Robins Foundation partners with organizations like Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia (HOME) because positive educational outcomes for children depend on a number of criteria, including housing stability. Children in families with stable housing attend school more consistently, tend to perform better academically and experience less stress. Families across Richmond deserve a home in a…
We are excited and humbled to announce that the Richmond Resilience Initiative (RRI), which was launched by the City of Richmond on October 29th in partnership with Robins Foundation, will receive an additional $500,000 for expansion. These additional funds will add up to 37 additional families to the pilot program. Richmond is one of 30…
Robins Foundation is a proud supporter of the tireless and invaluable work Feed More does each and every day. For more than 50 years, they have been working hard to ensure all of Central Virginia’s families are fed. Feed More’s programs provide healthy meals and hope for a better future for those who face hunger.…
Celebrate the end of 2020 this Giving Tuesday, December 1st. Giving whatever we can is especially important this year due to the economic challenges our community faces as a result of COVID-19. This includes nonprofit organizations that are on the ground doing the hard work of continuing the care and feeding of our community. Giving…
December 8, 2020 Doubling Down on Supporting Families We are excited and humbled to announce that the Richmond Resilience Initiative (RRI), which was launched by the City of Richmond on October 29th in partnership with Robins Foundation, will receive an additional $500,000 for expansion. These additional funds will add up to 37 additional families to…
We are excited to announce that Housing Families First has been awarded the $500,000 Lora M. and E. Claiborne Robins Community Innovation Grant (CIG) for their project Bringing Families Home. Housing Families First (HFF) is a primary provider of crisis housing services for Richmond-area families experiencing homelessness. In partnership with the Richmond Public Schools McKinney-Vento…
At Robins Foundation, we partner with innovative, big thinkers and organizations working to transform our community with new solutions to old problems. One such organization is Girls For A Change (GFAC) which works to promote black health, education, rights and community development in Central Virginia by empowering black girls and other girls of color to…
We are pleased to announce the top 10 nonprofit organizations for the 2020 Lora M. and E. Claiborne Robins Community Innovation Grant (CIG). Awarded annually the CIG seeds a $500,000 proposal that applauds the imaginative, cooperative spirit of Greater Richmond. The award is designed to support a project that addresses unmet community needs or issues…