The Community Foundation supports four local giving circles: ouRVA Collective, SisterFund, Ujima Legacy Fund and Impact 100 Richmond. In total, the circles awarded 13 grants in 2021, totaling $255,000 and had a total of 271 members across all circles.

Giving Black: Greater Richmond provides insight into trends, capacity and impact of Black philanthropists in the region. The study creates opportunities for building a more inclusive culture of philanthropy and apply a new lens of lived experience to address historic racial and social disparities.

These two members of the Giving Black: Greater Richmond steering committee discuss what this groundbreaking study will mean for our region.

These videos from our Black Philanthropy Month celebration highlight the power of Black philanthropy in our region.

A study model engineered by New England Blacks in Philanthropy, Giving Black: Greater Richmond will capture the first set of baseline data about the history and existing landscape of Black philanthropy in our region.