With Gratitude for Your Partnership

As you prepare for family gatherings and year-end financial planning, we are here to support you and your goals. Whether you are thinking about making a gift to your fund, setting up a new fund, or learning more about issues that face our region and the nonprofits working hard to address these needs, our team offers guidance and resources that can help you effectively pursue options that resonate with you. 

In this newsletter, we highlight several opportunities that are popular among current fundholders:

• Gifts to the Community Impact Fund to boost the Community Foundation's grantmaking and help close local opportunity gaps;
• Tax-wise giving strategies for a wide range of planning needs;
• Giving and volunteering opportunities to engage your family.

We wish you good health and peace this holiday season, surrounded by friends, family and those most important to you. If you would like to explore your options for year-end giving, please reach out anytime. Our team would be pleased to assist you. 

Warmly,

Molly Dean Bittner

Chief Philanthropy Officer

2023 Community Impact Grants Summary

Learn about our grant strategy and the organizations that are supporting our most vulnerable neighbors with improved access to housing, jobs, education and more. A gift, or grant from your donor advised fund, to the Community Impact Fund supports a well-rounded portfolio of nonprofits driving our region forward. Your support will augment our grantmaking dollars so that, together, we can do more good. 

End of Year Deadlines

For 2023 gift acknowledgement, please consider the following dates and times:

December 29: Gifts made via wire transfer must be initiated during business hours;

Gifts of securities must be received in a Community Foundation brokerage account by 5PM.

December 30: Checks sent via U.S. Postal Service must be postmarked.

December 31: Credit card gifts must be completed by 11:59PM.

Giving Season Strategies and Opportunities

Completing your 2023 charitable giving before year’s end can reinforce philanthropy’s win-win value proposition: you can check a task off your list by supporting causes and organizations that are important to you and receive key tax benefits. Furthermore, those in need will appreciate your generosity and you will feel a greater sense of the season’s spirit.

As a longtime Richmond resident and philanthropist, Iris Holliday has been one of our community's greatest champions, from her professional role overseeing Corporate Philanthropy and Community Partnerships for Dominion, to her deep involvement with a wide range of nonprofit organizations. 

Community Foundation News

Grantees Find

Common Cause in a Common Space

In downtown Richmond, three grantees of the Community Foundation’s Fund for Entrepreneurial Growth - Startup Virginia, Bridging Virginia, and the Metropolitan Business League - now operate under one roof at the 1717 Innovation Center. Together, these organizations have created a "front door" for the region's entrepreneurial and small business ecosystem, especially for business leaders who are from underrepresented groups in the space.

Holiday Season Giving and Volunteering

During this time of year, many individuals and families want to volunteer, donate an in-kind gift, or weave the importance of giving into their holiday traditions.

Discover new ways to give back and engage with the community this holiday season on the Community Foundation's Engagement Center, found at cfengage.org (formerly HandsOn Greater Richmond).

Giving Together Match Opportunities