond right now, we asked four of our region’s Black leaders in philanthropy and service: “What issues have captured your passion, and how have you found ways to lend your time and talent to creating positive change?”

More and more charitable funds are being given and gifted, pre-established and pre-funded, in the name of the recipient. Frequently taking the form of a donor-advised fund, this gift allows the recipient to experience the benefits of working with the community foundation to support important causes.