Join us in celebrating the arrival of our newest staff member, Tracie Mooneyham, Coordinator of Special Projects. Tracie will be responsible for coordinating details of all Foundation events, communications and grants management. Tracie comes to us from Randolph-Macon College (RMC) (BA 2016) and our own internship program. Robins has had a relationship with the summer internship program at RMC for several years, but we never placed an intern from the program into our own offices. That changed last summer…

This year, Travel + Leisure ranked Richmond # 3 on its Best Places to Travel list, and National Geographic included our region on its list of Where to Travel for Food in 2016. But where you won’t find Richmond is on the list of the best public school systems in America. That’s why we’re renewing and expanding our focus to support the education continuum on the micro and macro levels here in RVA.

“…education is the greatest investment that any individual or corporation or foundation could possibly make. It is something that has an impact not only on the present generation but on many, many generations to come.” – E. Claiborne Robins, Sr. Since 1957, the Robins Foundation has invested approximately $100 million in funding to strengthen the…

2016 Lora M. Robins Speaker Series 2016 Lora M. Robins Speaker Series Education: Providing Mobility & Equity? An interactive series for public, business and nonprofit leaders Robins Foundation and Leadership Metro Richmond (LMR) are pleased to present the Lora M. Robins Speaker Series featuring Education: Providing Mobility & Equity? The remaining two parts of this three-part…

In the News Have you seen some of the recent media mentions about the partnership between Art 180 and Legal Aid Justice Center to reform the school-to-prison pipeline?  Check these out! Virginia Currents, Ideastations – feature on the Performing Statistics project http://video.ideastations.org/video/2365641547/   RVA Magazine Online – article on the budget hearings where Performing Statistics…