Robins Foundation Awards Five Innovation Grants Totaling $1.2 Million RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 8, 2016 – ChildSavers has been named the winner of the third annual Lora M. and E. Claiborne Robins, Sr. Community Innovation Grant by the Robins Foundation for a visionary project designed to help students and teachers in Richmond’s East End schools overcome…
CIG 2016 Top 5 Spotlights We’re excited to announce this year’s CIG top five finalists! Congratulations to the following organizations: 50CAN: A Platform to Advance Structural Solutions to Public Education With the CIG funding, 50CAN would launch VirginiaCAN — Virginia’s first comprehensive K-12 education advocacy organization. VirginiaCAN will transform how the Greater Richmond region and…
2016 Lora M. & E. Claiborne Robins Community Innovation Grant Top 10 Transformation. New outcomes for old problems. This year’s slate of CIG finalists are proposing ideas to tackle some of the chronic issues in our region. From food deserts, to trauma informed care, school-to-prison pipelines and education outcomes. The collaborative efforts presented in this…
Announcement from our Friends at Richmond Memorial Health Foundation – New Fellowships on Equity and Health in Richmond Region For senior leaders from nonprofit organizations or local government in the Richmond Region that are deeply committed to reducing health disparities and increasing equity. www.equityandhealth.org RICHMOND, Va. – Richmond Memorial Health Foundation (RMHF) is launching an Equity and Health Fellowship…
It’s Baaaaaaack! We are in the final planning stages to launch our third annual Lora M. And E. Claiborne Robins Community Innovation Grant. $500,000 is on the line for the winning proposal! Got a big idea? Think you can solve one of Richmond’s most pressing challenges with your big idea? Have a bunch of friends…
How to become our next Community Innovation Grant winner In RVA, two out of every five children are born into poverty. It’s a staggering statistic and one of the key drivers behind why we launched the Lora M. & E. Claiborne Robins, Sr. Community Innovation Grant (CIG) in 2014. Something NEEDS to change. We’re looking…
2016 Lora M. & E. Claiborne Robins Community Innovation Grant Opens August 1! $500,000 grant will support collaborative and innovative solutions to community challenges in Richmond region Applications for the third annual Lora M. and E. Claiborne Robins Community Innovation Grant (CIG), will be available beginning August 1. The Foundation will award $500,000 to innovative, collaborative…
$1 Million in Robins Foundation Grants Focused on Improving Local Education 17 non-profit organizations to receive funding for a range of Richmond-area projects RICHMOND, Va. (June 22, 2016) – Reflecting the organization’s focus on helping transform the broad continuum of education in the Richmond region, the Robins Foundation announced today that it has selected 17…