May 20, 2020 We are excited to partner with The Metropolitan Business League, Wells Fargo, Community Foundation for a greater Richmond and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Virginia to launch The Metropolitan Business League Small Business Recovery Fund. This grant opportunity has been created to assist small, women- and minority-owned businesses financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The MBL Small…
We are excited to announce that Housing Families First has been awarded the $500,000 Lora M. and E. Claiborne Robins, Sr. 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…
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, Sr. 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…
A good education is designed to expose youth to the countless career possibilities available after graduating. Everyone deserves this. But when children don’t feel safe in school, they can’t learn. When they don’t feel safe this can lead to chronic absenteeism. And lesbian, gay and bisexual youth are twice as likely to skip school because…
To complete our video series with Board Chair Juliet Shield-Taylor, she talks to us about her involvement with Social, Emotional and Ethical (SEE) Learning, and the importance of kindness and compassion toward students in modern education.
In April of 2019, we had a conversation with president emeritus of University of Richmond and longstanding Robins Foundation board member, Dr. E. Bruce Heilman. We asked him to tell us about an experience that inspired him to partner with Claiborne Robins in their joint mission to help youth reach their fullest potential. We talked…
We mourn the passing of our beloved friend, mentor, community advocate and longtime board member E. Bruce Heilman. Dr. Heilman, former president of the University of Richmond and current Chancellor, died peacefully in his sleep early Sunday morning, October 20. He was a giant among men and will be missed. He was 93 years young,…