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U.Va. creates new center for real estate
Center to be part of McIntire School of Commerce
The University of Virginia has established a new Center for Real Estate and the Built Environment at the McIntire School of Commerce with a $10 million alumni gift, the university
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Boeing makes record $50M gift to Va. Tech Innovation Campus
Donation will boost diversity, increase pathways for underserved K-12 students
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Aerospace and defense contractor Boeing made a record $50 million, multiyear commitment to foster diversity at the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus under development in Alexandria, Virginia Tech announced Tuesday. The
Fortnite video game CEO makes Va.’s largest land conservation gift
Billionaire Tim Sweeney donates 7,300 acres in Halifax County
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North Carolina billionaire and Epic Games Inc. CEO Tim Sweeney has donated 7,300 acres of privately-owned land in Halifax County to the state — the largest single private land conservation
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Mary Baldwin University announces $5 million gift
Gift from philanthropists Bill and Alice Goodwin to support nursing program
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William H. “Bill” Goodwin Jr. and his wife, Alice, have made a $5 million gift to Mary Baldwin University to fund the launch of a new hybrid doctor of nursing
Hampden-Sydney receives $12M gift from alum’s estate
Bequeathment is school's second-largest gift
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Hampden-Sydney College announced Tuesday it has received a $12 million gift — the second-largest in the history of the 245-year-old private men’s college — from the estate of a 1937
Mary Baldwin receives $1M gift to endow building
University celebrates anniversaries of gifted, cadet corps programs
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Mary Baldwin University has received a $1 million gift from the Robert Haywood Morrison Foundation to endow the building that houses the university’s Program for the Exceptionally Gifted for girls
$5M donation establishes Bridgewater’s School of Arts and Humanities
First named and endowed school at private college
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A 1962 alumna of Bridgewater College has made a $5 million donation that will establish the Bonnie Forrer and John Harvey Rhodes School of Arts and Humanities, named for the
U.Va. gets $5M gift to establish scholarship for PVCC students
25 recipients to be chosen per year
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An anonymous $5 million gift to the University of Virginia will be used to provide scholarships to Piedmont Virginia Community College students who wish to transfer to the university, U.Va.
Altria donates $3M to Better Housing Coalition
Richmond nonprofit to build affordable housing units
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The Richmond-based nonprofit Better Housing Coalition (BHC) announced Monday it has received the largest corporate gift in its 33-year history — a $3 million gift from Henrico County-based Fortune 500
Wells Fargo makes $1.5M donation for small business loans
Richmond-area minority- and woman-owned businesses can apply for up to $250K each in loans
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Wells Fargo & Co., Virginia’s third-largest bank by 2019 deposits, announced Thursday it has donated $1.5 million to Richmond-based nonprofit Virginia Community Capital (VCC) to help local minority and/or woman-owned