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Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities,
$70,440 to help repair and repaint
three 18th-centur y buildings on the
historic Eastville court green on the
Eastern Shore.
I N S P I R I N G P H I L A N T H R O P Y In
S O U T H E A S T E R N V I R G I N I A Since 1950
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Beach Health Clinic, $50,000
to renovate a pharmacy at the clinic
that serves uninsured families in
Virginia Beach.
College Scholarship
Propels Student To Success
Building Excellence grants:
It was a proud day in May 2006 when Coley Stone hoisted the Virginia
Commonwealth University banner and led the university’s graduation
procession. To
celebrate the high
point of his life,
Stone wore a
tuxedo under his
cap and gown.
$9,300 to Kids Priority One, Refugee
& Immigration Services and Victims
Against Crime to provide strategic
planning and board training.
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Child and Family Services of
Southeastern Virginia, $9,000
Contemporary Art Center of
Virginia, $50,000 to create a sculp-
ture garden and outdoor program area at
the Virginia Beach art center. The outdoor
area will be used for summer arts camp
and community classes.
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The Dwelling Place, $20,000
from the Alison J. and Ella W. Parsons
Donor Advised Fund to purchase furniture
for residences that house homeless
families in Norfolk.
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Goodwill Industries of
Hampton Roads, $48,000 to
purchase a Web-based security system
for its six retail locations in Virginia
Beach, Suffolk and Newport News.
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The Hermitage Foundation
Museum, $10,000 from the Alison J.
and Ella W. Parsons Donor Advised Fund
to help with electric system upgrades at
the Norfolk historic house museum.
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SEE
G R A N T S
INSIDE
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S C H O L A R S H I P S INSIDE
Suzi Williams
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A few years ago no
one expected to see the
Norfolk student graduating from college.
Stone was expelled
in seventh grade and
had to repeat a year
of school -- temporarily losing sight of his
Suzi Williams celebrates with Coley Stone on graduation day.
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college dream. Stone
Memorial Scholarship of The Norfolk Foundahad a turbulent childhood and longed for a
tion for students who want to be teachers.
happy family life. His father couldn’t read or
Stone’s life changed dramatically during his
write, was jailed for selling drugs and later died
last year at Granby. He went to summer school
of leukemia. His mother was in and out of jail,
and made up missing courses to graduate on
leaving Stone to live with relatives and in a
time. He was elected prom king, admitted to
group home for teenagers. In high school Stone
VCU and awarded scholarships
worked in restaurants to support
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from The Norfolk Foundation and
himself. In 2001 during his final
“This year 326
the Lincoln-Lane Foundation.
year at Granby High School, he hit students are attending
Williams’
church members dobottom with nowhere to live.
60 different colleges
and
universities
nated luggage for him to use to go
Suzi Williams, Granby’s office
with help from The
to college, and VCU officials gave
manager, welcomed Stone into
Norfolk Foundation’s
Stone on-campus jobs to help him
her home and her family’s life and
50 scholarship funds.
earn spending money.
was thrilled to attend his VCU
Scholarships for the
“Attending VCU has been
graduation. Stone accomplished
year total $839,292
one
of the best things that has
this educational goal with help
making the Foundahappened
to me,” Stone says. “It
from a renewable scholarship
tion southeastern
opened me to different cultures.
provided by the J. Robert and
Virginia’s largest
scholarship provider.
It is a very diverse school and
Ettie Fearing Cunningham
of
from the Alison J. and Ella W. Parsons
Donor Advised Fund for the Parents as
Teachers program.
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The Dwelling Place:
New Furnishings Help Families Thrive
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Tameka Anderson learned first-hand that “just because you have to go to a shelter doesn’t mean
that you are in a slump” that you can’t escape. The 30-year-old single mom says,
“The Dwelling Place helped me realize that.”
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Tameka and Diamond Anderson enjoy having new furniture.
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Anderson and her 2-year-old daughter Diamond spent two
months at the Norfolk homeless shelter in 2006 after the lease
ran out on the apartment they shared with a relative in a rough
neighborhood. The Dwelling Place quickly became a haven for
Anderson as she worked to get her finances, job situation and
living arrangements in order.
“Everyone here really treats you with respect,” Anderson
says. “This experience opened up my eyes and helped me realize
that not all homeless people are the same. Everyone has a different reason for being here. I have come across some really smart
people who have changed the way I look at homeless people.”
The Dwelling Place houses up to 14 families at a time in
two Norfolk homes. The residences offer pleasant and safe
places for families to live for up to 60 days. Families live in
private bedrooms and share kitchens, bathrooms, living rooms
and playgrounds with other residents. Families are responsible
for cleaning their bedrooms and the kitchen and other shared
rooms. The main goal of The Dwelling Place is to give residents a safe and structured environment during troubled times
and to help them learn to be self sufficient. Staff members help
adults find jobs and homes while teaching them daily living
skills and making sure children are educated.
This summer The Dwelling Place’s bedrooms benefited from
a $20,000 grant from the Alison J. and Ella W. Parsons Donor
Advised Fund of The Norfolk Foundation. The grant let The
For more information on The Dwelling Place
call (757) 624-9879 or visit www.thedwellingplaceva.org.
Dwelling Place buy 18 new single beds, eight
bunk beds, 26 mattresses and 20 dressers.
Since 1993 the Foundation has provided
more than $300,000 in grants to The Dwelling Place for needs that ranged from building
repairs to developing a children’s center.
“Because of the number of families and
children that use our rooms each year, the
furniture becomes damaged over time,” says
Trish Manthey, Dwelling Place executive
director. “Though we restore and replace furniture throughout the years as needed, it was
time for a complete overhaul… We always
strive to make The Dwelling Place a home.”
For Anderson “just knowing that someone cared enough to get us new furniture
really means a lot to me… It gives me some
confidence, because I know that people are
rooting for me.”
This summer Anderson and her daughter moved into their own
apartment. Armed with furnishings donated by The Dwelling
Place, Anderson embarked on a new life as a childcare provider.
“I am grateful to The Dwelling Place,” Anderson says.
“My confidence in myself has grown, and I know that I can
take care of my daughter and me.”
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had a large international population, which led me to find my
passion— traveling.”
At VCU Stone discovered a love for the French language.
Although he had never studied a foreign language in high school,
Stone set out to become fluent in French and to see the world.
During college he traveled to France, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay,
Germany, England, Belgium, Switzerland, Turkey and the Netherlands. After graduating from VCU with a degree in French and
a minor in history, Stone moved to the Netherlands in September
to work as a French and English interpreter and teacher.
Stone, 22, has achieved many personal goals but believes
“the sky really is the limit. I would like to start a family and
perhaps become a diplomat or work with a government agency.
I would really like to strengthen relationships with countries
that really need it… I want to connect the world in a positive
way. If I can change the way one person thinks then I have succeeded.”
To learn about Norfolk Foundation scholarships call
(757) 622-7951 or visit www.norfolkfoundation.org/scholarships.
G R A N T S
THERE AT THE BEGINNING
C O N T I N U E D
ACCESS College
Foundation
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Judeo-Christian Outreach
Center, $50,000 to help purchase land
Virginia Aquarium & Marine
Science Center, $50,000 from
in Virginia Beach for transitional housing
for homeless individuals and families.
the Alison J. and Ella W. Parsons Donor
Advised Fund for a $35 million expansion
to the Virginia Beach center.
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ACCESS College Foundation was a bold
idea in 1987 when The Norfolk Foundation
awarded a $150,000 three-year grant to
help start the program. Today ACCESS’
mission remains the same – helping area
students attend college.
Norfolk State University
Foundation, $250,000 to help equip
laboratories at Norfolk State University in the
McDemmond Center for Applied Research.
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Old Dominion University
Educational Foundation, up to
$100,000 from the Alison J. and Ella W.
Parsons Donor Advised Fund for the new
Arthur and Phyllis Kaplan Orchid Conservatory.
Photo by Cathy Dixson
S c o t t C o h e n , I n d i a n R i v e r H i g h S c h o o l g u i d a n c e c o u n s e l o r,
congratulates Patricia Wilhelm (left) and Simone Verela. Both
Chesapeake students earned ACCESS scholarships for college.
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The Foundation was one of 10 initial donors whose funds
enabled the innovative nonprofit to put advisors in five public high schools to help students overcome barriers to attending college. The ACCESS program also offered scholarships
for students with financial need and academic potential.
ACCESS now serves all public high schools in Chesapeake,
Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach. Today
16 advisors work in 28 schools helping students through
the college application process, providing fees to pay for
SAT exams and college application costs. One main service
is helping parents complete the critical but often baffling
Federal Application for Free Student Aid (FAFSA) form.
Over the years ACCESS has assisted 51,000 students
and helped them earn nearly $150 million in financial aid
and scholarships. This year ACCESS is providing $300,000
in college scholarships to more than 350 students.
During the past 19 years more than $600,000 in Norfolk
Foundation grants paid for computers and other needs. In
2006 a $45,000 grant covered nearly half the costs of renovating donated city space for ACCESS’ office in Norfolk.
“The Foundation is invaluable to us,” says Bonnie B.
Sutton, ACCESS president and CEO. “Its funds let us
get started, and it has been a constant resource for us.”
For more information on ACCESS
call (757) 962-6113 or visit www.access-tsf.org.
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Piano grants: $191,330 awarded to
seven organizations from the E.K. Sloane
Fund to purchase pianos. Recipients are:
Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts Foundation,
TodiMusicFest Inc., Virginia Beach Symphony
Orchestra, Virginia Musical Theater Inc., The
Academy of Music, Norfolk Public Schools
for Northside Middle School and Portsmouth
Public Schools for Wilson High School.
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Virginia Foundation for the
Humanities, $15,000 from the Alison
J. and Ella W. Parsons Donor Advised
Fund for literacy training for providers helping teach English as a second
language.
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Virginia Opera, $60,000 to help
purchase lighting equipment for the
statewide opera company. A portion of
the grant came from the Alison J. and
Ella W. Parsons Donor Advised Fund.
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Virginia Social Ventures,
$120,000 over three years to help expand
a training program that teaches homeless and impoverished individuals to do
Internet bookselling.
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Virginia Wesleyan College,
The Planning Council, $55,000
to update the “Investment in Priorities”
publication, which details how South
Hampton Roads fares in education, employment and other key factors. A portion
of the grant came from the Alison J. and
Ella W. Parsons Donor Advised Fund.
$100,000 from the Alison J. and Ella W.
Parsons Donor Advised Fund in honor
of Jane Batten to renovate Hofheimer
Library and expand its collections.
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Seton Youth Shelter, $61,900 to
help renovate youth shelters in Virginia
Beach. The shelters serve area youths ages
9 to 18 who are unable to live at home.
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STOP, $101,000 to help renovate a
home in Norfolk for the Second Chances
program that helps former inmates
develop skills for full-time employment
and social stability.
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Tidewater Community College,
$109,000 for the Academy for Nonprofit
Excellence, which provides training in
nonprofit management and leadership.
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Virginia Zoological Society,
$50,000 from the Alison J. and Ella W.
Parsons Donor Advised Fund for an $18
million expansion of the zoo.
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VOLUNTEER Hampton Roads,
$60,000 to provide laptop computers
and other technology for a new Nonprofit
Leadership Development Center that
provides training to area nonprofits.
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YMCA of Portsmouth, $50,000
to help expand the YMCA with another
$50,000 available as a challenge grant.
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P RESIDENT ’S
COLUMN
Investing in People Pays Great Dividends
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One man ran a national company; the other worked for a Norfolk grocery store.
On the surface, they had little in common. Look deeper, however, and you will find
similar backgrounds of hard work, little formal education and dreams of
helping young people attend college.
Charles F. Burroughs Sr., Royster Fertilizer
Co. president, and Joseph E. Harry, Colonial
Food Stores grocery buyer, never attended
college. The Norfolk men started earning
paychecks early and worked hard all their
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lives. Before their deaths both men established scholarship funds at The Norfolk Foundation to give
future generations the chance to earn college degrees.
Scholarships are one of the earliest forms of philanthropy in
the United States, a country known for its generosity. Dr. Claire
Gaudiani, author of The Greater Good: How Philanthropy Drives
the American Economy and Can Save Capitalism, writes:
“…Americans have developed people – that is, the human
potential – more extensively and more deeply…than any other
country with our levels of diversity… Donations by citizens
have increased the quality, quantity and variety of the labor
pool available to our country.”
Why do we do this? Gaudiani believes generosity is the most
widely shared American value. We are linked by the knowledge
that we do better in the long run if we help others succeed.
Generosity and its corollary, justice, are the essential elements
that make American capitalism the most successful engine for
economic and human progress in the world’s history.
Since 1960 the Burroughs scholarship fund has helped
hundreds of students attend Hampden-Sydney College, Union
Theological Seminary, Virginia Theological Seminary and
Norfolk Academy. Since 1990 the Harry fund has helped more
than 150 students attend Old Dominion University and Virginia
Wesleyan College. Even though the donors had no formal ties to
these educational institutions, they recognized their potential to
shape young minds and created permanent scholarship funds to
benefit their students. This year 71 students are attending school
on either Burroughs or Harry scholarships.
Since 1950 the Foundation has used its 50 scholarship funds
to provide $12.6 million in scholarships to 3,232 students – most
for four years of study. Many of these individuals were the first in
their families to attend college; some are now retired after long,
productive careers. Studies confirm that individuals with college
degrees earn substantially more over their lifetimes than people
with only high school diplomas. We are proud to count teachers, social workers, physicians, architects, bankers, accountants,
lawyers, business people, ministers, nurses and a myriad of other
professionals among our Foundation scholarship alumni.
As Hampton Roads’ largest scholarship provider, our Foundation’s
investment in developing people will be Exhibit A for Gaudiani
when she speaks at a Community Matters luncheon on November
15. I look forward to joining you there to hear more about “the
greater good” and how it invigorates our region’s economy.
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Are Americans generous because they are rich? Or are they rich
because they are generous? Dr. Claire Gaudiani will explore this
topic during a Community Matters luncheon at noon
on Nov. 15 at the Nor folk Waterside Marriott.
The Norfolk Foundation and the Economics Club of Hampton Roads will
sponsor the program. Gaudiani is the author of “The Greater Good: How
Philanthropy Drives the American Economy and Can Save Capitalism.”
She also teaches about philanthropy at New York University.
Tickets cost $30 but are free for economics club members. For details
visit www.norfolkfoundation.org or call (757) 622-7951.
N e w G r a n t G u i d e l i n e s S e t f o r J a n. 1
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The Norfolk Foundation announces new guidelines for nonprofits applying for grants
from unrestricted and field of interest funds. New grant guidelines are posted
at www.norfolkfoundation.org and take effect on January 1.
The guidelines reflect the Foundation’s Community
Leadership Agenda, which focuses on solving critical
issues facing southeastern Virginia. Key areas include
improving early childhood care and education,
supporting nonprofit leadership and professional
development, and supporting arts stabilization and
audience development.
The Foundation will use its more than 60
unrestricted and field of interest funds to provide grants for the following:
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Capital improvements such as new buildings, renovations and
equipment purchases to help nonprofits achieve their missions.
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Seed funding for innovative projects.
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Convening stakeholders around critical community issues.
Foundation staff members will conduct workshops to help familiarize
nonprofit staff members with the new grant guidelines.
Details are at www.norfolkfoundation.org.
Boys’ Home Changes Young Lives
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It was another restless night for Antonio and Reggie Gibbs in the summer of 1991. With no air
conditioning the brothers slept on the floor of their Portsmouth house to try and stay cool. But
this night the brothers’ lives changed forever when a police officer banged on their door.
Photos
cour tesy
of
Reggie
Gibbs
year,” says Janet Lemmer, Boys’ Home development director.
That visit was the start of a new beginning for the 7- and 8“With small classes of about three students, they are able to catch
year old brothers who were enduring unstable childhoods. Their
up a lot.” The Boys’ Home adds stability to young lives and helps
mother was a drug addict, and their father was missing from their
residents complete high school, find jobs and live productive lives.
lives. The brothers spent most days at home with two older sisters
“The Boys’ Home has been extremely helpful and changed me
but had little food and no running water. After the police visit the
into a better person. It changed my outlook on life,” says Reggie
boys bounced through Portsmouth foster homes before settling
Gibbs, 23. “The people here became like family.” Today Reggie is
into the Boys’ Home Inc. in Covington, Virginia.
a specialist in the National Guard in Iraq and his brother Antonio
“My brother and I didn’t get along in our foster homes,” reis an Army police officer in North Carolina. Both
calls Reggie Gibbs. “I started acting out in school.
graduated from high school in Covington before
A social worker told me that if I got expelled
joining the military.
I would have to go to the Boys’ Home. And, I
“It takes about $40,000 a year per child for
did.” His brother had moved there a few months
earlier. At the Boys’ Home the brothers began to
counseling, dental care, residence, education,
clothing, personal care and any other thing that
flourish. They lived there for five years with help
a child needs to be taken care of. With help from
from The Norfolk Foundation’s Harold L. and
Brooke Nelson Lowry Fund. Since 1959 the desThe Norfolk Foundation’s Lowry Fund we are
able to make things possible,” says Lemmer. “In
ignated fund has provided more than $300,000
the last 10 years, 20 boys from the Hampton
in grants to support children at the Boys’ Home,
Roads area have been helped. Of course, the maincluding $20,000 last year.
jority of the boys were helped multiple years.”
In a typical year the Boys’ Home works with
This summer when the Gibbs brothers were on
about 75 young males whose lives often mirAntonio Gibbs
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military leave, they enjoyed a vacation in Covingror those of the Gibbs brothers. Most boys stay
ton with their Boys’ Home family. The brothers
about two years. All the residents have endured
know that without the home, they likely would
rough times at home and start out on rocky paths
have different lives. “I brag on my success in life,”
in life. Since its 1906 founding the Boys Home
Antonio Gibbs, 22, says. “I owe it solely to what
has helped thousands of people achieve better
Boys’ Home has done for me.”
lives, including more than 150 men from Hampton Roads.
Typically, “children have been able to increase
To learn more about the Boys’ Home call
their reading grade levels, three levels within one
(540) 965-7700 or visit www.boyshomeinc.com.
Reggie Gibbs
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Nurse’s Gift to Help Women and Children
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Margot Barnhardt cares about people. As a volunteer she tutored public school children,
nursed patients at a free clinic and tended to hospice clients in the last stages of life.
The registered nurse credits her Boston College studies
is a field of interest fund whose annual grants support
for inspiring her commitment to community service.
projects that help area women and children.
Professors “instilled a sense of empathy in us and helped
Margot Barnhardt shares a lot in common
us see a total picture and have a sense of responsibility,”
with the generous donors who have partnered with
Barnhardt recalls. “It is a privilege to help.”
the Foundation to create 173 funds during the past 56
During the time Barnhardt and her naval officer
years. Each had a vision for how to make our comhusband lived in Virginia Beach, they donated to many
munity better, whether through scholarships or funds
nonprofit organizations. For Barnhardt that was a banthat support education, the arts or other fields. These
dage rather than a solution to major problems. A few
generous donors are the backbone of The Norfolk
years ago she began looking for a way to have a larger
Foundation and its work as southeastern Virginia’s
Nan Edgerton
impact with her donations.
largest grant and scholarship provider.
Vice
President
of
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“I had met many people while volunteering,
Barnhardt also has something in common with
especially women who had no security or life skills due to divorce,
one of our country’s most famous philanthropists —Warren
and I wanted to help people maintain healthy families,” Barnhardt Buffett. This summer Buffett made national news by donating
says. Even though she now lives in Pittsboro, N.C., Barnhardt
$34 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffett
chose the regional Norfolk Foundation as the vehicle to put her
told Fortune magazine he realized “there was a terrific foundafunds to work tackling important family issues in Hampton Roads tion that was already scaled-up” with the expertise to put his
where she had lived for so long.
gift to good use. “I have some small hope that what I’m doing
“I wanted my resources to be managed well, to be invested, to
might encourage other … people thinking about philanthropy
grow and to help people help themselves,” Barnhardt says. “The
to decide they didn’t necessarily have to set up their own founNorfolk Foundation examines the overall picture and allocates
dations, but could look around for the best of those that were
funds to such a large area of the community.” She believes it is
up and running and available to handle their money.”
“impossible for any one person to be equipped to do this.”
Both Buffett and Barnhardt care about solving community
In 2005 Barnhardt created two permanent funds at the
problems. And both turned to existing foundations to realize
Foundation. One honors her late husband, E.C. Barnhardt III.
their charitable dreams. Through partnerships both philanThe unrestricted fund provides annual grants for a variety of
thropists will amplify the impact of their charitable gifts and
nonprofits helping Hampton Roads residents. The other fund
put them to work solving community issues.
70 ½ : T h e M a g i c Ag e to D o n a te IR A As sets
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For a Limited Time New Law Offers Incentives
Congress recently approved an unprecedented opportunity that
encourages older Americans to donate Individual Retirement
Account assets to nonprofits such as The Norfolk Foundation.
The new IRA Charitable Rollover Provision of the Pension
Protection Act of 2006 can benefit you if you meet the following requirements:
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Will be at least 70 ½ by the end of 2007
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Have an IRA account
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Would like to donate up to $100,000 a year and have
the gift excluded from being counted as income
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Need to make your annual minimum IRA distribution,
which is required starting in the year you turn 70 ½
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Would like to help your community with a charitable gift
At The Norfolk Foundation donors who are at least 70½ can
use IRA assets to create or add to an existing:
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Scholarship fund
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Designated fund to benefit specific charities
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Field of interest fund to provide grants for education,
the arts or other areas of community concern
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Unrestricted fund that enables the Foundation to award
grants to area nonprofits meeting critical needs
At this point the IRA Charitable Rollover Provision is set to
expire after 2007, so there is limited time to take advantage
of it. For more details visit www.norfolkfoundation.org
or contact Nan Edgerton, vice president of development,
at (757) 622-7951 or [email protected].
Foundation Board Expands to Nine Members
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Three community leaders recently joined The Norfolk Foundation board of directors
bringing to nine the total number of board members. New members are: Rev. Harold J. Cobb Jr.
of Norfolk, rector of Grace Episcopal Church; Louis F. Ryan of Norfolk, former executive vice
president and general counsel for Landmark Communications Inc., and Jody M. Wagner
of Virginia Beach, secretary of finance for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
“All three are competent community activists and people
with good judgment,” says Joshua P. Darden Jr., Foundation
board chair. “They bring expertise in low-income housing,
finance and involvement with important regional issues.”
Cobb views himself as “a positive
change agent” for the region. He is on the
board of Plumb Line Ministries Urban
Housing, which revitalizes Norfolk
neighborhoods and builds affordable
housing. Cobb, a North Carolina native,
moved to Norfolk in 1995 after founding and heading churches in North
Carolina. He earned a bachelor of arts
degree in history from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a
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master of divinity degree from Virginia
Theological Seminary in Alexandria.
Cobb serves on the boards of
Children’s Hospital of The King’s
Daughters, Norfolk International
Airport Authority, Virginia Theological Seminary, The Williams School,
St. Paul’s College and Westminster
Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay.
Ryan has been a professional
volunteer since he retired in 1999
from Landmark Communications
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after 22 years. Ryan says “doing good for the community”
was a major part of his life plan when he quit working. Ryan,
a Richmond native who moved to Norfolk in 1973, chaired
the ACCESS College Foundation during a time of rapid growth
and remains on the board. He also serves on the boards of the
Elizabeth River Project, Norfolk International Airport Authority and the YMCA of South Hampton Roads in addition to
serving on the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s president’s advisory
council. Ryan earned a bachelor’s degree
in engineering from Princeton University
and a graduate degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Wagner, an attorney and Ohio native, moved to Hampton Roads in 1983
where she practiced securities, corporate
and banking law for nearly 20 years.
Before her current position as secretary
of finance, she was Virginia’s state treasurer. Wagner has served on the boards
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of the United Way of South Hampton
Roads, Jewish Family Services, Cape Henry Collegiate School
and Eastern Virginia Medical School. She currently serves on
several state boards and authorities and is the co-chair of the
Intergovernmental Relations Committee of the Council of
State Governments. Wagner earned a bachelors degree in
economics from Northwestern University and a graduate
degree from Vanderbilt University Law School.
Keep up with events and
performances sponsored
by 30 area arts groups
through the searchable online
calendar posted at
Vivian M. Oden of Suffolk has joined The Norfolk Foundation
www.norfolkfoundation.org
as program and donor services administrator. She previously
worked for Liberty Tax Service and is youth coordinator at the
Unitarian Church of Norfolk. Oden earned two degrees from Old
Dominion University – a bachelor’s degree in information systems
and marketing management and a master’s of public administration
degree in nonprofit management. At the Foundation she will
support grantmaking and donor services.
The calendar is produced
by the Business Consortium
for Arts Support, which
is funded by The Norfolk
Foundation and 26 other
area businesses and
foundations.
Vivian Oden
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
C H A N G E S E RV I C E R E Q U E S T E D
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Joshua P. Darden Jr.
D e s i g n :
B a r t
M o r r i s
CHAIRMAN
Harold J. Cobb Jr.
Paul O. Hirschbiel Jr.
Mary Louis LeHew
Harry T. Lester
Louis F. Ryan
Toy D. Savage Jr.
Jody M. Wagner
John O. “Dubby” Wynne
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Sally Kirby Hartman
editor
Lisa Vanterpool
Contributing Writer
The mission of The Norfolk Foundation is to inspire philanthropy and transform the quality of life in southeastern
Virginia. The Norfolk Foundation is a community foundation established in 1950 to develop a public endowment
and distribute funds to nonprofit organizations for the benefit of citizens of southeastern Virginia. It is a 501 ( c ) (3)
public charity whose annual report and financial statements are available from the Foundation office.
Chit t um S c h o l a r s h i p Hel p s C h es a p e a k e Students
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Photo
cour tesy
of
Capt.
Susan
Chittum
Edwin W. Chittum was a natural teacher. He began
Chittum’s alma mater. “I hope that others who knew my dad
his career in 1933 earning $80 a month for teaching in a
will also participate in the scholarship,” says Susan Chittum.
one-room school house in Rockbridge County. He retired in
E.W. Chittum was born in Rockbridge County in 1912.
1975 as Chesapeake Public Schools superintendent after 25
With help from athletic scholarships he graduated during the
years in that position. Along the way Chittum taught Latin,
Great Depression. To keep his scholarships Chittum played on
English and history, coached sports and served as principal of
Washington and Lee’s football, basketball and baseball teams
Norfolk’s Norview High School in the 1940s.
and ran track. He graduated in 1933 with a degree in history
Chittum, who was best known as E.W., died in 2003. But
and science. Chittum and his late wife, Sue, raised two
his daughter still hears about the impact he made on people’s
daughters. In 2004 Susan Chittum created the Carol Chittum
lives. Besides molding students, “many
Endowment for the Theatrical Performing Arts
people have told me my father gave them
at the Foundation. The designated fund honors
their first real chance,” says Navy Capt.
her sister, who died in 2004.
Susan Chittum, who lives in Japan. “I’ve
Through both Chittum funds, Susan Chittum
heard how he gave a teacher a sabbatical
created “something lasting” that helps others.
so he could get an advanced degree or how
“My father believed you have to put something
he gave people their first principal’s job.”
into your community and that it is your obligaIn 2005 Susan Chittum made sure her
tion to help others.”
father would always give people chances in
This fall Great Bridge High School graduate
life by creating the E.W. Chittum Memorial
Katherine Telfeyan enrolled at Washington and
Scholarship at The Norfolk Foundation. The
Lee as the first Chittum Scholar. She plans to
scholarship is for Chesapeake public school
major in chemistry. Like E.W. Chittum, she
graduates and has a preference for students
will run on the university track team on her way
attending Washington and Lee University,
to a fulfilling life.
Edwin W. Chittum
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